OK...I know I didnt list all teams or all returning kids, I just tried to focus on teams who have 3 or more district/state kids returning. Teams in no particular order.

Here are the returners for next year (format = weight this season, last name, qualifications, grade NEXT year):

Olentangy

103 Fiorucci - State 2nd - 11
112 Mchugh – State Qualifier – 10
125 Caserta – State Qualifier – 12
130 Fosco – State Alternate – 12
135 Bridges – District Alternate – 11
152 Hetterscheidt – State Qualifier – 12
160 Gadd – District Qualifier – 12
189 Stinemetz – District Qualifier – 11
285 Young – District Alternate – 11

Big Walnut

103 Conley – District Alternate – 11
119 White – District Qualifier – 12
130 Gase – District Alternate – 11
135 Schenz – District Qualifier – 11
215 Brown – State Qualifier – 12
285 Griffith – District Qualifier – 11

Granville

189 Kent – District Placer – 12
215 Willis – District Qualifier – 12
285 Gordon – District Qualifier – 12

Canal Winchester

103 Sharp – District Qualifier – 10
112 Brady – District Qualifier – 10
119 Hutchins – State Qualifier – 12
125 Tullius – District Alternate – 11
189 Banks – District Qualifier – 12
285 Pressley – District Qualifier – 12

Hartley

103 Scott – District Qualifier – 10
119 Grimes – District Qualifier – 11
145 Jones – District Qualifier – 12
160 Zang – State Qualifier – 11
171 Bell – District Alternate – 11
215 Jackson – State Qualifier – 12

Jonathan Alder

112 Blacka – District Qualifier – 11
152 Baker – State Qualifier – 12
189 Blankenship – State 4th – 12
215 Green – District Qualifier – 11

Whitehall

112 Young – District Qualifier – 11
135 Straight – District Qualifier – 11
152 Hortz – District Alternate – 10
171 Clark – State Qualifier – 12
215 Farrow – District Qualifier – 10

Hilliard Bradley

125 Whorle – District Qualifier – 12
130 Johnson – District Qualifier – 11
135 Higgins – State Qualifier – 12
140 Scipio – District Placer – 11
145 Markusic – District Alternate – 11
152 Driscoll – District Qualifier – 11
160 Riggs – District Qualifier – 10
171 McGrath – District Qualifier – 11

Licking Heights

103 Price – State 6th – 11
119 Bailey – Injured at sectional…DQ easily if not injured – 10
125 Dunlap – State Qualifier – 12
130 Maynard – District Qualifier – 12
145 Scott – District Qualifier – 11
152 Howard – District Alternate – 12
160 Yeager – District Qualifier – 11

Licking Valley

103 Nethers – District Qualifier – 10
119 Parsons – District Placer – 11
125 Moore – District Alternate – 11
130 Bachlor – Sectional placer, former District Qualifier - 11
135 Cariens – District Qualifier – 12
140 Stolte – District Qualifier – 12
152 Workman – District Qualifier – 12
160 Legace – District Qualifier – 11
171 Harble – District Qualifier – 11
215 Redman – State Qualifier – 12

DeSales

103 Gutierrez – State Qualifier – 10
112 Wilson – injured…likely would have been a State Qualifier – 10
145 Ferguson – District Qualifier – 10
285 Omameh – District Qualifier – 12

London

125 Thompson – State Qualifier – 11
130 Santos – District Qualifier – 12
215 Robinson – District Qualifier - 11

OK...what do you think for next year? Projected weights? Incoming Freshmen?

I think it's March and my tongue is still freezer-burnt from Dip'N'Dots at the Schott!!!

You have to like Olentangy. They look stacked from top to bottom. Licking Valley and Licking Heights look good. I'm always impressed with Big Walnut. I'm excited to see how Bradley does. They look like they have some good talent returning. I won't count out Hartley either.

There are 6 teams that should have no problem being in the area top 10 next year.

