State Tournament Day 1

[Nainten]

Arlington from Memphis is in 2nd place? Wow. Good for Memphis

How 'bout them plucky Tigers.  They just don't know when to quit.  

[Bump11]

While it looks like Bradley won't be letting off the gas peddle any time soon, the battle for 2nd, as well as the top 5 will be very exciting to watch. And I see 15-20 teams who could push for a top 10 finish! Good luck to all quarterfinalists. Can't wait to see how it all unfolds over the next couple days!

[mrfixalot49]

Anyone see the Russo match. What happened. Shame it ended that way. Russo is a good kid and was probably just wrestling at 110%.

[Newestguy]

Just watched the video. It was by definition a slam. Can't put yourself in a position for it to even be close. Not sure how you can wrestle more than 100%

[Taxman]

If the move by Russo didn't hurt the kid and was unintentional then shame on the Smyrna coaches if they made the call. Ruined that kid's dreams.

[cbg]

Quarterfinal Matchups:

 

106-

 

#3 Brayden Palmer (Beech) vs #4 Bryce Pond (Cleveland)

 

Justin Kimble (Collierville) vs #5 Luke Dezember (Lawrence Co)

 

#1 Charles Wheaten (Soddy) vs #2 Trent Nelson (Tennessee)

 

James Harcum (Cookeville) vs Michael Cannon (Arlington)

 

 

113-

 

#1 TJ Hicks (Bradley) vs #3 Ethan Maxwell (Gibbs)

 

#6 Alex Pergande (Wilson) vs Graham Brothers (Brentwood)

 

#5 Calvin Martin (W. Blount) vs William Witt (Cane Ridge)

 

#4 Job Dooley (Franklin) vs #2 Tolliver Justice (Halls)

 

 

120-

 

#5 Adam Fuller (Centennial) vs Austin Plumlee (Mt. Juliet)

 

#4 Dylan Coggins (Stewart's Creek) vs Kyle Burns (Bearden)

 

#3 Michael Moultry (Siegel) vs Landon Adzima (Gibbs)

 

Tre'von Thomas (Blackman) vs #1 Ryan McElhaney (Bradley)

 

 

126-

 

#2 Tristan Roa (Brentwood) vs Chris Nielsen (Halls)

 

Josh LaCoe (Bradley) vs #6 Travis Arthur (Houston)

 

#5 Josh Hernandez (Heritage) vs Luke Story (Science Hill)

 

#4 Jack Shrader (Franklin) vs #1 Tristan Blansit (Cleveland)

 

 

132-

 

#1 Corbin Hurley (Tennessee) vs #3 Colton Landers (Cleveland)

 

#4 Hunter Parker (Bradley) vs Matthew Maxwell (Gibbs)

 

#5 Brady Ingram (Independence) vs Carl Templeton (Smyrna)

 

Nathan Potter (Riverdale) vs #2 Joseph Munoz (Walker Valley)

 

 

138-

 

#1 Knox Fuller (Bradley) vs Will Diehl (Science Hill)

 

#3 Ian McNitt (Harding Valley) vs #5 Cole Iler (Centennial)

 

#2 Zach Wilkins (Mt. Juliet) vs Dylan McElhaney (Tullahoma)

 

#6 Emory Holcomb (Soddy) vs #4 Dewey Pendley (Tennessee)

 

 

145-

 

#2 Michael Diemer (Heritage) vs Austin Matthews (Bradley)

 

Arthur James (Science Hill) vs #5 Sawyer Knott (Summit)

 

Bryson Henley (Tennessee) vs Grayson Young (Houston)

 

Angel Leyva (Gibbs) vs #1 Trevor Rippy (Beech)

 

 

152-

 

#1 Chris Rowland (Ravenwood) vs #3 Mikel Gregory (Walker Valley)

 

#5 Christian Salter (Siegel) vs Jay Graham (Rhea Co)

 

#2 Donnie Beyer (Bradley) vs Wesley Nuchols (W. Blount)

 

Jason Johnson (Tennessee) vs #4 Adrian Gonzalez (Rossview)

 

 

160-

 

Tyrone Johnson (Smyrna) vs #5 Dawson Satterfield (W. Blount)

 

Alex Jeffers (Dobyns) vs #6 Kemale Strong (Hunters Lane)

 

#2 Tyler Sells (Blackman) vs Cedric Lynn (Memphis East)

 

Daniel Rilley III (Heritage) vs #3 Colton McMahan (Halls)

 

 

170-

 

#2 Tate Holmes (Anderson Co) vs Aaron Moore (Arlington)

 

#6 Jack Hicks (Cleveland) vs #4 Kyle Smith (Beech)

 

#1 Zach Linton (Wilson) vs Nolan Kennedy (W. Blount)

