garnerc

The rule book does not require officials to keep a visual count, but states that one should be made when possible. In a situation where a wrestler goes straight to his back from a takedown, I typically begin the count in my head until I get into position to look for the fall. Oftentimes in those situations, I begin my visual count at two or three.

I officiated this year. I do not know if I will be able to next year. Yes, we are moving to East Tennessee; I have been accepted into the Quillen College of Medicine at ETSU.

Believe it or not, the TSSAA is not very good about communicating with first-year officials. The one thing I was told to attend was the rules meeting, and the officials were pulled to the side for no more than 10 minutes after the main meeting was over. Surely you do not believe that stalling is called consistently by all officials? I myself know it is not something I call terribly well. I think the Federation should produce some training videos that show multiple examples of stalling in specific situations. It would be best for veteran officials to review the videos with younger officials, but if that was not possible, there is no reason an online training program could not be offerred.

Overall, the refs at state did a great job. While I did see a handful of questionable calls, overall the calling was pretty solid. The one thing I think we as officials need to do better is to be more consistent in calling stalling. Unfortunately, we do not receive any direct training on stalling; hopefully, we in middle Tennessee can correct that in the near future.

I have watched and coached against Eric since he was a freshman, and I have called some of his matches this year. Eric has been dominant at this tournament, and I am very excited to watch something so positive happen for a Blackman program that has had so many setbacks happen this year. I will be cheering Eric on tonight, and look forward to him bringing home Blackman's 3rd individual state title!

Does anyone know why Brandon Greer from Antioch forfeited in the first round at 119?

DCA has pulled out, so we have added Sycamore to keep it at 18 teams. Seeding meeting will be Thursday night at 7 PM.

These are the teams that have confirmed for the Dawg Pound: Blackman Cane Ridge Christian County, KY Clarksville NW Creekwood DCA Eagleville Forrest Franklin County Greenbrier LaVergne Lebanon Montgomery Central Riverdale Siegel Smyrna Upperman White House

Riverdale has also confirmed its attendance. We still have room for 2-3 more teams.

The 7th annual Dawg Pound Invitational at Smyrna High School will be held on Saturday, January 8th, 2011. We still have openings for 3-4 more teams. The followings teams have confirmed for the tournament: Cane Ridge Clarksville Northwest Creekwood Eagleville Forrest Franklin County LaVergne Lebanon Montgomery Central Siegel Smyrna Upperman White House If you are interested in attending, please contact me at garnerc@rcs.k12.tn.us, and I will send you the tournament flyer. Teams will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis.

There will be an additional one pound weight allowance for the tournament in addition to the growth allowance. Updated list of teams: Blackman Cane Ridge Clarksville Northwest Eagleville Forrest Greenbrier LaVergne Lebanon Montgomery Central Riverdale Smyrna Wilson Central White House

The 6th annual Dawg Pound Invitational will be this Saturday, January 9th. We currently have 15 teams attending the tournament, and I have spots for 2-3 more. Any teams who are interested should email me at garnerc@rcs.k12.tn.us. Teams attending: Cane Ridge Clarksville Academy Clarksville Northwest Creekwood Eagleville Forrest Franklin County Greenbrier LaVergne Lebanon Lincoln County Montgomery Central Riverdale Smyrna Wilson Central

I believe that Jones from Hendersonville won the championship at 125, not Seamen.

I understand that not everyone comes into this world equipped with brains and class. In the future, I would encourage any individuals who lack either quality to refrain from posting idiotic messages on coacht. Josh Patton is a great wrestler and exceptional young man, and his father is an all-around great guy. I would have loved to have had him associated with my team.

Correction, I now have two openings.