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

[Sommers]

How exactly would you distinguish a fluke? You're saying head-to-head should be considered criteria but only if its deemed legit and not a fluke? Might as well keep separating them with that type of logic.

Should your 220 be placed ahead of Kramer since he won at Region Duals?

[Sommers]

Try this out super simple. 1- 4 go to state from each region. (Once Again) If you don't place or your hurt or sick for the region you don't go to state. To seed the top 4 you use head to head. (no ifs ands or buts, bad call or not the winner is the winner) Last year shouldn't matter at all when it comes to seeding/placing wrestlers this year. If you placed last year "GREAT JOB" Do it again this year. Then go to matches won, then by pin. You can seed/place 2nds ,3rds, 4ths from the regionals the same way. In the event you have to many wrestlers in a bracket, the 4ths wrestle-in to the main bracket. The losers of the wrestle-in then go to the 5th and 6th place consolation bracket. This guarantees everyone to get two matches and still have a shot at a medal. No brains here but sounds super fair.

Good suggestions. Not a big difference in 1st & 2nd in a bracket usually. Putting the highest placer from a previous year is a Feel Good & places more value on past performance. I don't have a problem with that like, Koran Kennedy, Shotts (not Shorts), Boykins and Kramer all winning their regions and considering their previous placements if any. Someone on here was not impressed with freshman 106'ers, but Scotty's Little Brother at 220/Riverdale can't be downplayed too much. Edited February 5, 2014 by Sommers

[rlwest40]

Should your 220 be placed ahead of Kramer since he won at Region Duals?

Yes if they both win region Kennedy would be seeded over Kramer. Shotts would be seeded over both of them with wins over them both. That's how they would be seeded at any tournament.....except TN state.

 

Previous years results are always high on seeding criteria. Current seasons head to head is usually always at the top though. Both of these are over current wins and pins don't mean a lot except when comparing wrestlers that have split matches.

Edited February 5, 2014 by rlwest40

[Sommers]

Mr Kramer is one who doesn't talk about it... He will let others do that. He has every intention to adjust & let his mat work do the talking the next couple of weeks + next year ...Great opportunities ahead.

 

Placement doesn't matter.

[Sommers]

Here's an article by the old wrestling media vet, Ward Gossett, involving All Divisions in Chattanooga, including a <1000 school that once shocked the state by winning their region over Soddy a few short years ago....

 

Tournament Increases Chances For Many

 

By: Ward Gossett | February 7, 2014

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photo Soddy-Daisy wrestling coach Jim Higgins and his Trojans have moved to Region 4 with other area Class AAA powers, leaving local Class A/AA schools a chance for region glory in the new traditional classification.

Photo by C. B. Schmelter.

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The goal at Hixson High School hasn’t changed. Coach Garrick Hall and the Wildcats want to win the region wrestling tournament.

 

It could be easier this year with perennial region-title contender Soddy-Daisy moving to Region 4 along with Ooltewah and East Hamilton, joining the rest of the area’s Class AAA schools.

 

“We’re 900 students and we were competing against schools with somewhere around 1,400 students,†Hall said. “Our mindset hasn’t changed at all. It doesn’t matter who’s in the region. The whole goal is to try to win the region and get as many people to the state tournament as we can with the idea of competing for the state championship.â€

 

There still are traditionally strong programs in Region 2-A/AA including Central, East Ridge, Notre Dame and Red Bank. Still, the absence of the three AAA schools from the seeding meeting was odd.

 

“Every year you knew Soddy-Daisy was going to take that first-place trophy. Without them it puts A/AA schools up on the radar a little more,†Signal Mountain coach Joe Jellison said.

 

“I hadn’t even thought about it,†said Hall, whose team is hosting the first Region 2-A/AA tournament. “It may be a lot calmer, I think, and the change gives a guy who might’ve been a No. 5 seed [in the previous alignment] a better chance to get to the state tournament. You take those three teams out of it and it increases the opportunity for other schools — the smaller schools — to take some kids to the state tournament.â€

 

While their absence opens the door for smaller-school wrestlers, Soddy-Daisy, Ooltewah and East Hamilton are now in Region 4-AAA with Bradley Central, Cleveland, McMinn County, Rhea County and host Walker Valley. Four of those teams – Cleveland, Soddy-Daisy, Bradley and Walker Valley – were ranked among the top 10 in the final Tennessee coaches’ poll.