 

Brandon Patterson (Bolton) vs #2 John Oliveri (Stewart's Creek)

 

 

182-

 

#2 Kaleb Rippy (Beech) vs Hunter Fortner (Gibbs)

 

#4 Jeremy Spangler (Tennessee) vs #5 Dawson Johnson (Bartlett)

 

#3 Josh Booker (Jeffco) vs Jaterius Graham (Bolton)

 

Brent Buckman (Halls) vs #6 Tyler Boeck (Soddy)

 

 

195-

 

#1 Brett Brown (Bradley) vs #2 Jacob Gerkin (Bearden)

 

#5 Andre Bravo (Blackman) vs Dylan Carney (Northwest)

 

#6 Dylan Pearson (Tullahoma) vs Zach Thomas (Rossview)

 

Eric Cornelius (West Creek) vs Tyler Reid (Ootelwah)

 

 

220-

 

#1 Tyler Barber (Stewart's Creek) vs Javier Salvador (Heritage)

 

#5 Victor Bednarski (Ooltewah) vs Kenneth Haggerman (Tennessee)

 

#6 Dalton Davis (Cumberland Co) vs #3 Isaiah Demello (Independence)

 

Peyton Reinert (Beech) vs #2 Hunter Bagley (Science Hill)

 

 

285-

 

#1 Nick Boykin (Riverdale) vs Michael Kramer (Wilson)

 

Jonathan Davis (Gibbs) vs #4 Jordan Hardy (Antioch)

 

#2 Logan Townsend (Jeffco) vs #6 Hunter Hanncock (Summit)

 

Landen Patterson (Siegel) vs #3 David Adams (Bradley)

 

 

 

Team Scores

 

1. Bradley Central 83.5

2. Arlington 54.0

3. Heritage 52.0

4. Tennessee 51.0

5. Gibbs 50.0

6. Beech 48.0

7. Cleveland 47.5

7. Soddy Daisy 47.5

9. Independence 43.5

9. Wilson Central 43.5

11. Bartlett 43.0

12. Knoxville Halls 42.0

12. Siegel 42.0

14. William Blount 41.0

15. Blackman 37.0

15. Science Hill 37.0

17. Stewarts Creek 33.0

18. Summit 32.0

18. Walker Valley 32.0

20. Northwest 30.5

Congratulations to Arlington for having a great 1st day.  It's nice to see a Memphis team do well!

[espntop10]

Here is the thing, by all accounts nothing has made any of us think otherwise that Russo was or is intending to hurt anyone. Does he wrestle hard? Yes. To wrestle at the level he is wrestling you have to. Did he make a mistake with how the guy was taken to the mat? Probably, but it is also a judgment call by the official with the force component. If the kid was not hurt and the trainers cleared him that is one thing. If the coaching staff took the TSSAA push for concussion and thought he would be better off not continuing then that is another thing as well. It will all depend on if the kid wrestles this morning, forfeits out, or wrestles like he is hurt. In any case I hate Russo going out like this, but I would not want to face him in the consolations, he is likely to hit a big hot streak and place 3rd.

[espntop10]

Congratulations to Arlington for having a great 1st day.  It's nice to see a Memphis team do well!

There is a lot more depth this year, region 1 has i think 13 or 14 wrestlers in the quarter finals, region 2 and 3 have a good showing, Memphis area or region 8 has shown that they can compete. I hope the growth continues to make this a competitive state nationwide. Now here is the question, do they seed the top 8 if it keeps doing this trend?

[mrfixalot49]

He was returned to the mat with to much force per official said the Times Freepress.110% was ment to say he was wrestling hard. Are we really going nitpick. The point is the kid said he could continue and was cleared by the trainer. The coach would not allow him to continue and Russo was robbed of a possible 3rd title.

Edited February 19, 2016 by mrfixalot49

[mrfixalot49]

Shame it ended that way for Russo. Good kid who loves the sport.

Edited February 19, 2016 by mrfixalot49

[espntop10]

He was returned to the mat with to much force per official said the Times Freepress.110% was ment to say he was wrestling hard. Are we really going nitpick. The point is the kid said he could continue and was clear definition by the trainer. The coach would not allow him to continue and Russo was robbed of a possible 3rd title.

Again, as a health professional, maybe the coaches saw something that the trainers did not because of a great thing called a baseline. There are trainers who defer to the kid even though there could be something wrong because it is state tournament. There are trainers who ask the kid if they are okay and if they say yes they are "cleared." A quality concussion test takes 15-30 minutes and they can still pass it and have one. Sometimes we let our feelings of kids mask the good in maybe someone saved this kids life. You never know.

[mrfixalot49]

Good point to consider espntop10. Just hate to see it go down that way for both wrestlers.