What to Watch - Weekend of Dec 10-11

Rankings are SEWrestle Coaches Rankings except South Carolina where we use SCMat.com

Walsh Ironman in Ohio - Live on FloWrestling

Alabama

2021 Swede Umbach Invite at Auburn - Live on TrackWrestling

Summary: 28 teams headlined by Alabama 5A/6A #1 Gardendale, 5A/6A #3 McAdory, and 7A #3 Hewitt-Trussville. 12 ranked teams in all including 2 Georgia teams in 7A #9 Lambert and 4A #8 Troup County. Keep an eye on 7A #4 Spain Park and 7A #5 Huntsville. A team that is currently unranked that could cause some chaos is Jasper.

Teams Include:

  • Auburn

  • Baker

  • Beauregard

  • Benjamin Russell

  • 7A #8 Bob Jones

  • Buckhorn

  • Callaway (GA)

  • 7A #9 Central

  • Daphne

  • Enterprise

  • 5A-6A #1 Gardendale

  • Grissom

  • 7A #3 Hewitt-Trussville

  • 7A #5 Huntsville

  • Jasper

  • GA 7A #9 Lambert (GA)

  • Lee County (GA)

  • 6A #3 Mcadory

  • Opelika

  • 6A #8 Pelham

  • Pike Road School

  • Prattville

  • 7A #10 Smiths Station

  • 7A #4 Spain Park

  • Spanish Fort

  • Tallassee

  • GA 4A #8 Troup (GA)

  • 6A #7 Wetumpka


Mako Invitational at Orange Beach

Summary: Tournament with a lot of Lower Alabama teams … not sure if this will be Baker’s top squad or their split squad (one is also scheduled to be at Swede. Same is true for Gulf Shores as one of their squads will be in the Florida panhandle.

Teams Include:

  • Baker

  • Bayshore Christian

  • Elberta

  • Gulf Shores

  • Northside Methodist

  • Orange Beach

  • Saraland

  • Spanish Fort

  • T.R. Miller


Spartan Invitational at Mountain Brook

Summary: Seems likely several teams will have their split squad here this weekend - Thompson, Oak Mountain, and Vestavia are in Tennessee, and Hewitt and Huntsville are at Swede. Still have 4 very good teams in Arab, Mountain Brook, Hoover, and Oxford in the mix … keep an eye on Fort Payne a team that has received some votes, but wasn’t in the top 10 the last rankings.

Teams Include:

  • 5A/6A #2 Arab

  • Brookwood

  • Carver

  • Chelsea

  • Fort Payne

  • Fort Walton Beach (FL)

  • Hewitt (split squad?)

  • 7A #7 Hoover

  • Huntsville (split squad?)

  • Leeds

  • Lincoln

  • Moody

  • 5A/6A #5 Mountain Brook

  • Oak Mountain (split squad?)

  • 5A/6A #10 Oxford

  • Randolph

  • Scottsboro

  • Southside

  • Sparkman

  • St Clair

  • Thompson (split squad?)

  • Tuscaloosa County

  • Vestavia (split squad?)

  • Villa Rica (GA)


Gene Taylor Memorial at Weaver

Summary: The Gene Taylor Memorial brings together (for the first time this season - I believe) the top teams in Alabama 1A-4A. Depending on weights and who is in the line-up - this could be a very good indication of what we can expect to see in January and February. Seven of the top 10 teams are scheduled to be there and this will be a fun one to watch.

Teams Include:

  • Anniston

  • 1A/4A #4 Ashville

  • 1A/4A #6 Cleburne County

  • 1A/4A #7 Deshler

  • Oak Grove

  • 1A/4A #5 Ohatchee

  • Piedmont

  • Pleasant Valley

  • Prattville Christian Academy

  • Ranburne

  • Saks

  • 1A/4A #2 St James

  • 1A/4A #8 St. John Paul II

  • Susan Moore

  • Walter Wellborn

  • 1A/4A #1 Weaver

  • White Plains


Florida


3rd Annual Rumble at the Ranch at Wiregrass Ranch HS (Girls)

Teams Include:

  • Admiral Farragut

  • Bell Creek

  • Palm Harbor

  • Strawberry Crest

  • Wiregrass Ranch


2021 Santaluces Holiday Tournament

Summary: American Heritage (Delray Beach) is listed, but they are also listed at another Florida tournament and (at least) Mikey Tal-Shahar and Joseph Nicolosi are in Ohio at the Walsh Ironman. So this could be part of their varsity squad - hard to know.

