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Baylor Wins D-II Middle/East Region Title - 6 champs


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On the strength of six champions among its 14 state qualifiers, Baylor claimed the TSSAA D-II Middle/East Region traditional wrestling title Saturday at McCallie.

 

Baylor had 240.5 points, while runner-up Montgomery Bell Academy had five champs and 196.5 points and host McCallie was third with three champions and 188 points.

 

Fourth place went to Battle Ground Academy (91.5), Franklin Road Academy (31.5) was fifth, followed by Knox Webb (6th, 24.0), Pope John Paul II (7th, 10.0) and St. Andrews-Sewanee (8th, 4.0).

 

* State Traditional: The 53rd annual state traditional tournament is Feb. 13-14 at the Williamson County Ag Expo Center in Franklin.

Feb. 13 – 11 a.m (EST) - championship quarterfinals … 7 p.m. (EST) - championship semis

Feb. 14 – 11 a.m. – consolation finals … 6 p.m. (EST) - championship finals

 

* Region Champs - Baylor champs (6) were Mason Reiniche (126), Michael Murphy (138), Blake Sutherland (160), Cayman Seagraves (170), Ryan Parker (220) and Cooper Reiniche (285).

 

MBA champs (5) were Thomas Bellet (106), Gabriel Elkin (113), Michael Elkin(120), Cole Euverand (182), D’On Cofer (220).

 

McCallie winners (3) were Brock Herring (132), Sam Harrelson (145) and Will Patton (152).

 

1s vs. 2s:  1s won 10 of 13 matchups with No.2s in the finals … a trio of No.2 seeds and a No.4 seed also were crowned champs.

 

No.4 Seed: McCallie Sam Harrelson was a No.4 seed and won the region at 145 … beat a No.1 seed in the semis and No.2 seed in the finals

 

8th Grader Wins: Baylor’s Mason Reiniche scored a takedown and 3-point near fall in the third period to upset senior state champion James Westbrooks (McCallie), 6-1 in the finals at 126 …

 

* State Qualifiers (state qualifiers – state champs): Baylor (14-6), MBA (13-5), McCallie (12-3), BGA (8-0), FRA (4-0), Knox. Webb (2-0), Pope John Paul II (1-0), St. Andrews-Sewanee (1-0)

 

* Region Finals

106: 1st - (2) Thomas Bellet (MBA) dec. (1) Hayden Hartline (Baylor), 4-2

3rd – (3) Tiy Reed (BGA) dec. (4) Zack Tieng (Knox Webb), 5-0

 

113: 1st - (1) Gabriel Elkin (MBA) major dec. (2) Trev Milling (Baylor), 10-0

3rd – Kolton Grimsley (BGA) pinned Mason Hughes (McCallie), 1:24

 

120: 1st – (1) Michael Elkin (MBA) injury default (2) Addison Cornell (McCallie), 5:52

3rd:  (3) Jack Reynolds (Baylor) major dec.  (4) Alex Linthium (FRA), 11-0

 

126: 1st – (2) Mason Reiniche (Baylor) dec. (1) James Westbrooks (McCallie), 6-1

3rd – (3) John Michael Glover (MBA) dec. (4) Jonah Neuman (BGA), 7-4

 

132: 1st – (1) Brock Herring (McCallie) dec. (2) Alex Atchley (Baylor), 5-0

3rd – (3) Connor Mitchell (BGA) dec. (4) Perry Matthews (MBA), 4-2

 

138: (1) Michael Murphy (Baylor) forfeit win (2) Ethan Dendy (McCallie)

3rd – (3) Sam Bellet (MBA) major dec. (4) Easton Cornelius (FRA), 9-1

 

145: 1st – (4) Sam Harrelson (McCallie) dec. (2) Blake Solarek (MBA), 4-2

3rd – (1) Caleb Powell (Baylor) pinned (3) Braxton Kinney (BGA), 2:11

 

