CBHS has 7, Father Ryan 6 & Baylor/McCallie 5 in the D-II Finals

[Sommers]

Here's BB's stuff.. D-II Championship Finals - Saturday at 6 p.m. EST

 

106: No.1 Michael Murphy (Baylor, 9) vs. No.2 Trey Chalifoux (Father Ryan, 9) ... Murphy beat Chalifoux earlier in the season ... Murphy's dad, Pat, won titles in 1978-79 for Hixson

 

113: No.1 Elijah Oliver (Christian Brothers, 10) vs. No.2 James Westbrooks (McCallie, 10) ... Oliver is defending champion and beat Westbrooks in the 2012 state semis

 

120: No.1 Alex Elsea (McCallie, 12) vs. No.2 John Santi (Christian Brothers, 12) ... Elsea is defending champion

 

126: No1 Nick Gray (Christian Brothers, 12) vs. No.2 Hal Fisher (Father Ryan, 10) ...Gray is a 3x state medalist

 

132: No.1 Adam Connell (McCallie, 11) vs. No.2 Brandon Brunner (Baylor, 12) ... Brunner goes for his fourth state title and Connell seeks his second ... Connell beat Brunner at the state duals two weeks ago ... Connell's dad (Gordon) and brother (Lee) also won state titles

 

138: No1 Patrick Cosgrove (Father Ryan, 12) vs. No.3 Pierce Olson (BGA, 12) ... Olson goes for his fourth state medal ... its been 20 years since BGA had a state champ

 

145: No.1 Mark Marchetti (Father Ryan, 12) vs. No.2 Luke Parish (Christian Brothers, 12) ... Marchetti's brother, Patrick, won state titles in 2008-09 ... Parish has 100+ wins but now has his first medal (due to injuries he missed state tourneys in the past) ...

 

152: No.1 Kaleb Baker (Christian Brothers,12) vs. No.2 James Simpson (Father Ryan, 11) ... Baker goes for his third title and will wrestle at Arizona State in the fall ...

 

160: No.1 Bryson Popp (Baylor, 11) vs. No.2 Brandon Hataway (Christian Brothers, 12) ... Bryson's dad, Tom, was a state champ for Hixson in 1975 and tourney OW ...

 

170: No.4 John Hagey (Father Ryan, 11) vs. No.2 Ryan Parker (Baylor, 9) ... Hagey pinned No.1 seed Barrett Walthall (Christian Brothers) in the semis ...

 

182: No.1 Nathan Hoodenpyle (McCallie, 11) vs. No.2 Houston Clements (Baylor, 12) ... Hoodenpyle edged Clements in 2OT in the dual match in Jan. ... Clements is a third generation wrestler

 

195: No.1 Franklin Garstin (MBA, 12) vs. No.2 Corbin McOlgan (Christian Brothers, 12) ... two seniors vie for a state championship

 

220: No.1 Amos Mason (Brentwood Acad., 12) vs. No.2 Morris Eguakun (MBA 12).. Mason seeks his third title and has a state record 131 straight wins

 

285: No.1 Jay Robertson (MBA, 11) vs. No.2 Casey Cook (McCallie, 12) ... Cook will play football at Kenyon College in the fall ...

 

Notes: Seeds Hold Up ... 13 of 14 No.1 seeds made the finals ... 13 of 14 No.2 seeds made the finals ...

 

Defending Champions: Six defending champions (2 at 132) wrestle for another title Saturday night

 

Most Champions: Baylor has a state record 89 state champions ... followed by McCallie (84), Father Ryan (79) and Bradley Central (54) and Red Bank (50) as the top five ...

 

Champions in the Most Decades ... Baylor, McCallie, Cleveland, Notre Dame, Franklin and Father Ryan have at least one individual champion in each of six decades ... 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s ...

 

Five Decades: Red Bank, MBA and East Ridge has at least one champion in five decades ..

 

Going For Four: Baylor senior Brandon Brunner (132) seeks to be the ninth wrestler to win four titles ... two others have won five ...

 

Four Year Run: Christian Brothers has six seniors going for state championships ... three other seniors will also earn medals in the consolation matches ... the Purple Wave has been ranked in the Top 50 the last two years ... has two state duals titles ... a state traditional title is last piece of the puzzle for this senior class ...

 

                                 D-II Team Standings … Pts. (Finalists)       

 

                               1. Christian Brothers …218.50 (7)

 

                               2. Father Ryan … 188.00 (6)

 

                               3. McCallie … 165.50 (5)

 

                               4. Baylor … 162.00 (5)

 

                               5. Montgomery Bell Academy … 136.50 (3)

 

                               6. Brentwood Academy … 93.50 (1)

 

                               7. St. Benedict … 90.00

 

                               8. Battle Ground Academy … 49.50 (1)

 

                               9. Memphis University School … 32.00

 

                               10. Pope John Paul … 29.00

 

                               11. Webb … 27.00

 

                              12. (tie) Briarcrest … 24.00

 

                              12. (tie) Franklin Road Academy … 24.00

 

                               14. Ensworth … 18.00

 

 

[memphissoccerpimp22]

Predictions

Murphy dec chalifoux

Oliver pin westbrooks... Way too fast for westbrooks

Santi dec elsea

Gray dec fisher...3years of playing finally claims title

Connell dec brunner.. Great match could go either way but see Connell pushing the pace

Olson dec cosgrove..finally wins a title and too much for cosgrove with weight cut

Parish dec marchetti

Baker pin Simpson....on a mission that nobody going to stop

Popp dec Hataway... Very close match

Parker dec hagey

Hoodenpyle dec Clements

Mcolgan dec garston

Mason pin eguakun....he's a beast

Robertson dec cook

 

Best match: Connell and brunner

Ow: baker or Mason for having the state winning streak

 

CBHS wins the title by at least 15 and they didn't have 106 who def would've been right there in the semis and possibly finals

 

Tomm is going to be exciting with great finals matches

[noogawrestling]

Predictions

Murphy dec chalifoux

Oliver pin westbrooks... Way too fast for westbrooks

Santi dec elsea

Gray dec fisher...3years of playing finally claims title

Connell dec brunner.. Great match could go either way but see Connell pushing the pace

Olson dec cosgrove..finally wins a title and too much for cosgrove with weight cut

Parish dec marchetti

Baker pin Simpson....on a mission that nobody going to stop

Popp dec Hataway... Very close match

Parker dec hagey

Hoodenpyle dec Clements

Mcolgan dec garston

Mason pin eguakun....he's a beast

Robertson dec cook

 

Best match: Connell and brunner

Ow: baker or Mason for having the state winning streak

 

CBHS wins the title by at least 15 and they didn't have 106 who def would've been right there in the semis and possibly finals

 

Tomm is going to be exciting with great finals matches

 

You really love those Memphis kids don't you soccerpimp, by the way what is that a name from 8th grade?

here are my predictions:

Murphy

Oliver

Elsea

Gray... finally

Connell

Olsen

Marchetti... also finally

baker

Popp

Parker

Hoodenpyle... not as close as the first one still a regular decision

garston

mason

cook

 

I would really like to see mason win OW but we all know he won't receive the award. His match streak is about 120 or 121 right now which is awesome. Sure BA doesn't wrestle anything near the competition that CBHS does. Baker is a machine and no one compares to his abilities in DI or DII this year.

[memphissoccerpimp22]

Yes the name is from an old email from long time ago lol and I can't change it or haven't found a way... I think alot of the finals could go either way other than Oliver baker and mason... Those 3 are a given everyone else is a toss up

[Cashville135]

FRHSIrishVol - Cosgrove is wrestling Olson from BGA