Looking at 2013Division ITeam Ret Qual. 1sts 2nds 3rds 4ths 5ths 6thsSoddy-Daisy 9 1 1 1 1 1 0Cleveland 7 2 0 1 1 0 0Blackman 7 0 1 0 0 0 0Heritge 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0Beech 6 0 0 0 0 1 0Central 6 0 0 0 0 0 0Pigeon Forge 6 0 0 0 1 0 0Ravenwood 6 0 1 0 0 0 0Walker Valley 6 0 0 0 0 1 0Bradley Central 5 0 0 0 1 0Clarksville 5 0 0 0 1 0 1East Ridge 5 0 0 0 0 0 0Riverdale 5 0 1 0 0 0 0Division IITeam Ret Med 1sts 2nds 3rds 4ths 5ths 6thsBaylor 9 1 3 1 3 1 0Christian Bros. 8 2 2 1 1 1 1Father Ryan 8 0 3 0 3 1 1McCallie 7 1 1 1 2 1 1MBA 6 0 1 1 1 0 3Returning championsDivision I106 — Chris DeBien, Cleveland113 — Austin Stevison, Cleveland120 — Jacob Stevens, Soddy-DaisyDivision II106 — Elijah Oliver, Christian Brothers113 — Alex Elsea, McCallie120 — Adam Connell, McCallie145 — Kaleb Baker, Christian Brothers220 — Amos Mason, Brentwood Academy
Some reruns never get old. It’s shaping up as more of the same for Tennessee high school wrestling in 2012-13 with Soddy-Daisy and Cleveland taking the early Division I roles as favorites and a four-team race expected with Father Ryan, Christian Brothers, Baylor and McCallie for the Division II championships.
Cleveland won the state title in 2011, skipping past Bradley Central and Soddy-Daisy, and Soddy-Daisy rebounded to win the 2012 crown. The Trojans and Blue Raiders also were the Class AAA state duals finalists with Soddy-Daisy emerging a winner by seven points.
Baylor had an eight-year streak of winning one of the two Division II championships snapped with Christian Brothers, which beat the Red Raiders by a point in the duals semis, taking the duals crown over Father Ryan and then Father Ryan winning the traditional championship.
“Christian Brothers loses three starters. I think they will be by far the next [power] team in the state,” McCallie coach Mike Newman said. “Up through 220 they’ll be loaded, and they should be especially tough in the lower weights.”