Team Tornado

Coach Harrison was voted by the Tennessee Wrestling Federation to receive the 2011 Coach of the Year Award. Coach Harrison won the award in 2010 as well.

This comes after a very successful Team Tornado wrestling season in 2011. Members of the team saw success in Indiana, Oklahoma, Georgia, and many other tournaments.

John Boatman put together a great day of Saturday in Georgia as he went through a 106 bracket filled with 26 wrestlers from several different states to make it to the finals. John had to beat Chris Palacio from Red Bank (TSSAA Placer 2010-2011)in the semifinals. John then dropped a tough match to a wrestler from South Carolina 3-6 in the finals.

Placing at this Super 32 early registration allows John to go ahead and secure a spot at the Super 32, one of the top tournaments in the country.

The Team Tornado Wrestling Club will host a fall folk-style season this year in order to prep athletes for their upcoming high school season. Team Tornado will travel to several tournaments including:

• The Super 32 Qualifier in Georgia
• The Blue Raider Triple Crown in Nashville
• The Prestigious Super 32 (You must qualify)

The season will run from August 22nd through October 22nd. Practices will be in the King College wrestling room in Bristol, TN from 6:30-8:00 PM on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. USA Wrestling Cards are required (if you are a Team Tornado Freestyle wrestler the cards are good from the end of August for a full calendar year). Therefore, if you purchase a USA card now it will be taken out of the cost for the freestyle session in the summer. Cost for this club session will be $100 (This does not include a USA Card). That is about $4 a practice to put into perspective. Athletes of all ages K-12 are invited. Please contact me with any questions at dharrison@king.edu or on my cell at 423-593-8348.

Tennessee’s Junior National Team coached by Derek Harrison and Al Miller had it’s highest finish to date at the 2011 Freestyle Duals. Team Tennessee finished in the top 20 out of over 30 teams from all over the country. Team Tennessee had victories over Michigan 2, Georgia, and Washington in their freestyle pool where the two top teams (Illinois and Oklahoma) ended up wrestling each other in the finals. Team members are listed below:

105) Jon Boatman (Greenville)
112) Kyler Smith (Centennial)
119) Andrew Armstrong (Sullivan South)
125) Nick Maxwell (Harden Valley)
130) Cole Schurlknight (Science Hill)
135) Marvin Lopez (Cleveland)
135) Carson Schurlknight (Science Hill)
140) Campbell Lewis (Soddy)
145) Parker Smith (Centennial)
145) Ronquai Love
152) Josue Brown (Hunter’s Lane)
152) Turbo Smith (Soddy)
160) Ed Holland (Pigeon Forge)
171) McCoy Newberg (Indy)
171) Tyler Johnson (Jeff County)
189) Cody Davis (Pigeon Forge)
215) Brett Ervin (Soddy)
285) Billy Swanson (Soddy)

Great work guys! Way to represent Tennessee!

Team Tornado took 5th place in a loaded All-star division at the 2011 Militia Duals. Team Tornado had victories over Myway (Michigan), Major Decision (Missouri), and Palmetto B (South Carolina) en route to winning the consolation bracket.

Team Members included:

106) Jon Boatman (Greenville)
113) Dakota Bromley (Bradley)
120) Nick Maxwell (Harden Valley)
126) Cole Schurlknight (Science Hill)
132) Carson Schurlknight (Science Hill)
138) Campbell Lewis (Soddy)
138) Parker Smith (Centennial)
145) Nathaniel Molina (Pigeon Forge)
152) Josue Brown (Hunters Lane)
160) Ed Holland (Pigeon Forge)
170) Tyler Johnson (Jeff County)
170) McCoy Newberg (Indy)
195) David Kieta (Pigeon Forge)
220) Cody Davis (Pigeon Forge)
285) Stephen Jackson (Gibbs)

Great job. We will truly miss all the seniors from this team next year.