Teams Include:

  • 1A #2 American Heritage (Delray Beach)

  • Atlantic

  • Belen Jesuit

  • Benjamin

  • Boca Raton

  • Clewiston

  • Cooper City

  • Coral Springs

  • Forest Hill

  • J I Leonard

  • Jupiter Christian

  • Lake Worth

  • Monarch

  • Palm Beach Central

  • Palm Beach Gardens

  • Royal Palm Beach

  • Santaluces

  • Seminole Ridge

  • Spanish River

  • Suncoast

  • William T Dwyer


Captain Archer Memorial Classic at Charlotte

Summary: Several of the top 2A teams should be full strength - Charlotte and Brandon will have to contend with 3A #7 Riverdale. Lemon Bay, #10 in 1A, is still probably missing their hammer in Schyck - we will see how the others step up and if the Rays can make a top 5 appearance.

Teams Include:

  • 2A HM Barron Collier

  • Braden River

  • 2A #4 Brandon

  • Cape Coral

  • 2A #3 Charlotte

  • Cypress Lake

  • Dixie Hollins

  • Dunbar

  • 2A #10 Ft. Myers

  • Gulf Coast

  • Ida Baker

  • Lely

  • 1A #10 Lemon Bay

  • Mariner

  • Naples

  • Oasis

  • 2A HM Palmetto

  • 3A #7 Riverdale

  • Sarasota

  • Venice


40th Annual Kiwanis Invitational at Hernando HS

Summary: Tons of central Florida teams headlined by 2A #6 Winter Springs and 1A #9 The Master’s Academy. This tournament is a perfect opportunity for teams that are close, but haven’t broken into the top 10 - to make their mark. It is a deep tournament and should feature some really good matchups.

Teams Include:

  • Central (Brooksville)

  • Citrus

  • Clay

  • Cocoa Beach

  • Crystal River

  • Cypress Creek (Wesley Chapel)

  • East Bay

  • Fivay

  • Forest (Ocala)

  • Gaither

  • Gulf

  • Heritage

  • Hernando

  • Hudson

  • Land O`Lakes

  • Lecanto

  • Lyman

  • Mckeel Academy

  • Natures Coast

  • Newsome

  • Pasco

  • Pinellas Park

  • Robinson

  • South Lake

  • Strawberry Crest

  • Sumner

  • Sunlake

  • 1A #9 The Master`s Academy

  • Weeki Wachee

  • West Port

  • 2A #6 Winter Springs

  • Yulee

  • Zephyrhills

  • Zephyrhills Christian


Capital City Classic at Chiles HS

Summary: CCC has been around forever and always puts on a good show. Will this year feature Somerset’s top team or some form of a split squad (they are also listed at a Port St Lucie Tournament). Wakulla and Lincoln are both honorable mention tournament teams to begin the season and both could make a statement by taking the Capital City Title this weekend.

Teams Include:

  • Bishop Kenny

  • Cairo (GA)

  • Chiles

  • Florida

  • Leon

  • Liberty County

  • 2A HM Lincoln

  • Matanzas

  • Middleburg

  • Mosley

  • Niceville

  • Ridgeview

  • 1A #3 Somerset

  • Terry Parker

  • The Bolles School

  • 1A HM Wakulla


Fit 2 Win at Countryside HS

Summary: Good tournament that should feature a nice battle between North Port, Palm Harbor, and Harmony. Jesuit, the top team in 2A, has all of their hammers in Ohio at the Ironman. Does Steinbrenner or Springstead have some horses to put themselves in a spot to knock off the top 3?

Teams Include:

  • Admiral Farragut Academy

  • Anclote

  • Bayshore

  • Berkeley Prep School

  • Boca Ciega

  • Booker

  • Clearwater Clearwater Central Catholic

  • Countryside

  • Discovery

  • Dunedin

  • Freedom (Tampa)

  • George M. Steinbrenner

  • Gibbs

  • 3A #8 Harmony

  • 2A #1 Jesuit

  • Lakewood

  • Largo

  • Leto Comprehensive

  • 3A #9 North Port

  • Northside Christian School

  • 3A HM Palm Harbor University

  • Parrish

  • Plant

  • River Ridge

  • Riverview (Sarasota)

  • Seminole

  • Springstead

  • St Petersburg Catholic

  • Tampa Preparatory School

  • Tarpon Springs

  • Winter Haven


  • American Heritage Delray

  • Archbishop McCarthy

  • Centennial

  • Forest (Ocala)

  • Ft. Pierce Central

  • Ft.Pierce Westwood

  • Lincoln Park Academy

  • Martin County

  • Okeechobee

  • Port St.Lucie

  • Somerset Academy

  • South Fork

  • Treasure Coast


  • Arnold

  • Choctawatchee

  • Crestview

  • Destin

  • Escambia County (AL)

