Baylor Dominates McCallie, 33-19

[bbb]

Displaying a solid lineup of six past state medalists, Baylor wrestlers defeated visiting McCallie, 33-19, Monday night before a standing room-only crowd in Duke Arena.

Having state medalists win the first three matches, the host Red Raiders led 15-0 after four weights and held its largest lead of 18 after nine weights to improve to 15-3 on the season. Overall, Baylor won nine of the 14 matches, including one fall and one technical fall.

 

“It was a good effort from our guys and we wrestled hard,†said Baylor coach Ben Nelson. “A few of our wrestlers have not been in the lineup much of the season, so they were a little rusty. So we have a lot of things to tighten up before the state duals this weekend.â€

 

State Duals: The D-II state duals are this weekend at the Ag Expo Center in Franklin, Feb. 1-2 and Baylor is the second seed in the Middle/East Region, while McCallie finishes third. Father Ryan is the top seed from the Middle/East. State brackets should be posted on the tssaa.org Tuesday morning.’

 

Starting at 145, former state champion Cole Holloway put Baylor on the board first with a 4-1 regular decision over Blake Griffin, followed by major decisions from Blake Sutherland (152) and Ryan Parker (170) sandwiched around a Bryson Popp technical fall (160, state runner-up in 2012) for a 15-0 lead.

 

The Blue Tornado then won two of the next three to trail 18-6 with wins from Nathan Hoodenpyle – an overtime winner at 182 – and Casey Cook at 220.

 

Baylor wins by Will Thomas (285) and Michael Murphy (106, 2012 state medalist) pushed the lead to 24-6 before McCallie won three of the final five matches.

 

“Baylor outwrestled us, won most of the close matches and scored more bonus points,†said McCallie coach Mike Newman. “All the credit goes to Baylor and we have to get better at the basics.â€

 

On a night in which the Baylor fans honored retired, hall of fame coach Schaack Van Deusen before the match, the hosts gave their fans plenty to cheer about during the action as they now lead the series 46-40, having won the last nine matches in the rivalry that started in 1946.

 

Best Match: In a battle of state medalists, McCallie’s Nathan Hoodenpyle scored a takedown in the first overtime period to register a 3-1 triumph against three-time medalist Houston Clements … With the fans on both sides of the gym standing and cheering, Hoodenpyle countered a Clements takedown effort to score the winning points … In the final seconds of regulation, both wrestlers had a chance to win the match… Clements has a single leg up in the air, but Hoodenpyle kicked out of the hold and then took Clements down to his back, but only after the horn sounded as the match remained 1-1 after three periods.

 

Quickest Fall: McCallie’s Adam Connell (132) pinned Mills Hooper in 11 seconds:

 

The Match That Wasn’t: The fans anticipated a meeting of state champions at 132 with McCallie’s Adam Connell set to go against Brandon Brunner, Baylor’s three-time state champ … Brunner is the No.1 seed at 132, since he is the defending champ at that weight … Connell was 2012 state champ at 120 a year ago …. Baylor decided to wrestle Brunner at 138.

 

State Medalists (13): Baylor had six state medalists in the lineup with five winning … McCallie had seven state medalists in the lineup with five posting victories.

 

Schaack Van Deusen Honored: Former Baylor coach was honored prior to the match … former Notre Dame wrestler Cessna Decosimo designed a bust of Van Deusen which is in the Luke Worsham Wrestling Facility … A 1961 graduate of Baylor, Van Deusen lettered in wrestling, football, tennis and baseball … was a member of two Mid South championship teams and won a City Prep title … He also wrestled at the U. of Virginia and Chattanooga … as a coach at Notre Dame and Baylor, Van Deusen’s teams posted an impressive record of 713-161-7, winning 22 state team titles … He is a past national assistant coach of the year and is a member of three halls of fame; Baylor, Greater Chattanooga and the Tenn. Chapter, National Wrestling HOF … Van Deusen and his wife Beth have had a busy extended weekend as they were at Wittenberg Univ. (Ohio) on Sunday to watch their oldest daughter, Sarah, have the lead in a university play, “This Is How It Goes.â€

 

Moore Wrestling: Former Baylor wrestling brothers, Tommy, Ted and Chris were honored at Sunday’s U. of Virginia wrestling match defeating N.C. State, 32-7 … The Moore trio were all starters on the 1968-69 Cavalier team …

 

Baylor 33, McCallie 19

145: **Cole Holloway (Bay) dec. *Griffin Davis 4-1 … Baylor, 2-0

One team point deducted for thrown head gear

 

152: *Blake Sutherland (Bay) major dec. Will Patton, 8-0 … Baylor 6-0

 

160: *Bryson Popp (Bay) tech fall Ariel Bong, 18-2 … Baylor 11-0

 

170: Ryan Parker (Bay) major dec. *Calum McCroskey, 14-5 … Baylor, 15-0

 

182: *Nathan Hoodenpyle (McC) dec. *Houston Clements, 3-1 OT, … Baylor, 15-3

 

195: Emery Norris (Bay) dec. Jay Roberts, 3-2 … Baylor, 18-3

 

220: *Casey Cook (McC) dec. Jon Schmissrauter, 5-3 … Baylor, 18-6

 

285: Will Thomas (Bay) dec. Brian Phillips, 4-2, 3 OT … Baylor, 21-6

 

106: *Michael Murphy (Bay) dec. Addison Cornell, 9-4 … Baylor, 24-6

 

113: *James Westbrooks (McC) dec. Caleb Canada, 7-1 … Baylor, 24-9

 