Where I think they may be next year (not rankings or in any order at all):

103
CW Sharp – District Qualifier – 10
BH Scott – District Qualifier – 10
LV Nethers – District Qualifier – 10

112
BW Conley – District Alternate – 11
DS Gutierrez – State Qualifier – 10
BV Fedoush - District Qualifier - 10

119
CW Brady – District Qualifier – 10
JA Blacka – District Qualifier – 11
WH Young – District Qualifier – 11
LH Price – State 6th – 11
DS Wilson – injured…likely would have been a State Qualifier – 10
OL Mchugh – State Qualifier – 10

125
OL Fiorucci - State 2nd – 11
BW White – District Qualifier – 12
CW Hutchins – State Qualifier – 12
BH Grimes – District Qualifier – 11
LH Bailey – Injured at sectional…DQ easily if not injured – 10
LV Parsons – District Placer – 11
LO Thompson – State Qualifier – 11

130
OL Caserta – State Qualifier – 12
CW Tullius – District Alternate – 11
HB Whorle – District Qualifier – 12
LH Dunlap – State Qualifier – 12
LV Moore – District Alternate – 11
LW Gershom - District Qualifier - 10

135
OL Fosco – State Alternate – 12
BW Gase – District Alternate – 11
HB Johnson – District Qualifier – 11
LH Maynard – District Qualifier – 12
LV Bachlor – Sectional placer, former District Qualifier - 11
LO Santos – District Qualifier – 12

140
OL Bridges – District Alternate – 11
BW Schenz – District Qualifier – 11
WH Straight – District Qualifier – 11
HB Higgins – State Qualifier – 12
LV Cariens – District Qualifier – 12

145
HB Scipio – District Placer – 11
LV Stolte – District Qualifier – 12
HB Markusic – District Alternate – 11

152
OL Hetterscheidt – State Qualifier – 12
BH Jones – District Qualifier – 12
JA Baker – State Qualifier – 12
HB Driscoll – District Qualifier – 11
LH Scott – District Qualifier – 11
LH Howard – District Alternate – 12
LV Workman – District Qualifier – 12
DS Ferguson – District Qualifier – 10

160
OL Gadd – District Qualifier – 12
WH Hortz – District Alternate – 10
HB Riggs – District Qualifier – 10
LV Legace – District Qualifier – 11

171
BH Zang – State Qualifier – 11
WH Clark – State Qualifier – 12
HB McGrath – District Qualifier – 11
LH Yeager – District Qualifier – 11
LV Harble – District Qualifier – 11
LW King - State 8th - 12

189
OL Stinemetz – District Qualifier – 11
GR Kent – District Placer – 12
CW Banks – District Qualifier – 12
BH Bell – District Alternate – 11
JA Blankenship – State 4th – 12

215
LO Robinson – District Qualifier - 11
LV Redman – State Qualifier – 12
WH Farrow – District Qualifier – 10
JA Green – District Qualifier – 11
BH Jackson – State Qualifier – 12
BW Brown – State Qualifier – 12
GR Willis – District Qualifier – 12

285
DS Omameh – District Qualifier – 12
CW Pressley – District Qualifier – 12
OL Young – District Alternate – 11
BW Griffith – District Qualifier – 11
GR Gordon – District Qualifier – 12
HT Settles - State Qualifier - 12

Here would be my Top 10 (11) going into next year (not knowing about any Freshmen):

1. Olentangy - Still loaded with young State experience

2. Licking Valley - May be their best year, mostly all JRs and SRs

3. Hilliard Bradley - Still building their program, off to a good start
4. Licking Heights - Only graduate Wolfe, several young studs
5. Hartley - Becoming regulars at the State meet, not sure of depth next year
6. Canal Winchester - Really dont know where to put them, ALWAYS tough, could easily be 3
7. Big Walnut - Several studs, may lack depth

8. Jonathan Alder - Graduation hurt overall scoring potential, still have studs
9. DeSales - Young and talented in some areas, graduated several
T10. Whitehall - Young but scrappy and could surprise some of the top 7
T10. London - Mot sure what is left after a ton of graduation, still a couple studs

#s 3-7 could be in just about any order...same with 8-11.

Just a question.....

Is it a sure thing that Hilliard Bradley will be in D2 again? I know the state will not look at enrollments for another year, but I was told that new schools are "judged" on an annual basis until they their enrollment stabilizes. Enrollment-wise, I assume the Jaguars will be D1.....??

