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In Heckert's defense, he shot multiple times in the first period. Smith didn't even attempt a shot and did get warned for stalling. Great win for him though! Turner wins a lot of low scoring matches. That is just his style and he's extremely good at it. Hating on him for a 1-0 match doesn't make a lot of sense to me. He's a position wrestler that keeps a great stance for 6 minutes, and he's hard to score on... nothing wrong about that. Final point on this one...terrible call by the official not to give him an escape in the 2nd period. I didn't watch many of the girl matches, but the A and AA officiating this weekend was questionable at best.

I would pay a pretty penny to see some of these matchups! 106 - Phillips (Baylor) 113 - JoJo Uhorchuk (Signal), ranked #9 on Flo, Jakob is great, but he's nowhere near on the level of JoJo or Carson Dupill right now. 120 - Carson Dupill (Greeneville) beat Terrell earlier in the year, also has a win over JoJo, and has been in and out of Flo's top 20 126 - Little (Summit) 132 - Roark (Father Ryan), if healthy, I don't see either Lipsey or Uhorchuk wrestling him within 3-4 points. Lipsey already beat Caleb Uhorchuk. 138 - Desselle (Summit) 145 - Mason (Greeneville), ranked #18 on Flo 152 - Colin Dupill (Greeneville), in and out of Flo's top 20 this year 160 - Norman (DB) 170 - Stacey (Green Hill) 182 - Alvarez (Baylor), not currently ranked, but as high as #12 on Flo back in the fall 195 - Medina (The Hill) 220 - Fisher (MBA) 285 - Wolfe (Pigeon Forge)

The non-Tennessee Baylor boarding school team and Cleveland from last year would both have to be in the conversation. Both were nationally ranked in the top 25 at points in the year if I am not mistaken.

Here are some quarterfinal matchups that I am really looking forward to! Seeing this on Thursday that early in the tournament is a gift for us fans. Who do you guys have in some of these? 106 John Haney (Upperman) v. Luke Higdon (Signal Mountain) 113 Luke Carpenter (East Hamilton) v. Lucas Martin (Hillwood) 120 Charles Duncan (Soddy) v. David Cook (Halls) 138 Harlen Hunley (Halls) v. Grant Hawkinson (Page) 145 Caleb Adkins (Tullahoma) v. Ayden Hood (Pigeon Forge) 160 Briar Whaley (Halls) v. Malachi Bennett (Fairview)/Jerzy Hendrix (Tullahoma) winner Josh Ward (Page) v. Wyatt Howard (Pigeon Forge) Dawson Jones (Sullivan East) v. Thomas Magness (Harpeth) 170 Gilman Reid (Gibbs) v. Daniel White (Cheatham Co. Central) 182 Logan Heckert (Sycamore) v. Gabe Ferrell (David Crockett) Caleb Richardson (East Hamilton) v. Connor Avans (Tullahoma) 220 Michael Cloud (MLK) v. Jacob Winchester (Signal Mountain) Anthony Rigby (Harpeth) v. Tyson Click (Samuel Everett School of Innovation) Bull Goodman (Halls) v. Cayden Buchannon (Spring Hill)/Micah Hardaway (Red Bank) winner 285 Landon Brooks (Gibbs) v. Evan Dixon (Sycamore) Ronan O'Connell (Page) v. Zach Smith (Munford)

I just can't believe the coaches were not more on top of it after Flavin missed weight the week before. Yes, the kids should be on weight especially at this point in the season, but one would think the coach is also responsible for making sure their team is properly prepared to take the mat and that starts with having the wrestlers on weight. At least Flavin has 3 more years. Can you imagine being Dyer and his family though? Move schools and houses just to wrestle all to not even be able to take the mat. We can point the finger at him, the coaches, or whoever, but you've got to feel for the poor kid. He's been through a lot in the past month or so. I wish him nothing but the best going forward.

