Smoky Mountain Duals

Pigeon Forge, TN

December 22 & 23 , 2011

Location : Pigeon Forge High School 414 Tiger Drive Pigeon Forge, TN 37863

Entry Fee: $285.00 Admission: $10.00 adults, $5.00 students, u-5 free / Day

Schedule:

12/21 12/22 12/23

9th /JV/Girls Tourn. Weigh ins: 7:30 – 8:30 am Weigh in: 7:30 - 8:30 am

(* separate entry fee $10 per) Coaches Meeting: 8:45 am Coaches Meeting: 8:45 am

Wrestling: 9:00 am Wrestling: 9:00 am

Awards: 1st – 6th Team Plaques

“OW” Lower Weight Wrestler (voted by officials)

“OW” Upper Weight Wrestler (voted by officials)

Tournament: 9-10 mats, 20-25 Teams (first 25 to send in signed contracts).

• Everyone guaranteed 7 - 9 matches!!!

• Send in last years and this years team accomplishments to

separate the top teams, or will be randomly drawn.

• Hospitality for Coaches, table workers, & officials.

• Each team must provide a score keeper per table (2 / table).

• Round robin / pool format, each day.

• Great place for TEAM / FAMILY vacation and for CHRISTMAS SHOPPING!

Championship Criteria / Pool Tie Breaker: Same as National Federation rules!

Contact: Darrell Lauderdale 865-755-7872 or [email protected]

Or [email protected]

Or Greg Foreman 865-577-1950 or 865-256-4734

School fax 865-774-5798

Hotel Information & Tourism Office (for special discount prices, packets, cabin rentals, and attractions are available upon request; contact Darrell Lauderdale).

‘10-’11 Teams:

Pigeon Forge (TN A/AA State runner-up), Gibbs, (TN) William Blount, (TN) Seymour, (TN) Beech, (TN) Heritage, (TN), Whitley Co. (KY), Univ. Heights (KY), Pleasure Ridge (KY), Manatee (FL),

Franklin Regional (PA) , Jefferson Co. (GA * AA State Champs), Carrolton (GA ), Gilmer (GA* AAA State Champs), Holy Innocents (GA), Ringgold (GA), Dutch Fork (SC ) 6 different States Represented !

PRP attended this tournament last year and cannot speak highly enough of the tournament director and the competition. They ran nine mats, and the schedule was followed to a tee. The first day PRP wrestled five duals and was finished by 2:30, and the second day they wrestled three duals and they were finished by 11:30. Competition was also excellent, including Tennessee and Georgia schools.

LaRue County has attended this tournament four of the last five years or something like that. We didn't attend last year but are going back this year. The highest we have ever finished is 4th at this dual's tournament. It is without a doubt, the hardest tournament we attend each year including our state duals. I think it was two or three years back that we lost two duals and only won like no more than 2 or 3 indivual matches in each dual. We got hammered!

I would highly recommend this tournament to anyone who has a team they think can win state duals. Most other states, duals is the state championship defining tournament, not their state tournament. Most teams that come, from South Carlonia, Georgia, Florida, etc. come to prepare them for a run at their state title. The Jefferson, GA and Gilmer, GA are normally crazy good and loaded. Two years ago when we wrestled Gilmer in the gold pool, I think only Nick and Drew won their individual matches. Bernard might have, but I don't think so. Yea, they were tough.

We are hoping to finish higher than fourth this year. All of our guys are hoping we can break top 3 this year. If we do, it will be a major accomplishment!

McCreary Central is going to this tournament this year as well!

Woodford Co. is going too.

Glad we got some good KY schools in attendance to this thing. Here is a short list of top teams/schools attending:

Gilmer, GA #1 3A

Jefferson, GA #1 2A

Chapin, SC #1 3A

Somerset Academy, FL #2 1A

Father Ryan, TN Top 3 in 1A (Private Schools in TN)

Pigeon Forge, TN #4 TN 2A (Public Schools in TN)

Holy Innocents, GA #4 1A

Carrollton, GA #4 3A

Then some team from PA, Northwest Regional is how they are listed, can't find them anywhere in the rankings in PA, so not sure who they are, but if they are from PA, they are pretty good I am sure.

Glad to have you guys going ubtappin! I think you guys will have fun at this thing and see some awesome competition. This is a tough dual's tournament!

Nico Megaludis, the #1 ranked wrestler at 125 last year (and who is now wrestling for Penn State) wrestled for Northwest Regional out of PA last year. UHA took its small roster to the Smoky Mtn. Duals last year and got some great competition against teams from GA, FL, TN and PA.

Glad to have you guys going ubtappin! I think you guys will have fun at this thing and see some awesome competition. This is a tough dual's tournament!

Glad to be going, I'm looking forward to it. Nice little pre-Christmas road trip. Hopefully the weather will cooperate.

How is the spectator seating at this event? I heard there wasn't a lot of room? Would a person need to bring some folding camping chairs?

traditionally they run 2 gyms. The main gym you'll need binoculars if your team is on the far mats. They run 6 mats, but the bleachers are on one end of the gym and they have 2 columns of mats going away from the bleachres. The middle school gym (which is within walking distance of the main gym) runs to mats, and the bleachers are right beside both mats. Either hope you're in the MS gym, or if you're in the HS gym your team is on the closer mats.

traditionally they run 2 gyms. The main gym you'll need binoculars if your team is on the far mats. They run 6 mats, but the bleachers are on one end of the gym and they have 2 columns of mats going away from the bleachres. The middle school gym (which is within walking distance of the main gym) runs to mats, and the bleachers are right beside both mats. Either hope you're in the MS gym, or if you're in the HS gym your team is on the closer mats.

Ok, Thanks for the info.

This was just released by the good folks in Pigeon Forge (the host school) to the newspapers and teams concerning the Smokey Mountain Duals. This is indeed one TOUGH tournament! Good luck to ALL the Kentucky teams heading down to Pigeon Forge next week. We will need all the luck we can get!!

• The 10th Annual Smoky Mountain Duals will be held on December 22 and 23 in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. This years event will be, by far, the toughes SMD's we have ever hosted. Returning SMD Champions, Jefferson High School, GA, will be rerurning to once again defend their title! It will not be an easy task. Currently, out of the 25 teams entered, there are 7 ranked number 1 in their respected states; 5 ranked number 2 and overall, there are 17 teams that are currently ranked or were at the end of last season, in the top 8 of their respected states.