I can't remember exactly, but a few years ago, didn't one of the new Dublin schools go from D3, D2, D1 in the space of consecutive years (football).

Maybe someone (an AD possibly) could enlighten us on the OHSAA rules in a situation like this?

FYI -- CW Tullius will only be a Junior next year.....

Not sure on Hilliard Bradley's status. I would imagine Olentangy would be checked again as well if that was the case. They seem to feel like Olentangy will be back to d1 at the next check. If those two teams were gone, this would be pretty wide open (Valley still the favorite in my opinion).

and I fixed Tullius' grade

I don't think Olentangy is in question....they are an exisiting school and will be D2 again next season...after that, who knows. Hilliard Bradley is in a different situation as a brand new school....

I think Olentangy will stay D2 for a little bit. I have heard they took a pretty big hit when Orange opened up. I may be wrong though. Bradley will move up as soon as the states checks it.

I'd love to continue to see a good number of the above-mentioned wrestlers at our open mats. We had quite a few from this list at last summer's sessions. I'd really like to keep it going.

Hope to see everybody there.

huntergreen wrote: Bradley will move up as soon as the states checks it.

That's the question.....as a brand new school will they be "checked" for all of their sports programs at the conclusion of this school year?

Dad4Sports wrote: Just a question.....

Is it a sure thing that Hilliard Bradley will be in D2 again? I know the state will not look at enrollments for another year, but I was told that new schools are "judged" on an annual basis until they their enrollment stabilizes. Enrollment-wise, I assume the Jaguars will be D1.....??

I can't remember exactly, but a few years ago, didn't one of the new Dublin schools go from D3, D2, D1 in the space of consecutive years (football).

Maybe someone (an AD possibly) could enlighten us on the OHSAA rules in a situation like this?

FYI -- CW Tullius will only be a Junior next year.....

Bradley will be big next yr.
Bigger than Darby.

Olentangy is only 24 boys from the cutoff. They cant be that far off from moving back up. Not to mention the fact that they are the fastest growing school district in the state.

I cant find an enrollment number for Bradley.

ksig489 wrote: Olentangy is only 24 boys from the cutoff. They cant be that far off from moving back up. Not to mention the fact that they are the fastest growing school district in the state.

I cant find an enrollment number for Bradley.

When Bradley opened last August, I saw an enrollment number reported at approx 1100 students. However, I don't know if that was actual students (remember they have no Senior class this year), or if that was a projection with predicted Senior class figures added in.

I too wondered if Olentangy would be changed due to the fact they were impacted by a new school. I believe their numbers have recovered and are actually higher than Liberty's, although not 100% on that. I believe the same scenario happened when Central Crossing opened. Not to detract what they have done, but both aforementioned schools are really D1 wrestling in D2. That is my opinion and I'm sticking to it.... I think.

I can vouch for Olentangy in that they want to be d1 again. Coach Hammons said it more than once this year that they want to be with the big boys, even saying he wants to find out if they can petition to move up.

Like Graham isn't wrestlin the big boys???

Riggs from Bradley told me the State is looking at it in two year cycles so according to that both Bradley and Olentangy would be D2 for one more year

You think Graham could hang if they were DI !? Yeah... right!

Take another hit from the crack pipe, monarchpride! Next you're going to try to sell me on a freshman 119 pounder placing in DI at the state tournament!!! What world some of you people live in?

I, for one, would LOVE to see a few of these DII teams try to run with the Big Boys. Oh, I don't know... Say on January 29th, 2011 @ The Cruiser Invitational!?!?!?!?!

Yeah! Right!

bravesman: Agreed. At that point, every match is a grinder.

On a hypothetical level; given the incredible dual your team had with the DI district champs, do you think you guys could have pulled the win at Darby? I think you are right in that it would depend on the day, the weight classes, and all the other factors that make winning possible. ... Just asking.

I think that would have been pretty crazy, and awesome to see. Both obviously peeked at the right time with Marysville having 8 SQs and Olentangy having 6. Coming from a D2 standpoint, I enjoyed having Olentangy, Bradley, Hartley in our division this season. It made for a much tougher sectional and the central was very well represented at our district.

No doubt.....Central had a 31-25 edge in SQ's this year after the East dominated a season ago