SBLive Sports National High School Wrestling Rankings (2/9/2023)

As state postseason events are taking shape, fewer national upsets are expected

As the postseason gets underway in most states now dramatic shifts in the rankings will be a rare occurrence since the level of competition for nationally ranked guys is weaker on the local level. That is not an across-the-board statement, though, as some states have many ranked wrestlers.

For example, a mild upset happened at the Iowa Dual Meet State Tournament where No. 17 Jake Knight of Bettendorf edged Fort Dodge’s No. 16 Dru Ayala, 3-1. But to further the previous point, that was the only national upset over all three divisions.

Individual Region Tournaments took place in Illinois and Indiana last weekend, and yielded zero national upsets.

In Illinois, Homewood Flossmoor’s Vincent Robinson moved back to 132 for the postseason series. Robinson competed at 132 most of the year, but dropped to 126 for the Doc Buchanan Tournament in California in Mid-January.

Orlando Cruz (Crown Point, IN) competed at 190 for the season opening Ironman Tournament. Indiana is one of the states still using the “old” weight classes, and Cruz appeared at 182 in his regional.

Cody Merrill (Gilroy, CA) missed a large chunk of the season due to injury, when he returned, he did so at heavyweight. At the Blossom Valley League Tournament, Merrill was down at 220, winning that title easily with a 1:05 fall over Izak Nguygen (Overfelt).

New Jersey’s Blair Academy dropped most of their lineup down for January’s Escape the Rock Tournament in Pennsylvania. It appears that was a one-time move. SBLive Sports had a conversation with Blair’s coach Ross Gitomer and was informed that his guys would be returning to their original weights for their National Prep run.

SBLive Sports National High School Wrestling Rankings:

106

1-Keanu Dillard (Bethlehem Catholic, PA) FR

2-Aaron Seidel (North Lebanon, PA) SO

3-Dominic Munaretto (St. Charles East, IL) FR

4-Javaan Yarbrough (Copley, OH) JR

5-Ayden Smith (Notre Dame, PA) JR

6-Davis Motyka (Wyoming Seminary, PA) JR

7-Tyler DeKraker (Blair Academy, NJ) FR

8-Carter Pearson (Southeast Polk, IA) SO

9-Haakon Peterson (Hollondale, WI) FR

10-JoJo Uhorchuk (Signal Mountain, TN) FR

11-Dominic Deputy (Chestnut Ridge, PA) FR

12-Ethan Timar (St. Edward’s, OH) SO

13-Aidan Carmody (Livingston, NJ) SR

14-Rocklin Zinkin (Buchanan, CA) FR

15-Liam Neitzel (Hudson, WI) SO

16-Devon Harrison (Liberty, MO) FR

17-Darren Florance (Bainbridge, NY) JR

18-Rylan Seacrist (Brecksville, OH) FR

19-Revin Dickman (Brownsburg, IN)

20-Griffin Rial (Pine Creek, CO)

21-Abram Cline (Granite Hills, CA) JR

22-Aydan Thomas (Stillwater, OK) SO

23-Raekwon Shabazz (Xavier, CT) JR

24-Tanner Mizenko (Canon-McMilan, PA) JR

25-Liam Davis (Lake Highland Prep, FL) FR

113

1-Bo Bassett (Bishop McCort, PA) FR

2-Beric Jordan (Stillwater, OK) JR

3-Nathan Desmond (Bethlehem Catholic, PA) SO

4-Louie Gill (Reynolds, PA) JR

5-Lukas Littleton-Mascaro (Malvern Prep, PA)

