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Middle tn has benefited from an unprecedented degree of population growth resulting in longer comutes and traffic that at times can be bearable at best.  One of the positive attributes of this phenomenon however; is that schools in the area have seen the number of superior athletes available for competition grow as well.  This influx in athletes has proven very beneficial for various sports at a multitude of schools and has been most evident on the gridiron on Friday nights.

 

An excellent case study for this trend is in Rutherford County which is slowly becoming the cradle of 6A football.   Blackman and Oakland have both been respectable programs in the past, but now seem poised to become permanent powerhouses as 2 of the premier football programs in the state.     

 

The astute question seems to be how successful will wrestling coaches in these growing communities be in recruiting these athletes to the wrestling mat?  I realize there are multiple factors outside of the wrestling coach's control that could affect his ability to get these guys out (the football coach's attitude toward wrestling and the school culure, etc).  Can wrestling programs in the midstate that have these athletes and an abundance of resources at their disposal (most notably schools in Sumner, Wilson, Williamson, and Rutherford counties) use those provisions to turn the proverbial corner and improve the status and depth of mid-state wrestling?  If so could midstate wrestling eventually replace Chattanooga as the cradle of the sport in the state?.   

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Shadowens of Blackman has shown interest and support for wresting at Blackman by coaching for one season recently and then to recruit one of Tennessee's most high profile coaches. Even as a former wrestler himself, he will protect against injury; however, as he did encourage one of the top big guys slated to go to Vandy on scholarship to step back from wrestling the second half of the season, i.e., Adam Smotherman

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