Wrestling Updates and Tidbits...

[Cindylou]

Product of Cleveland Family Tree...

https://x.com/umichwrestling/status/1856725676126072907/photo/1

 

[Cindylou]

Unlike other sports, you're kind of locked into a weight group, and so another team might have a girl, but they might not align up with your girl in that weight group when you wrestle them. And so that's always the problem you run into is girls might go all season and only wrestle one other female", says coach Ray.

Coach Ray adds the tournament gives the girls the chance to have multiple matches in one location.

https://newschannel9.com/news/local/hunter-middle-makes-history-with-first-all-girls-wrestling-event-boosting-female-athletes

[Cindylou]

Local wrestling facility damaged by Helene gives back Local wrestling facility damaged by Helene gives back to Happy Valley High School

by: Kenzie Hagood

Posted: Nov 23, 2024 / 11:28 PM 

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL) – Beside the Ring Wrestling was back on the mat Saturday night at Happy Valley High School (HVHS) after Hurricane Helene flooded the facility.

The event supported HVHS for its role as a resource site for flooding victims during Hurricane Helene. Beside the Ring distributed concession stand funds back to the high school after the matches.

https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/local-wrestling-facility-damaged-by-helene-gives-back-to-happy-valley-high-school/

Edited November 25, 2024 by Cindylou

[Cindylou]

3 pt TD article

https://www.thegazette.com/wrestling/iowa-high-school-wrestling-notes-coaches-react-to-new-rules-introduced-for-the-2024-25-season/

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Wade Schalles' FB Thread on Girls wrestling and more on Freestyle...

Today I’d like to cover one of the major challenges our sport has with women’s wrestling . . . it’s the amazing growth of their programs.

Not to confuse, I’m in full support of what the ladies have accomplished! It’s great. It’s exciting. It’s amazing. And it’s invigorating. But, with every action there always seems to be an opposite reaction. 

Here’s where I’m headed.

I constantly hear how well our sport is doing, and those who are professing that typically use the women’s movement as a shining example of our growth. Yes, their numbers are exploding. But here’s the opposite reaction.

When you don’t have enough food to feed the programs you do have, and you seriously increase the number of mouths you have to feed, shortages are bound to occur. That’s exactly what the AD’s are seeing, and also feeling.

Let me stress, none of this has anything to do with the ladies and the incredible job they’re doing. 

But there are more challenges we need to look at. The first one is, the men aren’t rocking it. Their spectator numbers are horrible if you look at it in terms of sustaining a financial balance. The red ink is pervasive. Two programs in particular I’ll use as examples of fan support. Arizona State and Oklahoma University. Two major athletic powerhouses. But sadly, there are many high school programs across the country who are outdrawing them. And, they’re not alone.

Is that the fault of the sport, or their coaches? The answer is no to both.

It’s the Rules Committee, as it has been for decades. Not any one person in particular, but it’s the pressure the group feels from the sports upper tier coaches who want things to remain as they are. 

And, it might also have something to do with none of them, including the coaches, having backgrounds or degrees in marketing, sponsorships, advertising, broadcasting, or promotions.

Regarding the fans the sport does have, most of them aren’t interested in giving up another evening each week to support something that doesn’t satisfy their cravings.” 

Next, I have such a huge problem with this issue that my thesaurus can’t even help me. I’m trying to find a word that adequately describes what appears to be an outside organization dipping their fingers in the collegiate pie. I can’t imagine who might have an interest in the women competing at the collegiate level in freestyle?

Where was the Rules Committee when this decision was made? Probably the same place they were when the Regional Training Centers were being suggested. How could they have possibly let these things happen? Even if they weren’t asked, had they voiced an opposing viewpoint, I doubt freestyle would have been pushed forward, or the RTC’s allowed to occur.

Keeping silent doesn’t absolve the Rules Committee of complicity given they are the sole purveyors of power in the sport. 

To be clear, I’m not against America kicking butt internationally. I cheer as loudly as anyone when we win. But, the RTC’s do very little for Folkstyle wrestling while they suck huge amounts of alumni giving away from athletic department coffers. 

Enter Colorado Springs. “Why not freestyle for the women? It’s what the ladies do in the Olympics, so doesn’t it make sense to wrestle freestyle collegiately? America needs to be better prepared for the Pan Am’s, the World’s, and the Games!” 

