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FRANKLIN - With a strong wrestling tradition that stretches nearly eight decades, Baylor and first year head coach Ben Nelson added more hardware to the already crowded wrestling trophy case with a D-II State Duals wrestling title by defeating cross-state rival Christian Brothers, 27-25 Saturday night.

 

Competing in the three-ring circus better known as the United States Marines Dual Wrestling Championships at Williamson County Ag Expo Center, Baylor joined Bradley Central (D-I AAA) and Chattanooga Central (D-I A/AA) as champions, after Knox. Webb claimed the third annual D-II Small School Invitational.

 

Christian Brothers won more matches – eight to six – but Baylor gained more bonus points – nine to two – on the strength of pins from Stuart Doster, John Mackey and Zach Watson. Christian Brothers had a pair of major decisions worth one point each from Nate Rupiper (171) and Kaleb Baker (135).

 

“Our guys wrestled hard and I am proud of their effort,†said Christian Brothers coach Chris Lewis. “We won more matches, but didn’t get the bonus points we needed and one team point penalty also hurt.â€

 

Christian Brothers lost a team point for unsportsmanlike conduct after the 160-pound match which gave Baylor a 9-5 lead.

 

What Might Have Been: Without the loss of one team point, Baylor would have led by five, 27-22 instead of six (27-21), going into the final match at 135.

 

Baker then would have needed a technical fall worth five points or a pin worth six for the team title (Christian Brothers would have won the match in case of a team score tie due to winning more overall matches), but that was all just discussion since any tie would have gone to Baylor with the unsportsmanlike conduct as the first tie breaker.

 

With the match starting at 140, Baylor put six points on the board first on the strength of a fall by senior captain and three-time state champ Stuart Doster.

 

But the Purple Wave from Memphis won five of the next six weights to lead 15-9 through 215.

 

Defending state champ John Mackey brought the Red Raiders even at 15 with a fall at 285.

 

One in a string of key match-ups came at 103 as eighth grader Cole Holloway parlayed a first period takedown into a 3-2 win against 2010 state medalist Nick Gray to give Baylor an 18-15 advantage.

 

“Going in, we thought that 103 weight class could be a swing match and that proved to be true,†said Baylor head coach Ben Nelson. “Cole, Nick and McCallie’s Adam Connell are three excellent wrestlers and will battle it out at 103 in a couple of weeks.â€

 

Coach Lewis then shuffled his lineup and won at 112 with backup John David Santi and moved cadet All-American Tate Robinson up to 119 to beat 2010 state champ Brandon Brunner for a 21-18 lead.

 

But Baylor countered with a fall by Zach Watson at 125 and a decision by Alex Manley at 130 to clinch the title.

 

A strong Christian Brothers team takes the runner-up trophy for the second straight year, falling short of a much sought after title by one match each year.

 

Titles in Six Decades: Baylor has won at least one state traditional title in each of six decades - 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000’s and this decade - since the state traditional started in 1961 - with seven duals crowns coming in the new millennium.

 

“Not a bad run,†said coach Nelson, who has now followed Red Raider coaches Luke Worsham and Jim Morgan with a TSSAA crown, while Baylor coaches V.O. Jones and Whitey Urban brought home city championships in the 1930s and 1940s.

 

State Traditional is Next: Baylor, Christian Brothers and 14 other D-II schools will meet again, in two weeks (Feb. 4-5) just off I-65 for the 50th anniversary of the state wrestling traditional tourney.

 

If wrestling at the traditional is at the quality level that was seen this weekend, then it should be two great days of wrestling.

 

Baylor 27, Christian Brothers 25

140: Stuart Doster (Baylor) pinned Brandon Hataway, 5:44

Doster leads 4-1 after one … Anthony has takedown to trail, 4-3 … Doster gets escape, 5-3 ... and takedown, 7-3 … end of two periods … wrestlers neutral … Doster takedown, 9-3 … back points, (3-pt NF) 12-3 ... Doster pins at 5:14 Baylor leads, 6-0

 

145: Mick Anthony (CB) dec. Bryson Popp, 3-2

no score in first … Anthony escape,1-0 … Anthony gets takedown with fireman’s carry, 3-0 … escape Popp, 3-1 … third period … Popp takes down … esacape Popp, 3-2 … Anthony shoots in one single but stalemate … last 10 seconds … Popp shoots Anthony blocks .. Anthony wins, 3-2 … Baylor, 6-3

 

152: Hayden McOlgan (CB) dec. Russell Barton, 5-2

warning Baylor stalling ... takedown McO, 2-0 … second period ..McOlgan down ... escape 3-0 ... a second takedown for 5-0 lead … escape Barton, 5-1 ... third period … Baylor down .. Barton escape, 5-2 … McOlgan wins 5-2

match tied, 6-6

 

160: Spencer Craig (Baylor) dec. Barrett Walthall, 7-4

Craig initial takedown, 2-0 … escape Walthall, 2-1 …. Second period .. Craig has 3-pt NF for 5-1 lead … Craig stalling (1) … Craig reversal, 7-1 ..everse Walthall, 7-4 .