 

“I’m looking forward to this one more than the one last year,†Soddy-Daisy coach Jim Higgins said of the transition. “I’m excited about a different field, and in the long run we’ll be facing tougher competition before the big show. There are a handful of matches that could be state-finals matches, and it also incorporates some heated rivalries.â€

 

The change came after the TSSAA agreed to sanction a small-school state tournament.

 

“They’re trying to grow the sport. It is a chance for more kids to compete, and we’re competing against schools that are closer to our size,†Hall said.

 

East Ridge coach Chris Bird wrestled at East Ridge during a time when the region tournament included Baylor, McCallie, Notre Dame, Red Bank and Central — and when Soddy-Daisy was just beginning to blossom under Steve Henry.

 

“In my tenure as a wrestler and assistant coach, the region has changed four or five times. I guess I got used to it changing,†Bird said. “If the point of the TSSAA is to grow the sport, they’re doing the right thing.â€

 

The 2-A/AA tournament is one of three Tennessee qualifiers going on this weekend.

 

In another first, Division II teams are in their first year for a qualifying tournament. In previous years, Division II basically had an all-comers tournament at the state without anybody going through a qualifying tournament.

 

This year there are two qualifying regions: East/Middle and West. The East/Middle, which has more participation, will have six spots for each weight class and the West three. Before the start of the state tournament next week, the sixth-place finisher from the East/Middle will compete against the third-place finisher from the West for the right to advance into the state field. No state tournament points will be accrued from those matches.

 

The East/Middle regional is at Baylor and begins at noon today. The plan is to wrestle everything today.

 

“It’s basically a preview of next week,†McCallie coach Mike Newman said.

 

Contact Ward Gossett at wgossett@timesfreepress.com or 423-886-4765. Follow him at Twitter.com/wardgossett.

[Sommers]

A brief Middle Tn update from Mo...

 

06 Feb 2014 Written by Maurice Patton

 

Region wrestling tournaments are set for this weekend, with Midstate programs taking part in events at five different sites.

 

In Class AAA, the top four finishers at each weight in the eight regional tourneys advance to next week's state tournament and will be placed in 32-man brackets. In Class A/AA, the top four placers at each weight in the three regional tourneys advance and will be placed in 16-man brackets, with four randomly drawn byes.

 

In Division II, the top six finishers from the East/Middle region and the top three from the West advance into an eight-man bracket, with one single-elimination wrestle-in.

 

Local regionals are:

 

* Region 3-A/AA: at Creek Wood, Friday and Saturday.

 

* Region 5-AAA: at Blackman, Friday and Saturday.

 

* Region 6-AAA: at Ravenwood, Friday and Saturday.

 

* Region 7-AAA: at Northwest, Friday and Saturday.

 

* Division II, East/Middle: at Baylor, Friday.

[Sommers]

It appears 182 is still incorrect. Decision, not pin in finals. Big win for Hagey & ripening Radishes in February...

 

second, Baylor third

By: Ward Gossett | February 8, 2014

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Baylor's Ryan Parker, left, takes down Brentwood Academy's Ryan Sealy during their bout at the TSSAA Division II wrestling qualifying tournament Friday at Baylor School.

Photo: Doug Strickland. Baylor's Ryan Parker, left, takes down Brentwood Academy's Ryan Sealy during their bout at the TSSAA Division II wrestling qualifying tournament Friday at Baylor School.

 

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photo Baylor's Zach Watson controls James Simpson of Father Ryan in a 126-pound match during a dual meet at McCallie School.

Photo by John Rawlston /Chattanooga Times Free Press.

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Medal rounds

Legend and team scores: 1. Father Ryan (FR) 273.5, 2. McCallie (McC) 239; 3. Baylor (Bay) 238, 4. Montgomery Bell Academy (MBA) 194, 5. Brentwood Academy (BA) 135, 6. Franklin Road Academy (FRA) 97, 7. Battle Ground Academy (BGA) 61, 8. Ensworth (Ens) 36, 9. Knox Webb (KW) 8.5, 10. Pope John Paul (PJP) 7, 11. St. Andrew's-Sewanee (SAS) 6, 12. Donelson Christian Academy (DCA)3.

