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Crowds who gather for a match at the Jones Wrestling Center get to watch practice beforehand.
for home matches provided by John Souters and the media class at Cleveland High School. The Jones Wrestling Center is on the leading ege of technology for Tennessee highschools.
ADDRESS: 850 Raider Drive, Cleveland, TN 37311
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Crowds who gather for a match at the Jones Wrestling Center get to watch practice beforehand.
The spacious Jones Wrestling Center has enough room to accommodate the large crowds that gather for every home match!
The walls at the Jones Wrestling Center are lined with memories of past accomplishments.
Home matches at the Jones Wrestling Center can be watched via streamcasting on www.ClevelandWrestlingTV.com
Even a back row seat at the Jones Wrestling Center provides a great view of the match!
There isn’t a bad seat in the house at the $1.5 million Jones Wrestling Center.
CHS Wrestling Coach Eric Phillips knows what it takes to win the toughest match.
Bailey Jones (second from left) provides color commentary during streamcasts at the Jones Wrestling Center.
The Cleveland High School cheerleaders are always ready to support their champions!
The Jones Wrestling Center provides a state-of-the-art home for the Cleveland Blue Raiders.
Every home match is streamcast from the Jones Wrestling Center.
Pictured are Bailey Jones (160 lbs. 2010 State Champ) and all-stars Will Moreland and Dre Moore.
The Jones Wrestling Center features a large parking lot to ensure everyone has a spot to park before the big match.
The Jones Wrestling Center represents the leading edge of technology – day or night.
Large crowds turn out for every home match at the Jones Wrestling Center.
The walls of the Jones Wrestling Center offer many opportunities for sponsorship.
Many of Tennessee’s top wrestlers hail from Cleveland High School and call the Jones Wrestling Center home.
The walls of the Jones Wrestling Center demonstrate that wrestling builds character in young athletes.
Bailey Jones (160 lbs. 2010 State Champ) speaks during a special event at the Jones Wrestling Center.
The Jones Wrestling Center is often home to prestigious community events.
Pictured are Bailey Jones (160 lbs. 2010 State Champ) and all-stars Will Moreland and Dre Moore.
Every match at the Jones Wrestling Center is a battle to the finish!
The best wrestling in Tennessee takes place at the Jones Wrestling Center.
Members of the Cleveland wrestling team prepare for another stunning victory.
120 lbs. Austin Oliver executes double arm bars to get the fall. Austin finished 3rd in the state in 2012.
113 lbs. State Champion Austin Stevison works a power half to turn his opponent.
Brandon Strickland works for the pin. Brandon finished 5th in the state in 2012
106 lbs. State Champion Christopher Debien works towards his double arm bars to get the pin.
Haden Hamilton executes a textbook half nelson to secure a pin. Haden Finished 4th in the state in 2012.
J.C. Bobe is fighting for the half nelson in a big win. J.C. finished 6th in the state in 2012.
Businessman and philanthropist W. Allan Jones, Jr., donated more than $1.5 million for this state-of-the-art center starting in 2001 and was the sole funder for the project. The Jones Wrestling Center has digital scoreboards, padded walls and inflatable, overhead heating ducts and is named after Allan’s father, the late W. A. Jones.
At the groundbreaking for the center, Jones said his appreciation of wrestling was based on more than athletics. "To me, wrestling is not just a sport," Allan said. "Unlike football, basketball and baseball, wrestling is an individual achievement sport. Two wrestlers take to the mat and only one walks off the victor. It takes determination, discipline and character to come out ahead in wrestling. I have seen it firsthand as a driving force in building character and discipline in my former classmates who are doctors, entrepreneurs and government leaders today.
Jones was voted outstanding wrestler at Cleveland High School in 1971, most valuable wrestler in 1972 and runner-up at 155 lbs in 1972 under coach Duane Shriver. Jones came within a point of winning the state wrestling championship in 1972 and 38 years later – on the same day – his son, Bailey, became Tennessee’s 160 lb. state wrestling champion.
Coach Shriver told the media a few years ago that, "Allan has always been a great supporter of wrestling in our community and state and he has a genuine love for the sport and what it does to build character in young people."