Back to Back State Wrestling Champs

The Seymour Middle School wrestling team won its second straight state dual championship beating the Pilot Middle School wrestling team in the final round by a score of 60-24, at the second annual Tennessee Middle School Dual State Championships at Seymour High School last Saturday. The Eagle matmen also repeated as county champs and finished the 2005 dual season with a regular season record of 15-0 in the region. Seymour also scored wins over the Vikings from the Tri- Cities, 78-6, Maryville Middle School, 63-14, and a shutout of Halls Middle School, 86-0, at the championship event. The Pilot team finished in third place for the tournament, with Maryville Middle School placing second, and a second Seymour Middle School team, Seymour Gold, taking fourth place. In the championship round of the tournament, Seymour jumped out to an early lead over Pilot with 6 pins in 7 matches, putting the Eagles ahead 36-6. The Eagles never relinquished the lead scoring with 4 additional pins in the last 7 matches. Seymour’s grapplers won a total of 33.