Don’t be confused, Coke is not Pepsi, even if they are both classified as beverages. What’s good for the Folkstyle goose, is not always good for the freestyle gander. USAWrestling is not a friend of Folkstyle. It has an adversarial relationship, and the wrestling community needs to be aware of it.  

The same philosophy can be used when anyone wonders who really benefits from the creation of the RTC’s?

Maybe that’s a legitimate claim if it’s the job of America’s high schools, colleges, and universities to prepare 6 women and 6 men for competition every four years at the Games.

Let’s go back to my earlier analogy of having a lot more mouths to feed. Athletic departments are struggling beyond anyone’s imagination due to the number of spectators that aren’t sitting in the stands for our sport. Saying, “look how fast we’re growing,” might be well-intended, but it’s still a false flag assertion. Did the Rules Committee take any of this into consideration when they were involved, weren’t involved, or could have been involved? 

As with anything that’s new, there are always growing pains. Especially now, as the ladies build their own stage. But how many more threads can the sport endure given the number we’re currently dangling from? 

I’m not trying to confuse anyone, but to me, the biggest issue we have is not budgets, although that does have administrators’ attentions. It’s how long will it be before someone says, “hey, doesn’t it make sense for the women to wrestle freestyle at the high school level as well?” 

Oh yea, oops, I forgot, it’s already happened. New York is now the first state to wrestle freestyle at the scholastic level for the ladies. If anyone thinks this is a one-off issue, they clearly have their heads in the sand.

This isn’t me with nothing better to do than write columns. We need to start paying attention here. Just as one domino falls and causes the next one to topple, if you like Folkstyle, trust me, the fox is already in the henhouse. 

And, just for the fun of it, I was trying to see how many cliches I could put into one column; if you hadn’t noticed. :>)

More

Everything is about $$$, and freestyle has NO fans. Folkstyle has 10 times more and that isn't even close to breaking even financially. International styles is a very bad move if we are to exist as a collegiate sport.

Selfishly, we should've gone to freestyle and dropped folkstyle decades ago. I hated it. Why we had to be different than the other countries is questionable. Obviously our wrestlers were skilled at freestyle as well and had good olympic and international results. Think of how dominant we could've been with wrestlers growing up with just freestyle training. That continued success in the olympic could've help the sport here collegiately. Everybody loves medals! Why stay with a style that puts two guys rolling around on a mat? Fans like the throws, the leg sweeps etc. There's an art to it, a almost poetic motion. Have no out of bounds and a non stop clock for 4 minutes. Match over. You stall, you lose. A legitimate move has to be initiated every 15 seconds or both competitors are penalized. Penalty points are tallied at the end of a team competition and are deducted from the total points. It would effect the score. No challenges in the matches, as it used to be. I know I'm throwing #### out there, but perhaps that needs to be done. Results are born from ideas. If you do the same thing over and over again and expect better results, well you know. Merry Christmas,Happy holidays, happy new year and may good health and fortune come your way.

Rebuttal

I respectfully disagree. Freestyle has many fans in freestlye girl wrestling. Given the evolution of the sport(girls) in PA we are seeing the fans evolve to like freestyle over folkstyle. More action in the freestyle matches over folkstyle matches is the reason. 

The sport started with freestyle a few years back & the fans now are accustomed to the additional action and scoring. 

I believe the folkstyle rules are going to keep changing to be closer and closer to the UWW rules to make our girls better at the Olympic level. 

Remember, girls are peaking 6-8 years before the boys so we certainly need the rules to help our freestyle skills during regular season. Fans will keep growing in freestyle. The trends are there. I am fortunate to see it first hand. 

All states have to keep pushing to go 100% Freestlye. It will help the sport and the growth.

https://www.facebook.com/share/poEVKBobVumnH5nx/

Edited December 13, 2024 by Cindylou

[soms]

The Cookeville High School boys wrestling team had a positive start to the week. Keep it up coach Cook...

https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.herald-citizen.com/sports/cavs-open-week-with-dominant-wins-at-stone/article_d27df85e-0d4d-5302-ae2c-7d1e81c24f7f.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTY2MzI4MTYwMjA3MjU2NTkyNDYyGjYyOWE2OWZiNzRhOTViMDY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw1Qxo92pjWG3fMulqM5gksn

[soms]

Dickson Co. Coverage...

From December 9, 2024 – Now in its 31st year, The wrestling Poll is primarily a measure of dual meet strength with some consideration to individual tournament strength. Votes are cast by a state-wide panel of high school wrestling coaches and are based on a maximum Power Ranking of 132.

