By Jeff Chaney, Michigan Grappler Kyle Keller is a three-time qualifier for the Ohio High School Athletic Association state wrestling tournament and two-time all-state performer. And the 17-year-old Delta High School junior credits a busy off-season, including competing in the National United Wrestling Association for Youth (NUWAY), for helping him excel on the mats in [...]
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Spraggins breaks the door down To say the 138-pound class is one of this year’s most crowded weight classes is an understatement. It’s a weight class where we see superstars of all sizes, including Joey Dance of Christiansburg (Va.) and Dalton Brady of Chandler (Ariz.), actual 126-pounders who went to 138 to win their [...]
The following are WIN’s final high school rankings as of May 1. The college commitments are according to IntermatWrestle.com. 106 pounds Rk. Name Year Hometown/High School College Commitment 1. Nick Suriano Fr Oradell, NJ Bergen Catholic 2. Luke Pletcher Fr Greater Latrobe, PA 3. Rudy Yates Fr Chicago, IL Brother Rice 4. [...]
By Rob Sherrill University of Michigan coach Joe McFarland put a bulls-eye on his program last November, assembling the nation’s No. 1 early signing class. All season long, the Wolverine futures lived up to the hype. McFarland’s six November signees all advanced to their high school state championship matches, five winning titles and one losing [...]
By Rob Sherrill, WIN High School Columnist We’ve now had a chance to dissect the results of the three tournaments that, ridiculously, all took place on the same weekend: the NHSCA High School Nationals, the USA Wrestling Folkstyle Nationals and the Flonationals. It doesn’t get the hype the other two events do, but the Junior [...]
By Mike Finn, WIN Editor Bo Jordan was about 10 years old when his father felt his son was ready for national competition. And one of the first tournaments the native of St. Paris, Ohio, competed in that year was the 2003 Cliff Keen Kickoff Classic in Tulsa, Okla., which the young Jordan won. “I [...]
The two major national All-Star dual meets, the Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic and the Wrestling USA/Cliff Keen Dream Team Classic, are now in the books. It’s time to start analyzing the results. The only wrestler to win in each event was Matt McCutcheon (195) of Vandergrift (Pa.) Kiski Area, and the Penn State University recruit’s [...]
By Rob Sherrill Traditionally, Pennsylvania and Ohio are the two states that produce the most NCAA All-Americans, and that was the case again this year. Nearly one in three of this year’s All-Americans – 24 of the 78 who were products of American high school wrestling – were natives of one of the two states. [...]
By Rob Sherrill, WIN High School Columnist Losing is never fun, but the best way to put it behind you is to get back on the mat and work for a different result. Moving up a weight class from the one at which he finished a disappointing third in the California state tournament last month, [...]
The following are WIN’s High School Rankings, as of March 26. A final WIN rankings, including team rankings, will be announced in the next issue of WIN. To have WIN’s High School Rankings sent to you the day they’re released, sign up for WIN’s free eNews service at www.WIN-magazine.com. 106 pounds Rk. Name Year [...]