  • Gulf Breeze

  • Gulf Shores (AL)

  • Houston Academy (AL)

  • Milton

  • North Bay Haven

  • Ocean Springs (MS)

  • Pace

  • Robertsdale (AL)

  • Rocky Bayou

  • South Walton

  • Tate

  • W.S. Neal (AL)

  • Wewahitchka


2021 Danny Byron at Osceola HS - Day 1 - Day 2 - Live on Trackwrestling

Summary: Great opportunity to get in some very good wrestling right at the beginning of the season. The Danny Byron doesn’t keep team scores, but you can learn a great deal about some important pieces of each squad in an event like this where each wrestler will get a ton of matches. If last year was predictive of how wrestlers would do in the post-season and you can extend that to this year … then you want to keep an eye on those final matches (which featured State Champs and a ton of State Placers a year ago). This is a tournament where a wrestler can really make an impact.

Teams Include:

  • Braddock

  • Buchholz

  • 7A #1 Camden (GA)

  • Celebration

  • GA 7A #3 Colquitt County (GA)

  • Cypress Creek

  • Deland

  • Doral Academy

  • 2A #5 Fleming Island

  • Freedom

  • Gateway

  • 1A #1 Jensen Beach

  • Jupiter

  • 2A #2 Lake Gibson

  • Olympic Heights

  • 3A #4 Osceola

  • 1A #5 Palm Bay

  • Poinciana

  • 3A #1 South Dade

  • 3A #2 Southwest Miami

  • St Augustine

  • Timber Creek

  • 3A HM Wellington Community


Ponte Vedra Girls IBT

No Teams Listed


Deltona Duals

Teams Include:

  • Deltona

  • East River

  • Hagerty

  • Oviedo

  • Seabreeze

  • University (Orange City)


William Nutter Memorial at Merritt Island

Teams Include:

  • Boone

  • Eau Gallie

  • Flagler Palm Coast

  • Liberty

  • Merritt Island

  • Satellite

  • Sebastian River

  • Viera



Georgia


Fight Before Christmas at Denmark

No Teams Listed


Dragon Duals at Pepperell

No Teams Listed


Cherokee Duals

No Teams Listed


John Smith Mountaineer at Lumpkin County

No Teams Listed


Hornet Duals at Cook

Teams Include:

  • Bainbridge

  • Berrien County

  • Cook

  • Dodge County

  • Dublin

  • Pierce County

  • Tift County

  • Valdosta (split squad - no other tournament listed for the Cats)


Raider Invitational at Habersham Central

Teams Include:

  • Athens Christian

  • Franklin County

  • Habersham Central

  • Lakeside Evans

  • Rabun

  • Seneca (SC)

  • Stephens

  • Towns County


Smackdown in Mactown in 2021

Teams Include:

  • Central (Macon)

  • First Presbyterian

  • Howard

  • Jones County

  • Mount de Sales

  • Stratford Academy

  • Tattnall Square Academy

  • Veterans

  • Westfield School


South Metro Invitational at Eagle’s Landing

Summary: Ola looks like the team to beat. Woodward Academy will likely take their hammers to McCallie leaving Ola to put up the points. Locust Grove and Union Grove are both ranked in the top 10 in 5A and seem to tbe the likeliest to challenge Ola. Lots of opportunities for several programs to make their mark.

Teams Include:

  • Alcovy

  • Dutchtown

  • Eagles Landing

  • East Coweta

  • Eastside

  • Fayette County

  • Forest Park

  • GMC Prep

  • Hampton

  • Langston Hughes

  • 5A #6 Locust Grove

  • Luella

  • McDonough

  • Morgan County

  • Morrow

  • Mt. Zion

  • Newnan

  • Newton

  • 5A #4 Ola

  • Putnam County

  • Rockdale

  • St. Pius X

  • Stockbridge

  • 5A #7 Union Grove

  • Whitewater

  • 5A #3 Woodward Academy (split squad - most will probably be at McCallie)


CRWA Tournament at Central Carroll

Teams Include:

  • 6A #5 Alexander

  • Bowden

  • Bremen

  • 4A #6 Central, Carroll

  • Harlason County

  • LaGrange

  • McIntosh

  • Mt Zion

  • Northgate

  • 1A #7 St. Anne-Pacelli

  • Pike County

  • Starr’s Mill

  • Southside-Gadsden (AL)



2021 Takedown Invitational at Buford

Summary: Several ranked teams including the hosts - Buford. This is always a good event with some really good individual matchups. South Paulding looks like they’ve finally got everyone back and it will be interesting to see how they do as a team. Keep an eye on Olgethorpe County.

