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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

From my 30 second google search... it appears there are several. However, TN is the first state in the Southeast.

What about other states? If Tennessee is the only state allowing this, you better believe we are going to have an influx of 5-star recruits leaving Georgia and the Carolinas to come play ball here.

The drop off is going to come when a school starts successfully pulling kids from other states. The selling point is going to be leave Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, etc etc and come wrestle for us in Tennessee where you can make money.

Publics with large sponsors will benefit as well. "Mom and Pop's Steakhouse" or "Jack and Jill's Insurance Agency" that has given a 5k donation to a school or booster club every year for the last 20 years can now give that money directly to a player in the form of an NIL. Publics will have a few more obstacles in making sure transfers are legal, but $ on the table can influence a lot of the decisions- especially now that it's directly allowed. Your point remains the same though, the rich will only get richer.... TSSAA Transfer Portal opening soon.

You'll get different numbers per coach based on the expectations of the school, booster club, county, administration and coaches. Real questions that the answer varies from school to school: How often do helmets and shoulder pads need to be replaced? every year? two years? five years? What works for a pre-game meal? Does each kid need a chicken breast and baked potato, or does a hamburger and bag of chips work just fine? Theres probably a hundred questions just like that that affects the cost of season that the answer varies all over the state. Multiply the difference in the answers times 40 kids for small programs, 120 kids for large programs... Thats how you get such different budgets from school to school.

Clearly explains your bias on the matter. The play is literally paused on a separate tab while I am typing this. You're completely delusional. I completely agree!!! Aside from the argument of "The adult's misbehavior is justified because the child did X" never holding any merit- I re-watched the play over and over to try and see what I had missed, and after studying the play, I noticed that the player did absolutely nothing wrong! I already get upset when adults talk negatively about kids on these forums, but when I have first hand evidence that what the adult is saying about the child is a lie, I can't "not" say anything. My explanation/breakdown was solely to correct the narrative that #4 and #2 for West did anything dirty at all. The only thing they are guilty of is playing hard in a big game.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that was wondering what the heck he was talking about

How you are describing the play, and what actually happened are two very different things. If you truly believe there was a late hit or a shove, it is clear you have never actually played the game of football. Both of the west players are engaged with the ball carrier in-bounds. While attempting to make the tackle, the ball carrier is driven out of bounds- perfectly legal play. Even if you've never played football or tried to tackle someone yourself, a simple understanding of basic physics would tell you that just because the players cross that white line- their bodies do not suddenly stop moving and disengage with one another. The ball carrier is a great athlete moving at full speed, the two defenders are also great athletes moving at full speed- That is ALOT of force being built up and asserted up until they go out of bounds. Obviously momentum is going to carry them all a few feet out of bounds. I would assume the 3 kids are stronger and faster than your average player too- so they'll probably go a couple of feet further than the average player. I think that's called inertia? (something like that at least) Anyways though.... Your comments had me bewildered, so I spent far too much time watching the play on diamond clear media (which is a terrible system to rewind and fast-forward for a few short seconds btw) and over analyzing those few short seconds. You can see the two west players perfectly clear. Yes - they are fighting to make the tackle while in bounds, but at no point after crossing the white line does either player assert any type of additional physical force. Also, if you actually take the time to look at the bend and angles of their bodies, assuming you have a basic understanding of how anatomy operates through fundamental movement, it is perfectly clear that both players "hit the breaks" when they go out of bounds. There is zero level change, zero knee drive, zero upper body movement like an attempt to wrap, slam, twist or do anything else that would be considered dirty. What you are calling a late push- could also be described as someone putting their arms down. His hands are up with arms bent as he's attempting to make the tackle- That's his arm position while in bounds. Obviously his arms have to come down at some point. I'll admit, if you wanted to argue what he did was a push- some overzealous parents may have a valid debate if that movement was done on the playground at pre-school- but this was the semi-finals of a high school football game- he was pushing the ball carrier in the exact same manner while in bounds a fraction of a second before that-which is perfectly legal. Even if I gave you the point that what he did was in fact an additional push, I am 100% confident that that specific "shove" would not knock over my 3 year old granddaughter. To try and imply that what he did was malicious or unsportsmanlike in anyways is incredibly dishonest.

Gotcha! Well being that I didn't even remember the pass interference call, I assumed that means I thought it was the right call when watching the game

I don't know anything about Page this season but I have to go with West on their resume alone.

I missed the start of the game Friday night, so I went back and watched it on Diamond Clear Media to see what you were talking about.... and WOW that was bad and extremely embarrassing.

I believe he was called for unsportsmanlike conduct after the play. Either way, it was the only inconsistent call of the night I thought. And to anyone that says the call was the only time a player used hand signals, or got in the opponents face with the taunting, you are clearly watched this game through rose-tinted glasses as that stuff was going on the entire night (and the refs were almost consistent the entire night of keeping questionable situations as no-calls- accept for this one single play).

And what did they do to inflate the number of football classifications?

That was the underlying point of the post. Looking at the numbers of the other sports, its clear that there is some type of system used to determine how many classifications are justified... However TSSAA just threw that out the window for Football and made up its own system to maximize profits.

Since I am off work today, I took a way-to-deep dive into the new TSSAA classifications for next year. I found interest in seeing how many classifications there are for each sport (aka how many 'state champions' there are for each sport) compared to how many schools there are that compete in the TSSAA in that sport. For simplicity's sake, I will focus solely on Division 1 (public schools). In football, there are 298 teams and 6 classifications. This varies from each classification, but simple math would tell you that each school has a 2.01% of winning a state championship. Those numbers seem very off when you look at basketball, baseball and softball- where there are 341 teams and only 4 classifications. Which means each school has only a 1.17% chance of winning a state championship. Other Sports: Track and Field- 264 Teams - 3 classifications = 1.14% chance to be a state champion Soccer: 260 Teams- 3 classifications = 1.15% chance to be a state champion Volleyball: 304 teams- 3 classifications = 0.98% chance to be a state champion Wrestling: 157 teams - 2 classifications = 1.27% chance to be a state champion Cross Country: 260 teams = 2 classifications = 0.77% chance to be a state champion Golf & Tennis: 284 teams = 2 classifications = 0.70% chance to be a state champion Bowling: 131 Teams - 1 classification = 0.76% chance to be a state champion Interesting footnote- Girls' Wrestling is the only sport that does not separate Division 1 from Division 2, nor does it create a A, AA, AAA system. There are a total of 130 schools that compete in girls' wrestling, and there is only 1 state champion (that has Title IX lawsuit written all over it for any parent that wants to push it lol). So Maryville's girls, Alcoa's girls, Greeneville's girls, and Baylor's girls all compete for the same state title.... Now If only they had to do that in football

Yes it's the worst season Maryville has had in 23 years.... However, you're 10-3 and in the State semi-finals. For over half the teams across the state, that would be the best season they have ever had.

Bosken... ?

Walk Valley, as well as either team Powell would face next week, are all just good enough to pull off the upset if an undisciplined Powell team shows up. If Powell plays to their abilities, this game could be running clock by the end of the game. However- a blown coverage here, a dumb 15 yard penalty there, costly turnover or two (wet ball could be a factor tonight).... This game has the potential to get interesting.