With no champions, yet good depth, host McCallie won the 34th annual McCallie Wrestling Invitational Tournament Saturday with 223 points followed by runner-up Union Grove (196) and third place Cleveland (186.5) in the 27-team field.
In winning a record eighth team title, McCallie had runners-up in James Westbrooks (126) and Brock Herring (132), plus three thirds and a pair of fourths.
Twelve of the 14 wrestlers scored points including six who sclored 20 or more points.
“Our depth definitely won it for us and the five guys who lost in the semis stepped up to take three thirds and two fourths to win big matches,” said McCallie head wrestling coach Mike Newman.
“A good example of our guys stepping up in the consolation rounds was Will Patton who after losing in the morning semis, beat two guys in the afternoon who had beaten him last weekend.”
No Individual Champs –But a Team Title: In 1988, Soddy Daisy won with no first place medals and Brother Martin (La.) won it all in 1990 with no champs.
McCallie Championships (8): 1882-84-85 90-91-92-2010-2013
Outstanding Wrestler: 182, Taylor Lujan (Carrollton) … also was OW in 2012
Best Match: 145 – No.1 Ezra Taylor (Cleveland) edged Cody Cochran (Woodland), 18-16 in the championship finals ... Cochran beat No.3 Montavio Turner (Cass) in the quarters and No.2 Will Britain (Cambridge) in the semis.
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Championship Finals
106 – No. 3 Payton Mitchell (Lambert) def. No.1 Dawson Woods (Woodland), 5-4
113 –No.2 Jahvari Lewis (Woodland) def. No.1 Eric Diemert (Lambert), 2-0
120 – No.3 Charles Thurman (Heritage) def. No.4 Justin Becci (Brentwood Acad.), 15-10
126 –No.2 Logan Sims (Woodland) def. No.4 James Westbrooks (McCallie), 3-1
132 – No.3 Justin Ruffin (Union Grove) major def. No. 4 Brock Herring (McCallie), 9-0
138 – No.1 Roman Boylen (Akexander) pinned No.3 Caleb Mariakis (Ridgeland), 4:45
145 – No.1 Ezra Taylor (Cleveland) dec. Cody Cochran (Woodland), 18-16
152 – No.1 Jake Adcock (Pope) dec. No.3 Luke Hamilton (Brentwood), 9-4
160 – No.1 Kevin Kane (Cambridge) pinned No.2 Aaron Oliver (Cleveland), 5:19
170 – No.3 Brock Nielson (Cambridge) dec. No.1 Austin Williamson (Soddy Daisy), 2-1
182 – No.1 Taylor Lujan (Carrollton) pinned No.3 Muhammed Ansari (Alexander), 1:47
195 – No.3 Tony Spencer (Union Grove) dec. No.4 Wyatt Shepherd, 8-1
220 – No.1 Ken Brinson (Marist) major dec. No.3 John Gaither (Cleveland), 13-5
285 – No.2 Tyjuan Jett (Cass) pinned No.1 Jack Trainor (Marist), 3:36
Stats:
Seeds who won … No.1 (6), No.2 (3), No.3 (5)
No.1 vs. No.2 – 3 times … No. 1 seed won at 160 … No.2 won at 113, 285
Defending Titles: past champions Logan Sims 126, Woodland), Roman Boylen (138, Alexander), Taylor Lujan (182, Carrollton) all won today ... note- Lujan won his first McCallie Invite in 2012
Kudos: tourney director Tom Herring and his staff did their usual great work ...
Hospitality: plenty of good food for officials and coaches
contact B.B. Branton at william.branton@comcast.net