Teams Include:

  • 6A #1 Buford

  • Chattahoochee

  • Collins Hill

  • 6A #6 Creekview

  • Evans

  • GAC

  • Loganville

  • 7A #2 Lowndes

  • 5A #5 Harris County

  • 1A #2 Mt Pisgah

  • 2A #4 Oglethorpe County

  • Pinecrest Academy

  • Roswell

  • South Forsyth

  • 6A HM South Paulding

  • Thomas County Central



North Carolina


Beast of the East at Croatan

Summary: On paper it looks like Currituck and Havelock, but don’t sleep in Croatan and Dixon.

Teams Include:

  • Croatan

  • 3A #9 Currituck

  • Dixon

  • 3A HM Havelock

  • Jacksonville

  • New Bern

  • Richlands

  • Swansboro

  • Topsail

  • Washington

  • West Carteret

  • West Craven

  • White Oak


Falcon Frenzy at West Henderson

Summary: Should be a good one … can Enka, North Henderson, and Pisgah hold off the challenge from Robbinsville? This should be a good tournament with some outstanding matchups.

Teams Include:

  • A C Reynolds

  • Asheville

  • Brevard

  • Chase

  • Clinton (TN)

  • Crest

  • East Henderson

  • 3A #8 Enka

  • Erwin

  • Gibbs (TN)

  • Hendersonville

  • Hoke County

  • Madison

  • McDowell

  • North Buncombe

  • 3A #6 North Henderson

  • 3A #10 Pisgah

  • Polk County

  • 1A #2 Robbinsville

  • 1A #9 Rosman

  • 1A #5 Swain

  • T C Roberson

  • Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy

  • Travelers Rest (SC)

  • Tuscola

  • West Henderson


Al Kessie Invitational - Boys - Girls

Summary: There will be a lot of good matchups, but the one many want to see is the battle between 3A #1 Central Cabarrus and 4A #4 Hough.

Teams Include:

  • Anson County

  • Ardrey Kell

  • Butler

  • 3A #1 Central Cabarrus

  • Charlotte Catholic

  • Charlotte Country Day

  • East Gaston

  • East Mecklenburg

  • 4A #4 Hough

  • Independence

  • Jay M. Robinson

  • 4A HM Mallard Creek

  • Mountain Island Charter

  • Myers Park

  • North Davidson

  • Oak Hill (VA)

  • Olympic

  • Parkwood

  • Rocky River

  • Salisbury

  • South Mecklenburg

  • West Charlotte

  • Wheatmore


Big Cat Invitational at Patton

Teams Include:

  • Burns

  • Chase

  • Chesnee (SC)

  • East Rutherford

  • 3A #2 Fred T Foard

  • Freedom

  • Patton

  • West Wilkes


Crusader/Cougar Duals at Apex

Teams Include:

  • Apex

  • Apex Friendship

  • 3A #7 Cape Fear

  • 4A #7 Cardinal Gibbons

  • Carrboro

  • Clayton

  • Fuquay Varina

  • Jack Britt

  • Middle Creek

  • Northern Durham

  • Western Harnett

  • Willow Spring


  • Athens Drive

  • Cary Academy

  • CB Aycock

  • DH Conley

  • East Wake

  • Enloe

  • Green Level

  • Heritage

  • Hillside

  • Leesville Road

  • Middle Creek

  • Riverside

  • South Central

  • South Garner

  • Southeast Raleigh

  • Southern Durham

  • Southern Lee

  • Wake Forest

  • West Johnston


Bobby Abernathy at Piedmont

Summary: CATA, Mt Pleasant, and Pinecrest - yes please. Add in a few other solid teams and this is one to watch.

Teams Include:

  • Ashbrook

  • 3A #3 Central Academy of Technology and Arts

  • Cuthbertson

  • Maiden

  • Metrolina Christian Academy

  • Monroe

  • 2A #1 Mt Pleasant

  • North Myrtle Beach (SC)

  • Piedmont

  • 4A #6 Pinecrest

  • Porter Ridge

  • Providence

  • Scotland

  • Union Academy

  • Weddington

  • West Stanly


Nick Sgroi at Bishop McGuinness

Teams Include:

  • Atkins

  • Bishop McGuinness

  • Dudley

  • Montgomery Central

  • Northwood

  • Ragsdale

  • 2A #5 Reidsville Senior

  • Rockingham County

  • Southern Guilford


Warrior Invitational at West Caldwell

Teams Include:

  • Cherryville

  • East Burke

  • Hibriten

  • Hickory

  • 4A #2 Lake Norman

  • Lincolnton

  • Shelby

  • South Caldwell

  • Watauga

  • West Caldwell


South Carolina


All SC Tournamenta I could find are in FloArena - so I don’t know which teams are scheduled to appear.

