State Wrestling Tourny

Congrats to Patrick Bolling for finishing 3rd, tanner mccowan for finshing 6th and Jeremy meade for qualifing(sp)
and for all lpd wrestlers that did great up there

Jeremy Justice from JJK wrestled all year with a bad shoulder and shot knee, yet placed 5th today. I am proud of him as well as the rest of our LPD wrestlers.

yeah i watched jeremy today he is a great wrestler i watched him i think twice today and he wrestled great

He drew Smoot correct? That's a [censored] tough first draw. Smoot is a multi-time state champ.

im not sure but you can get on mattalkonline.com and find out
yeah smoot is a beast he is very good

Smoot is a chump, lol. Naw he is a good kid. Him and my nephew are pretty good friends.

3rd place is great, especially for a state tourney. congrats Patrick! [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

how many group a schools participate in wrestling

Was the state tourney today?

I don't know if anyone saw the 103 finals today, but let me tell you a little bit about the state champion. Tarrell Coles is about 4 feet tall and has always been an inspiration to me. I have taught Tarrell throughout the years and coached him in JV football, yes football. When I say that he worked his tail off and never ever wanted to be considered different I mean every word of it. He played LB and FB and he never backed down from anyone. He talked trash, laid licks, and never expected anyone to take it easy on him. He is a wonderful young man and a great example to all of us who take normal day-to-day living for granted. When I think of a champion I think of not only the final prize, but all the obstacles you have to overcome to earn that prize. I'll put this kid up against anyone's opinion of a "true champion." I'm super proud of him and I wish they could bottle up a little of what he has in his heart and soul. I feel honored to say that I have been a part of his experience.

Don't forget about Aaron Crabtree - he placed 8th.

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TSF - about 50 A schools wrestle

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I was matside last year for Coles' opener (his match was beside the young lady from Wytheville) and was impressed with his arm strength. He caught some breaks on. Fri. when both Regional champs in his half of the bracket lost the match before they would have met him, so he didn't have a #1 seed until the finals (it always surprises me how often a Regional champ loses their opener at state - we had 2 "A" & 5 "AA" #1 seeds lose their opener this year.)

Then I NEVER expected him to beat Ortiz after losing to him by Major at Regionals 2 straight years. But when you get 4,000 people cheering for you after an ESCAPE (which also put him just a takedown away from tying the match up), that HAS to give you a BIG ol' boost of adreneline. The only other time I've heard a state champion cheered like that was the last match in 2000, where the winner of the AA HWT match would give his team enough points to win the team title. Grundy's Albert Childress had his hands full (literally) with E.G. McDaniel. But our Freshman came through, delaying Christiansburg's first title for another year.

Congrats to all that placed

Especially Tanner and Big P

Congratulations....

Tech recruit and the #1 wrestler in the nation, Cody Gardner, won his state title match...which normally wouldnt seem impressive considering he has yet to lose a match in high school or in AAU

what makes it impressive is that he pinned the guy and won in 11 seconds...

Pinning a kid with a seperated shoulder in :11 is NOT impressive -
winning a title after having shoulder "surgery" the night before the tourney is.

love the kid already...hopefully he can get up in the 275 range though, or he'll have to do some serious weight loss program to get down to the next weight

either way, kid is a NASTY wrestler

since my "edit time has expired", let me clarify.
I'm referring to Coty in the 1st line, but not the 2nd -
it was TA's Charlie Newman who was "healed" Thur. night.