HIGH SCHOOL

All-PrepXtra girls and boys wrestling teams for 2019

Aaron Torres
Knoxville

GIRLS

The first eight members of the Knox News All-PrepXtra girls wrestling team are nominees for the girls wrestler of the Year. The winner will be announced May 29 at the third annual Knox News Sports Awards presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans.

Taylor Davis, PrepXtra Player of the Year nominee poses for a portrait at the Knoxville News Sentinel photo studio in Knoxville, Tennessee on Tuesday, March 12, 2019.

Taylor Davis

Heritage, Jr. 

Weight class: 215 pounds

Why chosen: Davis won the East Region title and finished fourth in the state. 

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Anna "Teagan" Fisher, Alcoa High School wrestling. Tuesday, March 5, 2019.

Anna Teagan Fisher 

Alcoa, So. 

Weight class: 103 pounds

Why chosen: Fisher won the East Region title and finished fourth in the state. 

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Gibbs' Kaylee Hayes poses for a photo after the TSSAA Girls Sate Wrestling championships.

Kaylee Hayes

Gibbs, Jr. 

Weight class: 125 pounds

Why chosen: Hayes finished fourth in the state and third in the East Region. 

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Laney Howard, PrepXtra Player of the Year nominee poses for a portrait at the Knoxville News Sentinel photo studio in Knoxville, Tennessee on Tuesday, March 26, 2019.

Laney Howard

Gibbs, Sr. 

Weight class: 132

Why chosen: Howard placed second in the East Region and finished fifth in the state. 

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Hailey Stevenson, Farragut High School wrestlig. Tuesday, March 5, 2019.

Hailey Stevenson 

Farragut, Sr. 

Weight class: 119

Why chosen: Stevenson finished third in the East Region and sixth in the state. 

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Kerra Strevel, PrepXtra Player of the Year nominee poses for a head shot at the Knoxville News Sentinel photo studio in Knoxville, Tennessee on Tuesday, March 12, 2019.

Kerra Strevel

Heritage, So. 

Weight class: 112 pounds

Why chosen: Strevel was the Class AAA state champion, pinning Cane Ridge's Bryce White. 

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Alex Tate, PrepXtra player of the year nominee poses for a head shot at the Knoxville News Sentinel photo studio in Knoxville, Tennessee on Tuesday, March 26, 2019.

Alex Tate

Gibbs, Jr. 

Weight class: 190 pounds

Why chosen: Tate finished second in the East Region and sixth in the state. 

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LeAnn Worley, Jefferson County High School wrestling. Tuesday, March 5, 2019.

LeAnn Worley

Jefferson Co., So. 

Weight class: 132 pounds

Why chosen: Worley won the East Region title and finished fourth in the state. 

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REST OF THE FIRST TEAM

Jamie Johnson

Union Co., Jr. 

Weight class: 160 pounds

Why chosen: Johnson finished fourth in the East Region and sixth in the state. 

Milla McNutt

Alcoa, Fr. 

Weight class: 125 pounds

Why chosen: McNutt finished fourth in the East Region and sixth in the state. 

Kayla Sullivan

Gibbs, Jr. 

Weight Class: 103 pounds

Why chosen: Sullivan finished fourth in the East Region and sixth in the state. 

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COACH OF THE YEAR

Robert Brantner 

Heritage

Why chosen: Brantner had two wrestlers place in the state championships and Heritage tied for seventh in the team scores. 

BOYS

FIRST TEAM

The first eight members of the Knox News All-PrepXtra boys wrestling team are nominees for the boys wrestler of the Year. The winner will be announced May 29 at the third annual Knox News Sports Awards presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans.

PrepXtra Player of the Year nominee Andrew Baiamonte poses for a photo in the Knoxville News Sentinel photo studio in Knoxville, Tennessee on Thursday, March 21, 2019.

Andrew Baiamonte

Pigeon Forge, Sr. 

Weight class: 152 pounds

Why chosen: Baiamonte won the Class A/AA state title and finished 47-14. 

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Isaiah Brooks gets ready for a wrestling match.

