Day 1 Highlights

[Bump11]

106: nothing huge. Nelson and Sesnan dominate, they'll meet today in the quarters. Should be fun. Mathews and Shelton have their hands full but pull out close victories. Grant, Haliday, and Moran highlight those who were eliminated

 

113: Navarro and Coggins don't break a sweat. Simon Pergande (WC) upsets Briar Potter but then falls to Maxwell. Bynum and Rogers go to battle wih Bynum pulling it out late with an escape and takedown in the last minute.

 

120: Blansit and Cyree look great with 2 dominate wins each. Zach Patterson upsets Jack Shrader (to ruin some peoples brackets). Patterson vs Blansit should be fun. Rowen (Ov), Smith (WV), and Arthur (Hou) all sent home early is a bit of a surprise.

 

126: Keaton Jones (Hou) upsets Jacob McClure (SD) but then falls to Enrique Gonzalez (Ross). Cyree gets all he can handle from Htoo. Landers uses a near fall in the 3rd to get past Zach Wilkins. Brothers and Crawford advance and will meet in the quarters in an interesting matchup. Berta and Yother are the biggest names of eliminations.

 

132: Debian began his quest for a 4th state title as he walks into the quarters. He'll meet freshman Trevor Rippy. Zarshenas and Iler should be fun to watch. Jose Intriago (West Creek) upset David Garabrandt (Bear). He'll get Austin Houser in the quarters. Can he do it again and make a semi final appearance? If so he will get the winner of Joseph Munoz and Corbin Hurley.

 

138: Ezra Taylor dominates. He'll get Heritage freshman Josh Teaster. Gonzalez vs Feuerbacher is one to watch in the quarters. They both looked fantastic. Rowland and Dickeson both advance and could meet in the semis. Stephen Scott and Emory Holcomb are eliminated. Although Holcomb was because of injury.

 

145: Brandon Oakley of west creek (IMO) upset Bledsoe and Levya to set up a 1/4 final date with Holloran of Franklin. Everything else went chalk as they say with all the expected winners. Beyer vs Bowen has the makings for fireworks.

 

152: No big news here. I would say this went chalk as well. Hamilton and Binns look great. Griffin Broyles eliminated by John Olivieri of Stewart's Creek in a bit of an upset.

 

160: Dustin Holmes pulls a minor upset over

Danyon Edens. Edens would later be sent home by Ooltewah's John Chaffi in a major upset. All other expected quarter finalists advance. Look for Garrison to have his hands full with Begley.

 

170: Zach Linton pins Austin Hammons. He'll get Macon Webster in the quarters. Tate Holmes from Anderson Co. beat Bradley's Corey Gaitlin in a minor upset. Kennedy looks strong on his run to another state title.

 

182: Solomon and Rippy advance in dominate fashion as expected. Solomon gets Mt. Juliet freshman Nathan Walling who is a bit of a surprise quarter finalist. While Rippy gets Tullahoma's Dylan Pearson. Perry Baltz (WC) beats Alex Omessi (Rav) in overtime in what could be the match of the tournament so far.

 

195: Nothing huge here. Russell, Cumby, Strawn, and Bagley all advance. Riley Stevison of Cleveland is sent home. Strawn vs Bagley will be fun.

 

220: Kramer vs Gaither round 3 is set and everyone will be watching. Nick Wilson of Bolton looked strong in a loss to Gaither. Ric Kennett and Josh Filbey make easy work of their first 2 matches. Looks like they are on a crash course for a semifinal clash. Jacob Keltch is sent packing.

 

285: Boykin and Kennedy win. Eichner is pinned in the 1st round. Nothing really special although the big guys are always fun to watch and put on a show.

 

Quarter Final predictions:

 

106-

 

Hicks over Rogers

Shelton over Williams

Mathews over Manivong

Sesnan over Nelson

 

113-

 

Navarro over Hinshaw

Coggins over Kost

Payne over Briant

Maxwell over Bynum

 

120-

 

Blansit over Patterson

Fuller over Davis

Roa over McElhaney

Cyree over Hernandez

 

126-

 

Fuller over Hux

Cyree over Gonzalez

Landers over Knight

Crawford over Brothers

 

132-

 

Debian over Rippy

Iler over Zarshenas

Intriago over Houser

Hurley over Munoz

 

138-

 

Taylor over Teaster

Feuerbacher over Gonzalez

Rowland over Finch

Dickeson over Satterfield

 

145-

 