I will say this…we are about to have a great three days of wrestling in the single A division!. We are going to get some incredible matchups right out of the gate on Thursday. I expect the team race to be extremely tight between Greeneville, Halls, Signal, and Pigeon Forge. Halls is an interesting tournament team because they don’t have the hammers that Greeneville, Signal, and Pigeon Forge do, but I expect them to have quite a few placers. I think they got hurt by the brackets being “separated” v. actually being seeded. The bottom half of the bracket for 138 is a great example where Harlen would need to beat Hawkinson and my pick to win it, Davenport, just to make the finals. For Halls to win… -3 finalists between the following 5 guys… Cook (120), Hutchison (132), Hunley (138), Whaley (160), and Goodman (220) -Sexton to place at 126 and Whaley to place at 152 For Greeneville to win… -Dupill (120), Mason (145), and Dupill (152) to all win and that’s a given -Lowery to make the finals at 195 -Oakley (106), Castillo (126), Herrell (160), or Feltner (285) to win a couple matches For Signal to win… -Three brothers all win… I expect them to but I heard Cable gave Ethan all he could handle at the Sectionals -Davis to make the finals. Davis v. McCoy in the semis is a must for Signal -Higdon (106) and Winchester (220) to place For Pigeon Forge to win… -3 finalists between the 5 following guys… Cable (126), Howard (160), Little (170), Howard (195), and Wolfe (285) -Malik Boiling from East Nashville v. Wolfe in the semis is a must for Pigeon Forge. That and the 152 match for Signal have major implications for both teams. -Hood to place at 145 Man...Soddy Daisy must be sick about Flavin and Dyer missing weight. They would have as good of a chance as any of these four if those two were in the field this week. I don't know how that happens and at this time of the year of all times too... Here are my weight by weight predictions. I want to hear what others are thinking, so please share yours as well! 106 1. Chris Lagorio (Hixson) 2. Samuel Comes (Seymour) 3. Blake Allen (Gibbs) 4. Justin Muniz (Green Hill) 5. Luke Higdon (Signal Mountain) 6. John Haney (Upperman) 113 1. JoJo Uhorchuk (Signal Mountain) 2. Luke Carpenter (East Hamilton) 3. Evan Glass (Volunteer) 4. Ezra Finstad (Gibbs) 5. Kyle Nielsen (Spring Hill) 6. Lucas Martin (Hillwood) 120 1. Carson Dupill (Greeneville) 2. Henry Ribble (Fairview) 3. Landon Turner (Harpeth) 4. Charles Duncan (Soddy Daisy) 5. David Cook (Halls) 6. Gabe Miller (Elizabethton) 126 1. Ethan Uhorchuk (Signal Mountain) 2. Andy Cable (Pigeon Forge) 3. Drew Lewis (Soddy Daisy) 4. Jordan Sexton (Halls) 5. Thomas Brown (Page) 6. Aaron Waller (East Hamilton) 