Schools to look out for

[Fanofwrastlin]

My knowledge is from region 3 down. Sorry for the lack of. Who are some teams that we should be on the look out for? 

Region 1a is pretty much a lock for Greeneville with TN and Crockett moving to big school.  Fagundes, Shelton, and Gillespie look to be doing great things with a young team. I’d expect this team to have a deep run at the state tournament the next 3 or 4 years. 

Region 1AA will be a ton of fun to watch. I was excited to see what TN high could do the next couple years if they remained small school but still should be competitive moving back up. I see Dobyns Bennet coming out of here. They are only getting better with what they have coming from their middle school programs. Science Hill is a few clicks away from being competitive again. Excited to see them and TN High reignite an old rivalry. This region could be some of the most competitive region duals. 
 

region 2a Pigeon Forge and Anderson county could be a battle. I’m not sure how long Coach Foreman has left but I would like to see him go out with a successful season. 
 

region 2AA Halls moving up a few years ago really threw a wrench in section 1AA. Halls will come out of this region, is 2 up for grabs? How will halls be next year? The beginning of this season appeared to be bumpy but they pulled it back together immensely. 
 

region 3a I feel will be upper man and Samuel Everett. Alcoa had a heck of an individual tournament but I think all those kids were seniors. Believe they had 5 medalist?

region3aa  Cleveland-Bradley. Nuff said. 
not starting up ridiculousness on this thread but I am curious. Has anyone heard anything about the situations for both the boys and girls Cleveland teams?

would love to be more informed on region 4 and up for both A and AA. 
 

 

Edited March 27 by Fanofwrastlin

[StormChaserWrestling]

48 minutes ago, Fanofwrastlin said:

My knowledge is from region 3 down. Sorry for the lack of. Who are some teams that we should be on the look out for? 

Region 1a is pretty much a lock for Greeneville with TN and Crockett moving to big school.  Fagundas, Shelton, and Gillespie look to be doing great things with a young team. 

Region 1AA will be a ton of fun to watch. I was excited to see what TN high could do the next couple years if they remained small school but still should be competitive moving back up. I see Dobyns Bennet coming out of here. They are only getting better with what they have coming from their middle school programs. Science Hill is a few clicks away from being competitive again. Excited to see them and TN High reignite an old rivalry. This region could be some of the most competitive region duals. 
 

region 2a Pigeon Forge and Anderson county could be a battle. I’m not sure how long Coach Foreman has left but I would like to see him go out with a successful season. 
 

region 2AA Halls moving up a few years ago really threw a wrench in section 1AA. Halls will come out of this region, is 2 up for grabs? How will halls be next year? The beginning of this season appeared to be bumpy but they pulled it back together immensely. 
 

region 3a I feel will be upper man and Samuel Everett. Alcoa had a heck of an individual tournament but I think all those kids were seniors. Believe they had 5 medalist?

region3aa  Cleveland-Bradley. Nuff said. 
not starting up ridiculousness on this thread but I am curious. Has anyone heard anything about the situations for both the boys and girls Cleveland teams?

would love to be more informed on region 4 and up for both A and AA. 
 

 

Alcoa only graduated 1 medalist. The tornadoes return 3 state medalist and two more wrestlers that have won matches at the state tournament.  

[cbg]

JP2 will be much improved with William Simpson at the helm and also teaching at the school.  Will they compete with the "big boys" anytime soon, absolutely not but once their feeder program is up and running for about three years, they will be much improved.  It's not a coincidence that the programs that work smart and compete year around typically receive the most accolades during the season.

Edited March 26 by cbg

[BlackmanWrestlingClub]

Objectively speaking about Region 4AA - It’ll come down to Blackman and Warren Co.

Blackman will still be young, just not as young as we were last year.

Coach Harris has done a good job at Warren Co, and Coach Matheny has started churning out gritty Warren Co MS teams over the last few years, so they’ll be consistently tough as well.

[TotallynotLEO]

AC, like many schools will be up and down depending on getting a couple good classes of kids.  They probably underperformed this season IMO.  

