Soddy-Daisy wrestling coach Jim Higgins and his Trojans have moved to Region 4 with other area Class AAA powers, leaving local Class A/AA schools a chance for region glory in the new traditional classification.Most of the area’s Class AAA wrestling teams left Tuesday for the state tournament in Franklin, opting to go a day earlier than planned to avoid any travel issues.
“We don’t want to put the kids at risk – the physical risk and also taking a chance on them being unable to wrestle in the state tournament,” Soddy-Daisy coach Jim Higgins said.
The AAA portion of the tournament is to begin Thursday afternoon, and the TSSAA had no plans to make allowances for teams that might be confronted with weather issues.
The group making early departures included Ooltewah, East Hamilton, Cleveland, Bradley Central and Walker Valley.
Cleveland was the first to get away, departing at mid-afternoon Tuesday.