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UPDATED OCTOBER 11, 2018

Last year we went all season long without rankings. Every year, many fans start the season with their “top wrestlers” list but it usually just puts returning wrestlers back in the previous season’s weight classes.

Here is the first individual ranking list for the upcoming season. Important points to consider are as follows:

1. My first source of information is the Super 32 early entry list. This is as factual as we can get right now.
2. The next source is the “word on the street”.
3. There will be many returning state champions and place winners that are not on this first ranking because I have no idea if they are wrestling, still a WV resident or what they weigh.
4. The wrestlers are listed in alphabetical order and not my opinion of who is better. They will be listed by Name/School/Last Season’s Finish/Source/Region.
5. Some weight classes are left blank because of no facts or educated guesses of who might be in the given weight class.
6. Input that can be backed up is wanted. Either comment or inbox me. Let’s fill this thing up.

AA/A

106: Sanders/Independence/4th in state/Word on the street/R3
106: Short/Point Pleasant/NA/Super 32 Entry/R4

113: Powell/Wirt County/5th in state/Word on the street/R4
113: Smith/Point Pleasant/3rd in state/Super 32/R4

120: Hodges/Grafton/4th in state/Word on the street/R2
120: Long/Braxton County/STQ/Word on the street/R2
120: Raike/Point Pleasant/Freshman/Super 32/R4

126: Bartee/Point Pleasant/Freshman/ Super 32/R4
126: Spaulding/Ritchie County/5th in state/Super 32/R1
126: Whorton/East Fairmont/State Champion/Word on the street/R1


132: Dawson/Independence/Runner Up in state/Word on the street/R3
132: Freeman/Smith/Point Pleasant/Third & Fourth in state/Super 32/R4 (Obviously one will be 132 and the other 138).
132: Powell/Wirt County/NA/Word on the street/R4

138: Hall/Oak Glen/State Champion/Word on the Street/R1

145: Cook/Madonna/State Champion/Super 32/R1
145: Lusher/Independence/State runner up/Super 32/R3
145: Trigg/Princeton/5th in the state/Word on the street/R3
145: Ward/Winfield/State Champion/Super 32/R4


152: Kiszka/Frankfort/STQ/Word on the street/R1
152: Parkes/Greenbrier West/NA/Word on the street/R3
152: Thomas/East Fairmont/4th in state/Word on the Street/R1
152: Triplett/Braxton County/STQ/Word on the street/R2


160: Cox/Greenbrier West/5th in state/Word on the street/R3
160: Hissam/East Fairmont/NA/Word on the street/R1

170: Dorsey/Greenbrier West/6th in state/Word on the street/R3
170: Kotsko/East Fairmont/3rd in state/Word on the street/R1
170: Van Meter/Moorefield/3rd in state/Word on the street/R2


182: Williams/Braxton County/4th in state/Word on the street/R2
182: Postlethwait/East Fairmont/STQ/Word on the street/R1


195: Cook/Madonna/3rd in state/Word on the street/R1
195: Gerau/East Fairmont/STQ/Word on the street/R1
195: Kump/Independence/3rd in state/Word on the street/R3
195: Marquez/Point Pleasant/NA/Super 32 Entry/R4
195: Patterson/Greenbrier West/NA/Super 32/R3

220: Brown/Greenbrier West/State qualifier/Word on the street/R3
220: May/Braxton County/STQ/Word on the street/R2
220: Shamblin/Sissonville/State qualifier/Word on the street/R4

285: Brueck/Weir/5th in state/Word on the street/R1
285: Frazier/Fairmont Senior/State champion/Word on the street/R1

120: Houser/St. Mary's/Runner up in state/Word on the street/R1

132: Flint/East Fairmont/3rd in state/Word on the Street/R1

160: Whiting/Roane County/3rd in state/Word on the Street/R2

182: Kotsko/East Fairmont/3rd in state/Word on the Street/R1 (Postlethwait shifts to 170)

285: Frampton/Nitro/NA/Word on the street/R4

Bearhugger wrote:285: Frampton/Nitro/NA/Word on the street/R4

I believe there is a name that definitely needs to be mentioned...

Caleb Haynes/He’s back and in AA...

Ive heard Haynes was back too but what school?

Ive heard Haynes was back too but what school?

abettnman wrote:

Bearhugger wrote:285: Frampton/Nitro/NA/Word on the street/R4

I believe there is a name that definitely needs to be mentioned...

Caleb Haynes/He’s back and in AA...

Cool! What school and what weight class is he projected at?

Haynes is at Sissonville.

ringworm14 wrote:Haynes is at Sissonville.

I have heard 152 or 160....

182: Kessler/Greenbrier West/STQ/Word on the street/R3

285: Brown/Greenbrier West/NA/Word on the street/R3