RANK SCHOOL POWER RANKING

1 CLEVELAND 130

2 MCCALLIE 110

3 BAYLOR 108

4 FATHER RYAN 106

5 SUMMIT 71

6 NOLENSVILLE 65

7 SODDY DAISY 57

8 COLLIERVILLE 46

9 LAKEWAY 28

10 BRADLEY CENTRAL 25

11 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 27

12 DOBYNS-BENNETT 21

ALSO RECEIVING VOTES: BLACKMAN, FARRAGUT,GREEN HILLS,HALLS, HOUSTON, MBA,SIGNAL MOUNTAIN,STATION CAMP

https://dicksoncountysource.com/tennessee-high-school-wrestling-poll-for-december-9-2024/

More from other Pubs asking with some National Individual* rankings...

https://www.chattanoogan.com/2024/12/11/496546/Cleveland-Voted-Top-Ranked-Wrestling.aspx

https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://williamsonsource.com/tennessee-high-school-wrestling-poll-for-december-9-2024/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzMxNjQ1Mzg2ODkyNzY0ODYyODIaMWY1NjFjMDEyY2Q2ODVmMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AOvVaw0ITeUlYKxGmOh5G-Y4Ecfi

https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.si.com/high-school/wrestling/2024-25-national-high-school-wrestling-rankings-12-13-2024-01jf00pfptc3&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTMzMxNjQ1Mzg2ODkyNzY0ODYyODIaMWY1NjFjMDEyY2Q2ODVmMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AOvVaw2X_gcnNp1135eboWpLYMQZ

https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://rutherfordsource.com/tennessee-high-school-wrestling-poll-for-december-9-2024/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTczMjM0MzQ0MzI0NDI0NzI3NjMyGmM3YTk0ZmFkNTg1ZmZkNTQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw0ltrob33ZJshi3vRAB6qAX

Ranked Individuals...

3-JoJo Uhorchuk (Signal Mountain, TN) SO

26-Casen Roark (Father Ryan, TN) SR

20-Hunter Sturgill (Baylor School, TN) SR

24-Brayden Leach (Summit, TN) SR

9-Maximus Norman (Baylor School, TN) SR

Ryder Smith (Chattanooga Christian School, TN) JR

I may have missed one. If so, sorry. 

Sports illustrated...

2024-25 National High School Wrestling Rankings (12/13/2024) https://www.si.com/high-school/wrestling/2024-25-national-high-school-wrestling-rankings-12-13-2024-01jf00pfptc3

Edited December 16, 2024 by soms

[Appvol]

On 12/16/2024 at 9:53 AM, soms said:

Dickson Co. Coverage...

From December 9, 2024 – Now in its 31st year, The wrestling Poll is primarily a measure of dual meet strength with some consideration to individual tournament strength. Votes are cast by a state-wide panel of high school wrestling coaches and are based on a maximum Power Ranking of 132.

RANK SCHOOL POWER RANKING

1 CLEVELAND 130

2 MCCALLIE 110

3 BAYLOR 108

4 FATHER RYAN 106

5 SUMMIT 71

6 NOLENSVILLE 65

7 SODDY DAISY 57

8 COLLIERVILLE 46

9 LAKEWAY 28

10 BRADLEY CENTRAL 25

11 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 27

12 DOBYNS-BENNETT 21

ALSO RECEIVING VOTES: BLACKMAN, FARRAGUT,GREEN HILLS,HALLS, HOUSTON, MBA,SIGNAL MOUNTAIN,STATION CAMP

https://dicksoncountysource.com/tennessee-high-school-wrestling-poll-for-december-9-2024/

More from other Pubs asking with some National Individual* rankings...

https://www.chattanoogan.com/2024/12/11/496546/Cleveland-Voted-Top-Ranked-Wrestling.aspx

https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://williamsonsource.com/tennessee-high-school-wrestling-poll-for-december-9-2024/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzMxNjQ1Mzg2ODkyNzY0ODYyODIaMWY1NjFjMDEyY2Q2ODVmMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AOvVaw0ITeUlYKxGmOh5G-Y4Ecfi

https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.si.com/high-school/wrestling/2024-25-national-high-school-wrestling-rankings-12-13-2024-01jf00pfptc3&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTMzMxNjQ1Mzg2ODkyNzY0ODYyODIaMWY1NjFjMDEyY2Q2ODVmMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AOvVaw2X_gcnNp1135eboWpLYMQZ

https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://rutherfordsource.com/tennessee-high-school-wrestling-poll-for-december-9-2024/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTczMjM0MzQ0MzI0NDI0NzI3NjMyGmM3YTk0ZmFkNTg1ZmZkNTQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw0ltrob33ZJshi3vRAB6qAX

Ranked Individuals...

