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Chattanooga, Ohio make first appearance in USA Today/NWCA/AWN Division I Coaches Poll

by Jason Bryant | Jan 14, 2014

After a strong fifth-place finish at the Virginia Duals, Chattanooga moved into the USA Today/NWCA/AWN Division I Coaches Poll for the first time this season. The Mocs (10-5) lone loss at the Virginia Duals was to eventual champion Virgina. The Mocs are the first Southern Conference team to be ranked this season.

 

Penn State, Minnesota, Iowa and Oklahoma remained steady in spots 1-4, while Cornell moved into the top five, tied with Oklahoma State in fifth with 354 points. The Big Red (4-0) recently defeated Lehigh 33-7.

 

Ohio University, fresh off a 33-9 victory over Northern Illinois, had been receiving votes most of the season. The Bobcats (5-1) debut this week at No. 25 and give the Mid-American Conference three ranked teams, joining seventh-ranked Missouri and ninth-ranked Northern Iowa. 

 

Virginia moved up one spot after defeating Chattanooga, Kent State and Edinboro to win the Virginia Duals. Wisconsin moved up five spots after upsetting Ohio State. The Buckeyes dropped one spot after recovering by beating Illinois. 

 

Oregon State moved up four spots to No. 20 after defeating Stanford over the weekend. The Cardinal dropped to No. 24. 

 

Bloomsburg and Boise State fell out of the Top 25 after weekend losses.

 

Rank Teams (First) Points Conference Record Previous

1 Penn State (10) 400 Big Ten 8-0 1

2 Minnesota 387 Big Ten 6-0 2

3 Iowa 380 Big Ten 10-1 3

4 Oklahoma 373 Big 12 7-0 4

5 Cornell 354 EIWA 4-0 6

(tie) Oklahoma State 354 Big 12 3-3 5

7 Missouri 337 MAC 3-0 7

8 Nebraska 335 Big Ten 8-0 8

9 Northern Iowa 317 MAC 5-0 10

10 Ohio State 302 Big Ten 6-2 9

11 Illinois 295 Big Ten 6-3 11

12 Virginia 286 ACC 11-2 13

13 Pittsburgh  284 ACC 8-1 12

14 Edinboro 269 EWL 4-3 14

15 Northwestern 258 Big Ten 6-2 16

16 Virginia Tech 253 ACC 11-2 15

17 Iowa State 237 Big 12 6-2 17

18 Wisconsin 227 Big Ten 9-4 23

19 Michigan 224 Big Ten 5-2 18

20 Oregon State 192 Pac-12 6-3 24

21 Lehigh 190 EIWA 5-4 19

22 Purdue 188 Big Ten 3-4 20

23 Chattanooga 178 SoCon 10-5 NR

24 Stanford 140 Pac-12 9-3 21

25 Ohio 55 MAC 5-1 NR

Dropped Out: Bloomsburg, Boise State

Others Receiving Votes: Kent State 36, Bloomsburg 35, Navy 32, North Dakota State 17, Wyoming 17, Arizona State 16, Boise State 16, Rider 16

[Sommers]

Congrats to Coach Cook!

 

by Herald-Citizen staff

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COOKEVILLE — The Cookeville wrestling team continued its march toward the postseason Friday night, getting a big 46-20 victory over Region 5-AAA foe Siegel at the Johnny Miller Wrestling Room.

 

With the win, CHS clinched an automatic berth in this week’s Region 5-AAA duals, which will be held Thursday at Tullahoma.

 

“It was huge (Friday) night,†said CHS wrestling coach Scott Cook. “The guys came out and wrestled hard, about as hard as they’ve wrestled all year. It was very physical, very uptempo, very fast-paced on their feet. It was big. Siegel has beat us the last two or three years, and to come back and to get that monkey off our back and get back up to the top of the districy felt pretty good. I’m very proud of them.â€

 

Cookeville got started with a long string of wins, as Tyler Pike (182-pound class) edged Ryan Mitchey in a 4-3 decision, Trenton Cumby (195) pinned Dylan Bargatze in just 50 seconds, and Darren Houston pinned Landen Patterson in 3:54.

 

Zach Dillon (285) continued the onslaught by pinning Joshua Burkhart in 1:23, and Justin Rogers (106) completed the run with a 17-10 decision over Tyler Grant.

 

The Cavaliers forfeited to Faris Abuzahra (113), but got two more wins at 120 and 126 as Lane Elkins won by technical fall 17-1 over Baylor Bramble, and Joe Hayden pinned Brandon Riley in 5:07.

 

At 132, the Stars got a win as Nick Grant edged Bronson Satterfield 9-6.

 

But the Cavaliers pulled away with three more wins as Tristan Strader (138) topped Lane Folger in a 10-0 major decision, Dalton Underwood (145) pinned Xavier Whitaker in 2:55, and Scott Chaffin (152) pinned Timothy Roper in 2:54.