 

106 pounds

 

For first: Eli King (FR) tech. fall over Gabriel Elkin (MBA), 5:32. For third: Jack Reynolds (Bay) major dec. Stanton Davis (McC), 10-0. For fifth: Hunter Anderson (BA) dec. Kolton Grimsley (BGA), 9-5.

 

113 pounds

 

For first: Michael Murphy (Bay) won by forfeit over Trey Chalifoux (FR). For third: Michael Elkin (MBA) won by forfeit over Justin Becci (BA). For fifth: Alex Linthium (FRA) won by forfeit over Addison Cornell (McC).

 

120 pounds

 

For first: Ethan Dendy (McC) major dec. Jared Frazier (FR), 11-3. For third: John Michael Glover (MBA) won by forfeit over Christian DiLucchio (BA). For fifth: Cannon McCullough (BGA) won by forfeit over Andy Atchley (Bay.

 

126 pounds

 

For first: James Westbrooks (McC) dec. Kirby Simpson (FR), 8-1. For third: Caleb Canada (Bay) dec. Sam Bellet (MBA), 5-2. For fifth: Jonah Neuman (BGA) pinned Jack Davidson (Ens), 0:47.

 

132 pounds

 

For first: Chris Wesnofske (FR) injury default over Brock Herring (McC). For third: Braxton Kinney (BGA) won by forfeit over Blake Solarek (MBA). For fifth: Caleb Powell (Bay) pinned Vance Lipsey (BA), 3:31.

 

138 pounds

 

For first: Adam Connell (McC) dec. Michael Eckhart (FR), 1-0. For third: Stephen Johnson (MBA) dec. Drake Mitchell (FRA), 8-7. For fifth: Rob Butler (BA) pinned Nick Savas (BGA), 3:48.

 

145 pounds

 

For first: Griffin Davis (McC) dec. Ryan Simpson (FR), 3-2. For third: Will Tansil (FRA) dec. Mark Floyd (MBA), 17-15; For fifth. Turner Troxel (Bay) won by forfeit over Mina Adeeb (PJP).

 

152 pounds

 

For first: Donovan Sutherland (Bay) dec. Marcello Morrice (FR), 6-3. For third: Will Patton (McC) pinned Samuel Stallings (Ens), 2:07. For fifth: Ben Barton (MBA) dec. Chad Young (FRA), 7-1.

 

160 pounds

 

For first: Bryson Popp (Bay) tech. fall over Nick Naughton (FR), 6:00. For third: Michael Ethan (FRA) pinned Justin Badgett (McC), 4:09. For fifth: Jake Keen (MBA) dec. Max Mullen (BA), 9-4.

 

170 pounds

 

For first: John Hagey (FR) pinned Cayman Seagraves (Bay), 3:46. For third: Ridley Wills (MBA) pinned Ariel Bong (McC), 4:08. For fifth: Sam Scruggs (BA) pinned Seth Horton (SAS), 1:41.

 

182 pounds

 

For first: Ryan Parker (Bay) pinned Nathan Hoodenpyle (McC), 1:59. For third: Blake Patton (MBA) dec. Hunter Duff (FR), 7-3. For fifth: Ryan Sealy (BA) pinned Jake Simpson (BGA), 2:42.

 

195 pounds

 

For first: Trel Phillips (McC) major dec. Jacob Cretin (BA), 14-4. For third: Houston Hooker (FR) dec. Jack Byrd (FRA), 7-2. For fifth: Emory Norred (Bay) won by forfeit over Ben Kelly (MBA).

 

220 pounds

 

For first: Ben Stacey (FR) won by forfeit over Jon Schmissrauter (Bay). For third: D'On Coofer (MBA) dec. Jonah Reels (BA), 5-2. For fifth: Jay Roberts (McC) pinned Chris Corsi (FRA), 2:34.

 

285 pounds

 

For first: Will Thomas (Bay) dec. Tucker York (BA), 13-7. For third: Miles Douglas (Ens) pinned Conner Eli (FRA), 2:50. For fifth: John Kelly (MBA) pinned William Boardman (McC), 0:57.

