February 17/18, 2012
The Eagles had a very successful individual state tournament with senior Jeff Lamer posting a career-best second-place finish in the 195 class. Other medals were won by Mikey Bascom-5th in 138, Andrew Nevle-3rd in 145, Kyle Jennings-4th in 120, John Wallis-5th in 170.
February 3 & 4, 2012
After an incredible 22-1 regular season from the Eagles Wrestling team, the Eagles travelled to Franklin, TN at the Williamson County Agricenter for the State Duals tournament. They started the tournament out as underdogs against McCallie in the first round on Friday night. Due to some injury concerns, several wrestlers had to wrestle up a weight class, including Junior Andrew Nevle, Senior Mikey Bascom, and Senior Jeff Lamer. Bascom and Lamer were both successful and both defeated ranked opponents while Nevle lost a controversial one-point decision at 152 lbs. But, the team score ultimately didn’t work out in the Eagles’ favor as they fell to McCallie by a score of 49-18.
On Saturday morning the Eagles looked to regroup when they faced Brentwood Academy in the 1st round of Consolations. The Eagles started strong with victories in four of the first six matches including pins by Junior Tanner Mosier and Senior Mikey Bascom and Major Decisions from Juniors Andrew Nevle and Ben Kurtz. But Brentwood recovered in the next six matches by scoring pins at 170, 182, and 106 and receiving forfeits at 220 & 285 to clinch the match. The only win in those six matches came from senior Jeff Lamer who pinned his opponent despite having a cut over his eye that required six stitches after the match. The Eagles won the last two matches to bring the match to a heartbreaking 38-39 loss.
The Eagles look to bounce back as they begin to focus on the Individual State Tournament in two weeks. Currently (according to www.tennwrestling.com) the Eagles have six individuals who are ranked (Top 6) in Division II in their particular weight classes.
January 20 & 21, 2012
The Eagles Wrestling team competed in the 4th Annual Clinch Gear Prep Slam in Atlanta, GA over the weekend. This tournament consists of 44 teams from 11 different states including California, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Louisiana, and Kentucky. This is by far the toughest tournament the Eagles have seen all year.
Bringing only 11 wrestlers, the Eagles still managed to place 14th overall (matching a Team Best Finish) with 78.0 points (a Team Record). Junior Kyle Jennings wrestled back to place 4th place in the 120 lbs weight class. And Senior Jeff Lamer pinned his way to the Championship Finals but lost a triple overtime thriller against an undefeated wrestler from Marist (GA) to place 2nd in the 195 lbs weight class.
The team has a much needed weekend off before they compete in the State Dual Tournament on February 3rd & 4th.
January 18, 2012
The Eagles’ bid for an undefeated season came to end against Christian Brothers High School (ranked #31 in the Nation according Intermat.com) on Wednesday night by a score of 15-60. There were still highlights on the night for the Eagles including a 45 second pin by Senior Jeff Lamer at 195 lbs and an upset win by Junior Patrick Wallis over Michael Isom of CBHS (who is currently ranked 2nd in the state at 160lbs).
The Eagles finish the season with a 22-1 record overall and will enter the State Duals Tournament as the Division II – West Region Runner Up. Congratulations to the Eagles on a spectacular season so far!!
January 14, 2012
The Eagles competed this weekend at Hendersonville High School in their invitational tournament and took home 1st Place overall as a team!! They managed to edge out Germantown (6.5 points back) and Northwest High School (2.5 points back) in the final match of the night. Seven Eagles wrestlers took home top 4 finishes with all 12 contributing at least 1 win by fall. The seven medalists were as follows:
- Junior Kyle Jennings (120 lbs) – 4th Place
- Junior Tanner Mosier (126 lbs) – 4th Place
- Junior Andrew Herrman (132 lbs) – 4th Place
- Senior Mikey Bascom (138 lbs) – 2nd Place
- Junior Andrew Nevle (145 lbs) – 4th Place
- Junior Ben Kurtz (152 lbs) – 2nd Place
- Senior Jeff Lamer (195 lbs) – 1st Place
January 12, 2012
The Eagles captured two important wins in region action. The first over MUS 51-19, followed by a 47-25 defeat of Briarcrest. The Eagles are still undefeated in dual meets boasting an impressive 22-0 record going into their last regular season match against CBHS next week.
January 10, 2012
The Eagles rolled to a 66-12 win over Fayette Academy on Tuesday night. That win extends their undefeated season to 20-0.
January 6-7, 2012
The Eagles competed in a reformatted Father Ryan Invitational Tournament over the weekend. The Tournament started on Friday afternoon with team dual matches. The Eagles began with a big win over Siegel High School by a score of 42-30. The match came down to final two individual matches, with Junior Tanner Mosier clinching the win by pinning his opponent at 126 lbs.
