IrishDadRedux

King at 138 is not coming down with the Irish? I had heard he was

Three victories over Baylor, wins over Cleveland/Baylor/Bradley in the same weekend, a drubbing of MBA in which Ryan won 13/14, a "perfect match" over MUS (84-0), and a sweep of the state titles...this Ryan squad was one for the record books. Coach Simpson better guard his water supply, whatever he's putting in it is working!

Champions: Christian Simpson (113) Trey Chalifoux (120) Ray Eason (126) Kirby Simpson (132) Eli King (138) Ben Stacey (220) Jeremy Darvin (285)

A strong consolation round for Baylor leaves the Irish looking at their nine finalists to bring home the championship!

106: Killian (FRHS) vs Griggs (CBHS). I believe Griggs has won twice this season by a single point, that could be a barn burner 113: Simpson (FRHS) 120: Chalifoux (FRHS) 126: Eason (FRHS) vs Herring (McCallie). Again, a Ryan wrestler who has dropped two to his opponent this season, but you can't count out a defending state champ. 132: Simpson (FRHS) 138: King (FRHS) 145: Murphy (Baylor) 152: Tossup 160: no idea 170: no idea 182: Whimper (Baylor) 195: Parker (Baylor) 220: Stacey (FRHS) 285: Darvin (FRHS)

Rumor round these parts is that Lebanon brought their own scale to the FRHS tournament (and presumably others) and had their 106 wrestler weigh on those...folks I've talked to have claimed that scale was 1.5-2.0 pounds light. I feel bad for the young man but that may shine some light on why what happened, happened

Irrelevant, the real question is could the 1996 Ryan team beat the 2020 Cleveland squad

First, this is an embarrassing video to have on what looks like an official team channel. Second, it's hard for me to care about what top is doing when bottom is making absolutely no discernible effort to escape. Bottom guy going crazy and top is riding his ankle? I'd start looking for stalling. Bottom guy is content to lie on his hip for seven seconds? No call

That is what we're discussing, you said earlier that you didn't think this years Ryan team could have beaten last years Cleveland team, I was just remarking that LAST years Ryan team beat last years Cleveland team.

Last years team did beat Cleveland

Bias aside, this Ryan team has to be one of the best wrestling teams the state has ever seen. An undefeated dual season that included matchups against Wilson Central, Cleveland, Bradley Central, Moeller (OH), Baylor (x3), and McCallie (x2)...it's almost unfathomable what Coach Simpson and the Irish accomplished this year.

Bonus points has been the Ryan way all season, and that continued tonight. The crowd was great, the refs were bad, and the Irish were clearly the better team tonight. Way to go, boys!

Early frontrunner for "Worst Officiated Match of the Season"

You're wrong. He is Frank's son, and attended seminary school but was never ordained. He is now married and a coach at CBHS

It WAS still an event between the programs and schools - Ryan was bringing varsity and as many JV as they could, and NCW was bringing far more wrestlers to Memphis than CBHS brought to Nashville; as another poster already noted, the MS program only brought their good kids last year. So again, the only "de-escalation" that Ryan was going to do was bring fewer JV...but more middle school. For CBHS to cancel like they did - via text on Thanksgiving - was absolutely shameful. I'm sure if Lewis could have texted the TSSAA to cancel this past weeks Regionals he would have done so.