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I believe that every region tournament in D1AAA (1-8), A/AA (1-4) and East/West in DII is listed on track with locations.

PurpleWrestler, I'm not on the poll and not 100% sure how the scoring is done, but by using some deductive reason, common sense and basic math; I "think" I figured their scoring system out. There are 12 places on our poll- 12th place gets 1 pt, 11th place gets 2 pts,etc all the way up to first place who gets 12 points. There are 14 coaches on the poll who each get to rank their top 12 teams in the state (14 coaches × 12 points for each number 1 vote =.....168 pts, which coincidentally happens to be our maximum power ranking. If my best guess pertaining to their scoring system is accurate, this means that 1 of the 14 coaches on this poll does not think Baylor is the best team in the state and voted them in 2nd place behind Cleveland. Also note that Baylor gained 1 point in the power ranking and Cleveland lost one point in the power ranking over this past week (1st place receives12 points and 2nd place gets 11), which would mean that until Jan 27 there were 2 of our 14 polled coaches who believed Baylor was inferior to Cleveland. Baylor has 167 power ranking. 13 Coaches gave them a 1st place vote(12 points) 13×12=156 while one coach gave them a 2nd place rank (11points) added to their 156= power ranking of 167 this week. These are my thoughts on how the rankings are done so No Sir Mr Purple Wrestler do I believe that a coach didnt vote. I believe a coach voted Baylor as an inferior team to Cleveland.

Looks like one of the 14 coaches on our panel finally came around and no longer believes that Baylor is the 2nd best team in our state which leaves us with one coach who still does. I have to ask whomever you may be... Coach, do you honestly believe that the 2019-2020 Baylor Red Raiders are the 2nd best high school wrestling team in the state of Tennessee OR do you dislike them so much that you refuse to vote them #1 no matter what?

Durdon, virtually everything you said was spot on as to what I saw on Friday night. McCallie, FR and MBA are much closer than our poll indicates. MBA should be ranked higher than what they are, probably right behind Ryan. This season, McC is a MUCH better individual tournament team than they are a dual team. MBA is a bad matchup for McCallie in a dual and Baylor is by far the best team in the state this year. IMO, very accurate post!

Just curious as to why there are 5 teams ranked between McCallie and MBA. I watched them wrestle the other night @ FR and it was a close match. McC had to come from behind and win the last 2 wgt classes (285 and 106) with at least bonus points in one of them in order to secure the victory. Of course they got their 6 from Howard and I believe got a tech at 106. That being said, MBA wrestled McC to a closer match than I expected. Did McCallie not wrestle their entire starting lineup, MBA wrestle the absolute best they could ever hope for, MBA be ranked higher than 11, McCallie not be as high, or are there 5 other teams in TN that could it closer than 37-33 yet still not beat McCallie? I know McCallie gave up a forfeit at 152 or so and bumped everyone else til they got to the upper weights. IMO, if McC wrestled their entire lineup aside from the forfeit, then MBA and McCallie are much closer than our dual meet poll indicates. Just curious as to what others think or know.

Guess she registered under Boom Ranch for Tulsa, but she usually wrestles for WCWC in local tournaments. Whatever her singlet said, I dont believe she wrestled in the 93 lb weight class. Probably somewhere between 70-75, so maybe 73. Congratulations Caroline and Piper!!!

4-3 Harper

Bump, wrestling and life have a whole lot in common. Sometimes you gotta "lower your level".

The ref is pointing at the wrestlers with his right hand (green/Chittum) to show that there was no loss of control or escape. The ref never even thought abt moving in position (get on the mat) for a pin or count nears bc there was no need to. The secondary referee counts down the last few seconds of the match bc the match went the full 6 minutes. Scorekeeper mistake. Match ends 7-2 in favor of Chittum. NO PIN, NOT EVEN CLOSE!!!

Is this the first time that National Preps and our State Tournament have been on the same weekend? If so, very well could have been an honest mistake. If not, when was the last time this happened? If the last time they were scheduled on the same weekend was 15-20 yrs ago, then it was most likely an oversight. If this also happened a few yrs ago, then probably not an honest mistake. Just a few thoughts, opinions and questions from someone that doesnt follow DII as close as DI.

Snapdown, I saw the kid at a camp about a year and a half ago or 2 yrs ago. He was with Coach Nichol at McCracken Co and moved with him to Paducah Tilghman. The kid is an ANIMAL for his age. He will be able to pick where he wants to wrestle. Remember his name. He is a SPECIAL TALENT!!!

Coach Hamblen, I'm not real good at alot of things but I did pay attention in math class.

Jimmy, I was wondering the same thing. Asking for help from some of the FR faithful and TN wrestling "historians" on the T.

Yes sir, Isbell has now won three in a row at the Ryan tournament as well as having a third place finish his freshman yr. Christian only lost one match during his 4 yrs at this tournament and that was to Zeke Escalera in the semis of his 9th grade season. Great job!!!

Barb182, Union would have most likely topped 300 with the 113 alone as he would have probably made the finals and they didnt even enter a 113. IF Union had both Paxton at 195, who prob finishes 2-4 depending on the bracket and scores around 25 points AND Matthias who makes finals the minute he weighs in ( beat Coffey in last yrs finals at 220), who would score north of 30 team points, they would have threatened 350! The two backups at 195 and Hwt only scored 12 team points combined. Those 12 points would have been replaced by about 55, plus the 30 or so scored by their 113 added to the 276 makes me think that 350 team points would NOT have been a stretch at all for them to score at this yrs tournament.

Missing 2 Ervins along with a 3rd stud and still won the Ryan tournament. Not too shabby!

Brave, I know yall were missing Ervin at hwt and the 113 who got second at last yrs Ryan tournament at 106 (and just finished 2nd at the Mater Dei tournament a few weeks ago). Who is the 3rd? Even without a few starters, yall have an outstanding team!

Yes, he DEF should be rising up the rankings instead of dropping out but the only one that matters is the ranking after the state tournament. That being said, these are fun to look at and talk about. And yes, those two wins are STATEMENT wins!

Dont worry Bump. He will be, especially if he keeps wrestling like he did in the finals of the Bradley tournament and at the Blackhorse. Most likely an oversight by Big Hammbone.

CONGRATULATIONS to all the wrestlers who represented TN this weekend! Great job!!!

Cobrakid, it's becoming more of the norm, especially with the "elite" student-ATHLETES. And it's not just wrestling, its ALL sports and doesnt have a thing to do with educational, social or emotional development. It is done for physical development, strength, agility, explosiveness and technique. I know this is just my opinion, but I havent seen it done yet for a kid competing in a spelling bee competition nor on the math or history bowl teams.

That's right. Pretty sure that 7th graders aren't allowed to compete in HS competitions (8th graders can), even if they are under the same roof as the 9th-12th grade students.

If he does, maybe we can get him an exhibition match with that brown bear again.

I'm with you SAC, Coffey will be able to decide how long he wants to wrestle this yr in almost any match, including the 5 at the state tournament. His strength, quickness, agility and natural athleticism are unmatched at HWT; and he has an excellent coach pushing and preparing him every day. Good Luck stopping that MAN!!!