 

In a tournament nobody but the TSSAA seemed to want, Father Ryan won going away Friday at Baylor, scoring 273.5 points and qualifying 13 for next week's traditional state tournament in Franklin.

 

For the first time since the public/private split, Division II schools were required to have qualifying tournaments as part of their road to the state tournament.

 

"There were some great matches, just like there will be great matches next week," said McCallie coach Mike Newman, whose team finished second with 239 points. "I think everybody was grateful to get out of there without anybody getting hurt. There were some forfeits where one of the guys was dinged up and the coaches anticipated a similar matchup next week."

 

Newman was in such a hurry to leave the premises and get on to state-tournament planning that he was totally unaware that the Blue Tornado had finished a point better than city rival Baylor.

 

"I didn't even think about team awards," he said. "I was more worried about having our team meeting and getting everybody out of there so they could start resting up for next week."

 

Red Raiders coach Ben Nelson seemed to express a sentiment that ran throughout the tournament's coaching ranks. They had, after all, voted unanimously against having such a tournament.

 

"It seemed like a huge redundancy that was a big waste of resources -- teams having to travel and to take kids out of school," he said. "We wrestled matches that for the most part are going to be rewrestled next weekend."

 

The three traditional powers split the championships. Baylor and McCallie captured five apiece and Father Ryan had four. The Purple Irish ran up their point total by getting 11 to the finals.

 

The champions were Baylor's Michael Murphy (113), Donovan Sutherland (152), Bryson Popp (160), Ryan Parker (182) and Will Thomas (285); McCallie's Ethan Dendy (120), James Westbrooks (126), Adam Connell (138), Griffin Davis (145) and Trel Phillips (195); and Ryan's Eli King (106), Chris Wesnofske (132), John Hagey (170) and Ben Stacey (220).

 

Baylor, McCallie, Father Ryan and Montgomery Bell Academy each qualified at least 13 for Franklin, but Baylor, McCallie and MBA had sixth-place medalists who will have to compete in a single-elimination wrestle-in match against the West region's third-place finishers. Baylor and MBA had one each while McCallie has two.

 

MBA was a distant fourth with 194 points, and Brentwood Academy with 135 points was the only other team to top the century mark. Franklin Road Academy was sixth with 97, followed by Battle Ground Academy with 61, Ensworth with 36, Knoxville Webb with 8.5, Pope John Paul with 7, St. Andrew's-Sewanee with 6 and Donelson Christian Academy with 3.

 

Contact Ward Gossett at wgossett@timesfreepress.com

[Bump11]

Payne and Houser both miss weight for Soddy. Landers also not wrestling for Cleveland. Not sure what happened there

[Sommers]

WC is Steamrolling toward state!

 

Ryan looks like they will regain their top spot from 2012.

 

SC's Kaleb Gonyea is in the finals at 126 and is this new school's state qualifier!

 

Shelbyville may be adding one or two themselves!

 

Bam Bam Feuerbacher is back & one win away

[Sommers]

regional

By Idris Garcia | February 8, 2014

The first day of the Region 2-A/AA wrestling tournament wrapped up Friday night with the host Hixson Wildcats atop the leaderboard with 54.5 points.

 

Hixson began with a pin from 132-pounder Grayson Layne to the delight of fans shouting, "Good start!" The fall set the pace for the Wildcats, who put 12 of their 14 wresters into the championship semifinals, scoring bonus points in 11 matches.

 

"You just have to keep wrestling and keep rolling," Hixson coach Garrick Hall said. "It's their tournament. It's individual and you have to want it."

 

An impressive East Ridge squad is nipping at Hixon's heels with 53 points. The Pioneers' total includes a semifinal win at heavyweight in the only semifinal bout wrestled Friday. Under the leadership of first-year head coach Chris Bird, the Pioneers will begin day two with 12 of their 13 wrestlers still competing.

 

Bird said his team will have to wrestle well on the back side of the bracket to give Hixson a run.

 

"[Our wrestlers] came out a little cold, but the guys wrestled as well as they could," he said. "They need to compete tomorrow. Tournaments are won and lost in consolation matches."