6-Seth Mendoza (Mt. Carmel, IL) SO

7-Moses Mendoza (Gilroy, CA) FR

8-Mack Mauger (Blackfoot, ID) JR

9-Jayden Raney (Union County, KY) FR

10-Karson Brown (St. Edward’s, OH) FR

11-Jayden James (Delbarton, NJ) FR

12-Ethan Rivera (Lake Highland Prep, FL) JR

13-Antonio Mills (Stone Mountain, GA) FR

14-Tyler Garvin (Rising Sun, MD) JR

15-Jake Knight (Bettendorf, IA) FR

16-Dru Ayala (Fort Dodge, IA) JR

17-Blake Beissel (Hastings, MN) JR

18-Michael Olson (Albert Lea, MN) JR

19-Wyatt Skebba (Hortonville, WI) SR

20-Chris Kiser (Ponca City, OK) JR

21-Matthew Dolan (Spring Mills, WV) SR

22-Luke Willochell (Latrobe, PA) SO

23-Vincent Paino (St. Joseph Regional, NJ)

24-Robert Duffy (Christian Brothers Academy, NJ) FR

25-Patrick O’Keefe (St. John Vianney, NJ) SO

120

1-Jax Forrest (Bishop McCort, PA) FR

2-Luke Lilledahl (Wyoming Seminary, PA) JR

3-Marcus Blaze (Perrysburg, OH) SO

4-Anthony Knox (St. John Vianney, NJ) SO

5-Leo DeLuca (Blair Academy, NJ) SO

6-Jordyn Raney (Union County, KY) FR

7-Kael Lauridsen (Bennington, NE) SR

8-Alan Koehler (Prior Lake, MN) SR

9-Sebastian Degennaro (Jensen Beach, FL) SO

10-Isaiah Cortez (Gilroy, CA) SO

11-Gauge Botero (Faith Christian Academy, PA) SO

12-Bowen Downey (Indianola, IA) SR

13-Hunter Taylor (Liberty, MO) JR

14-Nikade Zinkin (Clovis, CA)

15-Isaiah Quintero (El Dorado, CA) JR

16-Gylon Sims (Joliet Catholic, IL) SR

17-Kellen Wolbert (Oconomowoc, WI) FR

18-Ben Bast (West Bend West, WI) SR

19-Jackson Blum (Lowell, MI) SO

20-Devon Miller (Westmoore, OK) SO

21-Sam Smith (Stillwater, OK) SR

22-Dan Jones (Delbarton, NJ) JR

23-Mason Ziegler (Quakertown, PA)

24-Max Elton (Holy Spirit, NJ) SR

25-Tommy Link (Malvern Prep) SR

126

1-Ben Davino (St. Charles East, IL) JR

2-Marc-Anthony McGowan (Blair Academy, NJ) SR

3-Dillon Campbell (Legacy Christian, OH) JR

4-Max Gallagher (Blue Point, NY) SR

5-Mason Gibson (Bishop McCort, PA) JR

6-Caden Horwath (Davison, MI) SR

7-Braden Davis (Dundee, MI) SR

8-Vinny Kilkeary (Greater Latrobe, PA) SR

9-Drew Heethuis (Detroit Central Catholic, MI) SR

10-Tyler Ferrara (Chenango Forks, NY) SR

11-Conor Collins (Southern Regional, NJ) SR

12-Coleman Nogle (Mt. St. Joe, MD) SR

13-Logan Frazier (Crown Point, IN) SR

14-Nikolas O’Neill (Malvern Prep, PA) JR

15-Luke Stanich (Roxbury, NJ) SR

16-Jake Crapps (Cass, GA) JR

17-Draegen Orine (Wyoming Seminary, PA) JR

18-Porter Matecki (Whitfield, MO) JR

19-Jameson Garcia (Marmion, IL) SR

20-JJ McComas (Stillwater, OK) JR

21-Elias Navida (Poway, CA) JR

22-Joe Toscano (Buchanan, CA) FR

23-Gage Walker (Bixby, OK)

