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Star Raider's son played an important role in his high school having its highest fininsh in the individual tournament this weekend. There is no doubt that some of the love for the sport the family shares probably has something to do with Dave's coach. Its cool to watch the effect that coaches can have on kids they may never meet.

It seems odd to me that the regions in some of the bigger revenue sports were created to save money on travel expenses, and then they create massive regions that stretch across the state for one of the lowest revenue sports that travel two to three times a week. I just don't understand it.

Hey star raider if you can call me or coach harmon. Thanks Lee

my coach told me after i was injured my senior year that "set backs are just chances to grow, god never puts more on someone than he KNOWS they can handle." After watching Josh over the past few years i'm sure that he is strong in wrestling and in faith. With kids like him wrestling is just a stepping stone and he is going to go on to accomplish greater things than he ever could on a mat. I'm sorry he did not get a chance to enjoy one more run in Chattanooga. I was looking foward to him representing our region let me know if I can do anything to help.

I think as far as refs the host schools usually pays the cost and it might actually give them another gate...As far as our region they have already divided it into two districts. Cookeville, Forrest, Friendship Christian, and Eagleville would have to be included though because they are only in our dual region and not our individual region. It might also save money on bus fees to shift more importance on districts, I don't know how I'm going to get every region team in with only 18 dates (four of which will go to t'ments). I guess there will be alot of quads next year.

With a return of large regions, should TSSAA look at having district t'ments where the top four qualify for the region, and then the top four in region qualify for state. I believe this would give more opportunity to praise kids and grow the sport. In a sport that is often overlooked I think any thing that gives the kids more credit (district champion etc.) would be a good move. In our region, we are going from a 11 team region where the top 3 get acknowledged (state advancement) to a 20 something team region where only the top 4 get recognition. This seems to be going in the opposite direction for growing a sport. This could be done by simply adding one week to the season.

Does anyone have the results from the Tullahoma / Riverdale / Coffee County tri? Siegel won a tight one with Warren County, with alot of help from forfeits, (Warren is extremely tough on the mat but have not fielded a full team~it would be scary to see what Turner could do with 14 wrestlers) and won over Lincoln as well. I agree that 160 might be the toughest. I think there will be a really good region tournament for 112's and 285's as well. The 171 weight class may not have many big names but I think may be the most contested from top to bottom.

Tonight's action @ Lincoln Cnty vs. Warren County and Siegel @Franklin Cnty vs. Blackman and Oakland not sure where but Riverdale vs. Tullahoma and Coffee Cnty Standings: 1st Blackman 6-0 (def-Sieg, def-Coff, def-Lin, def-Tull, def-War, def-Riv) 2nd Tullahoma 5-1 (def-War, def-Frk, lost-Blk, def-Lin, def-Oak, def-Sieg) 3rd Siegel 4-2 (lost-Blk, def-Coff, def-Frk, def-Riv, lost-Tull, def-Oak) 4th Oakland 4-2 (def-Lin, def-Riv, def-Coff, def-War, lost-Tull, lost-Sieg) 5th Riverdale 3-3 (def-Lin, lost-Oak, def-Frk, lost-Sieg, def-War, lost-Blk) 6th Coffee Co. 2-4 (lost-Blk, lost-Sieg, lost-Oak, def-War, def-Lin, lost-Frk) 7th Warren Co. 1-5 (def-Frk, lost-Tull, lost-Oak, lost-Coff, lost-Blk, lost-Riv) 8th Lincoln Co. 1-5 (lost-Oak, lost-Riv, lost-Blk, lost-Tull, def-Frk, lost-Coff) 9th Franklin Co. 1-5 (lost-War, lost-Tull, lost-Sieg, lost-Riv, def-Coff, lost-Lin) Possible 1st and 2nd seeds (not including Siegel wrestlers adn not seeing Warren County yet) 103- Heath (blackman)~Kaferly (Tullahoma) 112- Sommers (Blackman)~ Martinez (Warren) Garner (Tullahoma) 119- Morris (Blackman)~Gibbs (Warren) 125- Beck (Oakland)~Fearbacher (Blackman) 130- McChesney (Tullahoma)~Lysyczyn (Blackman) 135- Nell (Blackman)~Underwood (Eagleville) 140- Tate (Oakland)~ 145- Schmidt (Tullahoma)~ 152- Carpenetti (Oakland)~Appleby (Forrest)~Crouch (Tullahoma) 160- Cicco (Blackman)~Boatman (Coffee Cnty) 171- Mustin (Lincoln Cnty)~Wells (Blackman) 189- Kennedy (Blackman)~Dalton (Riverdale) 215- Patton (Blackman)~ 285- Bain (Warren)~Smith (Blackman) What is the toughest weight class in Region 5?

Teams will include: Siegel, Tullahoma, Warren County, Montgomery Central, Antioch, Rossview, Ensworth, Smyrna, FRA/Friendship Christian, Wilson Central- Coaches please send me any head to head dual results for the purpose of seeding to ramseyl@rcs.k12.tn.us Weigh-ins will be at 8:00 wrestling to start at 9:00, there will be a pound given. Pools will be determined by what is sent to me from coaches.