 

Rounding out the top five are Red Bank (41 points), Chattanooga Central (38.5) and Tyner (33 points).

 

Red Bank came into the tournament with only 10 wrestlers, but nine of them are moving on to the semifinals.

 

"We've had our best two weeks of preparation, and it showed tonight," Lions coach Shane Turner said. "They're going to beat us on depth, not quality. I don't see why we can't put nine guys into the state tournament."

 

All of the tournament's top seeds advanced into the championship semifinals, as day one of the area's first A/AA regional ever was short on drama, but today could provide fireworks as state qualifiers along with a tightly contested team race.

 

The finals are scheduled to be wrestled at 2:30 p.m. with the top four wrestlers advancing to the first A/AA traditional state tournament next week.

 

Contact Idris Garcia at 423-757-6273

[Sommers]

Clarksville area's best still in contention at region wrestling tournament

...West Creek in second in team standings

 

Feb. 7, 2014 | 0 Comments

 

Written by

George Robinson

Leaf-Chronicle

 

CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — More than two dozen wrestlers from the Montgomery County area are still on pace to earn Region 7 Individual Wrestling titles after the first day of the tournament wrapped up Friday night at Northwest High School.

 

Despite the threat of snow late Friday night, the tournament proceeded as scheduled with three weight classes pushing three area wrestlers into Saturday’s winner’s bracket semifinals. Kenwood’s Hamza Yunis, Rossview’s Charles Ladd and West Creek’s Jacob Kuhns all advanced to the 182-pound weight class semifinals.

 

At 195, Clarksville High’s Kiel Russell, Kenwood’s Omar Yunis and Northwest’s Andrew Slight advanced to the semis, while the state’s top-ranked heavyweight, Bruno Reagan of Clarksville High, West Creek’s Cory Wright and Northeast’s Dustin Beard advanced in the 285-pound division.

 

West Creek has been solid this season during the dual meet that ended two weeks ago, and the Coyotes sit in second place overall after Friday’s first day. West Creek finished the evening with 52 points and trails Wilson Central by 25 points for first place. Beech (51), Clarksville High (46) and Mt. Juliet (39) round out the top five in team points.

 

The tournament is scheduled to resume Saturday morning. Wrestling will begin around 10 a.m. The region championship and consolation finals are scheduled to begin around 3 p.m.

 

Reagan, who signed to play football at Vanderbilt during National Signing Day Wednesday, wrestled only one match Friday, pinning Hendersonville’s Reed Robinson 45 seconds into the match. The defending state champ at 285 is the heavy favorite to repeat as region champ as well.

 

Reagan is one of seven Clarksville High athletes who will wrestle Saturday morning with the hopes of advancing to the region championship match. West Creek matched that number with seven of its own that will compete in Saturday’s semis. Rossview has five, while Northwest and Northeast each have three and Kenwood’s Yunis brothers are still alive.

 

The top four wrestlers in each weight class will advance to next week’s state individual wrestling tournament in Franklin, and 33 other wrestlers from the Clarksville area are still alive for either third or fourth place in their respective weight classes. By the end of Saturday, the 50-plus athletes still eligible for state berths will be cut in half when tickets are punched for state competition at the Williamson County Ag Expo.

 

George Robinson. Prep writer.

[wrstlnman]

It appears 182 is still incorrect. Decision, not pin in finals. Big win for Hagey & ripening Radishes in February...

 

second, Baylor third

By: Ward Gossett | February 8, 2014

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Division II wrestling

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Baylor's Ryan Parker, left, takes down Brentwood Academy's Ryan Sealy during their bout at the TSSAA Division II wrestling qualifying tournament Friday at Baylor School.

Photo: Doug Strickland. Baylor's Ryan Parker, left, takes down Brentwood Academy's Ryan Sealy during their bout at the TSSAA Division II wrestling qualifying tournament Friday at Baylor School.

 

Photo

photo Baylor's Zach Watson controls James Simpson of Father Ryan in a 126-pound match during a dual meet at McCallie School.

Photo by John Rawlston /Chattanooga Times Free Press.

 

 

 

Why did they put a photo of Zach Watson in the paper? He graduated 2 years ago.