Editing Cleveland, Tennessee (section)

==Sports==
Cleveland currently has no professional sports teams, but has had two [[minor league baseball]] teams: the [[Cleveland Counts]] from 1911 to 1913 and the [[Cleveland Manufacturers]] from 1921 to 1922. Both of these teams were part of the [[Appalachian League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?city=Cleveland&state=TN&country=US|title=Cleveland, Tennessee Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=May 15, 2017}}</ref>

[[File:Jones Wrestling Center.jpg|thumb|right|Jones Wrestling Center]] <!-- I wish I knew how to crop this to remove some of the black space. -->
Cleveland High School has one of the most successful football programs in Tennessee. It has the second-longest winning streak in Tennessee high school football history, with 54 consecutive wins between 1993 and 1996.<ref>[https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/sports/preps/story/2013/sep/06/cleveland-streak-starters-enjoy-20th-anniversary/118018/ Stephen Hargis, "Cleveland high school's winning streak starters enjoy 20th anniversary"], ''Chattanooga Times Free Press'', September 6, 2013</ref> The Blue Raiders have also won state championships in 1968,{{failed verification|date=November 2017}} 1993, 1994 and 1995.<ref name="TSSAA">{{Cite web|url=https://tssaasports.com/school/index.cfm?id=77|title=TSSAAsports.com :: Home of the TSSAA Championships|website=tssaasports.com}}</ref>

The Cleveland High and Bradley Central wrestling teams traditionally dominate the state wrestling championships. Since 1994, the Bradley Central Bears have won a total of 27 state championships Traditional category and 14 state championships in the Dual category, winning a state championship every year in the Traditional category between 1993 and 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tssaasports.com/school/?id=31|title=Bradley Central High School Championship History|author=<!--Not stated-->|website=tssaasports.com|publisher=[[Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association]]|access-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref> The Cleveland Blue Raiders, based at the state-of-the-art Jones Wrestling Center,<ref>{{cite news|title=Wrestling center gets funding for addition |newspaper=Cleveland Daily Banner |date=March 17, 2014 |url=https://www.clevelandbanner.com/view/full_story/24750591/article-Wrestling-center-gets-funding-for-addition |access-date=November 18, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129075249/https://www.clevelandbanner.com/view/full_story/24750591/article-Wrestling-center-gets-funding-for-addition |archive-date=November 29, 2014 }}</ref> have won a total of 26 traditional championships, most recently in 2020. The Cleveland Blue Raiders, based at the state-of-the-art Jones Wrestling Center,<sup>[110</sup><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 25, 2023 |title=Cleveland wrestling’s Blue Raiders, Lady Blue Raiders win state traditional titles {{!}} Chattanooga Times Free Press |url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2023/feb/25/cleveland-wrestlings-blue-raiders-lady-blue/ |access-date=October 9, 2023 |website=www.timesfreepress.com |language=en}}</ref><sup>]</sup> have won a total of 29 traditional championships, most recently in 2023. The Blue Raiders have won state championships in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, as well as 2022, 2023,<ref>[https://clevelandbanner.com/stories/raiders-notch-another-state-three-peat,108972? Raiders notch another state 'three-peat' | The Cleveland Daily Banner]</ref><ref name="TSSAA"/> and 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-07 |title=Father Ryan watches state wrestling title slip away: 3 key moments from the TSSAA duals {{!}} The Tennessean |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/02/04/tennessee-high-school-wrestling-2024-state-duals-father-ryan-brentwood-clarksville-tssaa/72422402007/|website=www.tennessean.com |language=en}}</ref>

In 2013, the Cleveland City Council presented a resolution honoring the Cleveland High School wrestling team, and declared February 25 as "Blue Raider Wrestling Day". The Blue Raiders were state champions for the second time in three years after winning the 2013 TSSAA Division I Traditional State Championships and the State Duals Finals. The team was runner-up in both the Duals and State Tournaments in 2012, after claiming the Traditional title in 2011.<ref>[https://www.clevelandbanner.com/view/full_story/21830394/article-City-Council-honors-CHS-as-wrestling-state-champions-?instance=home_features City Council Honors CHS as State Wrestling Champions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192905/http://www.clevelandbanner.com/view/full_story/21830394/article-City-Council-honors-CHS-as-wrestling-state-champions-?instance=home_features |date=October 29, 2013 }}, ''Cleveland Daily Banner'', February 27, 2013.</ref>