 

Siegel ended with two wins, as Dustin Holmes beat Dylan Peters (160) by technical fall 17-0 and the Cavs forfeited at 170 to Jordan Vaughn.

 

The Cavaliers (19-1, 3-0) have just one regular-season match remaining, hosting region foes Riverdale and No. 10-ranked Blackman on Tuesday. Weigh-ins are scheduled for 5 p.m., with the wrestling beginning at 6 p.m.

 

“Riverdale’s got some strong kids on their team, and Blackman has got a pretty good strong team top to bottom,†Cook said. “So that’s gonna be a tough challenge for us. But I think right now we’re on an uptick here. I really think we’re ready for it. We’re gonna go after it. It’s our senior night, and our guys have a lot to fight for so I’m excited about it and looking forward to it.â€

 

 

Read more: Herald Citizen - Cavs rout Siegel clinch region berth

[HSDAD]

Wilson Central 71, Mt. Juliet 0

 

 

106: Nicholas King (WC) pinned Daniel Baker (MJ) 1:06.

113: Caleb Berta (WC) dec. Jalen Henry (MJ) 11-6.

120: Christian Cerrito (WC) pinned Matthew Helm (MJ) 2:50.

126: Lane Dickeson (WC) dec. Zackrey Wilkins (MJ) 7-5.

132: Austin Richard (WC) pinned Colin Williams (MJ) 0:45.

138: Eddie Small (WC) pinned Justin Charest (MJ) 2:26.

145: John-Michael Jenkinson (WC) tech. fall Austin Downing (MJ) 15-0.

152: Michael Bimms (WC) dec. Danyon Edens (MJ) 8-2.

160: Zach Linton (WC) pinned Brian Qiu (MJ) 3:13.

170: Tyler Georgeadis (WC) dec. Jacob O`Brien (MJ) 3-2.

182: Marshall Suiter (WC) forfeit.

195: Perry Balte (WC) pinned Asher Benson (MJ) 0:59.

220: John Kramer (WC) forfeit.

285: Christian Frans (WC) forfeit.

[HSDAD]

Wildcats destroy bears !

From box score, looks like only two bears were even close? The "Kitties" from 109 have earned their spot on top of Region 7 !

Edited January 20, 2014 by HSDAD

[newcoach215]

160 is all over the place! King(Beech), Wilson(Maryville), and Broyles(Morristown West) could all have a case made to be ranked. Broyles with a win over King at the Dobyns Bennett Indian Classic and dropping a close decision loss to a wrestler that Wilson went to OT with before splitting matches by injury default with King for 5th tells me that Broyles is a gamer at this weight. Broyles and King also finished higher than Wilson at the Indian Classic. King was ranked for a minute according to Hamms rankings and now with a loss to Wilson in the Halls final(5-2) he dropped out of the rankings. Lets not forget that Wilson was able to perform well at the state tournament last season and was able to finish 6th.

Edited January 21, 2014 by newcoach215

[werazzlin]

160 is all over the place! King(Beech), Wilson(Maryville), and Broyles(Morristown West) could all have a case made to be ranked. Broyles with a win over King at the Dobyns Bennett Indian Classic and dropping a close decision loss to a wrestler that Wilson went to OT with before splitting matches by injury default with King for 5th tells me that Broyles is a gamer at this weight. Broyles and King also finished higher than Wilson at the Indian Classic. King was ranked for a minute according to Hamms rankings and now with a loss to Wilson in the Halls final(5-2) he dropped out of the rankings. Lets not forget that Wilson was able to perform well at the state tournament last season and was able to finish 6th.

Been hearing of Broyles at 152... if that is case lookout he will rock there.

[Sommers]

Been hearing of Broyles at 152... if that is case lookout he will rock there.

Agreed, Jeff! Glad to see that boy of yours making loss of noise for MTSU! Go be proud of him

 

More from Ward Gossett...

 

Semi-unknowns to watch in the traditional AAA regional at Walker Valley and the A/AA traditional region at Hixson include East Hamilton's Briar Potter (106), Red Bank's Trent Comeaux (106) and Devin Crawl (170), Bradley's Hunter Parker (126) and Ooltewah's Mack Fairley (195) and Jacob Keltch (285).

 

Trojans rise in state poll

 

Soddy-Daisy climbed back into the top five in the Tennessee high school coaches' poll, coming in at No. 5 behind Cleveland, Father Ryan, Baylor and Wilson Central.

The Trojans swapped places with Bradley following their win over the Bears last week. McCallie is seventh, followed by Montgomery Bell Academy, Ravenwood and Walker Valley. Blackman is 11th and Christian Brothers 12th. Hixson was among other teams receiving votes.

