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I know they wrestle the matches for a reason but if Palmer is at 126, then it looks like everyone else is hoping to be on the other side of the bracket and finish in 2nd.

PW, I thought you must have had a typo in the scoring with the QUARTERS carrying so much weight so I looked it up for myself. To my surprise, it looks like an exact copy and paste straight from the Stampede website. Surely this is a typo. If not, can someone please explain to me the reasoning behind this bc I'm not smart enough to figure this backward eff'd up scoring system out for myself.

"This yr there was really just Oakland" bc after Oakland got beat by Mairvul in late Aug or whenever, they were a different team, especially in the playoffs when it really mattered. Their 'D' in the playoffs was one of the best, if not the best that I have ever seen in TN HS football. Mairvul couldn't even cross midfield at any meaningful point in the game and Da Haven couldn't even get a first down. What changed from the previous 14 weeks with these 2 great team's offenses??? They played a team with an excellent kicking game/special teams that didn't allow return yardage and then had to ATTEMPT to drive the length of the field against an elite defense that dominated the line of scrimmage, flew like madmen to the ball when you did complete a pass to the flats, didn't give up big plays to your 2nd, 3rd and 4th options in the pass game bc your "#1" receiver was almost completely taken out of the gameplan. When you shut out Mairvul AND Whitehaven back to back in the semis and championship game, YOU'RE AUTOMATICALLY IN THE CONVERSATION OF BEST TN HS DEFENSES EVER!!!...And I'm not an Oakland Fan.

I'm agreeing with you 100% on everything. I virtually said the EXACT same thing on pg1 of this thread when I quoted @Southtowner.

GW88, and this is with 5 of the 6 DII schools being from the Nashville area (an hour and a half drive). Imagine how bad the turnout would be if East and/or West TN dominated DII football!

I agree on everything except I think DII should be on Thurs (they've already had a bye week) so they should play the first games ( that way all the championships are the same weekend). But very few people care abt the DII games, so the TSSAA is hoping they can get better gate$ for these 3 games. IMO, this is why they have "sammiched" the 3 games that very few care abt in between the 6 games that will have very good turnouts.

I think you're onto something Southtowner but may have worded it incorrectly. I dont think the DII games will affect the poor kids games one bit bc we (DI) usually always have great fan support from Memphis to Mountain City and will travel to support our teams. Heck, some teams playing for the gold ball will also have a few of their crosstown rivals traveling to cheer for them as well. I dont think this community support is as prevalent for the DII schools, and if it is, I haven't seen it when I came to watch. I'm fairly certain the TSSAA has noticed this by now as well with their "DII GATE$". Let's be honest, if someone has drove 3 hours to watch Greeneville on Thurs and Alcoa on Sat or Peabody, Covington and Whitehaven, what are they going to do on Friday? The T$$AA knows this as well and is hoping maybe, just maybe the public school fans will be bored enough to come support MUS or any other private school playing that day.

Just curious if anyone knows how many 1st downs and offensive yards that Oakland held Maryville to? I went to this game and it wasn't very many at all. Oakland may have created more turnovers than 1st downs allowed and scored almost as many points as yards given up, especially until Maryville's last possession in garbage time.

Copacanobra, way to MAN UP, come back to the "T" after a very disappointing loss and tell it like it is. You are exactly right, there is ALOT of football left to be played. Also, I gotta give some respect to y'alls team for not totally giving up when they were down by 30 after the 1st quarter.

MERCIFULLY over!!!

I'm here watching this BEATDOWN. 47-10 Yellow Jackets to start the 4th and Springfield has their JV offense playing. I think it would have been 50 scored ( and still might be), but not the way FootballGod hoped!

Springfield 33 -WH 3 with 45 sec left in the 1st quarter. This IS NOT a typo!!!

Not 100% certain they are both Greene Devils, but in March one of their family members told me that both of them would be going to Greeneville HS. A lot can change over a summer so if someone knows if this is/ isn't the case, please feel free to reply.

Arent Cannedy and Mason going to Greeneville and why no love for these 2 kids? Is it bc they are both relatively new to the TNAAU/ TSSAA scene??

Just for clarification: Riley Bennett wrestles for Fairview. Good Luck Guys!

It's Sell but some of us on here have you adopting him. Agree, Landon is DEF a winner who has great technique and is ALOT stronger than he looks like he is.

Just curious if anyone knows how the matches in the Bros. practice room are bt Brackett and Walthall? Reason I'm asking is bc I thought they would be fairly even and Walthall beat Bradley Williams 1-0 earlier in the yr at 220, but Brackett boatraced Bradley (77-23) in our mock GC at 195. Am I giving Grayson too much credit or are the voters going with the more recognizable name???

No problem, I like meeting new people, especially GOOD people. FYI- The Apple (Chase) didn't fall too far from the tree. Both of y'all are class acts and very respectable people. Just wanted to associate a face with a name. Hopefully my boys will eventually be half as successful as Chase has been on the mat, but MUCH more importantly, be the type of Man and Person that you and Mrs. Brown have raised.

Twofdr: yes, you are correct in that initially Gabe does pull his hand back and refused to shake Hunters hand(7:34-7:35 mark of film) after Borders tries to initiate the handshake. But, if you watch til the end when the comotion/discussion has ended, Gabe does shake Borders hand, MAYBE EVEN TWICE). First time (I think, but difficult to be 100%) is at 9:40 mark and the 2nd time( 100%) is at the 9:48 time of the film. Just pointing out what I saw.

I'm not debating whether call should/shouldn't stand. Like you said, its a nearfall count and it stays. I'm just wanting to know if it was a fast 2 count or a fair 2 count. That's why I said I wanted an instant replay WITH THE CLOCK VISIBLE.

So close that I would need to see it again on instant replay WITH THE CLOCK VISIBLE to make an accurate fair decision. Off the top of my head, I'm saying it's a reversal and the ref makes his nearfall count, just not sure if it's a "fast" count or a "fair" count.

Let's do it

Another HS wrestling season has came and gone. That being said, I saw several GREAT finals matches on the AAA mat. The "worst" finals match that I remember right off the top of my head was Fowler- Grayson at 170 and I think the score was around 10-5 or so, maybe 12-5. Most of the DII and A-AA finals matches were a little more lopsided or resulted in pins, which SHOULD BE the case with a smaller pool of talent to choose from at the smaller scholls and some of the states' elite wrestlers being enrolled at private schools. I said that to say that SOME, NOT ALL of the medalist in the large school weight classes should be thankful as well that there is large/small school split bc I saw some A-AA kids tonight that would have earned a medal regardless of their schools classification. A few that come to mind are Uhorchuk 106, Gross 126, Bennett 126, Knight 182, Evans 195 and Lynch 220. Yes, they are all champions in A-AA (Bennett runner up) and I'm DEF not saying All them would have been champions in AAA, but they could/would have placed in large schools too. I also believe that some of the A-AA and DII medals were "handed out" to some of the lower placing kids in some of the weaker brackets, but that's the setup we have. Congratulations to all the Champions and medalist regardless of your schools classification!

CONGRATULATIONS to all the medalist and Champions this weekend, especially Tre Bates AAA-106, Brayden Palmer AAA-120, Noah Horst AAA-126, and Toby Lynch A-AA 220. GREAT JOB GUYS!!!!

I looked at kids from Memphis to Mountain City and thought he was probably one of the best kids in the state that NO ONE has talked about this season, regardless of weight class. What I really like is how he got beat in the first round and fought all the way back through the consi's. Probably not his first option but he took The Long Way Home. The kid obviously has some heart to go with his talent. CONGRATULATIONS Gavin on EARNING your medal!