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Billy Buckheit

Billy Buckheit

Joined: Dec 20, 2022

Billy Buckheit is a long-time high school wrestling expert and journalist who has been doing the individual national high school wrestling rankings for SBLive Sports since 2022. He also provides coverage a major high school wrestling tournaments throughout the year. Billy previously served as the senior wrestling writer for Varsity Sports Network and the Baltimore Banner. He has also served on the seeding committees for many prestigious regional and national tournaments. In addition, he is the editor of Billy B's Wrestling World, a popular Facebook page dedicated to high school wrestling, and is an editorial contributor for the Maryland State Wrestling Association (MSWA).

The FARGO Nationals, the world's largest wrestling tournament starts Friday in Fargo, North Dakota and runs through July 20th.
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SBLive's National High School Wrestling Rankings (7/12/2024)

As the nation's top high school wrestlers, including 2024 seniors, head to the world's largest tournament, we take a look at our current national high wrestling rankings.

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California wrestler Daniel Zepeda named SBLive national champion at 138
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California wrestler Daniel Zepeda named SBLive national champion at 138

Gilroy's Daniel Zepeda won a California state title as a sophomore and followed that up with a silver medal at last summer’s Junior Freestyle Tournament at

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Illinois wrestler Ben Davino named SBLive national champion at 132
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Illinois wrestler Ben Davino named SBLive national champion at 132

In the last two years, Ben Davino of St. Charles East (Illinois) has only tasted defeat twice and one of those was at the U17 World Championships to

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National high school wrestling news, notes, updates (3/19/2024)
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National high school wrestling news, notes, updates (3/19/2024)

USA Wrestling wasted little time in getting the wrestling spring postseason tournaments underway, a week after Ohio and Pennsylvania ended their seasons, the

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Pennsylvania wrestler Luke Lilledahl named SBLive national champion at 126 pounds
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Pennsylvania wrestler Luke Lilledahl named SBLive national champion at 126 pounds

Last spring, Luke Lilledahl won the U20 World Team Trials in Freestyle by defeating a college wrestler, Oklahoma State’s Troy Spratley, two straight in the best

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New Jersey wrestler Anthony Knox named SBLive national champion at 120 pounds
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New Jersey wrestler Anthony Knox named SBLive national champion at 120 pounds

Before we start to talk about 120, I want to point out that this weight class is ridiculously deep. There are some quality wrestlers who were in the top 10 in

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Pennsylvania wrestler Landon Sidun named SBLive national champion at 113 pounds
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Pennsylvania wrestler Landon Sidun named SBLive national champion at 113 pounds

Much like our No. 1 at 106, Joey Bachmann of Pennsylvania's Faith Christian Academy, Landon Sidun came into high school as a decorated junior league wrestler

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Pennsylvania wrestler Joey Bachmann named SBLive national champion at 106 pounds
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Pennsylvania wrestler Joey Bachmann named SBLive national champion at 106 pounds

Joey Bachmann arrived on the national high school wrestling scene with an exclamation mark in October of 2023, winning the prestigious Super 32 Tournament. At

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Vote: Who should be SBLive's Upper Weight National Wrestler of the Week (3/12/2024)?
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Vote: Who should be SBLive's Upper Weight National Wrestler of the Week (3/12/2024)?

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Vote: Who should be SBLive's Lower Weight National Wrestler of the Week (3/13/2024)?
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Vote: Who should be SBLive's Lower Weight National Wrestler of the Week (3/13/2024)?

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National high school wrestling news, notes, updates (3/11/2024)
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National high school wrestling news, notes, updates (3/11/2024)

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National top 25 high school wrestling rankings for every weight class (3/7/2024)
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National top 25 high school wrestling rankings for every weight class (3/7/2024)

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