Russo over Cook

Holloran over Oakley

Bowen over Beyer

Diemer over Fox

 

152-

 

Hamilton over Underwood

Sells over Jeffers

Rutland over Mowery

Binns over Sauls

 

160-

 

Oliver over Jenkinson

Enzor over Holmes

King over McMahan

Garrison over Begley

 

170-

 

Kennedy over Reid

Pinkerton over Holmes

Linton over Webster

Williamson over Rowland

 

182-

 

Solomon over Walling

Baltz over Thompson

Brown over English

Rippy over Pearson

 

195-

 

Russell over Geltch

Johnson over Lett

Cumby over Walker

Strawn over Bagley

 

220-

 

Kramer over Gaither

Yellen over Parker

Kennett over Beard

Filbey over Houston

 

285-

 

Boykin over Ruth

Hancock over Adams

Whitfield over Townsend

Kennedy over Henderson

 

Gonna be a great day of wrestling as the A/AA and D2 tournaments start as well

Edited February 13, 2015 by Bump11

[fooseball96]

What time does the action start today, and finals also?

Edited February 13, 2015 by fooseball96

[Sommers]

Nice job Bump! Things are getting Interesting

[anotherback]

At 132 you think Intriago gets by Houser after an upset win over Garabrandt. Do you think he's on a roll or he was just that impressive. Houser not bad. Just asking. And What Did you think of the 3 freshman at 152 all getting first round wins. All lost in the second but I see that as a small sign wrestling is getting better in the state.

[Bump11]

A little bit of both. I think he is that good and I think he has momentum. I think it's huge that freshman are performing well. I mentioned a few but not all.

[Bump11]

Clearly my instinct was incorrect. Houser wins 8-2

[anotherback]

Clearly my instinct was incorrect. Houser wins 8-2

Houser is tough. I totally missed it at 106. I thought Hicks would win but not pin like he has been. He's really impressing today. Cleveland has got to be happy with both Martin and Hicks the freshman. I'm not sure they were counting on many points from them. Both 2 wins in console.

[Bump11]

Can someone explain what just happened in the Linton-Webster match

[Raven52]

We cant talk about highlights without mentioning the chair incident! All I see is a chair flying into the mat. Then a coach from pigeon forge going crazy and the pigeon forge wrestler shove the ref! I think it was against the east ridge kid.

[Ijustdontunderstand]

We cant talk about highlights without mentioning the chair incident! All I see is a chair flying into the mat. Then a coach from pigeon forge going crazy and the pigeon forge wrestler shove the ref! I think it was against the east ridge kid.

What happened?

[Booger]

in short, the PF wrestler, defending state champion and who is one of the favorites, if the not the favoirite to win it all, gets the can for an illeigal move that injures the ER kid. Coach shows his backside and class to the whole tournament while at the same time fueling the anger of the kid. They were lucky that one of the 2 chairs that he kicked did not injure the wrestlers that were wrestling on the mat in which one of his chairs landed. In the end the kid put his hands on the ref, sent packing and at one point turns and runs toward the ref again before one PF's coaches grabs him. The kid was almost 100% assured a 3rd place podium finish which they obviously thought was a slap in the face, but because the coach could not maintain a since of professionalism and keep calmer heads on the floor; the kid goes home with nothing. PF did win the overall over Hixson in the end and compliments to them for staying the course.

 

Booger's Fighting Irish send 4 into the Finals and come away with 4 Tiltes. 4 for 4 aint bad. 

[Raven52]

in short, the PF wrestler, defending state champion and who is one of the favorites, if the not the favoirite to win it all, gets the can for an illeigal move that injures the ER kid. Coach shows his backside and class to the whole tournament while at the same time fueling the anger of the kid. They were lucky that one of the 2 chairs that he kicked did not injure the wrestlers that were wrestling on the mat in which one of his chairs landed. In the end the kid put his hands on the ref, sent packing and at one point turns and runs toward the ref again before one PF's coaches grabs him. The kid was almost 100% assured a 3rd place podium finish which they obviously thought was a slap in the face, but because the coach could not maintain a since of professionalism and keep calmer heads on the floor; the kid goes home with nothing. PF did win the overall over Hixson in the end and compliments to them for staying the course.

 

Booger's Fighting Irish send 4 into the Finals and come away with 4 Tiltes. 4 for 4 aint bad.

Yeah this exactly! Wonder of the east ridge folks have the video!? I have been looking on YouTube