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As the season starts at midnight, here are my pre-season rankings. I've been working on these for the past few days, I only am releasing the top 10 but I have about 12-18 kids ranked at each weight and a data base full of kids that I will be following when the season starts. Next set of rankings I will release will be Decemember 1st after seeing the alpha's on NWCA. Most of these weights are pure guesses so don't freak out, some are confirmed by close sources. If I have a weight wrong PM me so I can adjust them for the Decemeber 1st rankings, Enjoy! P.S. Sorry for any grammatical errors, I did the comments last and very quickly. 106- 1. Matt Kolodzik (Miami Valley) Freshman (1st@96-JH) 2. Christian Clary (Dayton Christian) Sophomore (4th@103) 3. Kyle Keller (Delta) Sophomore (SQ@103) 4. Dakota Mays (Nelsonville-York) Freshman (4th@96-JH) 5. Jarred Ganger (Troy Christian) Freshman 6. Evan Ulinski (Woodmore) Sophomore (SQ@103) 7. Zach Alvarado (CHCA) Sophomore (SQ@103) 8. Ryan Behringer (Ayersville) Senior 9. Damian Short (Archbold) Freshman (7th@90-JH) 10. Cory Pucci (Cuyahoga Hts.) Sophomore Comments: Kolodzik leads the group here by a fair amount, Clary and Keller seem to be next in this group ahead of the rest, not sure what weight Clary will be since I haven’t seen any summer results but I heard isn’t very big. Ganger is my sleeper here, he has Hancock in the room to get better. Ulinski and Alvarado are solid here and with experience in Columbus I think that could solidify some strong results come tournament time. Behringer is a senior and from what I hear will most likely start at 113 and then drop to 106 by late January, this is all depending on his alpha. Short will most likely be very small for 106 and will be challenged in the room by Coffey and Eggers, maybe Coffey ends up here for Archbold. I chose Pucci over McCoy (Swanton) and Thomas (Westfall) for the final spot, Pucci had a bad draw at Districts for his match to go which he didn’t even make it to, he lost to Roginsky, which is whom he beat in the sectional semi-finals. Another note, if Durbin is here then he would be 4th, he was rather tall last year but did wrestle 90 in 8th grade so it’s a possibility. 113- 1. Austin Reese (Mechanicsburg) Sophomore (3rd@103) 2. Garrett Hancock (Troy Christian) Freshman (2nd@102-JH) 3. Robert Carter (Dayton Northridge) Junior (SQ@103) 4. Zach Durbin (Mapleton) Sophomore (SQ@103) 5. Mike Hozan (Black River) Junior (8th@103) 6. Damian Outward (Martins Ferry) Junior (SQ@103) 7. Andrew Slonkosky (Versailles) Junior 8. Jordan McKnight (Carlisle) Sophomore 9. Chandler Minnard (Bloom-Carroll) Freshman 10. Lewis Roginsky (Brooklyn) Sophomore Comments: Very weak after the top 2! Austin Reese leads the group by a little here, wrestled very well at Disney and solidified himself as my #1 here. Hancock also wrestled well at Disney but didn’t fair so well at Super32, I think he will improve as the season goes on. Carter returns from a season that he missed most of but still did qualify for state, I look for him to improve. Durbin whom may be at 106 should fair well, I was impressed by his district performance which I followed very closely. Hozan who beat Carter last year finished 8th, I look for him to improve and should receive a better draw this year as long as he doesn’t finish 4th at districts. Outward is the only other SQ I evaluated here, he had a huge win in the first round of the consolation bouts. Slonkosky was a match away last year, he will jump up the rankings at a very weak weight. Mcknight is my sleeper here, he has Sandlin in the room to workout with, he could stick out at this weak weight. Minnard is very funky and defensive, he wrestled Carson to the final minute last year at JH States and impressed me a lot. Roginsky is a kid I’m not sure how to evaluate since Brooklyn wrestles a weak schedule, I thought he was very big at 113, you might see him at 120. If anyone of my ranked guys at 120 drop here, they would be top 6 and maybe higher, this WEIGHT IS