2024 Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic Preview
TEAM PA vs TEAM USA This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic, of course old time fans will remember it more fondly as The Dapper Dan. Either way, it’s one of the most prominent all-star events in the sport – where a collective of nationally ranked seniors head to Western PA […]
Todd’s Talks With Pat Lugo: “Always Evolving”
Support Todd’s Talks Ever Changing, Always Evolving. “Look around you. Everything changes. Everything on this earth is a continuous state of evolving, refining, adapting, enhancing…changing. You were not put on this earth to remain stagnant.” – Steve Maraboli For those of you who know Pat Lugo, this quote truly embodies who he is, not only […]
National High School Wrestling Rankings: Preps
National Preps Nationally Ranked Wrestlers If taken as a collective, like any other state, the National Preps have 35 wrestlers ranked, which would come in 3rd behind PA and CA. The contingent is led by Wyoming Seminary, a team that has 10 out of 14 weights ranked. There’s also Anthony Evanitsky, in the honorable mention […]
National High School Wrestling Rankings: New Jersey
New Jersey Nationally Ranked Wrestlers Within the group of top 5 states, New Jersey finishes with 23 ranked wrestlers which is good for 4th most this season. Leading the way are Delbarton with 6 and St Joe’s Regional with 4. Both schools finished with 4 state champions. Delbarton is missing Dan Jones from the list […]
National High School Wrestling Rankings: Ohio
Ohio Nationally Ranked Wrestlers Coming in with 24 nationally ranked wrestlers, the Buckeye State continues to be among the nation’s best. As we’ve discussed in previous breakdowns, the battle for the #2 spot behind PA is a year-by-year thing. This year that spot appears to be held by California but there is a strong case […]
National High School Wrestling Rankings: Illinois
Illinois Nationally Ranked Wrestlers Illinois has the reputation for being the best state in the country when it comes to the international styles. And if there have been some states catching up in freestyle, the state still holds a commanding lead over the rest when it come to Greco. But that’s not to say Illinois […]
National High School Wrestling Rankings: California
California Nationally Ranked Wrestlers California as a whole comes in with 36 ranked wrestlers. That number makes it the 2nd most in the country of any state. Pennsylvania with 48 total has the most. However, Pennsylvania’s number is famously split into 2 divisions. California therefore has the most ranked wrestlers in any single division. It’s […]
National High School Wrestling Rankings: Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Nationally Ranked Wrestlers Looking at the nation’s toughest state, it gets that recognition for the talent, year after year. This year was no different. As the season wraps up, the Keystone State ends up with 48 total ranked wrestlers (the most in the country) with a division split of 23 in AA and 25 […]
National High School Wrestling Rankings: End Of Season (3/18)
National Rankings March 18, 2024 With all the state tournaments done, and the season over, here are the final rankings: top 25 + an additional 10 honorable mentions at each weight. The honorable mentions are in alphabetical order by state. I have always looked at larger events with more importance, knowing that athletes come in […]
Pennsylvania State Tournament Finals Line Up: AA & AAA Boy Divisions & Girls
Click Here To Donate 2024 Pennsylvania State Finals: Finals Line Up 3/9 PIAA Finals Line Ups AA 107 #2 Dom Deputy (Chestnut Ridge) vs #1 Joe Bachmann (Faith Christian) 114 #1 Ayden Smith (Notre Dame-Green Pond) vs Will Detar (Trinity) 121 #5 Aaron Seidel (Northern Lebanon) vs Greyson Music (Biship McDevitt) 127 #20 Chris Vargo […]
