Noise Makers for '13 & 14 - All Divisions...

[Sommers]

At times the focus is on the Bigger and older tournaments and we may miss some good wrestling right under our noses...

 

Remember Gonyea's 1st Stewarts Creek High School Red Hawk tomorrow....

 

Always well ran and On Time, patterned after the old Dawg Pound...

 

1. Stewarts Creek High School

2. LaVergne High School

3. Smyrna High School

4. Forrest High School

5. Antioch High School

6. Eagleville High School

7. Beech

8. Franklin County High School

9. Blackman High School

10. Riverdale High School

11. Lebanon High School

12. Warren County High School

13. Coffee County High School

14. Creekwood High School

15. Montgomery Central High School

16. Summit High School

17. Fairview

18. Rossview

 

Noise Makers at Inaugural Red Hawk (please add any missed)...

 

Creekwood's Hwt Chance Berry

 

Forrest's 106 Monce, 120 Hargrove, 145 Wentzel, 160 Jordan, 182 Boyce, 195 McClendon

 

Eagleville's 113 Ellis Dotson & Penley, 120 Hammonds, 126 Mr Caden Pennington, 138 Casey Dotson, 160 Andrew Soloman, Hwt Hedgepath

 

Rossview's 132 Gonzalez & 145 Gordon & 170 Haynes

 

Beech's 126 Hackett, 160 King & 170 Rippy

 

Riverdale's 170 Kennedy & yp & coming star Nick Boykin

 

Stewart's Creek's 106 113 Dillan Coggins, Gabe Rogers, 126 Gonyea, 195 Barber.

 

...Should all be there, unless heaven forbid sudden sickness, injury or a few out for holiday travel.

 

Great food (slick pig & jim&nicks) for coaches, refs, and great selection of dives, diners and drives for families near by like Fat mos, & Legends + Sam Ridley's growing Smorgasbord

[Sommers]

Not sure who Blackman will be bringing with them going down to The C. I know they are licking a few wounds.

 

Weign-ins 7 am & wrestling at 9 am

 

Address: 301 Red Hawk Pkwy, Smyrna, TN

[Sommers]

WC is finishing strong@ Ryan today!

 

Several medalists! Austin Richard Simms his 200th!!!

[Wrestlinggeek]

WC is finishing strong@ Ryan today!

 

Several medalists! Austin Richard Simms his 200th!!!

It sounds like WC was finishing strong. I'm assuming the beat FRHS

[HSDAD]

It sounds like WC was finishing strong. I'm assuming the beat FRHS

FRHS won the tournament.  WC was second.

[Wheaties543]

It sounds like WC was finishing strong. I'm assuming the beat FRHS

 

Good joke. 

[Wrestlinggeek]

FRHS won the tournament. WC was second.

So they were not strong enough? Edited January 6, 2014 by Wrestlinggeek

[Sommers]

Depends on your definition of "strong"

 

 

Fyi...Former Blackman 215lber Dillon Baldwin won the Greenville Invitational this weekend at 220lbs for Seymour High School!!!

[HSDAD]

So they were not strong enough?

WCHS can now wrestle with the best. They were the only

team @ the tournament to come close to FRHS in points.

[Sommers]

Like this one Luther....

 

Monday, January 6, 2014

Tennessee High School Wrestling Poll

Luther Killian

TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING POLL

 

Now in its 22nd year, The Poll is primarily a measure of dual meet strength with some consideration to individual tournament strength. Votes are cast by a state-wide panel of high school wrestling coaches and are based on a maximum Power Ranking of 100%.

 

STATE POLL: RANK SCHOOL POWER RANKING LAST WEEK

 

1 BAYLOR 100 1

 

2 CLEVELAND 92 2

 

3 FATHER RYAN 83 3

 

4 WILSON CENTRAL 71 4

 

5 SODDY DAISY 59 6

 

6 MCCALLIE 58 7

 

7 BRADLEY CENTRAL 55 5

 

8 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 30 10

 

9 RAVENWOOD 29 9

 

10 MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY 27 8

 

11 WALKER VALLEY 21 11

 

12 BLACKMAN 18 12

 

Others receiving votes: BEECH, BRENTWOOD,FRANKLIN, HALLS

 

Clarksville & Houston may be worthy of mention

[Sommers]

This Soddy Tournament last weekend had some fine match ups...

 

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS

 

1. Brother Martin 217.5; 2. Cleveland 190.5; 3. McCallie 190.5; 4. Soddy Daisy 159; 5. Walker Valley 125.5; 6. Hewitt 107.5; 7. Brentwood 77.5; 8. Centennial 70.5; 9. Oakland 54.5; 10. Signal Mountain 52.

 

11. Pigeon Forge 49; 12. Cookeville 47; 13. Grissom 36.5; 14. Dobyns-Bennett and Cordova tied with 34; 16. Independence 27; 17. Gibbs 25; 18. Notre Dame 24.5; 19. Tullahoma 21; 20. Rhea Co. 9.

 

CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS

 

106 -- Aaron Carter (Cordova) pinned Chase Payne (Soddy Daisy), 2:15;

 

113 -- Addison Cornell (McCallie) dec. Mason Mauro (Brother Martin), 7-5;

 

120 -- Ethan Dendy (McCallie) pinned Campbell Brown (Centennial), 3:41;

 

126 -- Chris "I want Oliver" Debien (Cleveland) pinned..... James Westbrook (McCallie), 2:37;

 

132 -- Paul Klein (Brother Martin) dec. Austin Stevison (Cleveland), 6-4; where is Packy?

 

138 -- Adam Connell (McCallie) pinned Tucker Russo (Soddy Daisy), 5:58; (score prior to pin?)