3-JoJo Uhorchuk (Signal Mountain, TN) SO

26-Casen Roark (Father Ryan, TN) SR

20-Hunter Sturgill (Baylor School, TN) SR

24-Brayden Leach (Summit, TN) SR

9-Maximus Norman (Baylor School, TN) SR

Ryder Smith (Chattanooga Christian School, TN) JR

I may have missed one. If so, sorry. 

Sports illustrated...

2024-25 National High School Wrestling Rankings (12/13/2024) https://www.si.com/high-school/wrestling/2024-25-national-high-school-wrestling-rankings-12-13-2024-01jf00pfptc3

A lot good high school tournaments this weekend.

The Christmas Knockout shows Lakeway and McCallie going there 

KC Stampede shows Baylor and Christian Brothers going there 

Beast of the East shows Dobyns Bennett , Independence and Summit going there

Edited December 18, 2024 by Appvol

[ObseverW]

On 12/16/2024 at 9:53 AM, soms said:

Dickson Co. Coverage...

From December 9, 2024 – Now in its 31st year, The wrestling Poll is primarily a measure of dual meet strength with some consideration to individual tournament strength. Votes are cast by a state-wide panel of high school wrestling coaches and are based on a maximum Power Ranking of 132.

RANK SCHOOL POWER RANKING

1 CLEVELAND 130

2 MCCALLIE 110

3 BAYLOR 108

4 FATHER RYAN 106

5 SUMMIT 71

6 NOLENSVILLE 65

7 SODDY DAISY 57

8 COLLIERVILLE 46

9 LAKEWAY 28

10 BRADLEY CENTRAL 25

11 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 27

12 DOBYNS-BENNETT 21

ALSO RECEIVING VOTES: BLACKMAN, FARRAGUT,GREEN HILLS,HALLS, HOUSTON, MBA,SIGNAL MOUNTAIN,STATION CAMP

https://dicksoncountysource.com/tennessee-high-school-wrestling-poll-for-december-9-2024/

More from other Pubs asking with some National Individual* rankings...

https://www.chattanoogan.com/2024/12/11/496546/Cleveland-Voted-Top-Ranked-Wrestling.aspx

https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://williamsonsource.com/tennessee-high-school-wrestling-poll-for-december-9-2024/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzMxNjQ1Mzg2ODkyNzY0ODYyODIaMWY1NjFjMDEyY2Q2ODVmMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AOvVaw0ITeUlYKxGmOh5G-Y4Ecfi

https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.si.com/high-school/wrestling/2024-25-national-high-school-wrestling-rankings-12-13-2024-01jf00pfptc3&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTMzMxNjQ1Mzg2ODkyNzY0ODYyODIaMWY1NjFjMDEyY2Q2ODVmMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AOvVaw2X_gcnNp1135eboWpLYMQZ

https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://rutherfordsource.com/tennessee-high-school-wrestling-poll-for-december-9-2024/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTczMjM0MzQ0MzI0NDI0NzI3NjMyGmM3YTk0ZmFkNTg1ZmZkNTQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw0ltrob33ZJshi3vRAB6qAX

Ranked Individuals...

3-JoJo Uhorchuk (Signal Mountain, TN) SO

26-Casen Roark (Father Ryan, TN) SR

20-Hunter Sturgill (Baylor School, TN) SR

24-Brayden Leach (Summit, TN) SR

9-Maximus Norman (Baylor School, TN) SR

Ryder Smith (Chattanooga Christian School, TN) JR

I may have missed one. If so, sorry. 

Sports illustrated...

2024-25 National High School Wrestling Rankings (12/13/2024) https://www.si.com/high-school/wrestling/2024-25-national-high-school-wrestling-rankings-12-13-2024-01jf00pfptc3

I think Bradley lost on criteria to number 5 Summit this past weekend, so not sure if Summit is over-ranked or Bradley is under. However Soddy beat Bradley tonight 44-22.   
 

Bradley tourney is a good one this weekend and I think Cleveland will be at a pretty tough Carnahan tourney in Indiana.

