National Preps: Team Tennessee Has Six Medalists

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Led by six medalists, Team Tennessee had an excellent showing this weekend at the national prep wrestling championship (in Lehigh, Pa.) as Baylor wrestlers gained three medals, followed by Father Ryan with one and MBA with one.

 

Four seeded wrestlers exceeded their seed - Michael Murphy, Blake Sutherland, Ryan Parker and Gabriel Elkin. Cayman Seagraves was seeded fifth and placed fifth. Trey Chalifoux was seeded seventh and placed eighth.

 

 *Every Tennessee wrestler won at least one match in the two-day event.

 

Team Tennessee Medalists

 

Baylor:

No.4 Michael Murphy 3rd, (138)... reached the championship semis ... only loss was to the eventual national champion ...

No.6 Blake Sutherland, 4th (160) .. reached the championship quarters ..

No.5 Cayman Seagraves 5th (170) ... reached the championship semis

No. 7 Ryan Parker 3rd (195) ... reached the championship quarters

 

Father Ryan: No.7 Trey Chalifoux, 8th (120) ... reached the championship quarters

 

MBA: No.12 Gabriel Elkin, 6th (113) ... reached the championship quarters

 

History: First Champion: Newton HS (NJ) in 1935 ... Baylor first took a team in 1947 ... McCallie took two seniors in 1959 ... Big Blue's Pat Smartt won it all in 1959, becoming the first Southern champ .. He went on to be an All-American at Lehigh Univ in 1963 ..

Baylor won a team title in 1970 its last appearance prior to 2014 ... McCallie's best finish was second in 1968 ... The two schools have a combined 18 individual national champs.

 

 

Monday Night - Greater Chattanooga Sports HOF: McCallie national champs Luther Killian ('68) and Steve Gross ('69) will be inducted as part of the class of 2015.

 

 

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

[Sommers]

Team Tennessee placed high then

[rgiii]

Team scores

http://arena.flowrestling.org/event/43-national-preps

Edited March 1, 2015 by rgiii

[Sommers]

Great talent pool,,, and to think we competed well (at least individually) with some of the top programs in the nation according to Flo...

 

This is overall rankings listed below

 

Rank School State Last

1 Oak Park - River Forest IL 1

2 Wyoming Seminary PA 2

3 Blair Academy NJ 3

4 Graham OH 4

5 Clovis CA 5

6 Franklin Regional PA 6

7 Buchanan CA 7

8 Archer GA 8

9 Poway CA 9

10 Bethlehem Catholic PA 10

11 Bergen Catholic NJ 11

12 Neosho MO 12

13 Southeast Polk IA 13

14 Broken Arrow OK 14

15 Stillwater OK 15

16 Carl Sandburg IL 16

17 Apple Valley MN 17

18 Montini Catholic IL 18

19 Tuttle OK 19

20 Bettendorf IA 20

21 St. Edward OH 21

22 Massillon Perry OH 22

23 Glenbard North IL 23

24 Mountain View AZ 24

25 Crook County OR 25

Edited March 1, 2015 by Sommers

[buckeyeintn]

Awesome job guys!!!!!! We (being Zack) are hoping to get in some late spring and summer wrestling with this group. Even if its just practice . But would love to fill in if needed next time. Tennessee is up and coming and here. Might have turned a few heads.

[mtnrasslin]

Team Tennessee placed high then

There is no Team Tennessee listed but Baylor got 7th- surprising with only 5 wrestlers entered. Father Ryan was 29th. MBA was 47th and McCallie 55th. Tennessee was represented well.

 

Thankfully Tennessee teams can again participate in this great tournament. It's an opportunity for national exposure that is crucial for those that want to wrestle in college.

[cbg]

There is no Team Tennessee listed but Baylor got 7th- surprising with only 5 wrestlers entered. Father Ryan was 29th. MBA was 47th and McCallie 55th. Tennessee was represented well.

 

Thankfully Tennessee teams can again participate in this great tournament. It's an opportunity for national exposure that is crucial for those that want to wrestle in college.

Baylor 5 wrestlers, Father Ryan 4 wrestlers, MBA 2 wrestlers & McCallie 1 wrestler

[Sommers]

117 pts total puts Tennessee in 4th without Becci and others that would have scored.

[Sommers]

The Bros & a couple more chatt/nash Irish could chip in some talent too...

 

Maybe 3rd place with our talent pool

 

1 Blair 283

2 Wyoming Seminary 269.5

3 McDonogh 133.5

4 Malvern Prep 108.5

5 John Carroll 101.5

6 Good Counsel 101

7 Baylor 76.5

Edited March 1, 2015 by Sommers

[chattwrestle]

The Bros & a couple more chart/nash Irish could chip in some talent too...

 

Maybe 3rd place with our talent pool

 

1 Blair 283

2 Wyoming Seminary 269.5

3 McDonogh 133.5

4 Malvern Prep 108.5

5 John Carroll 101.5

6 Good Counsel 101

7 Baylor 76.5

What are you even talking about? I don't think that League would allow Tennessee to put an all star team together to face their high school teams.

[mtnrasslin]

What are you even talking about? I don't think that League would allow Tennessee to put an all star team together to face their high school teams.

You are right- apparently there is some confusion with the National Preps and Fargo. This is a high school team tournament.

[Sommers]

No confusion. Just the feeling of taking or best in Tennessee and competing with the likes of Blair & Wyoming Seminary etc

 

PS: think about it. Go to their sites and see where their wrestlers have come from over the years,,, are they not all star teams essentially?

Edited March 1, 2015 by Sommers