 

145 -- Luke "Hungry" Hamilton (Brentwood) dec. Gage Richmond (Soddy Daisy), 8-7;

 

152 -- Mason Williams (Brother Martin) dec. Austin Williamson (Soddy Daisy), 3-1;

 

160 -- Fred Denson (Hewitt) dec. Garrett Alexander (Soddy Daisy), 8-1;

 

170 -- Josh Hamilton (Cleveland) pinned Nicholas Comardelle (Brother Martin), :42 ...IMPRESSIVE!

 

182 -- Yehia Riles (Brother Martin) dec. Nathan Hoodenpyle (McCallie), 3-1;

 

195 -- Ethan West (Cleveland) pinned Joshua Tapia (Brother Martin); Nice!

 

220 -- Micah "i want Kramer next" Pressley (Signal Mountain) dec. Koran Kennedy (Cleveland), 2-1;

 

285 -- Jeff "Where's Wells?" Benson (Oakland) dec. Zach Miller (Walker Valley), 3-1.

 

CONSOLATION FINALS FOR THIRD PLACE

 

106 -- Steven Shields (Brother Martin) won by default over Colton Landers (Cleveland);

 

113 -- Luke Mullin (Notre Dame) dec. Heath Williamson (Hewitt), 1-0;

 

120 -- Matthew Kieta (Pigeon Forge) major dec. Jacob McClure (Soddy Daisy), 9-1;

 

126 -- Taylor Gambill (Brother Martin) dec. Austin Houser (Soddy Daisy), 7-5;

 

132 -- Brock Herring (McCallie) over Joseph Munoz (Walker Valley), five-match rule;

 

138 -- Austin Meyn (Brother Martin) dec. Ezra Taylor (Cleveland), 9-7;

 

145 -- Griffin Davis (McCallie) dec. Dalton Meadows (Hewitt), 9-6;

 

152 -- Davis Perry (Hewitt) dec. Ryan Hager (Walker Valley), 6-1;

 

160 -- Travis Quarterman (Brother Martin) over Lawrence Cotton (Walker Valley) five-match rule;

 

170 -- Nathaniel Campbell (Hewitt) dec. Tyler Hixson (Soddy Daisy), 12-7;

 

182 -- Cale Shelton (Signal Mountain) dec. Billy Raulston (Walker Valley), 6-2;

 

195 -- Ric Kennett (Walker Valley) over Tarrick Walker (Centennial), five-match rule;

 

220 -- Corey Tonini (Grissom) dec. Jay Roberts (McCallie), 3-1;

 

285 -- Paul Hunt (Brentwood) pinned Bobby Brown (Grissom), 2:04.

 

(Email John Hunt at nomarathonmoose@comcast.net)

 

It's Landers making it to GP West?

[Sommers]

Here's something Jordan, Blosser, Badon, Holker and ol fixture Manning can be proud of from the state's largest newspaper...

 

REAGAN CHASES PERFECTION

02 Jan 2014 Written by Maurice Patton | The Tennessean Print Email 

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Bruno Reagan is unbeaten during his junior and senior seasons.

Bruno Reagan is unbeaten during his junior and senior seasons.

GREG WILLIAMSON / gannett tennessee

Despite winning the Division I 285-pound championship with a 50-0 record as a junior, this wrestling season wasn't a given for Clarksville's Bruno Reagan.

 

As recently as two months ago, the possibility of giving up his senior campaign was a strong option.

 

After taking up football as a sophomore, Reagan committed to sign a scholarship with South Florida in June, and considered enrolling in spring semester classes at the Tampa school before getting on the mat in December. Since joining the Wildcats and first-year coach Tommy Badon, Reagan has put together a 9-0 record with eight pins coming into this weekend's Johnny Drennan Memorial tournament at Father Ryan.

 

"Back in early November, late in the football season, I kinda wanted to go," said Reagan, the top seed in the Ryan tournament. "But I decided to come back so they could use that spot for a (junior-college transfer), and because I wanted to wrestle.

 

"Wrestling has a place in my heart."

 

Having placed fourth as a sophomore under veteran coach Jeff Jordan, Reagan went unbeaten last year with Jacky Blosser in his corner. This year, Badon arrived after a lengthy stay at longtime rival Dickson County and has admittedly just made some tweaks to what Reagan does.

 

"I just communicate with him what I see as his weaknesses so that he has an idea of what they are," Badon said. "Last year he had a couple of close matches because he gave up some takedowns and got down. He wound up pinning anyway, but he had a couple of close matches. He just got out of position. As long as he stays in position, he's pretty tough to deal with.

 

"It's just about mat strategy. Most of his natural ability and natural talent comes from him and his judo background, and the foundation of his wrestling comes from coach Jordan. As far as technique, there's nothing for me to teach him. It's just about making sure he's got his head in the game and has the knowledge to stay away from any situation that's going to get him in trouble."

 

With a wrestling background dating to fourth grade -- and a judo background that goes back to the age of 3 -- Reagan may not be the prototypical 285-pounder because he can actually execute a repertoire of wrestling moves.

 

"He can roll around," Badon said. "I don't think we've had another heavyweight like him (in Tennessee) since Scott Wells. Scott wrestled like a 125-pounder."

 

Wells, who won the 1998 and '99 275-pound titles at Brentwood Academy, went on to play college football at Tennessee and has played 10 NFL seasons with the Packers and Rams.

 

Like Reagan, Wells went undefeated as a junior. Matching Wells' unbeaten senior season isn't necessarily Reagan's goal, though.

 

"I just want to be better than I was yesterday," he said. "I try to do better every day. That's worked out for me."