132 1. Caleb Uhorchuk (Signal Mountain) 2. Sam Hutchison (Halls) 3. Greg Gomez (MLK) 4. Jacob Pennington (Eagleville) 5. Keegan Seaver (Fairview) 6. Jake Ferrell (David Crockett) 138 1. Dylan Davenport (Sycamore) 2. Brody McLemore (Eagleville) 3. Harlen Hunley (Halls) 4. Braylen Cosper (Soddy Daisy) 5. Grant Hawkinson (Page) 6. Cody Agnell (Tullahoma) Keep an eye on Luke Athoe (Green Hill) who only lost 5-3 to Hawkinson and 2-1 to Agnell this weekend. 145 1. Hunter Mason (Greeneville) 2. Luke London (Sycamore) 3. Oleksaudr Warner (Polk County) 4. Ayden Hood (Pigeon Forge) 5. Caleb Adkins (Tullahoma) 6. Thomas Solomon (Eagleville) Zalven Welch (Soddy Daisy) and Kaden Weitzel (Livingston Academy) are two other guys capable of pulling some upsets 152 1. Colin Dupill (Greeneville) 2. Jackson Davis (Signal Mountain) 3. Nikolas Taylor (White House Heritage) 4. Seth McCoy (Forrest) 5. Barrett Whaley (Halls) 6. Anthony Copeland (East Ridge) I would not be surprised to see Rawlinson (Soddy Daisy) on the podium this weekend. 160 1. Elijah Turner (Soddy Daisy) 2. Wyatt Howard (Pigeon Forge) 3. Thomas Magness (Harpeth) 4. Briar Whaley (Halls) 5. Malachi Bennett (Fairview) 6. Josh Ward (Page) Jerzy Hendrix (Tullahoma) had a rough weekend, but he is a potential bracket buster. You have 7 guys all capable of beating each other in this one. Can’t wait to see this one play out! 170 1. Jake Stacey (Green Hill) 2. Herbert Little (Pigeon Forge) 3. Colton Ferrell (David Crockett) 4. Michael Carter (Spring Hill) 5. Daniel White (Cheatham County Central) 6. Houston Retting (Eagleville) 182 1. Logan Heckert (Sycamore) 2. Kobe Smith (Red Bank) 3. Elijah Hubbs (Gibbs) 4. Gabe Ferrell (David Crockett) 5. Connor Avans (Tullahoma) 6. Caleb Richardson (East Hamilton) 195 1. Kendrick Curtis (Fairview) 2. Morgan Lowery (Greeneville) 3. Aiden Howard (Pigeon Forge) 4. Nathan Downey (Green Hill) 5. John Geist (Livingston Academy) 6. Marshall Jones (Sullivan East) 220 1. Rob Atwood (Trousdale County) 2. Bull Goodman (Halls) 3. Jacob Winchester (Signal Mountain) 4. Cayden Buchannon (Spring Hill) 5. Anthony Rigby (Harpeth) 6. Michael Cloud (MLK) 285 1. Malik Boiling (East Nashville Magnet School) 2. Zach Smith (Munford) 3. Caleb Wolfe (Pigeon Forge) 4. Evan Dixon (Sycamore) 5. Ronan O’Connell (Page) 6. Landon Brooks (Gibbs) Boiling had a great weekend but can he do it again when the stakes are this high? Will Wolfe finally break through (I really hope so!), but it’s going to be tough. Similar to 160, any of these guys are capable of winning it in my opinion. Team 1. Signal Mountain 2. Pigeon Forge 3. Greeneville 4. Halls 5. Sycamore 6. Soddy Daisy 7. Fairview 8. Gibbs 9. Green Hill 10. Eagleville

