McCallie Baylor Preview .. Today 5 p.m. at McCallie

[bbb]

It’s Baylor-McCallie week with the Blue Tornado prevailing in basketball Friday night and the Red Raider wrestlers look to turn the tables on McCallie today at 5 p.m. in the McCallie gym.

 

An overflow crowd is expected as Baylor is led by state champs Ryan Parker (3), Michael Murphy (3) and Cooper Reiniche, while Will Patton won a state title for McCallie last year.

 

Old wrestlers never die they just come out of the woodwork for this match, meet for lunch or dinner, compare lineups and talk about when they wrestled and walked out on the squared circle for the first time with 1500 screaming fans yelling for or against them.

There are not many sporting events which can compare to this one-on-one legal combat for teenagers and will live to tell their kids and grand kids about the day they had their hand raised victorious in a Baylor-McCallie match.

Today’s Match

5 p.m. -  at McCallie ... 92nd Meeting

Overall Series: Baylor leads, 51-40

Current Win Streak: Baylor has won 13 straight

Last McCallie win: 2006 state duals finals

Last McCallie win in regular season: 2004

 

Prediction: Baylor wins by 8

 

Coaches Quotes

Ben Nelson (Baylor) … “Each of our wrestlers need to focus just on his match and not get caught up in all the excitement and hoopla of the rivaly. If each guy will wrestle up to his capability I will be pleased.â€

 

Mike Newman (McCallie) …†bonus points and winning the majority of the toss up matches will determine today’s match.â€

 

Baylor-McCallie Match  ... record in ( ) is record in the McCallie-Baylor duals including state duals

106 – Clayton Pettway (0-0) vs. Zack Ward (0-0)… first Baylor McCallie match for both wrestlers
113- Grant Slye (0-0) vs. Trent Maddox (0-0) … first Baylor McCallie match for both wrestlers
120- Trevor Milling (1-0) vs. Jared McCallister (0-0)
126 - Andy Atchley (0-2) vs. Brock Herring (3-0) …
132- Jack Reynolds vs. Trent Walliser (0-1) … first meeting since youth wrestling days a decade ago
145- Michael Murphy (6-0) vs. Ethan Dendy (2-0) … Murphy is a 3x state champ … defeated Dendy in 2015 state finals
152- Mason Reiniche (1-0) vs. Will Patton (1-2)… Patton won state title at .. Reiniche was runner-up at
160- Caleb Powell (2-3) vs. Thomas Roland (0-1)
170- Riley Westlake (0-0) vs. Judah Duhm  (0-1 … Duhm is undefeated this season
182- Khamari Whimper (0-0) vs. Walker Daugherty (0-1)
195- Ryan Parker (5-0) vs. Trel Phillips (1-2) … Parker is a 3x state champ
220- Tyree Toliver (0-0) vs. Jay Roberts (2-3)
285- Cooper Reiniche (2-1) vs. River Henry (0-2) … Reiniche dec. Henry in 2015 state finals in overtime

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 30, 2016 by bbb

[Bump11]

McCallie is looking good. Just 6 matches to go they lead Baylor 24-13.

[PaulSimpson]

What matches are left ?

[Bump11]

What matches are left ?

145-160. 27-20 now. You gotta think Murphy and Powell win for Baylor at 145/160 so the 152 match between Patton and Reiniche should decide it

[Bump11]

145-160. 27-20 now. You gotta think Murphy and Powell win for Baylor at 145/160 so the 152 match between Patton and Reiniche should decide it

murphy dec Dendy at 45. 27-23 McCallie. 2 matches left

[Bump11]

Mason Reiniche dec Will Patton. 27-26 McCallie leads. Last match of the night. 160. Caleb Powell of Baylor vs Thomas Rowland of McCallie. Can Rowland pull off the upset and give the Blues their first win over he Reds in 13 meetings?

[Bump11]

Mason Reiniche dec Will Patton. 27-26 McCallie leads. Last match of the night. 160. Caleb Powell of Baylor vs Thomas Rowland of McCallie. Can Rowland pull off the upset and give the Blues their first win over he Reds in 13 meetings?

he can not. Powell wins by major. Baylor wins 30-27

[PaulSimpson]

14 in a row. I would say when you lose 14 in a row it kind of loses its muster of being called a rivalry.

[slipperypeat]

Based on the student sections, I'd say it is still a rivalry. But 14 in a row... I thought for sure this was the year McCallie knocked them off. They seem like the better team on paper. Why can't they get past Baylor? Coaching? Talent? Baylor just has their number?  It amazes me that good wrestlers in Chattanooga still sign up to wrestle for McCallie unless they are a legacy.  

[HasbeenWrestler]

Craft is like the Kobe of TN refs, he had a good run, but it's time to hang it up. He's missing calls left and right. Probably should've retired years ago.

[PaulSimpson]

That's real nice first time post and you're ripping on the referee.

Bless your heart 😉

Edited January 31, 2016 by PaulSimpson