The Eagles then took on Mt. Juliet High School, where the Eagles started to hit their stride. They took down Mt. Juliet by a score of 57-21 thanks in large part to pins by Kirt Jenkins, Kyle Jennings, Andrew Herrman, Andrew Nevle, Ben Kurtz, Cody Clark, & Jeff Lamer.
In the last match of the night, the Eagles took on fellow D-II school Donnelson Christian Academy and cruised to a score of 60-18, only losing 3 individual matches. The Eagles dual record for the season now stands at 19-0.
On Saturday, the Eagles took part in the Individual portion of the tournament. Of the 12 wrestlers entered, 7 took home medals. At 113 lbs, Freshman Ronson Marsh took home 5th place with a 3-1 record on the day. At 120 lbs, Junior Kyle Jennings took home 4th, losing a close 1-point decision to Father Ryan in the consolation finals. At 126 lbs, Junior Tanner Mosier finished in 7th overall. At 145 lbs, Junior Andrew Nevle finished 4th falling 2 points short of 3rd in the consolation finals. Junior Ben Kurtz finished in 8th overall at 152 lbs. And at 195 lbs, Senior standout Jeff Lamer advanced to the championship finals losing a close to match Father Ryan to finish 2nd overall. The team as a whole finished in 8th place out of 25 teams.
January 3, 2012
SBA Wrestling added two decisive victories last night against St. George's and Arlington.
The night started with the Eagles having their 1st Region Match of the season against St. George's. The only points allowed by the Eagles were due to a forfeit at at 285 as they trounced St. George's 64-6 behind pins by Patrick Wallis, Cody Clark, Kirt Jenkins, Tanner Mosier, & Andrew Herrman.
Next the Eagles took on Arlington for the 2nd time this season. And again the Eagles won convincingly by a score of 58-13. The Eagles secured 6 pins in the match thanks to Jeff Lamer, Kyle Jennings, Mikey Bascom, Ben Kurtz, Patrick Wallis, & Tim Maginn.
SBA will be competing in Nashville on Friday and Saturday at the Father Ryan Invitational. The team's overall record stands at 16-0 on the season.
December 21, 2011
SBA wrestling remained undefeated on Wednesday night with 3 victories against Collierville, Bolton, and Southwind. The Eagles are now 14-0 going into a break for the holidays and have placed 3rd, 2nd, & 1st as a team at their first 3 tournaments. Up next will be the toughest part of the schedule in January where they will be travelling to Nashville and Atlanta for tournaments and begin to compete in Region Matches.
Final Scores:
- SBA 55, Bolton 15
- SBA 72, Southwind 6
- SBA 38, Collierville 27
December 17, 2011
The Eagles advanced their undefeated record to 11-0 with 5 victories and team Championship at the Arlington Hunt for the Best Tournament on Saturday! The team went through their Pool 4-0, including a nailbiter against Collierville, to place themselves in the Championship Finals.
In the Finals, The Eagles took on Houston High School in the best match of the day. Starting at 132 pounds, the team looked strong early winning the first 4 matches of the dual and jumping out to a 22-0 lead thanks to a Major Decision by Junior Andrew Herrman and 3 straight pins by Juniors Andrew Nevle & Ben Kurtz and Senior Mikey Bascom. In the 5th match, Houston took a gamble by wrestling their varsity 152 pounder up a weight class against Junior Patrick Wallis. Wallis was able to capitalize though with a crucial 8-5 decision to put the Eagles up 25-0 after 5 matches. Houston bounced back though securing wins in 7 of the last 9 matches. However, the Eagles, thanks in large part to their middlewieghts, a pin by Senior Jeff Lamer at 220, and a gritty overtime performance by Junior Tanner Mosier in the final match, held on to their lead to win the dual by a score of 37-36!
Final Results:
- Pool Matches:
- SBA 64, Millington 18
- SBA 49, Arlington 16
- SBA 36, Collierville 33
- SBA 60, Fayette Academy 24
- FINALS:
December 9-10, 2011
The Wrestling team added another great weekend of wrestling at McGavock High School on Saturday. The Eagles entered 12 wrestlers in the tournament with 8 placing in the Top 4! The Team finished in 2nd Place Overall just behind Arab High School from Alabama.
The Following wrestlers placed in the Top 4:
- 120 lbs: Junior Kyle Jennings, 2nd Place;
- 132 lbs: Junior Andrew Herrman, 3rd Place;
- 138 lbs: Senior Mikey Bascom, 1st Place;
- 145 lbs: Junior Damian Kaminski, 3rd Place;
- 152 lbs: Junior Ben Kurtz, 1st Place;
- 160 lbs: Junior Patrick Wallis, 2nd Place;
- 182 lbs: Senior Cody Clark, 4th Place;
- 195 lbs: Senior Jeff Lamer, 1st Place
Aside from the Team Plaque for 2nd place, Kyle Jennings took home the award for Best Match for his highly-contested Finals Match at 120.