[CaptainGuru]

6 hours ago, ObseverW said:

I think Bradley lost on criteria to number 5 Summit this past weekend, so not sure if Summit is over-ranked or Bradley is under. However Soddy beat Bradley tonight 44-22.   
 

Bradley tourney is a good one this weekend and I think Cleveland will be at a pretty tough Carnahan tourney in Indiana.

Cleveland Raiders are one of the best in the state. I guarantee it. Summit Spartans also have a good team. Summit Spartans were good last year too. I remember they had some good wrestlers. They will both be in the state tournament. I guarantee it. Does anyone want to bet me? I am Captain Guru and I approve this message.

[soms]

On 12/18/2024 at 12:12 PM, CaptainGuru said:

Cleveland Raiders are one of the best in the state. I guarantee it. Summit Spartans also have a good team. Summit Spartans were good last year too. I remember they had some good wrestlers. They will both be in the state tournament. I guarantee it. Does anyone want to bet me? I am Captain Guru and I approve this message.

Al Miller Wrestling Family Tree... 

Great Job Pete and crew!!!

[soms]

Pre-Seeds Announced for 2025 Southern Scuffle

1/2/2025 2:36:00 PM

The 133 podium at the 2024 Southern Scuffle presented by Compound Sportswear

Blake Boarman on the 2024 podium was one of four Chattanooga Mocs to place at last year’s Southern Scuffle presented by Compound Sportswear.

CHATTANOOGA---Let's Scuffle! The New Year is here so it's time for the annual Southern Scuffle presented by Compound Sportswear. The matchups begin Saturday, Jan, 4, and ends Sunday, Jan. 5 at McKenzie Arena.

The impressive 22-team field has 18 different programs represented among the seeds. Out of the 10 weight classes, there's an interesting breakdown.

Army has the has the most overall seeds with eight. It's followed by Oklahoma with seven, Virginia Tech with five as well as Little Rock, North Dakota State, Northern Colorado and Virginia with four each.

The highest tally of top seeds falls to Army, Northern Colorado, Oklahoma and Virginia Tech with two apiece. Little Rock and North Carolina each have one.

There are two defending champions in the field with both coming from Northern Colorado. Stevo Poulin looks to defend his 125 crown, while teammate Vinny Zerban heads the 157 class.

The most competitive weight on paper is 133. All six seeds are nationally ranked with five in the top 20. That gauntlet is led by No. 9 Nasir Bailey of Little Rock followed by No. 14 Dom Serrano (Northern Colorado) who finished as runner-up in 2024. Next up is No. 17 Ethan Oakley of North Carolina and Chattanooga's Blake Boarman at 18. The Sooners' Cleveland Belton is 20th ahead of Army's Ethan Berginc at 22.

 

The full list of seeds by class. Rankings are per FloWrestling.

125

1. (7) Stevo Poulin, Northern Colorado

2. (22) Spencer Moore, North Carolina

3. (24) Charlie Farmer, Army

4. (23) Antonio Lorenzo, Oklahoma

5. (30) Robert Sagaris, Long Island

6. Keyveon Roller, Virginia

 

133

1. (9) Nasir Bailey, Little Rock

2. (14) Dom Serrano, Northern Colorado

3. (17) Ethan Oakley, North Carolina

4. (18) Blake Boarman, Chattanooga

5. (20) Cleveland Belton, Oklahoma

6. (22) Ethan Berginc, Army

 

141

1. (8) Mosha Schwartz, Oklahoma

2. (21) Todd Carter, Gardner-Webb

3. (22) Braden Basile, Army

4. (26) Shannon Hanna, Campbell

5. Kyren Butler, Virginia

6. Ian Oswalt, Brown

 

149

1. (13) Willie McDougald, Oklahoma

2. (16) Jordan Williams, Little Rock

3. (25) Gavin Drexler, North Dakota State

4. (30) Trae McDaniel, Army

 

157

1. (17) Vinny Zerban, Northern Colorado

2. Noah Castillo, Chattanooga

3. (25) Tanner Peake, Davidson

4. Blake Saito, Brown

5. Max Petersen, North Dakota State

6. Michael Gioffre, Virginia

 

165

1. (21) Gunner Filipowicz, Army

2. (33) Tate Picklo, Oklahoma

3. Domonic Baker, Campbell

4. (25) Brendon Abdon, Little Rock

5. Clayton Ulrey, Northern Colorado

 

