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They are the two best teams in the state, and only about 45 minutes apart. Even on an extremely down year for each program, they are still 2 of the top 10 teams (usually top 5) in the state. You would think that it would be one of the normal dates each program put on the schedule each year.

Freshman QB will be playing tonight- he's been running with the 1's all week

Would like to know who your "reliable sources" - People inside Powell High School what official protocol you are mentioning? - TSSAA return to play protocol- shared link in my last post The backup QB did just fine sealing the win. - I agree, and it's not impossible for him to pull off the upset this Friday- However West (especially their defense) is much stronger than Sevier County IMO

https://cms-files.tssaa.org/documents/tssaa/forms/Concussion-Return-to-Play-Form-updated-12.2019.pdf Scroll to bottom half of page 2. Every concussion is different, and handled differently- but every trainer has to follow a return to play protocol. Usually "day 1" starts when the athlete is symptom free.

Hearing from reliable sources that the QB got a concussion. Assuming they follow protocol, he should not expect to play Friday.

Your question and Coach Kilmer reference confirms what I've heard about the QB. If so, I believe West wins this one handedly.

This was close to 20 years ago, but something I will always remember as the best line I have ever heard about multiple sport athletes. When my youngest son was a Freshman at a school here in Knox County (one that was winning several state championships in multiple sports mind you) we had a parent meeting for freshman football team. The athletic director came in and spoke to us. He told every single parent in the gym, "If you believe your son is athletic enough to ever start for us, or to at least get serious playing time, then he needs to be playing at least 2 sports for our school. If you believe your son is good enough to see playing time as a sophomore or younger, then he needs to be playing 3."

I like Halls in a close one. I believe this game may also decide who gets a home playoff game round 1, and who hits the road.

Unfortunate for your son, however, I'd suggest volunteering to be that age group's coach in the future if its that bad. You have to remember that all of those coaches are volunteers- many of which were voluntold by other parents to do it just so that the boys can have a team.

This has to be the dumbest comment I've read on here. Kudos to the wresting faithful to correct you

Clearly he was making a comment on the statistics, as a counter argument of someone previously stating that 12 kids making all-state is too many. If you are too dumb to realize that, you have no business insulting anyone else's intelligence.

Every sport does this. Football has has an "All - State " team for each of its divisions, usually with 4 to 6 guys listed per position. It's a note-worthy award that's been watered down over the years- nothing new to just wrestling. If you want a laugh- check out the "All-Region" teams in Football. In Tennessee, each coach gets to pick their own players that are deemed "all-region". Because of this, you usually get 6 "all-region" quarterbacks for a region that only has 6 teams.

I'm actually agreeing with your argument.... but (and I hate this saying) "times are different". Kids are very different than they were 10 years ago. Just from what I have seen at the schools I have worked in- Kids don't go out for sports like they used to. Kids would rather go home and do something else. Even the kids that do play sports - whether its from their parents or their coaches- they all specialize in just one sport- two at best. Schools that used to have 100 kids on the football team now only have 50-60 kids. Again, I agree with your point about "does it really grow the sport?"- Just saying you can't really compared numbers when participation in all sports are down overall.

You need to factor in the sectional round that did not exist until last year. For an accurate comparison, you would need to look at the schools that qualified for wrestlers for each sectional- as that was the round of 32. If this was 2014, those would have been state qualifiers.

Region 1 scrambling to make a two-day region tournament on a Wednesday, that started that Thursday, was pretty bad. Especially for the parents that were driving from multiple hours away to make a 4 o'clock weigh-in.

Guys, I think I should just take over and run things. State duals would be divided into 5 classifications: Private School would keep their current split- however 8 teams would qualify for each division. Public School would be split into 3 divisions: A for schools under 800 students, AA for schools between 801 and 1499 students, and AAA for schools with 1500+ enrollment (As I slowly takeover power in TSSAA this 3 division split system will become uniform for ALL sports- no more teams competing in 5A football and 1A wrestling- this kills me personally). Each of these divisions will have 16 teams qualify for state duals. This system will produce more state champions, and more teams qualifying than it ever has before. Why do we need need 64 total teams at state duals? Because I need to make more money, of course! Now you wrestling purists- don't get your panties in a wad just yet. For individuals- There will be only 1 "real" state champion (real is your word choice - not mine). HOWEVER- there will now be 16 regions spread across the state, and the top 4 from each region will qualify for a 64 man tournament (I also believe 64 state qualifiers per weight class is more than we have ever had before- so look at me go on pushing out that 'state qualifier' patch to put on little Johnny's new letterman's jacket). With this 64 man bracket- I get to bring back my 3 day tournament- as me maximizing my profits in ticket sales is all I really care about after all. But, with 16 regions spread out across the state, we should be able to easily divide everyone up logistically and eliminate parents taking 2 hour drives for regions or sectionals. Now bear with me as I sit and come up with a plan for the girls- because their stuff is more jacked up than the boys as it sits currently.

Personally, I think they should add a division in duals (A, AA and AAA) , while combine them all for individual. The Halls, Gibbs, Soddy, Page, (there are others too) either compete against schools double their size or half their size.

Even with multiple state titles, I still think he is the most underrated coach from this area!

I liked the idea of the sectionals two years ago, but I already can see why people in certain areas hate it. The logistics of this state really makes any type of post season format difficult. It doesn't help that the "level" of wrestling varies greatly across the state either. Yes- there are great programs in every area, but on average, the central part of the state and the south eastern part of the state are much tougher than the other areas. The tri-cities area may not be far behind, but the counties in the greater Knoxville area, and the western part of the state have a distinct drop off compared to the rest of the state.

How many times do you see seniors wrestle under 120? This is the only sport that caters towards smaller kids. If you want to grow the sport, change the weight classes to something that would promote change. In 2022, the average weight for a male high school student was 161lbs... To me, I think that's an obvious sign that half of the weight classes should be under 161, half should be over 161... None of these options are even close to that.

182 has a shot if he is opposite Brenot

Maryville may turn some heads and end up in the top 5 of the traditional tournament. They could potentially have 3 champions with in 95 220 and heavy, and I would expect their 170 to end up on the podium as well. Their lighter weights are scrappy, and could get a couple of wins each to help bring in even more points.

AA District 3 1. Anderson County 2. Karns AA District 4 1. Maryville 2. Heritage

The level girls wrestling has grown in just the last 5 years is astounding. Thanks to both of you guys for giving effort and making rankings for them - even if there are arguments (there is in every set of rankings after all) these girls deserve the same treatment and respect as the boys.

Just like every poll... 1 educated vote is cancelled out by 1 uneducated vote