Parkview vs Bradley

[BattleBornVolunteer]

Why didn't Matt Bailey wrestle 215 for Bradley?

[ru4mocs]

<<Why didn't Matt Bailey wrestle 215 for Bradley?>>

 

I did hear Bailey was going to the doctor on Monday for a hurt shoulder.

[slingshot]

wtkvol, I don't have an axe to grind but one part of your summary seemed a little off to me, so I made a few phone calls. According to the match stats, Bradley actually won the battle of takedowns 16 to 14. And in the "lower weights" from 140 down where "Parkview was a little better on their feet", Bradley actually won that battle by a count of 14 takedowns to 4.!

 

Other than that, I really enjoyed your accurate account of the match.

[wtkvol]

Slingshot

 

At the beginning of the post I said the information was from 89rambler--probably a Lafayette supporter. I agree with you.

[locomotivebreath]

Thanks for the information slingshot. I was doubting the same thing. But the match was some of the best wrestling I've seen. Some matches looked like collegiate match-ups. But overall, great effort by both teams. I hope to see more Border Wars in the next few years with some of the stronger schools from both states.

[RMC]

locomotivebreath..you may have hit on something. Imagine a duals with the top 5 teams from Tennessee and Georgia held at UTC. Border Wars...I like that.

[BayouBear]

It was very interesting that UTC did not charge for entry to see the Bradley-Parkview match and the Chattanooga Free Press did not cover the Bradley-Parkview or UTC-Anderson match?

 

The Chattanooga paper DID have a nice article on the Soddy Invitational and printed a submitted report about the UTC-Anderson match.

 

The Cleveland Banner had a nice article by John Hunt on the BC-Parkview match.

Edited January 26, 2004 by BayouBear

[tophat]

bump

[walkenvol]

Bayou - After the lack of coverage for the Iowa ST/Virginia Tech/CN/UTC quad, I sent a e-mail to the sports department at the paper questioning why no coverage. This was their response;

 

"We have two guys covering the Mocs - David Uchiyama and Brad Shepard - and I have encouraged them to keep close tabs on the wrestling. However, they get very little help from UTC's Sports Information Department, which is undermanned as it is, and I don't know what coach Sloan can do because of the cash restrictions."

 

While I can understand the financial constrainst in the UTC athletic department, when almost every day there is an article for their very average men's BB team and very regularly an article for their very good women's BB team yet no articles for their outstanding top 25 wrestling program, then what money is there needs to be reallocated. With only 5 home dates I'd bet that the wrestling team easily outdraws the womens BB team with around 15 home dates. If anyone out there knows David Uchiyama or Brad Shepard, tell them to give us more coverage. E-mail the paper.

[BayouBear]

Getting newspaper coverage is a struggle for everyone. Most of the coverage we DO receive is probably due in large part to the e-mails and calls.

 

There were a few hundred people at the BC-Parkview match. It is still surprising to me that UTC didn't charge a gate. I know they could use the funds.