24-Logan Swensen (Wayzata, MN) JR

25-Jacob Joyce (Ponaganset, RI) SR

132

1-Cael Hughes (Stillwater, OK) SR

2-Sergio Lemley (Mt. Carmel, IL) SR

3-Zan Fugitt (Nixa, MO) SR

4-Vincent Robinson (Homewood Flossmor, IL) SR

5-Kyle Larkin (Valiant Prep, AZ) JR

6-Landan Robideau (St. Michael Albertville, MN) SO

7-Tyler Knox (St. John’s Prep, MA) SR

8-Noah Nininger (Staunton River, VA) SO

9-Dalton Perry (Central Mountain, PA) SO

10-Maddox Shaw (Thomas Jefferson, PA) SO

11-Daniel Zepeda (Gilroy, CA) SO

12-Aden Valencia (Ann Sobrato, CA) JR

13-Jaxon Joy (Wadsworth, OH) JR

14-Jack Consiglio (Malvern Prep, PA) JR

15-Matty Lopes (Blair Academy, NJ) JR

16-Matthew Botello (Wyoming Seminary, PA) SO

17-Will Baysingar (Mt. Prospect, IL) SR

18-Anthony Santaniello (Brick Memorial, NJ) SR

19-Gable Porter (Underwood, IA) SR

20-Brayden Sonnentag (Cadott, WI) SR

21-DJ Gillet (Crescent Valley, OR) SR

22-Hunter Hollingsworth (Edmond North, OK) JR

23-Tanner Frothinger (Eagle, ID) SR

24-Isaiah Powe (Gardendale, AL)

25-Carlos Stanton (Sunnyside, AZ) SO

138

1-Kannon Webster (Washington, IL) SR

2-Nasir Bailey (Rich Township, IL) SR

3-Ryder Block (Waverly-Shell Rock, IA) SR

4-Brock Mantanona (Palm Desert, CA) JR

5-Kollin Rath (Bethlehem Catholic, PA) SO

6-Greyson Clark (Kaukauna, WI) SR

7-Dario Lemus (Clovis, CA) SR

8-Grigor Cholakyan (St. John Bosco, CA) JR

9-Brandon Cannon (Ponderosa, CO) SR

10-Omar Ayoub (Dublin Coffman, OH) JR

11-Tyler Vazquez (Delbarton, NJ) SR

12-Pierson Manville (State College, PA) JR

13-Ryan Bennett (St. Edward’s, OH) JR

14-Luke Simcox (Central Mountain, PA) JR

15-Elijah Rivera (Lake Highland Prep, FL) SR

16-Jaden Pepe (Wyoming, PA) SR

17-Hunter Mason (Greeneville, TN) SR

18-Alessandro Nini (Christian Brothers, NJ) JR

19-Gabriel Bouyssou (Scituate, RI) JR

20-Bryson Vaughn (Notre Dame, PA)

21-Spencer Barnhart (Malvern Prep, PA) SR

22-Gage Owen (South Carroll, MD) SR

23-Jacob Brenneman (Northern Garrett, MD) SR

24-Jace Roller (Bixby, OK)

25-William Heger (El Reno, OK)

144

1-Koy Buesgens (New Prague, MN) SR

2-Ethan Parco (Los Gatos, CA) JR

3-Maxximus Martinez (Gilroy, CA) SR

4-Mac Church (Waynesburg, PA) SR

5-Joel Adams (Millard South, NE) SR

6-Collin Gaj (Quakertown, PA) SO

7-Sam Cartella (Western Reserve, OH) SR

8-Brock Herman (Brecksville, OH) SR

9-Cameron Catrabone (Williamsville, NY) JR

10-Beau Priest (Bakersfield, CA)

11-Jaydon Robinson (Homewood-Flossmor, IL) JR

12-Carter McCallister (Rock Bridge, MO) SR

13-Laird Root (Poway, CA) JR

14-Yannis Charles (St. Joseph Regional, NJ) JR

15-Julian George (Christian Brothers, NJ) SR

16-Ryan Ford (Bergen Catholic, NJ)