Soddy-Daisy went 5-0 at the Christian Brothers Duals over the weekend. The Trojans' closest match was 47-24 over the hosts, and their largest margin of victory was 72-12 over Cordova. Austin Houser, Garrett Alexander, Tyler Hixson and Hunter Maynor led the way with five victories each.

Cleveland, Soddy-Daisy, Bradley and Walker Valley will compete in the Region 3-AAA duals Thursday at Ooltewah. Cleveland meets Bradley and Soddy-Daisy takes on Walker Valley in semifinals at 7 p.m. The championship match is scheduled for 8:30.

 

Tornado 4th at Prep Slam

 

Father Ryan won the Southeastern Prep Slam in Atlanta with 232 points, while McCallie was fourth behind Lake Highland Prep from Florida and New York's St. Anthony's Academy.

The Blue Tornado had two champions: Adam Connell (138) and Nathan Hoodenpyle (182). James Westbrooks (126) was a runner-up and Ethan Dendy (120) and Jay Roberts (220) placed fifth.

Baylor-McCallie Friday

 

The annual Baylor-McCallie meet is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday at McCallie.

There is now some talk of McCallie also hosting the first-ever Division II East/Middle traditional state qualifier on Feb. 8. It was first thought that Baylor would host a one-day mini-tournament, but that now is up in the air because small school coaches didn't like the idea of seeding the top four wrestlers in each weight class and then having everybody else wrestle for the fifth and sixth spots. At last word, the tournament's fate was in the hands of the participating schools' athletic directors.

 

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UTC's Eslinger nears 3rd All-Time

 

Now in his fifth season as the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga head coach, Heath Eslinger has a record of 56-35 and is one win from tying Ethan Reeve for third on the school's all-time victory list.

UTC is 11-5 heading into Wednesday evening's Southern Conference meet at The Citadel.

Reeve, now strength and conditioning coach at Wake Forest, had a 57-38-2 record in six years with the Mocs (1985-90). Jim Morgan (1969-83) leads at 209-70-3. Andy Nardo (1953-68) is second at 77-30-4.

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

Edited January 21, 2014 by Sommers

[Sommers]

Having Heath Eslinger as head coach is a tremendous boost for wrestling in general in Tennessee and the entire SE, especially now that they have broken back into the top 25.

 

He brings a long term commitment to Tennessee and UTC wrestling. I foresee him staying here long enough to become the second most winningest coach of All Time. At D1, and for what it's worth, it will take another 10 years or so to catch the legendary coach Jim Morgan, IMO.

Edited January 21, 2014 by Sommers

[cbg]

Having Heath Eslinger as head coach is a tremendous boost for wrestling in general in Tennessee and the entire SE, especially now that they have broken back into the top 25.

 

He brings a long term commitment to Tennessee and UTC wrestling. I foresee him staying here long enough to become the second most winningest coach of All Time. At D1, and for what it's worth, it will take another 10 years or so to catch the legendary coach Jim Morgan, IMO.

Being the coach with the most wins in D1 at UTC or the coach with the 2nd most wins at D1 at UTC is all relative and depends on the schedule.  If UTC wrestles a very difficult schedule it will take much longer to accumulate wins but it will get the athletes ready for the NCAA tournament. IMO, the only thing that counts is how well you do at the NCAA Tournament & how many All-Americans you can produce each year.   

[Sommers]

Hey,,, Premiere team in the SE now and not that far off from grabbing some top tier talent over VA, UNC, Edinsboro, Lehi, Kent st etc. Getting Soto and Mock, and now Peck didn't hurt!

 

Cbg, do you recall who all gave (not have) Soto offers?

Edited January 22, 2014 by Sommers

[Sommers]

I will never forget this old rivalry...

 

Hixson Wrestlers Edge East Ridge, 31-27

Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - by B.B. Branton

 

 

It was a Hixson-East Ridge battle from the 1970s.

 

Two tradition-rich wrestling programs went at it at Hixson Tuesday night with two tie scores and four lead changes and it came down to the final match.

 

 

With the fans from both schools cheering to the end, Hixson’s Ronnie Huff posted a major decision against Jayln Allen worth four team points and a 31-27 team victory.

 

Huff scored a takedown at the first and end of the opening period, plus an escape to lead 5-4.

 

Allen gained a tie at 5-5 with a second period escape, but Huff then turned it on with 12 straight points for a major decision to clinch the team triumph.

 

“Hats off to East Ridge for wrestling a solid match and we came out flat,†said Hixson coach Garrick Hall who now has 199 career wins. “I knew at weigh-ins that they were ready and we weren’t. They fought off their backs in certain matches, but we were able to come back in the final two matches.â€

 

Starting at 152 with a technical fall by Hixson’s Landon Goforth (5 team points), the Wildcats won four of the first six matches for a 19-6 lead.