Isaiah Brooks

Gibbs, Sr. 

Weight class: 170 pounds

Why chosen: Brooks finished 42-6. He was second in Class A/AA and won the Region I title. 

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Gavin Cagle, Christian Academy of Knoxville wresting. Tuesday, March 5, 2019.

Gavin Cagle

CAK, So. 

Weight class: 160 pounds

Why chosen: Cagle finished 44-1 and was the Division II East Region champion and state champion. 

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Greeneville's Kodiak Cannedy is a nominee for PrepXtra boys wrestler of the year.

Kodiak Cannedy

Greeneville, Fr. 

Weight class: 126 pounds

Why chosen: Cannedy was the Region I champion and the Class A/AA state champion. 

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Colby Dalon, PrepXtra player of the year nominee poses for a head shot at the Knoxville News Sentinel photo studio in Knoxville, Tennessee on Tuesday, March 26, 2019.

Colby Dalon

Pigeon Forge, Fr. 

Weight class: 145 pounds

Why chosen: Dalton, who finished 46-3, was the Region I champion and the Class A/AA state champion. 

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Trent Knight poses for a head shot.

Trent Knight

Greeneville, Sr. 

Weight class: 182 pounds

Why chosen: The Campbell College signee finished 53-3 and won Class A/AA state championship. 

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Josh Parton, PrepXtra Player of the Year nominee poses for a portrait at the Knoxville News Sentinel photo studio in Knoxville, Tennessee on Tuesday, March 12, 2019.

Josh Parton 

Pigeon Forge, Fr. 

Weight class: 120 pounds

Why chosen: Parton finished with a 43-17 record and was second in Class A/AA. 

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Josh Pietarila, Hardin Valley Academy wrestling.Tuesday, March 5, 2019.

Josh Pietarila

Hardin Valley, Sr. 

Weight class: 160 pounds

Why chosen: Pietarila won the Region III title and was second in Class AAA. 

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REST OF FIRST TEAM

Garrison Albino 

Gibbs, Jr. 

Weight class: 285 pounds

Why chosen: Albino finished with a 36-13 record and was fourth in Class A/AA. 

CJ Dyer

Pigeon Forge, Sr. 

Weight class: 138 pounds

Why chosen: Dyer finished third in Class A/AA and second in Region I. 

Noah Evans 

Alcoa, Sr. 

Weight class: 220 pounds

Why chosen: Evans finished third in Class A/AA, pinning Gibbs' Joel Griffin. 

Garrett Foreman

Pigeon Forge, Fr. 

Weight class: 132 pounds

Why chosen: Foreman finished with a 48-4 record and was third in Class A/AA. 

Michael Myers

Gibbs, Sr. 

Weight class: 195 pounds

Why chosen: Myers finished with a 40-11 record and was third in Class A/AA. 

Colton Poole

Pigeon Forge, Sr. 

Weight class: 113 pounds

Why chosen: Poole had a 47-11 record and was third in Class A/AA. 

Keyveon Roller

CAK, Fr. 

Weight class: 106 pounds

Why chosen: Roller finished 42-3 and was finished second in the state in Division II. 

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COACH OF THE YEAR

Greg Foreman

 Pigeon Forge

Why chosen: Foreman led Pigeon Forge to a sweep of the Class A/AA dual and individual state championships. 

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SECOND TEAM

 

106: Brayden Ivy, Morristown West, Fr. 

113: LeAndre Dabney Jr., Greeneville, Fr. 

120: Dalton Truan, Union County, Sr. 

126: John Pittman, Gibbs, So. 

132: Zach Teaster, Heritage, So. 

138: George Gilman, Gibbs, Jr. 

145: Matheson Meade, Bearden, So. 

152: Bransen O'Dell, Greeneville, Sr. 

160: Elijah Davis, Fulton, Sr. 

170: Josh Gardner, Fulton, Sr. 

182: Camden Buckingham, Morristown West, Sr. 

195: Jacob McCarter, Pigeon Forge, Sr. 

220: Joel Griffin, Gibbs, Sr. 

285: Trevor Linderman, Clinton, So.