152: 1st – (1) Will Patton (McCallie) pinned (2) Caleb Canada (Baylor), 2:32

3rd – Jacob Telli (JP2) dec. (4) Will Tansil (FRA), 7-3

 

160: 1st – (1) Blake Sutherland (Baylor) pinned (2) Eric Olson (BGA), 3:13

3rd:  (3) Turner Rowland (McCallie) major dec. (4) Tracey Mathis (MBA), 15-6

 

170: 1st – (1) Cayman Seagraves (Baylor) pinned (2) Carter Heckle (MBA), 1:16

3rd – (3) Ariel Bong (McCallie) pinned (4) Louis Smith (Knox Webb), :36

 

182: 1st – (1) Cole Euverand (MBA) forfeit win (2) Cole Holloway (Baylor)   

3rd – (4) Jacob Simpson (BGA) pinned (3) Wyatt Lindlau (St. Andrews-Sewanee), 3:28

 

195: 1st – (1) Ryan Parker (Baylor) major dec. (2) Trel Phillips (McCallie), 8-0

3rd:  (4) Hugh Wheeler (Knox.Webb) forfeit win (3) Ben Kelly (MBA)

 

220: 1st – (2) D’On Cofer (MBA) dec. (1) Jay Roberts (McCallie), 5-4

3rd – (3) Jon Schmissrauter (Baylor) pinned (4) Tymon Mitchell (FRA), 2:00

 

285: 1st – (1) Cooper Reiniche (Baylor) dec. (2) River Henry (McCallie), 5-4

3rd – (3) Joe Scowden (MBA) dec. Seif Waly (BGA), 3-0

 

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

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Does anyone know the circumstances behind either of the regional final forfeits?

 

Dendy forfeits the title to Murphy at 138

 

Holloway forfeits the title to Euverard at 182

 

Injury? Protection from injury? Gamesmanship?

 

And what happened to McCallie's 106 8th grader (Thomas Sell) who made his debut in the Baylor match?

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Does anyone know the circumstances behind either of the regional final forfeits?

 

Dendy forfeits the title to Murphy at 138

 

Holloway forfeits the title to Euverard at 182

 

Injury? Protection from injury? Gamesmanship?

 

And what happened to McCallie's 106 8th grader (Thomas Sell) who made his debut in the Baylor match?

What I know: There have been some serious injuries to both the Baylor & McCallie teams. With the West Region being completed on Friday (which was stupid to miss classroom time for a tournament that on average would not have more than 8 people per weight classification) it would have been easy to have what you described as "GAMESMANSHIP" when people already knew what the brackets would be before the finals. There were some forfeits in the championship round only to have the wrestler compete in the consolation round.

 

What I don't know: If any of the D2 coaching staffs would partake in "Gamesmanship" at the high school level. If they did participate in "GAMESMANSHIP" I ask the question of what does that teach the kids?

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While it is quite understandable to use the regional tournaments to determine qualifiers for state, what sense does it make to have a tournament at all where the top one or two seeds draw byes into the semifinals?

 

My idea is this....I would encourage all the DII coaches to wrestle each kid to the point they qualify, then forfeit out the rest. Send a message to the TSSAA that these two regional tournaments, held in opposite ends of the state, is a colossal waste of time and energy for what is an obvious money grab.

 

Gamesmanship is a choice....simply trying to win without cheating. It is not to be confused with sportsmanship, which is defined by action. There is a great deal of strategy related to the bracketing and seeding process for the individual state tournament. Likely more than we as average fans know.

 

Just eliminate the DII regional altogether. Let each state bracket have 16 entries. Would make for a much better state tournament environment. Seedlings could be argued, but the facts are that to win the title you have to wrestle all the seeds sooner or later anyways.

 

Off my soapbox, but interested in thoughts from all parts of the state.

 

And I still am interested in why two of the potential highlighted finals matches at this regional were forfeits. 138 and 182.

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