120: *Caleb Powell (Bay) dec. Morgan Boyd, 7-4 … Baylor, 27-9

 

126: **Alex Elsea (McC) major dec. Nick Standefer, 11-3 … Baylor, 27-13

 

132: **Adam Connell (McC) pinned Mills Hooper, :11 … Baylor, 27-19

 

138: ** Brandon Brunner (Bay) pinned Matthew Jones, 3:24 … 33-19

 

Records: Baylor (15-3), McCallie (9-5)

 

* state medalist (13) … ** state champion (4)

 

Stats:

 

Wins: Baylor, 9-5

 

Falls: 1-1

 

Forfeits: None

 

Technical Falls: Baylor, 1-0

 

Major Dec: Baylor, 2-1

 

Reg. Decisions: Baylor, 5-3

 

First Takedowns: Baylor, 7-6

 

Of Those Who Had the First Takedown …: 12 of the 13 won their match

 

Bonus Points Scored: Baylor, 7-4

 

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

Edited January 29, 2013 by bbb

[hoosierdad]

Excellent article again bbb. Thanks for all you do for wrestling.

 

Shocked that Baylor had many of their missing studs back.

 

This will make a difference this weekend and at the Individuals.

 

Congrat's to Baylor.

Edited January 29, 2013 by hoosierdad

[ironjaw]

my observations from tonight's match:

 

1)baylor is a contender when they have a full line up as they did tonight

 

2)mccallie needed two wins between 145, 195, 120 + a major from westbrooks (dec 7-1 over canada) and mccallie wins... mccallie loses all 3 & doesn't get major from westbrooks

 

3) i was shocked holloway wrestled and even more surprised he beat a super hot GRIFFIN DAVIS (not "blake griffen"...or dan wadley would have him on the basketball court LOL)

 

4) mccallie could easily win a rematch

 

5) i gained a new respect for houston clements. the kid was in a tough situation tonight, but handled losing with the utmost class...great kid! looks even more on the roids at 182 though LOL!

 

6) with that being said, clements just is not the same wrestler he used to be. hate it for him, but no longer posses any quickness whatsoever... looked like his feet were in mud, i guess that's thanks to that achilles injury last year.. just hasn't been the same since. should be a good rematch though with hoodenpyle.

 

7) i didn't spot wrestle90 anywhere? has the beautiful young lady stepped away from the sport? and the coacht board for that matter? come out of hiding 90!

 

8) maybe wrestle90 is in cahoots with the baylor coach and knew her brother wouldn't be wrestling mr. brunner and decided she would wait until the cowpalace to come out of hiding for the big match!

 

9) i left almost feeling i didn't get what i payed for due to "the match that wasn't"

the fans got ripped off on that one...everyone was stoked for the meeting between state champs connell & brunner, but because the baylor coach felt the match was already in hand he decides to bump brunner to retain number 1 seed for state individuals ... come on coach! you did this last year against westbrooks too!

 

10) BBB is still the best in the game at covering the sport of wrestling

 

11) baylor needs to invest in a new gymnasium with that big #### endowment they have! or atleast a new AC unit... I don't know what was worse, losing 5lbs of water weight from sweating tonight or the fact that so many people didn't get to see the match due to the seating capacity...

 

Just an old fart's thoughts on the match tonight. enjoyed it! can't wait for it again next year

Edited January 29, 2013 by ironjaw

[Sommers]

Great write up once again...

 

This new Baylor team adds some more excitement to the final few weeks!

 

One must ask... Why is chatt-town and surrounding suburban areas consistently a hot bed for wrestling!?!

 

Besides preK-12 and off season/travel, larger than Ave. coaching staffs,,, it comes down to community support & awareness (Gossett/bbb/Darrell Patterson) and of course- years of tradition...

 

as bbb states... they (baylor) now lead the series 46-40, having won the last nine matches in the rivalry that started in 1946. 67 years!!!

 

With that said... It will be interesting to see if Baylor & McCallie (once again) comes on to match up well with Ryan and The Bro's in the final stretch.

 

Overall - Middle, East and West Tn is still in it's infancy but coming on fast with many new traditions, with more northern & mid western transplants and obviously pure gross numbers leading to growing public/media interest.

 

 

[Newestguy]

"Besides preK-12 and off season/travel, larger than Ave. coaching staffs,,, it comes down to community support & awareness (Gossett/bbb/Darrell Patterson) and of course- years of tradition..."

 

Soms, don't underestimate the importance of having UTC in the backyard. Especially bringing in teams like Iowa and the Southern Scuffle. The eyes of the young ones get really big when they see events like this live.

[Sommers]

Heck, I was there and it was like a mini-natl championship that drew folks from all over even the Tex from Houston: ) what was it 5300??

[mfceo]

i left almost feeling i didn't get what i payed for due to "the match that wasn't"

the fans got ripped off on that one...everyone was stoked for the meeting between state champs connell & brunner, but because the baylor coach felt the match was already in hand he decides to bump brunner to retain number 1 seed for state individuals ... come on coach! you did this last year against westbrooks too!

 

 

Why is this kinda thing getting worse...duals ...indvls..?

[texas23]

Heck, I was there and it was like a mini-natl championship that drew folks from all over even the Tex from Houston: ) what was it 5300??

you're an idiot.

[Sommers]

Whatever Tex, you're just jealous,,,, I'm Awesome!!!!!

 

BUT we all have a right to our opinion, even you down there in Texas land, by George!

 

Duals... CBHS, RYAN has the horses till the finals (loss by 10), McCallie squeaks one by Baylor.