I think I have a couple of kids I can make solid arguments for depending on how thursday goes but I don't like talking about my own kids on here thats why I said that I wouldn't list any of them. Spaman will be wrestling on Thursday. Did Lemmons from Tullahoma wrestle on Saturday?

Through week two of the Region 5 schedule matrix, here are the results that I have: Blackman 4-0 (def-Sieg, def-Coff, def-Lin, def-Tull) Oakland 4-0 (def-Lin, def-Riv, def-Warr, def-Coff) Siegel 3-1 (lost-Blk, def-Coff, def-Frk, def-Riv) Tullahoma 3-1 (def-Frk, def-Warr, lost-Blk, def-Lin) Riverdale 2-2 (def-Lin, lost-Oak, lost-Sieg, def-Frk) Coffee Co. 1-3 (lost-Sieg, lost-Blk, lost-Oak, def-Warr) Warren Co. 1-3 (lost-Tull, def-Frk, lost-Coff, lost-Oak) Lincoln Co. 0-4 (lost-Oak, lost-Riv, lost-Blk, lost-Tull) Franklin Co. 0-4 (lost-Warr, lost-Tull, lost-Sieg, lost-Riv) Big Matchups this week: Jan 20th @ Coffee Cnty~ vs. Lincoln Cnty and Franklin Cnty Jan 22nd @ Blackman~ vs. Riverdale and Warren County Jan 22nd @ Tullahoma~ vs. Oakland and Siegel big match at Tullahoma- Oakland has a chance to keep pace with Blackman setting up a match next week for the region championship if they pull out two victories, Tullahoma and Siegel have a chance to leave sitting in 2nd place in the region with two victories. Looking foward to seeing some big match-ups~ 140 Hughes (Sie) vs. Tate (Oak)- 171 Hayes (sie) Lemmons (Tull) Collier (oak) 285- Pennycuff (sie) Big Boy~can't remember his name~ (tull) Barrett (Oak) Would love to see a Beck (oak) Fouth (tull) match up at 125 but I think Foutch is still out. I know Tullahoma has alot of other good wrestlers Schmidt, Norris, etc. but I'm not sure where they are all wrestling. @ Blackman 285 Smith (black) vs. Bain (warr) 112 Summers (black) Martinez (warr) I believe Warren has a really good 119 as well.

After Last Night: 1st: Blackman 4-0 2nd: Oakland 2-0 3rd: Tullahoma 3-1 (loss to Blackman) 4th: Riverdale 1-1 (loss to Oakland) Siegel 1-1 (loss to Blackman) Warren County 1-1 (loss to Tullahoma) 7th: Franklin Cnty 0-2 (losses to Tullahoma and Warren County) Coffee Cnty 0-2 (losses to Blackman and Siegel) 8th: Lincoln Cnty 0-4 (losses to Blackman, Tullahoma, Oakland, Riverdale) Thursday Matches: @ Franklin Cnty w/ Siegel and Riverdale 4:30 weigh-ins @ Oakland w/ Coffee Cnty and Warren Cnty 4:30 weigh-ins Possible one seeds at Region *(not listing any Siegel wrestlers and have yet to see Tullahoma)* 103- Heath- Blackman 112- Summers- Blackman 119- Morris- Blackman 125- Beck- Oakland 130- Lysyczyn- Blackman 135- Nell- Blackman 140- Tate- Oakland 145- 152- Carpeneti- Oakland 160- Cicco- Blackman 171- Mustin- Lincoln Cnty 189- Kennedy-Blackman 215- Patton- Blackman 285- Bain- Warren Cnty

Thanks. He wrestled 189 at Smyrna, either way I think he will be involved with a great match. Kennedy (189) and I believe Ryan has a state champ at 171 (not sure though) should be some really good stuff going. Are there any more matchups you are looking foward to I'm sure with Blackman Ryan and Tullahoma there are going to be a few.

Region Dual Standings 1/9 1st Blackman (w- Coffee Cnty, Siegel) Oakland (w- Riverdale, Lincoln Cnty) Tullahoma (w- Warren Cnty, Franklin Cnty) 4th Siegel (w- Coffee Cnty- L Blackman) Warren Cnty (w- Franklin Cnty- L tullahoma) 6th Coffee Cnty (l- siegel, Blackman) Franklin Cnty (l- Warren Cnty, Tullahoma) *results not in from Riverdale vs. Lincoln Cnty* Next weeks Region 5 dual schedule Jan 13th Tuesday (not sure of time) @ Blackman vs. Lincoln Cnty, Tullahoma (Father Ryan) Jan 15th Thursday (not sure of time) @ Oakland vs. Coffee Cnty, Warren Cnty Jan 15th Thursday (wi @ 4:30) @ Franklin Cnty vs. Siegel, Riverdale Big possible match ups- Kennedy (blk) vs. Mustin (linc), Bain (wc) vs. Barrett (oak)

Region 5 standings through Jan 6th 1. Blackman 2-0 (wins over Siegel and Coffee Cnty) 2. Siegel 1-1 (win over Coffee Cnty loss to Blackman) 3. Coffee 0-1 Tonight Jan 8th: @ Lincoln Cnty with Oakland and Riverdale I believe weighins @ 4:30 @ Warren Cnty with Tullahoma and Franklin Cnty I believe weighins @ 4:30 Big night for region 5, any predictions kids to watch?

