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Titans look to wrestling mat for draft picks

Stephen Neal in his collegiate daysUniversity of Iowa retired wrestling coach and Olympic gold medalist Dan Gable once said, "Once you've wrestled, everything else in life is easy." Perhaps the Tennessee Titans have that quote hanging in their war room, as they have targeted football players with grappling experience.

Their second and third-round draft picks both have wrestled. Zach Brown went undefeated as a heavyweight in his senior year of high school. Mike Martin won a state championship in Michigan his junior year of high school, and only gave up wrestling because of his football scholarship. Karl Klug, who has seven sacks for Tennessee as a rookie in 2011, qualified for the Minnesota state tournament as a wrestler.

"It's something that to me, when a guy has been a wrestler, especially when he has been a successful wrestler, it says something about his toughness and his commitment," general manager Ruston Webster said.

When teams draft both offensive and defensive linemen with a wrestling background, they get the toughness and commitment Webster mentioned, as well as an understanding of leverage, handfighting and balance that is hard to teach. Particularly in the heavier weights, wrestling matches are a battle of leverage that also require top conditioning.

The Titans aren't the only team to realize the strength wrestlers bring to football. Stephen Neal won two NCAA Division I wrestling championships -- one by beating eventual WWE star and UFC champion Brock Lesnar -- and a world championship before joining the New England Patriots for nine seasons. He didn't play football at Cal St.-Bakersfield. His wrestling prowess was enough to warrant an invite to camp.

Antonio Garay played football and wrestled at Boston College, winning All-American honors his sophomore year. Now playing for the San Diego Chargers, he had 8.5 sacks in his past two seasons.

Martin and Brown will soon start their first NFL minicamp with the Titans, but if Gable's words hold true, it will be easy for them. After all, they're wrestlers.

End of the season awards

On March 20th, the Commando Wrestling Team held their annual awards banquet.

Outstanding Freshman - Jake Johnson

Academic Awards - Nick Martin, Colby Stumm, Jake Johnson, Ryan McComb, Colt Cupit, Dylan Treloar, Tyler Rigsby, and

All Academic Award - Jospeh McDaniel

Most Improved Wrestler - Robert Flores

Best Effort Award - Adam Wilson

Hardest Worker, Most Takedowns, Most Pins, MVP - Dylan Treloar

Treloar top 4 in the State

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FRANKLIN, Tenn. -- Hendersonville junior Dylan Treloar finished fourth at last weekend’s state wrestling tournament, a grueling three-day contest in which hundreds of athletes went home empty-handed and heartbroken.

Wrestlers fall short of District Championship

The Commando grapplers fell short of the district title this year for the first time since 2006, however earn a birth in the region duals. The Duals are to be held at Beech High School on Thursday Jan 26th, wrestling set to begin 5:30. The top two teams in the region will advance to the State Duals the first weekend in Feb.

Round one match up:
Clarksville vs Hendersonville
Beech vs Dickson Co

Winners will advance to the Region Championship and both qualify for the state duals

Rich crowned 9th Grade Champion

The Hendersonville High School wrestling team has served notice to its local opponents that they will be in the hunt for district and region titles for several years to come. The Commandos sent 8 freshman wrestlers to participate in the Middle TN Wrestling Officials Association 9th grade championships. Participating for the HHS were David Dandridge (97 lbs), Nicholas Martin (106 lbs), Colin Van Meter(120lbs), Jake Johnson(126lbs), Chris McKenzie (138lbs), Tacomas Rich (138lbs), Mitch Davis (170lbs), and Casey Jones (170lbs). Six of the eight notched wins, while four managed to place. Taking home top honors, Tacomas Rich claimed his 1st high school tournament championship. Nicholas Martin and Jake Johnson lost only one match and placed 3rd while Casey Jones fought to 4th place overall. DSC 0861-1

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