VERY WEAK! 120- 1. Zach Nelson (Waynedale) Junior 2. Cody Stiener (Waynesville) Senior (2nd@112) 3. Cade Mansfield (Ayersville) Senior 4. Sammy Gross (Beachwood) Sophomore (3rd@112) 5. Bobby Smith (Bishop Ready) Sophomore (5th@103) 6. Casey Johns (Cardinal) Junior (4th@112) 7. Zon Fields (Marion Pleasant) Senior (6th@103) 8. Kyle Ferguson (Manchester) Senior (7th@112) 9. Damian Showman (Seneca East) Senior (8th@112) 10. Jesse Gross (Norwalk St. Paul) Sophomore (SQ@112) Comments: Wide open weight and maybe the deepest in division 3. Nelson leads a group that is filled with contenders, from what I hear he will most likely start at 126 but will have the option to drop and it would be beneficial if he did. Steiner has state finals experience along with Mansfield, but Mansfield failed to qualify last year and that’s the only thing that separates them in the rankings. I evaluated Gross at 120 because he wrestled there for Super32 but from what I hear he may drop to 113 where he would become an instant title contender with a field that is watered down thanks to transfers and division realignments. Smith doesn’t win in the prettiest fashion but he’s tough to score on, he might be at 126. Johns made the most of his first trip to Columbus by finishing very high, he almost lost his match to place to Gross 4-3. Fields cuts a lot of weight and I wouldn’t be surprised if he is at 113. Ferguson can shoot up the rankings all depending on the weekend he is having, a lot of potential and very hard to wrestle due to his height. Showman returns from an 8th place finish. His experience will be vital for him to return to Columbus. I chose Gross over McCormick (Lima CC) and Sandlin (Carlisle) due to his close match versus Johns in Columbus. Anyone that drops from 120 to 113 that I’ve mentioned would be top 4 atleast! 126- 1. Jacob Danishek (Dayton Christian) Sophomore (1st@112) 2. William Spangler (Keystone) Senior (4th@119) 3. Ben Timmons (Lakota) Senior (5th@119) 4. Dalton Hiltibran (Mechanicsburg) Senior (6th@119) 5. Gennar Feucht (West Jefferson) Junior (SQ@119) 6. Joe Broadman (Tiffin Calvert) Senior (SQ@119) 7. Zach Campbell (Pymatuning Valley) Junior (SQ@119) 8. Billy Crock (Waterford) Senior (SQ@119) 9. Alex Guerra (SMCC) Junior 10. Nick Chuha (Cuyahoga Hts.) Junior (SQ@119) Comments: Rather weak after the top 2 kids for having so much state experience here but D3 as a whole is rather weak this year. Danishek leads the group here, I wish he was able to compete at Super32 but he was a no-show, he is on pace for 4 state titles and Spangler seems to be the only threat here unless Nelson (Waynedale) is here then I think it’s a three-man race. Timmons and Hiltibran return here, both who were 9th and 10th in my rankings last year respectively exceeded my expectations. Feucht who wrestled most of last year at 112 and 119 wasn’t given an option when Branham cut to 112 but he still ended up qualifying for Columbus and I think is a very solid wrestler, not sure who he has in the room to workout with around his weight. Broadman and Crock return after a trip to Columbus where they both gained experience. Campbell was unable to make weight and that allowed to Chuha to have a chance of competing. Chuha went 0-2 with 2 tough losses and I think it would have been the same for Campbell but Campbell will have the rookie jitters this year and Chuha will not. Guerra failed to qualify last year after qualifying as a freshman; I think he improves this year to be atleast a qualifier. No other real top 10 contenders were evaluated here so this 10 looks like a solid group. Kenny Price (Archbold) could be a sleeper if here but I evaluated him at 132, Dion Perez could also end up here. [HR][/HR]
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Sun, Nov 20, 2011 9:19 PM
Nov 20, 2011 9:19 PM
Usually don't post on here much but I start from now on. I do rankings on yappi and other forums, these are a week or two old but I will have rankings done around December 1st that will have more accurate weights but here you are...ENJOY!!
Nov 20, 2011 9:19pm