Congrats to the Blaze. Hamm and Harmon have done an outstanding job creating a great squad. I really wanted to say that great job to Michael Kennedy, Josh Patton, and Tate Mustin (Lincoln County) as well. It is a pleasure to see kids that are that good on the matt and handle them selves with alot of class to. I have never witnessed these kids do anything to discrace themselves, their teams, or their opponents. They are an example of what makes this sport great. Great Job and good luck the rest of the way. I feel our region will be represented well this year in Chattanooga.

Region 5 seeds go as follows Brackets will not be printed until after weigh ins. Non seeded wrestlers are not listed. 103- 8 wrestler bracket 1st-Foutch Tull 2nd-Martinez Warr 3rd-Heath Blk 4th-Freeman LC 5th-Schultz Sie 6th- Pennington Riv 112- 8 man bracket 1st-Norris Tull 2nd-Fearbaucher Blk 3rd-O'neal LC 4th-Gibbs WC 5th-Baldwin OAK 6th-Mullins FC 119- 6 man 1st-Morris Blk 2nd-Paleaze LC 3rd-Beck Oak 4th-Taylor Sie 125- 7 wrestlers 1st-Houglam Riv 2nd Lysyczyn Blk 3rd-Grant Sie 130- 7 man 1st-N. Mitchell Riv 2nd-Ziad Ab. Tull 3rd-Tate Oak 4th-Garbaldon FC 135- 7 man 1st- Proctor Blk 2nd-Gechele Oak 3rd-Knight Tull 4th- Lane Riv 5th-Campbell LC 140- 8 man 1st- Carpenetti OAK 2nd- Schmidt Tull 3rd- Nell BlK 4th- O'neal Sie 5th Braun Forr 6th Leonard Riv 145- 10 man 1st-Z. Mitchell Riv 2nd- Reedy WC 3rd-Appleby Forr 4th-Obrien Blk 152- 10 man (sends four wrestlers) 1st-Gay Riv 2nd-Jennings CC 3rd- Crouch Tull 4th- Higgison Blk 5th- Crabtree FC 6th- Steward Sie 160- 8 man 1st-Spaman Sie 2nd-Cicco Blk 3rd- Dunphy FC 4th-Davis Tull 5th- Dunavan LC 6th-McMillan Riv 7th-Matheney WC 171- 8 man 1st-Kennedy Blk 2nd Gaurdado WC 3rd-Gregory Tull 4th Taylor Oak 5th Hayes Sie 6th Gilliam Riv 189- 8 man 1st-Patton Blk 2nd-Beilfuss Sie 3rd-Spivey Riv 4th- Church Tull 5th Griffin FC 215- 6 man 1st Quick Tull 2nd Silhath Blk 3rd Kanjanabout Sie 4th Bumpus Riv 5th Shelton CC 6th Foutch FC 285- 9 man 1st Bain WC 2nd Roper Tull 3rd-Barrett Oak 4th Raper CC 5th Pennycuff Sie 6th Wells Blk 7th Mayes Riv

Siegel's Region matches (those counting for post season), Siegel-45 Blackman-33 Siegel-60 Coffee County-18 Thursday: vs. Forrest Yet to wrestle for Region Dual berth: Franklin County, Lincoln County, Oakland, Riverdale, Warren County, Tullahoma.

Thanks Matheny it means alot to me, but I assure you my kids improvement has more to do with them than me. They are a great group of kids who have won a lot of matches this year dispite me being outcoached.

I'll do my best on Blackman vs. Siegel 103- Solomon (sie) def. Fink (black) 112- Pride (sie) forfeit def. O'neal from Linc. Cnty earlier (O'neal wrestled up a class) 119- Nichols (sie) pin A.J. Carney? (Black) 125- Black pin. Logan Cuddingtion (sie) 130- Black pin. Buddy Copeland (sie) 135- Black pin. Justin Wilson (sie) 140- Black (whalen) def. pnts Batson (sie) 145- Iwasaki (sie) def. pnts Black 152- Spaman (sie) pin Black 160- Nelson (black) pin Larkins (sie) 171- Black wins by DQ vs. Jordan (sie) 189- Pruitt (sie) forfeit (black) pinned Linc. Cnty 215- Froula (sie) forfeit (black) pinned Linc. Cnty 275- Wenish (sie) forfeit (black) lost by pin to Linc. Cnty Sorry about the blackman names there are too many twins and brothers and I did not want to say anything incorrectly. Lincoln Cnty has at least two REALLY GOOD wrestlers I expect there 103- O'neal and HVY to probably go to the state.