McCallie, Cleveland lead McCallie Mat Tourney

  • Friday, December 19, 2014
  • B.B. Branton

Two former McCallie Invitational champs - host McCallie and Cleveland - are one-two in the team standings, respectively, and head into Saturday morning with a combined 13 wrestlers in the championship semifinals.

McCallie, who last won this tourney in 2010 has seven wrestlers in the semis, while the Blue Raiders captured the inaugural event in 1981 under former head coach Al Miller, have six in the semis and have finished second the last three years.

The top five shows McCallie in first with 115 points, followed by Cleveland (106), Cambridge (83), Woodland (82) and Union Grove (78.5).

Other local teams in the tourney are Soddy Daisy (11th, 54 pts), Northwest Whitfield (12th, 52), Gordon Lee (17th, 45), Heritage (17th, 45), Ringgold (22nd, 34), Lafayette (24th, 25.5) and Ridgeland (25th, 25). 

Championship Finals: The 3:30 p.m. finals will stream on McCallie's YouTube page

http//youtu.be/Ove73gr3QAk

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