 

The Pioneers then won five of the next six matches to lead 27-22 with two matches remaining.

 

Hixson then secured the win with a technical fall by Joe Stegall ,followed by Huff’s major decision.

 

“It was an exciting match, I thought we wrestled well, but Hixson won some big matches at the end,†said East Ridge coach Chris Bird.

 

Next Matches

 

Thursday – Two Matches

 

Hixson Senior Night vs. Tyner, Boyd Buchanan and CCS

 

Notre Dame honors the late Irish state champ James Jabaley and wrestles East Ridge in a region match.

 

Hixson 31, East Ridge 27

 

152 – Landon Goforth (Hix) tech fall Zack Peters, 17-1 … Hixson, 5-0

 

160 – Matthew Mapp (ER) dec. Ryan Turner, 6-2 … Hixson, 5-3

 

170 – DeAngelo Johnson (ER) dec. Chris Nicholson, 7-3 … ER, 6-5

 

182 – Dylan Bargerstock (Hix) dec. Nakota Culver, 3-0 … Hixson, 8-6

 

195 – McKenzie Martin (Hix) tech fall Doug Salvador, 15-0 4:00 … Hixson 13-6

 

220 – Bubba Palacio (Hix) forfeit win … Hixson, 19-6

 

285 – C.J. Baker (ER) dec. Brody Gregory, 2-1 … Hixson, 19-9

 

106 – Hunter Owens (ER) major dec. Spencer Groves, 13-3 …. Hixson, 19-13

 

113 – Logan McDonald (ER) pinned Jacob Newman, 1:45 … Tie 19-19

 

120 – Konnor Ziegler (Hix) dec. Josh Williams, 8-3 … Hixson, 22-19

 

126 – Brandon Whitley (ER) pinned Isaac Yates, 5:00 … ER, 25-22

 

132 - Spencer Griffey (ER) dec. Grayson Layne, 8-2 … ER, 27-22

 

East Ridge penalized one team point on the coach

 

138 – Joe Stegall (Hix) tech fall Justin Hitchcock, 23-2 … Tie Score

 

145 – Ronnie Huff (Hix) major dec. Jayln Allen, 17-5 … Hixson, 31-27

 

East Ridge 72, Lookout Valley 6

 

145 – Justin Hitchcock (ER) pinned Michael Minnick, 1:08 … ER, 6-0

 

120 – Trent Walliser (LV) pinned Matthew Yarbrough, 2:34 … Tie, 6-6

 

152 – Zack Peters (ER) forfeit win … ER, 12-6

 

160 – Matthew Mapp (ER) forfeit win … ER, 18-6

 

170 – DeAngelo Johnson (ER) forfeit win … ER, 24-6

 

182 – Nakota Culver (ER) forfeit win … ER, 30-6

 

195 – Doug Salvador (ER) forfeit win … ER, 36-6

 

220 – double forfeit

 

285 - C.J. Baker (ER) forfeit win, ER 42-6

 

106 – Hunter Owens (ER) forfeit win … ER, 48-6

 

113 – Logan McDonald (ER) forfeit win … ER, 54-6

 

126 – Brandon Whitley (ER) forfeit win … ER, 60-6

 

132 – Spencer Griffey (ER) forfeit in … ER 66-6

 

138 – Justin Hitchcock (ER) forfeit win … ER 72-6

 

Hixson 78, Lookout Valley 4

 

120 – Trent Walliser (LV) major dec. Konnor Zieger, 12-3 … LV, 4-0

 

145 – Daegan Le (Hix) pinned Michael Minnick :36 … Hixson, 6-4

 

152 – Landon Goforth (Hix) forfeit win … Hixson, 12-4

 

160 – Ryan Turner (Hix) forfeit win … Hixson, 18-4

 

170 – Chris Nicholson (Hix) forfeit win … Hixson 24-4

 

182 – Dylan Bargerstock (Hix) forfeit win … Hixson, 30-4

 

195 – McKenzie Martin (Hix) forfeit win … Hixson 36-4

 

220 – Bubba Palacio (Hix) forfeit win … Hixson, 42-4

 

285 – Brody Gregory (Hix) forfeit win … Hixson, 48-4

 

106 – Spencer Groves (Hix) forfeit win …. Hixson, 54-4

 

113 – Jacob Newman (Hix) forfeit win … Hixson, 60-4

 

126 – Isaac Yates (Hix) forfeit win … Hixson, 66-4

 

132 - Grayson Layne (Hix) forfeit win … Hixson, 72-4

 

138 – Joe Stegall (Hix) forfeit win … Hixson, 78-4

 

 

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

 

 

Well done BBB!

[Sommers]

Five matches left 120-145 and Blackman over Cookeville 22-18. It's a brawl!

Edited January 23, 2014 by Sommers