17-Cade Wirnsberger (Meadowbrook Christian School, PA) SR

18-Matt Repos (Central Dauphin, PA) SR

19-Collin Dupill (Greeneville, TN) SR

20-Ty Wilson (Dublin Scioto, OH) JR

21-Vince Bouzakis (Notre Dame, PA) SO

22-Anthony Evanitsky (Wyoming Area, PA) SO

23-Jamar Dixon Jr. (Delsea, NJ)

24-Logan Rozynski (Blair Academy, NJ) JR

25-Patrick Jordon (New Kent, VA) SR

150

1-Beau Mantanona (Palm Desert, CA) SR

2-PJ Duke (Minisink Valley, NY) SO

3-William Henckel (Blair, NJ) SO

4-Ty Watters (West Allegheny, PA) SR

5-Dylan Gilcher (Detriot Central Catholic, MI) SR

6-Cooper Haase (Osceola, FL) SR

7-Conner Harer (Montgomery, PA) JR

8-Zach Hanson (Lakeville North, MN) SR

9-Kael Voinovich (Stillwater, OK) JR

10-KJ Evans (Heritage Hall, OK) SR

11-Latrell Schafer (Veterans, GA) JR

12-Taythan Silva (Aurora Christian, IL) SR

13-Miguel Estrada (Frontier, CA) JR

14-Collin Guffey (Granite Hills, CA) JR

15-Weston Dalton (Pueblo East, CO) SR

16-Jeremiah Price (Surry Central, NC) SR

17-Wynton Denkins (Perrysburg, OH) SR

18-Collin Arch (Palmyra, MO) SR

19-Mekhi Neal (St. Mary’s-Ryken, MD) JR

20-Chris Crawford (Wyoming Seminary, PA) JR

21-Claudio Torres (Lake Highland Prep, FL) SO

22-Matthew Henrich (Southern Regional, NJ) JR

23-Kody Routledge (Edmond North, OK) SO

24-Cross Wasilewski (Delbarton, NJ) SR

25-Keagan Judd (Sherando, VA) SR

157

1-Joseph Sealey (Wyoming Seminary, PA) JR

2-Nicco Ruiz (St. John Bosco, CA) SR

3-Braeden Scoles (Kewaskum, WI) SR

4-Ethan Stiles (Conant, IL) SR

5-Ethan Birden (Dublin Coffman, OH) JR

6-LaDarion Lockett (Stillwater, OK) SO

7-Alessio Perentin (Delbarton, NJ) SO

8-Charlie Millard (Homestead, WI) JR

9-Andrew Christie (Bishop McDevitt, PA) SR

10-Rafael Hipolito (Independence, VA) SR

11-Shawn Taylor (West Allegheny, PA) JR

12-Dom Frontino (Shippensburg, PA) SR

13-Nick Kunstek (Pottsville, PA) JR

14-Grant Mackay (Laurel, PA) SR

15-Patrick Jackson (Spring Mills, WV) SR

16-AJ Rodrigues (South Carroll, MD) SR

17-Bekhruz Sadriddinov (Council Rock South, PA) JR

18-Dylan Evans (Chartiers Valley, PA) SR

19-Aiden Wallace (Bergen Catholic, NJ)

20-Zander Silva (Christian Brothers Academy, NJ)