They will take a step back next year. They'll have 3 or 4 decent kids but that's about it.  

There are some major problems with the newly formed White Buffalo club team and HS booster club.  They've gotten very toxic very quickly and ran off long time supporters and people that were friendly to the high school program. Example- club coaches and adults should never tell kids to keep secrets or hide things from their parents. Specifically injuries. The supporters that got the program where it was the last 2 years are leaving.  Several kids are talking about transferring or quitting outright. The head coach is a very good man, Matt does very good but he's one guy.  Unfortunately he has no control over the club.

 

Gibbs and PF will be tops in region 2A. Probably Greeneville and PF next year out of sectionals.  

Greeneville is young and getting very good very fast. 

Edited March 27 by TotallynotLEO

[KidGloves]

37 minutes ago, TotallynotLEO said:

 Example- club coaches and adults should never tell kids to keep secrets or hide things from their parents. Specifically injuries. 

Oh no. 

[Fanofwrastlin]

9 hours ago, StormChaserWrestling said:

Alcoa only graduated 1 medalist. The tornadoes return 3 state medalist and two more wrestlers that have won matches at the state tournament.  

Good for them! I thought they were senior heavy. 

[Fanofwrastlin]

1 hour ago, TotallynotLEO said:

AC, like many schools will be up and down depending on getting a couple good classes of kids.  They probably underperformed this season IMO.  

They will take a step back next year. They'll have 3 or 4 decent kids but that's about it.  

There are some major problems with the newly formed White Buffalo club team and HS booster club.  They've gotten very toxic very quickly and ran off long time supporters and people that were friendly to the high school program. Example- club coaches and adults should never tell kids to keep secrets or hide things from their parents. Specifically injuries. The supporters that got the program where it was the last 2 years are leaving.  Several kids are talking about transferring or quitting outright. The head coach is a very good man, Matt does very good but he's one guy.  Unfortunately he has no control over the club.

 

Gibbs and PF will be tops in region 2A. Probably Greeneville and PF next year out of sectionals.  

Greeneville is young and getting very good very fast. 

Hate to hear that about the club. 
 

Does Gibbs have some hammers coming up from Middle school? They lose everyone but Eller. 

[Fanofwrastlin]

2 hours ago, BlackmanWrestlingClub said:

Objectively speaking about Region 4AA - It’ll come down to Blackman and Warren Co.

Blackman will still be young, just not as young as we were last year.

Coach Harris has done a good job at Warren Co, and Coach Matheny has started churning out gritty Warren Co MS teams over the last few years, so they’ll be consistently tough as well.

Hope too see Blackman producing some hammers again. I’ve always enjoyed watching that team wrestle. 

[sx1234]

12 hours ago, TotallynotLEO said:

AC, like many schools will be up and down depending on getting a couple good classes of kids.  They probably underperformed this season IMO.  

They will take a step back next year. They'll have 3 or 4 decent kids but that's about it.  

There are some major problems with the newly formed White Buffalo club team and HS booster club.  They've gotten very toxic very quickly and ran off long time supporters and people that were friendly to the high school program. Example- club coaches and adults should never tell kids to keep secrets or hide things from their parents. Specifically injuries. The supporters that got the program where it was the last 2 years are leaving.  Several kids are talking about transferring or quitting outright. The head coach is a very good man, Matt does very good but he's one guy.  Unfortunately he has no control over the club.

 

Gibbs and PF will be tops in region 2A. Probably Greeneville and PF next year out of sectionals.  

Greeneville is young and getting very good very fast. 

I hate to hear all of that.  What you guys have done out there and the growth of the program in just the last 4 or 5 years has been very impressive! 

[Fanofwrastlin]

1 hour ago, sx1234 said:

I hate to hear all of that.  What you guys have done out there and the growth of the program in just the last 4 or 5 years has been very impressive! 

Say that again!

[Struther]

On 3/27/2025 at 12:26 AM, Fanofwrastlin said:

Hope too see Blackman producing some hammers again. I’ve always enjoyed watching that team wrestle. 

Keep waiting....They arent like they use to be.