Craig wins, 7-4 ... Baylor, 9-6

Christian Brothers penalized one team point … Baylor leads, 9-5

 

171: Nate Rupiper (CB) major dec. Matt Bodine, 9-1

Rupiper takedown in final :25 .. 2-0 .. end of one … Rupiper down … escape, 3-0 …

Third .. Rupiper takedown, 5-0 warning stalling Bodine (1) … escape Bodine, 5-1 .. stalling Baylor, 6-1 stalling Baylor, 7-1 … …… Rupiper takedown late, 9-1

Match tied 9-9

 

189: TaShan Mitchell (CB) dec. Nic Bullard, 5-0

no score first period … second … Mitchell escape,1-0 … Mitchell takedown, 3-0 … third period ... Bullard neutral … Mitchell takedown 5-0 … Mitchell wins, 5-0

CB, 12-9

 

215: Lou Posey (CB) dec. Bryan Starnes, 8-5

Starnes initial takedown, 2-0 … Posey escape, 2-1 … second period … Posey down … Posey escape, 2-2 … warning Baylor (1) … Posey takedown, 4-2 … reverse Starnes, 4-4 … Posey escape, 5-4 … third .. Starnes is let up, 5-5 … stalling Baylor, 6-5 … Posey td. 8-5, … CB, 15-9

 

285: John Mackey (Bay) pinned Alex Wilkinson,1:03

Mackey takedown, 2-0 … first period pin, … match tied 15-15 … tied for third time

 

103: Cole Holloway (Bay) dec. Nick Gray, 3-2

Holloway has initial takedown ... Gray has escape, 2-1 … second … Gray down …

Gray escapes, 2-2 at 1:00 remaining … third period, Holloway down … caution Gray (1) … Holloway escape, leads 3-2 …Holloway stalling (1) … Holloway wins, 3-2

Baylor leads, 18-15

 

112: John David Santi (CB) dec. John Eady, 5-2

both working for takedown … stalemate … no score … second period … Santi down … Santi gains escape in final 5 seconds, 1-0 … third … Eady takes neutral… Santi takedown, 3-0 … warning Santi (2), Baylor gets 1 pt ... 3-1... escape Eady, 3-2 … Santi has late takedown, 5-2 …match tied, 18-18 … tied for fourth time

 

119: Tate Robinson dec. Brandon Brunner, 6-1

both wrestlers working for takedown … stalemate … no score … second … Brunner down … Robinson has 3-Pt NF, 3-0. Brunner escape, 3-1 … third … Brunner down …

Robinson has cradle, 3-pt NF, 6-1 … Robinson wins, 6-1

CB, 21-18

 

125: Zach Watson (Bay) pinned Brandon Oliver, 3:46

Watson initial takedown 2-0 … Watson gives up escape, 2-1 … Watson takedown, 4-1 … second … Oliver neutral ... takedown Watson, 6-1 … Oliver escape .. Watson takedown … 9-2 … Watson pins late in period … Baylor 24-21

 

130: Alex Manley (Bay) dec. Matt Johnson, 9-3

Manley takedown , 2-0 …escape, Johnson, 2-1 .. second period .. Johnson down … escape Johnson, 2-2 … Manley takedown, 4-2 … third period… Manley down …

Manley escape, 5-2 … Manley takedown, 7-2 … warning Manley stalling (1) … Johnson let up, 7-3 … Manley takedown, 9-3 ... Baylor, 27-21

 

135: Kaleb Baker (CB) major dec. Bennett Reece, 13-4

Baker takedown ... Reece escape , 2-1… Baker takedown, 4-1 ... second … Baker takes down … Baker escape, 5-1 … Baker takedown, 7-1 … escape Reece 7-2 … takedown Baker, escape Reece, 9-3 … takedown Baker, 11-3 … escape Reece, 11-4 … Baker td, 13-4 …

Baylor wins state title, 27-25

 

 

contact B.B. Branton at william.branton@comcast.net

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FRANKLIN - With a strong wrestling tradition that stretches nearly eight decades, Baylor and first year head coach Ben Nelson added more hardware to the already crowded wrestling trophy case with a D-II State Duals wrestling title by defeating cross-state rival Christian Brothers, 27-25 Saturday night.

