Taking the event to other areas was the stated objective of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association’s decision, announced earlier this week, to hold the Division I traditional wrestling state championships at Chattanooga’s McKenzie Arena for the next two years.
Other areas. Not necessarily new areas.
Prior to the tournament’s arrival at the Williamson County Ag Expo in Franklin for 2010, the championships had been held largely in Chattanooga – first at Maclellan Gym on the campus of UT-Chattanooga, then at McKenzie Arena (also known as “The Roundhouse”) – since their 1961 inception…