21-Reed Fullmer (Malvern Prep, PA) SR

22-Paul Ognissanti (Blair Academy, NJ) JR

23-Anthony Rinehart (Crown Point, IN) SO

24-Dagen Condomitti (Northampton, PA) SR

25-Mason Alessio (Joliet Catholic, IL) SR

165

1-Angelo Ferrari (Melissa, TX) JR

2-Joey Blaze (Perrysburg, OH) SR

3-Lorenzo Norman (Blair Academy, NJ) SR

4-Carter Schubert (Wyoming Seminary, PA) SR

5-Daschle Lamer (Crescent Valley, OR) SR

6-Louis Cerchio (Delbarton, NJ) JR

7-Jasiah Queen (St. John Vianney, NJ) SO

8-Cole Glazier (Kasson, MN) SR

9-Holden Garcia (Notre Dame, PA) SR

10-Sam Goin (Crown Point, IN) SR

11-Dominic Bambinelli (Mill Creek, GA) SO

12-Max Magayna (Columbus Catholic, IA) JR

13-Sloan Swan (Buchanan, CA) SR

14-Cade Ziola (Skutt, NE) SO

15-Gunnar Cramblett (Graham, OH) JR

16-Boeden Greenley (Lisbon, ND) SR

17-Erik McCown (Palm Desert, CA) SR

18-Nick Fox (Osage, IA) SR

19-Ryan Burton (St. Joe Regional, NJ) SO

20-Duncan Christensen (Malvern Prep, PA) SO

21-Max Nevlin (St. Peter Prep, NJ) SO

22-Michael Murphy (Westfield, NJ)

23-Nolan O’Boyle (Norfolk Academy, VA) SR

24-Daniel Rella (Paramus Catholic, NJ) JR

25-Chris Minto (Mariner, FL) SR

175

1-Rocco Welsh (Waynesburg, PA) SR

2-Josh Barr (Davison, MI) SR

3-Simon Ruiz (Delbarton, NJ) SR

4-Jared Schoppe (Delsea, NJ) SR

5-Josh Palacio (North Bergen, NJ) SR

6-Jarrell Miller (St. Edward’s, OH) SO

7-Dylan Newsome (Bishop Hartley, OK) SR

8-Myles Takats (Perrysburg, OH) SR

9-Tyler Eise (Ponderosa, CO) SO

10-Peyton Westpfahl (Liberty, MO) SO

11-Omaury Alvarez (Baylor, TN) SR

12-Gage Wright (Parkersburg South, WV) JR

13-Harvey Ludington (Brick Memorial, NJ) SO

14-Adam Waters (Faith Christian Academy, PA) FR

15-Abe Wojcikiewicz (Civic Memorial, IL) SR

16-Lucas Condon (Poway, CA) SR

17-Luke Barker (Dodge City, KS) SR

18-Connor Padgett (Maize, KS) SR

19-Tyler Secoy (Columbus, GA) JR

20-Luke Vanadia (Brecksville, OH) SR

21-Matthew Furman (Canon-McMilan, PA) SR

22-Jed Webster (St. Michael Albertville, MN) JR

23-Bryce Burkett (Watertown, MN) SO

24-Brett Smith (Troy Buchanan, MO) SR

25-Shane Cartagena-Walsh (St. Benedict’s, NJ)

