What to Watch - Weekend of Nov 12-13

Opening weekend in Georgia and Alabama. Tennessee has some pre-season tournament on the docket as well. The opening weekend is usually focused on getting some mat time and for coaches to assess their teams after spending the last few weeks in the room working on things. Most teams are still missing their “big guys” because football season hasn’t finished or has just come to a close (honestly I don’t know when football finishes - I just remember coaching and they were always in their final week … our football team wasn’t really very good). That doesn’t mean the weekend is non-competitive, but it should give you an idea that some are focused on Junior Varsity tournaments and many of the tournaments are scrambles, round robins or pools. Not sure what a scramble, round-robin, etc. are? Check out the Wrestling 101 section.

That is not the case everywhere though … we have identified a few tournaments around Alabama and Georgia that could feature some really good wrestling. Check them out if you have a chance.

Alabama

  • Southeastern Duals hosted by Thompson High School. According to trackwrestling - this duals tournament should include the following:

    • 7A #2 Thompson

    • 5A-6A #2 Arab

    • 7A #3 Hewitt-Trussville

    • 5A-6A #5 Mountain Brook

    • 4A Georgia #4 Central, Carroll

    • Phenix City Central

Georgia

  • ALX Duals hosted by Alexander High School. The duals should include the following:

    • 6A #4 ALX

    • 3A #1 Gilmer

    • 3A #2 Rockmart

    • 3A #7 Lumpkin County

    • 4A #7 Northwest Whitfield

    • East Paulding

    • Forest Park

    • Greenbrier

    • Kell

    • Lagrange

  • Bear Duals hosted by Houston County. The duals should include the following:

    • 7A #2 Lowndes

    • 6A #3 Valdosta

    • 2A #7 Vidalia

    • Dodge County

    • East Laurens

    • Hampton

    • Houston County

    • Jasper County

    • Mary Persons

    • Mount de Sales

  • Bronco Stampede at Brookwood - this is an IBT (at least from what I’ve been able to discern) - pre-season tournament rankings are below.

    • 1A #2 Mt Pisgah

    • 7A #3 Colquitt County

    • 1A #3 Social Circle

    • 5A #4 Harris County

    • 3A #4 North Hall

    • 5A #5 Ola

    • 4A #6 Marist

    • 7A #6 Mountain View

    • 1A #8 Wesleyan

    • Berkmar

    • Blessed Trinity Catholic

    • Brookwood

    • George Walton Academy

    • Grayson

    • Hillgrove

    • Lanier

    • Locust Grove

    • Parkview

    • South Forsyth

  • Lassiter Invitational - this is an IBT (Individual Bracketed Tournament) - below are the coaches tournament rankings …

    • 6A #2 Lassiter

    • 6A #1 Buford

    • 5A #1 Woodland

    • 4A #1 Jefferson

    • 7A #4 Mill Creek

    • 5A #6 Veterans

    • 7A #7 West Forsyth

    • 7A #8 Archer

    • 6A #8 South Paulding

    • 7A #9 Lambert

    • John’s Creek

    • Walton

    • North Paulding

    • Cherokee

    • East Coweta

    • Eagles Landing

    • Newnan

    • St. Frances

  • McIntosh Invitational

    • Heard County

    • Johnson

    • Luella

    • McDonough

    • McIntosh

    • Grady

    • Morgan County

    • Pace Academy

    • Starr`s Mill

    • Upson Lee

    • Villa Rica

  • Panther Scramble at Jackson County - No team list

Tennessee

  • Tullahoma Pre-Season should feature some good matchups as Tennessee gets a taste of the pre-season. Coaches rank their kids and then they are matched by talent and actual weight. The kids will wrestle 1-1-1 periods.