174

1. (4) Lennox Wolak, Virginia Tech

2. (10) Gaven Sax, Oklahoma

3. (27) Dalton Harkins, Army

4. (29) Sergio Desiante, Chattanooga

5. John Worthing, Clarion

 

184

1. (18) Gavin Kane, North Carolina

2. (23) DJ Parker, Oklahoma

3. (20) TJ Stewart, Virginia Tech

4. Triston Wills, Little Rock

5. Sam Fisher, Virginia Tech

6. Aiden Brenot, North Dakota State

 

197

1. (9) Andy Smith, Virginia Tech

2. (26) Levi Hopkins, Campbell

3. (28) Patrick Brophy, Citadel

4. Tayshaun Glover, North Dakota State

 

285

1. (23) Lucas Stoddard, Army

2. (29) Connor Barket, Duke

3. Hunter Catka, Virginia Tech

4. Will Jarrell, American

5. Gabe Christenson, Virginia

6. Brady Colbert, Army

 

Tickets

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[soms]

High Wrestling Team wins Region 7 Wrestling 

The Fairview High Yellow Wrestling Team are the Region 7 Wrestling Champions. Fairview won the title on Thursday night after defeating Montgomery Central. The Yellow Jackets will face Munford on Saturday at 4 p.m. at Fairview High School. RICKY JONES

https://mainstreetmediatn.com/articles/mainstreetfairview/gallery-fairview-high-wrestling-team-wins-region-7-wrestling-championship/

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Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle

Who has been the top girls wrestler in the Clarksville area as the 2024-25 TSSAA wrestling postseason is set to begin? Here's your chance to vote.

The poll will close at noon on Friday. You can read about each candidate and vote below. All statistics are through Jan. 27.

MORE:Here are the top Clarksville area boys wrestlers during the 2024-25 TSSAA season

MORE:Here are the top Clarksville area girls wrestlers during the 2024-25 TSSAA season

Mariana Bowen, West Creek, Jr.: Bowen is 28-0 with 21 pins at 138 pounds, where she won her second straight state title last season. The 2024 All Area wrestler of the year won the Coyote Classic, Beat Down in the Mountains, Ramsey Rumble, Rumble for the Rose and MTWOA Grand Championships.

Easton Dadiomoff, Montgomery Central, Fr.: Dadiomoff is 28-1 with 19 pins at 100 pounds. She has won the Ravenwood Tourney, Coyote Classic, Screaming Eagle Invitational, Battle for Independence, Lady Rebel Invitational and MTWOA Championships.

Cassidy Harrington, Fort Campbell, So.: Harrington is 37-4 with 21 pins at 132 pounds and won the Battle for Independence. She also finished second at the Screaming Eagle Invitational, Marion Tournament and Richey Rumble.

Janiya Johnson, Kirkwood, So.: Johnson is 33-0 with 25 pins at 165 pounds. She was first at the Ravenwood Tourney, Kirkwood Tourney, Ramsey Rumble, Rossview Invitational, Red Hawk Rampage and MTWOA Championships.

Sally Johnson, Northwest, Jr.: Johnson is 20-1 with 12 pounds at 145 pounds. She took first place at the Battle for Indy and MTWOA Grand Championships and finished runner-up at the Ramsey Rumble.

Irelynn Laurin, West Creek, Jr.: Laurin is 28-2 with 18 pins at 185 pounds. She won the MTWOA Grand Championships and Rumble for the Rose and was the runner-up of the Coyote Classic and Beat Down in the Mountains

Audrey Levendusky, Montgomery Central, Jr.: Levendusky is 34-0 with 19 pins at 152 pounds. A two-time state champion, she took first place at the Coyote Classic, Screaming Eagle Invitational, Ramsey Rumble, Rossview Invitational and Maryville Lady Rebel Invitational.

Tatiana Pena-Corona, Clarksville, Jr.: Pena-Corona is 32-3 with 19 pins at 114 and 120 pounds. She has first-place tournament finishes at Ravenwood, Kirkwood, Rossview, the Beat Down in the Mountains, the MTWOA Championships and a runner-up finish at the Ramsey Rumble.

Nevada Wildheart, Rossview, Jr.: Wildheart is 33-5 with 19 pins between 126, 132 and 138 pounds. She won the Waukegan Girls Tournament and Richey Rumble placed second at the Kirkwood and Rossview tournaments.

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Edited January 29 by soms