McDaniel has been phenomenal. He’s been in and out of the top 25 this year. Keyveon Roller has also done great at UVA and is starting at 133lbs.

Thanks for catching that! I updated my post with Whaley in at #3 at 160.

Well guys, I got a new job which is exciting, but I forgot my password, and couldn't get a new one sent to my old work email, so I am back under cowcatcherII, but yes it's still me! You know that I love following the small school division so I wanted to take a stab at publishing my own set of rankings for the division. I spent most of the weekend looking at Track Wrestling results and taking notes. My rankings consider head to head, common opponents, overall record including strength of quality wins, and my own opinion. Please know that these are just for fun. I am a fan of the sport and do not want to try to offend anyone. These are not my predictions as to how guys will finish, but simply where I would have them ranked. I would love to continue to do this going forward if the feedback is positive. I would also love to hear any suggestions you might have to improve these. For instance, I included a top 10 team rankings at the bottom with a points system. There were quite a few weights where guys were on the cusp on making the top 6. I thought about adding a few honorable mentions per weight and those guys would add a point to their team's ranking. Let me know what you think. I hope you enjoy. 106 1. Cole Dyer (Soddy Daisy) 2. Samuel Comes (Seymour) 3. Chris Lagorio (Hixson) 4. Blake Allen (Gibbs) 5. Justin Muniz (Green Hill) 6. Luke Higdon (Signal Mountain) 113 1. JoJo Uhorchuk (Signal Mountain) 2. Ezra Finstad (Gibbs) 3. Luke Carpenter (East Hamilton) 4. Zachary Lewis (Eagleville) 5. Hayden Hunt (Green Hill) 6. Ricky Lester (Stone Memorial) 120 1. Carson Dupill (Greeneville) 2. David Cook (Halls) 3. Landon Turner (Harpeth) 4. Henry Ribble (Fairview) 5. Charles Duncan (Soddy Daisy) 6. Colton Relation (Samuel Everett School of Innovation) Again, these are not my predictions, just what I see as a fair ranking based on results. If it were my prediction, I could even see Duncan finishing as high as 2nd. 126 1. Ethan Uhorchuk (Signal Mountain) 2. Andy Cable (Pigeon Forge) 3. Drew Lewis (Soddy Daisy) 4. Jordan Sexton (Halls) 5. Aaron Waller (East Hamilton) 6. Thomas Brown (Page) Uhorchuk v. Cable should be a lot of fun with two state champs going at it! 132 1. Caleb Uhorchuk (Signal Mountain) 2. Sam Hutchison (Halls) 3. Greg Gomez (MLK) 4. Jacob Pennington (Eagleville) 5. Owen DeLuca (Gibbs) 6. Keegan Seaver (Fairview) 138 1. Dylan Davenport (Sycamore) 2. Harlen Hunley (Halls) 3. Brody McLemore (Eagleville) 4. Grant Hawkinson (Page) 5. Braylan Cosper (Soddy Daisy) 6. Cody Agnell (Tullahoma) This weight class is loaded! Everyone wanting to run from the P4P king Mr. Mason, and I can't say I blame 'em! 145 1. Hunter Mason (Greeneville) 2. Luke London (Sycamore) 3. Oleksaudr Warner (Polk County) 4. Luke Richardson (East Hamilton) 5. Thomas Solomon (Eagleville) 6. Zalven Welch (Soddy Daisy) 152 1. Colin Dupill (Greeneville) 2. Jackson Davis (Signal Mountain) 3. Seth McCoy (Forrest) 4. Barrett Whaley (Halls) 5. Logan Rawlinson (Soddy Daisy) 6. Nikolas Taylor (White House Heritage) 160 1. Wyatt Howard (Pigeon Forge) 2. Thomas Magness (Harpeth) 3. Briar Whaley (Halls) 4. Elijah Turner (Soddy Daisy) 5. Malachi Bennett (Fairview) 6. Josh Ward (Page) This should be one of the more fun weights to follow these next two weeks. So many quality guys. Looking forward to some great matchups in this weight class! 170 1. Jake Stacey (Green Hill) 2. Herbert Little (Pigeon Forge) 3. Colton Ferrell (David Crockett) 4. Michael Carter (Spring Hill) 5. Houston Retting (Eagleville) 6. Chris Davis (Forrest) 182 1. Logan Heckert (Sycamore) 2. Gabe Ferrell (David Crockett) 3. Kobe Smith (Red Bank) 4. Connor Avans (Tullahoma) 5. Elijah Hubbs (Gibbs) 6. Caleb Richardson (East Hamilton) 195 1. Kendrick Curtis (Fairview) 2. Morgan Lowery (Greeneville) 3. Aiden Howard (Pigeon Forge) 4. Loudon Laxton (Soddy Daisy) 5. Kenny Harris (Alcoa) 6. Marshall Jones (Sullivan East) 220 1. Rob Atwood (Trousdale County) 2. Bull Goodman (Halls) 3. Maddox Gilkey (Hixson) 4. Andrew Grove (Creek Wood) 5. Cayden Buchannon (Spring Hill) 6. Jacob Winchester (Signal Mountain) 285 1. Caleb Wolfe (Pigeon Forge) 2. Zach Smith (Munford) 3. Malik Boiling (East Nashville Magnet) 4. Evan Dixon (Sycamore) 5. Ronan O'Connell (Page) 6. Landon Brooks (Gibbs) If we do a point system for the team rankings where 1st = 30pts, 2nd = 25pts, 3rd = 20pts, 4th = 15pts, 5th = 10pts, 6th = 5pts, the team rankings would look like this... 1. Halls (150) 2. Pigeon Forge (130) 3. Signal Mountain (125) 4. Soddy Daisy (115) 5. Greeneville (115) 6. Sycamore (100) 7. Eagleville (70) 8. Gibbs (65) 9. Fairview (60) 10. East Hamilton and Green Hill (50)