National High School Ranked Wrestler Weekend Roundup 1/8

Nationally Ranked Wrestlers Weekend Recap Doc B, Cheesehead, and Geary headlined a busy weekend around the country.  The biggest development was at heavyweight at Cheesehead. Dillan Johnson avenged his loss to Cole Mirasola and followed that up with a win over Koy Hopke. 106 Rank Name School State Event Result Notable Wins Notable Losses 1 […]

National High School Wrestling Rankings: January 5, 2024

National Rankings Jan. 5th, 2023 Better late than never. Post Powerade, Sam Cali, Brecksville, and other events. Dom Deputy back down at 106 won a stacked Powerade bracket.  As usual, lower weights more chaotic than the upper weights.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRMMmjEYh4M 106 Deputy won Powerade with win over Sontz. Sontz picked up 2nd win over Regan. […]

2024 Cheesehead Ranked Wrestlers By Weight Class

2024 Cheesehead Ranked Wrestlers By Weight The field is led by most of th best Wisconsin teams, obviously, plus a couple Illinois squads, and some others – even Ponderosa from Colorado is making the trip. I have highlighted the ranked wrestlers in each weight class.  Even with Doc B going this weekend there are some […]

2024 Doc B Preview

Flip through the brackets below for my predictions from the Round of 16 through the finals: Top Teams #4 Poway Ranked Wrestlers: 113 #18 Edwin Sierra 138 #3 Paul Kelly 150 #10 Laird Root 175 #16 Angelo Posada 215 #14 Robert Platt   #5 St Edward Ranked Wrestlers: 106 #19 Timmy Mazur 113 #22 Ethan […]

National High School Ranked Wrestler Weekend Roundup 1/3

Nationally Ranked Wrestlers Weekend Recap Another weekend with a lot of action. Powerade was the main event and this year’s field was probably the 2nd toughest tournament of the season.  The Flavin is generally considered Illinois toughest event of the season and the Brecksville Invitational brought in some of the best from Ohio, Michigan, and […]

2024 Garlic City Rumble: Gilroy vs Layton

Layton at Gilroy Export XLSExport CSV Weight Layton Gilroy Winner Team Points 106 Mike Kowalski Gavin Pongsai Pongsai Gilroy 3 113 Aiden Bastian Mateo Sanchez Bastian Layton 3 120 Lander Bosh Dominic Bozanic Bozanic Gilroy 3 126 Geronimo Rivera Moses Mendoza Mendoza Gilroy 3 132 Cole Fenwick Isaiah Cortez Cortez Gilroy 6 138 Jace Lemons […]

2023 Powerade Preview: Weight By Weight

2023 Powerade Tournament Preview When you look at the teams in the field and the wrestlers heading to Canon Mac this weekend, I think it’s pretty fair to say this year’s Powerade will be the 2nd toughest tournament overall around the country. While Ironman is in a class by itself atop that list, some years […]

National High School Wrestling Rankings By State

National Rankings By State Going through our newest rankings, here are the individuals by state and preps. I also grouped the Southeast together. Presented in order from most to least. Pennsylvania Weight Rank Name School 106 1 Joe Bachmann Faith Christian 16 Sam Wolford Northern Lebanon 20 Alex Diaz Council Rock North 113 4 Ayden […]

National High School Wrestling Rankings: December 25, 2023

National Rankings Dec. 25th, 2023 Big weekend of action with Beast, MatBoss Christmas Classic, and others around the country. I wanted to wait until after the HOF Duals to update. And we got some good results from there.  The other event of note was the Knockout Christmas Classic in Florida. Now that we’re into the […]

2023 NWHOF Dual Classic Recap: New Jersey

NWHOF New Jersey Recap Delbarton – 4th Place (3-2) Delbarton was one of the nation’s best a season ago and come into this season again among the nation’s top 10. The difference I suppose is that they were the top ranked New Jersey school until a loss to St Joe’s Regional late last Winter. This […]

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