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McCallie adds to trophy room with wrestling invitational title

Staff photo by Olivia Ross / McCallie's Carson Gentle, left, wrestles Carrollton's John Levy in the 285-pound final Saturday at the McCallie Invitational. Levy won the title for that weight class, but McCallie earned the team championship.
Staff photo by Olivia Ross / McCallie's Carson Gentle, left, wrestles Carrollton's John Levy in the 285-pound final Saturday at the McCallie Invitational. Levy won the title for that weight class, but McCallie earned the team championship. Staff photo by Olivia Ross / McCallie's Carson Gentle, left, wrestles Carrollton's John Levy in the 285-pound final Saturday at the McCallie Invitational. Levy won the title for that weight class, but McCallie earned the team championship.

By Lindsey Young 4 min read

The good times at McCallie just keep getting better.

For the second time in a little more than a week, the school celebrated a championship, and even though Saturday’s team title at the McCallie Invitational wrestling tournament isn’t as noteworthy as the Blue Tornado’s recent TSSAA Division II-AAA state crown in football, it’s still impressive.

Making it even more so is the fact that several McCallie wrestlers were on the field just nine days earlier in the 34-28 BlueCross Bowl win over Baylor at Finley Stadium.

“We got nine wrestlers through to the semifinals and three alive in the consolations on Friday,” said McCallie wrestling coach Jake Yost, whose team totaled 230.5 points, 11 more than Pennsylvania’s Burrell High School, the runner-up. “We are super proud of them because five of those guys were football players who were playing last week.

“Probably 90% of the football guys who are wrestlers showed up on Monday, so that shows you how tough they are and the type of kids we have. If any of them had asked for time off to get in wrestling shape, we would have gladly given it to them.”