Jeff Lamer pinned his way through the tournament (all 3 of his pins were under 30 seconds) and was given the Tournament’s Most Outstanding Wrestler Award.
The Eagles will be taking it easy during Exam week but will be back in competition on Saturday at Arlington for their Hunt for The Best Duals Tournament.
December 8, 2011
The Eagles chalked up another win after beating Germantown 48-22. Pins include – Mike Bascom (138) in 2:38; Ben Kurtz (152) in 1:20; John Wallis (160) in 2:39; Cody Clarke (182) in 2:56; Jeff Lamer (195) in 0:43; Kirt Jenkins (106) in 5:19. Ronson Marsh won by forfeit and Kyle Jennings (120) won 8-5 and Andrew Herrman (132) won 8-1.
December 6, 2011
The Wrestling continued to roll last night as they pushed their undefeated record to 5-0 with wins against Kingsbury and Bolton. The Eagles started the night out strong defeating Kingsbury by a score of 64-12. The team was able to secure 6 pins (Kirt Jenkins, Kyle Jennings, Mikey Bascom, Ben Kurtz, Patrick Wallis, & Jeff Lamer) during the match and dropped only one individual match to Kingsbury. The night continued as the Eagles took down Bolton by a score of 54-19. Again the Eagles won in dominating fashion with 5 pins (Kyle Jennings, Tanner Mosier, Ben Kurtz, Tim Maginn, & Robert Lawrence) and only allowing 3 individual losses out of the 14 weight classes during the match. The team won’t have much time to rest, as they take on Germantown in a dual meet on Thursday night.
December 2-3, 2011
The SBA Wrestling team competed in the Knoxville Catholic Invitational Tournament this weekend alongside 28 other teams including teams from Tennessee, Georgia, & Alabama. The Eagles returned with 6 medalists, including a tournamentbest three Champions. The team placed 3rd place overall, distancing themselves from the rest of the field but finishing just behind first place Chattanooga Central and 2nd place Georgia Powerhouse Hillgrove High School.
The Eagles started out strong on Friday night by rolling off 19 individual wins, including 15 by pin, that placed nine wrestlers in the Quarter Finals of their individual brackets. After wrestling well past midnight on Friday night, the Eagles kept rolling on Saturday morning by putting three wrestlers in the finals and another 3 found their way to the consolation medal rounds.
Freshman Ronson Marsh, in his first Varsity tournament, placed 5th and went 3-2 including two pins and a Major Decision in his final match.
At 120 lbs, Junior Kyle Jennings had 4-1 record for the weekend on his way to placing 3rd place in the tournament.
At 145, Junior Andrew Nevle had a great tournament placing in 5th and having a record of 5-2 including four wins by pin.
At 138 lbs SBA had its first individual champion in Senior Mikey Bascom. On his way to the medal stand, Mikey defeated state placers from Alabama and Georgia, had 1 pin, and outscored his opponents 24-7 in his other 3 wins.
At 152 lbs, Junior Ben Kurtz had three pins on his way to the finals and won his championship match against a Georgia Standout 12-9 in a very hard fought match.
And at 195 lbs, Senior Jeff Lamer pinned all 4 of his opponents on the way to his Gold Medal.
The team as a whole had 34 individual wins for the tournament including 22 pins.
The Eagles look to improve on this finish this week as they have dual matches against Bolton, Kingsbury, & Germantown. And then leave for their next tournament on Friday in Nashville.
November 29, 2011
The Wrestling team advanced their record last night to 3-0 with a 41-30 win over Bartlett High School. The Eagles opened up a 12-0 lead with back to back pins from Seniors Jeff Lamer and Robert Lawrence and didn’t look back. Freshman Ronson Marsh extended his season record to 3-0 with a pin at 113 to put the Eagles up 21-6 after just 5 matches. Senior Mikey Bascom and Junior Ben Kurtz also secured pins for the team on their way to victory.
November 23, 2011
The Wrestling team opened up their season with two victories on Wednesday night against Brighton and a very tough Cordova team. The Eagles took down Brighton first by a score of 60-12. Pins were secured by Kyle Jennings, Tim Maginn, and Jeff Lamer. Next the Eagles took on a highly touted Cordova Team. A good deal of strategy was used to come out on top by a score of 53-21. Most Eagle wrestlers were wrestling up a weight class and the team still managed to secure 10 wins out of the 14 weight classes. And of those 10 wins, 5 Eagles wrestlers pinned their opponents including a John Vassallo, Andrew Herrman, Mikey Bascom, Andrew Nevle, & Ben Kurtz. The Eagles are now 2-0 on the season.