sx1234

This game would be my pick for the most exciting game in 5A for round 1.  Granted I am one of the few people left  who still appreciate good hard fought defensive battles.  

I'll take Rhea County 9-7. 

7 minutes ago, fooseball95 said:

I seriously doubt any coach or fan is gonna put up a potential starting lineup 

My apologies, I didn't see many fans hesitant to throw names out on the boards for each weight class, so  I guess I'll have to spend a couple of hours piecing those together instead.  

Question though- Why is the starting line up such a secret in high school wrestling?  Football has the Murphy's Fair magazine every year that has almost every school in the state listing their projected starters from the pre-season and I am sure baseball and basketball have something similar;  College sport teams release their starting line ups to the media on a weekly basis-  So I am just curious, why is this such a secret? 

On 9/29/2017 at 6:35 AM, werazzlin said:

195 will be interesting this season. I am uncertain of who is actually going to end up in this weight class. However. Here we go. 

Favorite has to be returning champ Walling(mt. Juliet)

There are many folks who are very strong contenders. 195 has many who can get on a run and win it. 

Gentry (Bradley) if he is here. 

Williams (Clarksville), Noga (Wilson central), Brown (Science Hill), Miler (Mcgavock), Harp (Halls)

I am sure there are other contenders...

On 9/29/2017 at 0:11 PM, salterjd said:

I've heard that Buckman from Halls is eyeing 195 this year. If so, he should be in the mix for a top 3 finish here.

I heard from a very reliable source this weekend that Buckman from Knox Halls will be at 195 this year and Harp will be going to 220 for the red devils. 

What are the potential starting line ups for these teams this year?  I understand a lot can change between now and February, and I am fully aware teams often "bump" wrestlers in duals, however I think it would be very interesting to see how teams are looking to line up from 106 to 285 for the 17-18 season.  If there are any coaches, teachers, parents, or fans of schools like Cleveland, Bradley Central, Science Hill, Beech, Soddy, Heritage, Arlington, TN High, Wilson Central, Knox Halls or any of the other schools that have been mentioned, could you please give us casual fans your potential starting line up so we can start looking at big match ups coming this season!

Aside from guessing who will win where there is an easily predictable #1 and #2, which weight classes are the most wide open?  Whether you want to call them the toughest weight classes or the softest, what weights truly have 3, 4 or even 5 kids that could come out on top? 

Now hold on..before we get into bets, taxman i wanna know why your so confident? Humor 

Being that Aaron Douglas (A Maryville High School football standout) is his profile picture, I am going to guess that the Alcoa heavyweight, another blount county big man, is committed to wrestle at UTC

SX1234, you may wanna change your Rd2 winners bracket from WC over Cleveland to WC over Science Hill. Maj may agree with you being spot on with everything but I'm gonna def disagree here.

Yes thank you, I meant Science Hill there not Cleveland.  I was doing too many things at once yesterday, typing that out from my notes and still trying to make it look like I was really doing something productive while at work! lol

Two big wins for Halls there.

That was the part of the Bracket I was having the most trouble with.  I could really see Summit, Science Hill or even Mt. Juliet coming out of there to wrestle TN High for a top 4 finish. 

Haven't seen a whole lot of wrestling this year, especially teams from outside my area, still thought I would make a bracket though just from what I have seen, read, or heard about over the course of the year.  Please let me know if this could be close, and if not, where am I wrong and why.

Round 1:

TN High over Mt. Juliet

Blackman over Indy

Heritage over Houston

Bradley over Halls

Summit over Gibbs

Cleveland over Maryville

Science Hill over Arlington

Wilson Central over Tullahoma

Round 2:

TN High over Blackman

Bradley over Heritage

Cleveland over Summit

Wilson Central over Cleveland

Semis:

Bradley over TN High

Cleveland over Wilson Central

Championship:

Cleveland over Bradley

Consolations Round 1:

Mt. Juliet over Indy

Halls over Houston

Gibbs over Maryville

Arlington over Tullahoma

Consolations Round 2:

Science Hill over Mt. Juliet

Halls over Summit

Heritage over Gibbs

Arlington over Blackman

Consolations Rounds 3 4 and 5:

Halls over Science Hill

Heritage over Arlington

TN High over Halls

Wilson Central over Heritage 

Wilson Central (3rd) over TN High (4th)

Leonard from Knox Halls is another to add to the list.  I feel like it probably happens quite often for the heavy weights that go undefeated as in 1 take down is usually enough to win a close match

Essential Micro Nutrients go a long way with young athletes because they do not receive essential amounts throughout their diet.  Most teenage boys eat a lot of junk food, or even if it is semi- "healthy" 3/4ths of what they eat is probably processed food.  To account for the vitamins and minerals that they are not receiving in their nutrition a multi-vitamin honestly goes a lot further than most people will realize in their performance (especially when they are cutting weight!!!).  I work as a personal trainer and that is honestly the first thing I prescribe to any of my athletes.  After that, for high school level athletes, I would keep it simple and stay with amino acids in the form of BCAAs and Glutamine.  Also Creatine has huge benefits despite what some people may argue religiously.  Then everybody knows about protein or weight gainer supplements which you can add (I personally believe in going the real food route for my macros, but that's just my opinion) and if you really want to invest you can add in little things like fish oil, L-carnitine, or CLA which are all beneficial but not really necessary.  That is honestly the entire list of options I would advise anyone under the age of 18 to take, and as far as specific name brands are concerned- anything made by BSN or Optimum Nutrition will be a high quality product in any of those categories as they are the 2 best companies in the supplement industry (really 1 as they are owned by the same people)

I know that was a lot of rambling- but hope that helps!