182

1-Zach Ryder (Minisink Valley, NY) JR

2-Ryder Rogotzke (Stillwater, OK) SR

3-Gabe Arnold (Iowa City, IA) SR

4-Connor Mirasola (West Bend West, WI) JR

5-Tate Naaktgeboren (Linn-Mar Marion, IA) SR

6-Cole Han-Lindemyer (Farmington, MN) JR

7-Orlando Cruz (Crown Point, IN) SR

8-Noah Mulvaney (Arrowhead, WI) SR

9-Justin Rademacher (West Linn, OR) SR

10-Tye Monteiro (Bakersfield, CA) SR

11-Timothy McDonnell (Fountain Valley, CA) SR

12-CJ Walrath (Notre Dame, IA) SR

13-De’Alcapon Veazy (Fort Wayne, IN) SO

14-Tucker Hogan (Daniel Boone, PA) JR

15-Ethan Riddle (Germantown, WI) SR

190

1-Max McEnelly (Waconia, MN) SR

2-Jude Correa (Wyoming Seminary, PA) SO

3-Aeoden Sinclair (Milton, WI) JR

4-Cole Mirasola (West Bend West, WI) JR

5-Camden McDanel (Teays Valley, OH) SR

6-Rune Lawrence (Frazier, PA) JR

7-Joey Novak (New Prague, MN) SR

8-Sonny Sasso (Nazareth, PA) SR

9-AJ Heeg (Stillwater, OK) SR

10-Brock Zurawski (Lower Cape May, NJ) SR

11-McCrae Hagarty (Waverly-Shell Rock, IA) SR

12-Thomas Dineen (Benson, MN) SR

13-Remy Cotton (Davison, MI) SR

14-Jackson Dewald (Westwood, IA) SR

15-Brian Burburija (Countryside, FL) SR

16-Justin Griffith (Sanford, DE) SR

17-Mikey Dellagatta (St. Joe Regional, NJ) SR

18-AJ Fricchione (Bergen Catholic, NJ) SR

19-Vincenzo LaValle (Hanover Park, NJ) SO

20-Vincent Lee (Delbarton, NJ) JR

21-Nick Wehmeyer (Malvern Prep, PA) JR

22-Kingsley Menefee (Fauquier, VA) SR

23-Jacob Gilfoil (Bishop McDevitt, PA)

24-Ryland Whitworth (Fountain Valley, CA) JR

25-Mark Ayala (St. John Bosco, CA) SR

215

1-Ben Kueter (Iowa City, IA) SR

2-Gavin Nelson (Simley, MN) SR

3-Hayden Walters (Crater, OR) SR

4-Sawyer Bartelt (South Dade, FL) JR

5-Max Shulaw (St. Francis Desales, OH) JR

6-Cody Merrill (Gilroy, CA) JR

7-Cash Henderson (Wood Cross, UT) JR

8-Max Agresti (Salesianum, DE) SR

9-Jersey Robb (Bixby, OK) SR

10-Dylan Russo (Olentangy Liberty, OH) SR

11-Austin Johnson (Muncy, PA) SO

12-Sam Sorenson (Homer, NY) SR

13-Ethan Gallo (Minisink Valley, NY) SR

14-Vaun Halstead (Thurston, OR) SR

15-Will Clark (Crown Point, IN) JR

16-Zachary Delsanter (St. Edward’s, OH) SR

17-Hudson Skove (Rumson-Fair Haven, NJ) SR

18-Bryce Phillips (Mt. St. Joe, MD) JR

19-Max Vanadia (Brecksville, OH) SR

20-Myles Johnson (Springboro, OH) SR

21-Jared Thiry (Don Bosco, IA) SR

22-Brendan Raley (North Hunderton, NJ)

23-Nicholas Sahakian (St. John Bosco, CA)

24-Eli Markel (Waynesburg, PA) SR

25-Brady Colbert (Paul VI, VA) SR

285

1-Koy Hopke (Amery, WI) JR

2-Dillan Johnson (Joliet Catholic, IL) JR

3-Carter Neves (Blair Academy, NJ) JR

4-Jim Mullen (St. Joe’s Regional, NJ) SR

5-Riley Robell (Bishop McDevitt, PA) SR

6-Sean Kinney (Nazareth, PA)

7-Daniel Herrera (Palm Desert, CA) JR

8-Matthew Moore (Mesa Ridge, CO) SR

9-Parker Ferrell (Christiansburg, VA) JR

10-Emmanuel Ulrich (Mifflinburg, PA) SR

11-Aden Attao (Borah, ID) SR

12-Tyson Terry (Omaha North, NE) SO

13-Will Sather (Eden Prairie, MN) JR

14-Richard Thomas (Edmond North, OK) JR

15-Aidan Fockler (Massillon Perry, OH) JR

16-Leighton Jones (Brownsburg, IN) SR

17-Spencer Lanogsa (Jesuit, LA) JR

18-Maddox Borcherding (Norwalk, IA) SR

19-Jake Walker (Waverly-Shell Rock, IA) SR

20-Sampson Stillwell (St. Michael The Archangel, MO) SO

21-Paul Clark (Crown Point, IN) JR

22-Max Acciardi (Paramus, NJ) SR

23-Nick Pavlechko (State College, PA) JR

24-Aaron Ries (Wadsworth, OH) JR

25-Kolton Weaver (Point Pleasant, WV) JR