Coastal Clash at Hilton Head HS



Ram Invitational at Hillcrest

Teams Include (partial list):

  • Blue Ridge

  • Clover

  • Gilbert

  • Greenville

  • Hillcrest

  • Laurens

  • Mauldin

  • Riverside

  • Rock Hill

  • Woodruff



Tennessee


2021 Indian Classic in Kingsport (TN)

Summary: Always one of the premier events in the first part of December … the Indian Classic routinely brings in top quality competition outside Tennessee. This year we get Thompson (AL), Bremen (GA), Grundy (VA) as well as teams from South Carolina, Louisiana, and West Virginia. Add in top in-state teams like Christian Brothers, Lakeway Christian, etc. and this is one to watch.

Teams Include:

  • Beech

  • 2A #5 Bremen (GA)

  • Castlewood (VA)

  • Christian Academy Knoxville

  • D2 #2 Christian Brothers

  • David Crockett

  • 2A #7 Dobyns Bennett

  • Eastern View (VA)

  • Elizabethton

  • 1A #6 Gibbs

  • Grundy (VA)

  • Heritage

  • James River (VA)

  • D2 #5 Lakeway

  • Maryville

  • Morristown East

  • Morristown West

  • Nashville Christian

  • Palmetto (SC)

  • Parkway (LA)

  • Patrick Henry (VA)

  • Rockvale

  • Sevier County

  • Spring Hill

  • St Albans (WV)

  • Stauton River (VA)

  • Sullivan East

  • Tennessee High

  • AL 7A #1 Thompson (AL)

  • Volunteer

  • West Greene

  • West Ridge


Smoky Mountain Duals in Gatlinburg (TN)

Summary: Best dual tournament this weekend? Maybe. Certainly bringing in some top Georgia teams with Trion, Jefferson, West Forsyth, and North Forsyth. Can in-state Pigeon Forge, Science Hill, and Boyd Buchanan keep the title in the state?

Teams Include:

  • D2 #7 Boyd Buchanan

  • Heritage

  • GA 4A #1 Jefferson (GA)

  • Knoxville Webb

  • Lamar (GA)

  • GA 7A #6 North Forsyth (GA)

  • Notre Dame

  • AL 7A #7 Oak Mountain (AL)

  • 1A #2 Pigeon Forge

  • 2A #6 Science Hill

  • Seymour

  • GA 1A #1 Trion (GA)

  • GA 7A #3 West Forsyth (GA)


Indian Classic Girls

Teams Include:

  • David Crockett

  • Dobyns Bennett

  • Elizabethton

  • Spring Hill

  • Tennessee High

  • West Greene

  • West Ridge


Lester/Welsh Duals at Tullahoma

Teams Include:

  • Bearden

  • Cascade

  • Collierville

  • Oakland

  • Tullahoma

  • Walker Valley

  • West Creek


McCallie Invitational

Teams Include:

  • Brentwood

  • Cartersville (GA)

  • Cass (GA)

  • Chattooga (GA)

  • Columbus (GA)

  • Dalton (GA)

  • Heritage (GA)

  • Johns Creek (GA)

  • Lakeview - Fort Oglethorpe (GA)

  • Marist School (GA)

  • McCallie School

  • Northwest Whitfield (GA)

  • Polk County

  • Pope (GA)

  • Ravenwood

  • Ridgeland (GA)

  • Ringgold (GA)

  • Signal Mountain

  • Southeast Whitfield (GA)

  • Vestavia Hills (AL)

  • West Laurens (GA)

  • Woodward Academy (GA)


Cleveland Duals

Summary: Cleveland is hosting an outstanding dual tournament … we could look ahead to a Woodland vs. Cleveland final, but I think that would be foolish. So many tough teams that this could go many different directions. Is Cleveland the #1 dual team in the SE after their win over Baylor last weekend?

Teams Include:

  • 2A HM Arlington

  • 2A #5 Blackman

  • 2A #2 Bradley Central

  • 2A #1 Cleveland

  • D2 #4 Father Ryan

  • GA 3A #2 Gilmer (GA)

  • 2A HM Rossview

  • 2A #4 Summit

  • GA 5A #1 Woodland (GA)


Briarcrest Duals

Teams Include:

  • Bartlett

  • Battle Ground Academy

  • Briarcrest Christian

  • Center Hill (MS)

  • Christian Brothers

  • Cordova

  • Millington Central

  • St. Andrews (MS)

  • St Benedict at Auburndale

  • St George’s