 

Competing in the three-ring circus better known as the United States Marines Dual Wrestling Championships at Williamson County Ag Expo Center, Baylor joined Bradley Central (D-I AAA) and Chattanooga Central (D-I A/AA) as champions, after Knox. Webb claimed the third annual D-II Small School Invitational.

 

Christian Brothers won more matches – eight to six – but Baylor gained more bonus points – nine to two – on the strength of pins from Stuart Doster, John Mackey and Zach Watson. Christian Brothers had a pair of major decisions worth one point each from Nate Rupiper (171) and Kaleb Baker (135).

 

“Our guys wrestled hard and I am proud of their effort,†said Christian Brothers coach Chris Lewis. “We won more matches, but didn’t get the bonus points we needed and one team point penalty also hurt.â€

 

Christian Brothers lost a team point for unsportsmanlike conduct after the 160-pound match which gave Baylor a 9-5 lead.

 

What Might Have Been: Without the loss of one team point, Baylor would have led by five, 27-22 instead of six (27-21), going into the final match at 135.

 

Baker then would have needed a technical fall worth five points or a pin worth six for the team title (Christian Brothers would have won the match in case of a team score tie due to winning more overall matches), but that was all just discussion since any tie would have gone to Baylor with the unsportsmanlike conduct as the first tie breaker.

 

With the match starting at 140, Baylor put six points on the board first on the strength of a fall by senior captain and three-time state champ Stuart Doster.

 

But the Purple Wave from Memphis won five of the next six weights to lead 15-9 through 215.

 

Defending state champ John Mackey brought the Red Raiders even at 15 with a fall at 285.

 

One in a string of key match-ups came at 103 as eighth grader Cole Holloway parlayed a first period takedown into a 3-2 win against 2010 state medalist Nick Gray to give Baylor an 18-15 advantage.

 

“Going in, we thought that 103 weight class could be a swing match and that proved to be true,†said Baylor head coach Ben Nelson. “Cole, Nick and McCallie’s Adam Connell are three excellent wrestlers and will battle it out at 103 in a couple of weeks.â€

 

Coach Lewis then shuffled his lineup and won at 112 with backup John David Santi and moved cadet All-American Tate Robinson up to 119 to beat 2010 state champ Brandon Brunner for a 21-18 lead.

 

But Baylor countered with a fall by Zach Watson at 125 and a decision by Alex Manley at 130 to clinch the title.

 

A strong Christian Brothers team takes the runner-up trophy for the second straight year, falling short of a much sought after title by one match each year.

 

Baylor has won a duals or traditional state title in five of the six decades since schools first competed for a team state championship in 1961.

 

Baylor has won state traditional titles in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 2000’s and this decade, with seven duals crowns coming in the new millennium.

 

“Not a bad run,†said coach Nelson, who has now followed Red Raider coaches Luke Worsham and Jim Morgan with a TSSAA crown, while Baylor coaches V.O. Jones and Whitey Urban brought home city championships in the 1930s and 1940s.

 

State Traditional is Next: Baylor, Christian Brothers and 14 other D-II schools will meet again, in two weeks (Feb. 4-5) just off I-65 for the 50th anniversary of the state wrestling traditional tourney.

 

If wrestling at the traditional is at the quality level that was seen this weekend, then it should be two great days of wrestling.

 

Baylor 27, Christian Brothers 25

140: Stuart Doster (Baylor) pinned Brandon Hataway, 5:44

Doster leads 4-1 after one … Anthony has takedown to trail, 4-3 … Doster gets escape, 5-3 ... and takedown, 7-3 … end of two periods … wrestlers neutral … Doster takedown, 9-3 … back points, (3-pt NF) 12-3 ... Doster pins at 5:14 Baylor leads, 6-0

 

145: Mick Anthony (CB) dec. Bryson Popp, 3-2

no score in first … Anthony escape,1-0 … Anthony gets takedown with fireman’s carry, 3-0 … escape Popp, 3-1 … third period … Popp takes down … esacape Popp, 3-2 … Anthony shoots in one single but stalemate … last 10 seconds … Popp shoots Anthony blocks .. Anthony wins, 3-2 … Baylor, 6-3

 

152: Hayden McOlgan (CB) dec. Russell Barton, 5-2

warning Baylor stalling ... takedown McO, 2-0 … second period ..McOlgan down ... escape 3-0 ... a second takedown for 5-0 lead … escape Barton, 5-1 ... third period … Baylor down .. Barton escape, 5-2 … McOlgan wins 5-2

match tied, 6-6

 

160: Spencer Craig (Baylor) dec. Barrett Walthall, 7-4

Craig initial takedown, 2-0 … escape Walthall, 2-1 …. Second period .. Craig has 3-pt NF for 5-1 lead … Craig stalling (1) … Craig reversal, 7-1 ..everse Walthall, 7-4 .

Craig wins, 7-4 ... Baylor, 9-6

Christian Brothers penalized one team point … Baylor leads, 9-5

 

171: Nate Rupiper (CB) major dec. Matt Bodine, 9-1

Rupiper takedown in final :25 .. 2-0 .. end of one … Rupiper down … escape, 3-0 …

Third .. Rupiper takedown, 5-0 warning stalling Bodine (1) … escape Bodine, 5-1 .. stalling Baylor, 6-1 stalling Baylor, 7-1 … …… Rupiper takedown late, 9-1

Match tied 9-9

 

189: TaShan Mitchell (CB) dec. Nic Bullard, 5-0

no score first period … second … Mitchell escape,1-0 … Mitchell takedown, 3-0 … third period ... Bullard neutral … Mitchell takedown 5-0 … Mitchell wins, 5-0

CB, 12-9

 

215: Lou Posey (CB) dec. Bryan Starnes, 8-5

Starnes initial takedown, 2-0 … Posey escape, 2-1 … second period … Posey down … Posey escape, 2-2 … warning Baylor (1) … Posey takedown, 4-2 … reverse Starnes, 4-4 … Posey escape, 5-4 … third .. Starnes is let up, 5-5 … stalling Baylor, 6-5 … Posey td. 8-5, … CB, 15-9

 

285: John Mackey (Bay) pinned Alex Wilkinson,1:03

Mackey takedown, 2-0 … first period pin, … match tied 15-15 … tied for third time

 

103: Cole Holloway (Bay) dec. Nick Gray, 3-2

Holloway has initial takedown ... Gray has escape, 2-1 … second … Gray down …

Gray escapes, 2-2 at 1:00 remaining … third period, Holloway down … caution Gray (1) … Holloway escape, leads 3-2 …Holloway stalling (1) … Holloway wins, 3-2

Baylor leads, 18-15

 

112: John David Santi (CB) dec. John Eady, 5-2

both working for takedown … stalemate … no score … second period … Robinson down … Robinson gains escape in final 5 seconds, 1-0 … third … Eady takes neutral… Robinson takedown, 3-0 … warning Robinson (2), Baylor gets 1 pt ... 3-1... escape Eady, 3-2 … Robinson has late takedown, 5-2 …match tied, 18-18 … tied for fourth time

 

119: Tate Robinson dec. Brandon Brunner, 6-1

both wrestlers working for takedown … stalemate … no score … second … Brunner down … Robinson has 3-Pt NF, 3-0. Brunner escape, 3-1 … third … Brunner down …

Robinson has cradle, 3-pt NF, 6-1 … Robinson wins, 6-1

CB, 21-18

 

125: Zach Watson (Bay) pinned Brandon Oliver, 3:46

Watson initial takedown 2-0 … Watson gives up escape, 2-1 … Watson takedown, 4-1 … second … Oliver neutral ... takedown Watson, 6-1 … Oliver escape .. Watson takedown … 9-2 … Watson pins late in period … Baylor 24-21

 

130: Alex Manley (Bay) dec. Matt Johnson, 9-3

Manley takedown , 2-0 …escape, Johnson, 2-1 .. second period .. Johnson down … escape Johnson, 2-2 … Manley takedown, 4-2 … third period… Manley down …

Manley escape, 5-2 … Manley takedown, 7-2 … warning Manley stalling (1) … Johnson let up, 7-3 … Manley takedown, 9-3 ... Baylor, 27-21

 

135: Kaleb Baker (CB) major dec. Bennett Reece, 13-4

Baker takedown ... Reece escape , 2-1… Baker takedown, 4-1 ... second … Baker takes down … Baker escape, 5-1 … Baker takedown, 7-1 … escape Reece 7-2 … takedown Baker, escape Reece, 9-3 … takedown Baker, 11-3 … escape Reece, 11-4 … Baker td, 13-4 …

Baylor wins state title, 27-25

 

 

contact B.B. Branton at william.branton@comcast.net

 

 

did anyone else notice how many stalling calls baylor had?

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