2019 USMC Cadet and Junior National Championships

Fargo 2019 State Stock Report

Fargo 2019 State Stock Report

Which states did better and worse in 2019 than they have in recent years? We dig into the numbers.

Jul 24, 2019 by Andrew Spey
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Fargo is the great American wrestling thermometer, taking the temperature of all the states in the country and giving us a snapshot of their condition. There are many factors that go into a state's performance at the U.S. Marine Corp U16 and Junior National Championships, some are beyond the control of the state associations, but many are not. 

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Fargo is the great American wrestling thermometer, taking the temperature of all the states in the country and giving us a snapshot of their condition. There are many factors that go into a state's performance at the U.S. Marine Corp U16 and Junior National Championships, some are beyond the control of the state associations, but many are not. 

To get a better idea of which states were having a banner season and which were having a Fargo to forget, we averaged the results from the last five Fargos prior to 2019 and compared them to the results from last week. Also, please note that unfortunately we don't have the history of the women's freestyle tournaments handy, so we'll be delving into that information a little later. For now, we are just considering that the aggregate from each state in Junior and U16 (formerly called Cadet) men's freestyle and Greco-Roman tournament.

So which states did better and worse in 2019 than they have in recent years? Let's find out!

Points

STATE2014201520162017201814-182019dif
Georgia39431440393512489
Nebraska611324532257853
California1061037510913810615145
Iowa971061229113110914334
Missouri78777787627610428
Pennsylvania14313716114716215017525
Tennessee523131531173922
Florida3355522837416120
Alaska

4
762520
Oklahoma1001058678899210614
Ohio12214110410315112413612
South Dakota1618171427183012
Delaware




088
Idaho563428493440466
Maryland27282320921265
North Dakota231333412828324
Rhode Island




044
Kansas489142314151532
Connecticut2213513812142
Arkansas43

6462
Arizona645362503954551
Wisconsin96114701151171021031
West Virginia
17
26262322-1
South Carolina111

1
-1
New Mexico



11
-1
Kentucky96710275-2
Maine
23

3
-3
Washington6338691101288279-3
North Carolina76
61384-4
Wyoming



44
-4
Louisiana
33284
-4
Hawaii73

24
-4
Montana87182710148-6
Massachusetts13
14
6111-10
Minnesota191141148155142155143-12
Alabama163132
185-13
Virginia233240822259-16
Oregon76557055355841-17
Nevada322333346268-18
Texas34602239464020-20
Colorado4610911480838664-22
Indiana49383661574825-23
Michigan7842137106798859-29
New York64448530335116-35
Utah967277322569-47
New Jersey123141106548110135-66
Illinois293290270361329309232-77


The last column on these tables is the most important, as it shows the difference in points scored by each state in 2019 compared to the average of 2014 through 2018. 

As the numbers plainly state, Team Georgia went berserk in Fargo. They scored more than three and a half more points in 2019 than they averaged in the previous five years. Nebraska, California, and Iowa also had exceptional Fargos in this regard. 

On the other side of the spectrum, Illinois, New Jersey, and Utah all racked up fewer points than usual, though it should be noted that Illinois scored more total points in the men's divisions than any other state, which lessens the sting of such a steep drop. It's more a testament to their outstanding performances of the past than it is any indication that 2019 should be considered a letdown. 

Helping Illinois amass that huge point total were folks like Josh Ogunsanya, who picked up an extra team point when he won his seventh-place match over Pennsylvania's Gabe Miller, which you can watch below.

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All-Americans

STATE2014201520162017201814-182019dif
Georgia81059108.42516.6
Nebraska2481096.61710.4
Missouri171919181317.2257.8
California222518292824.4327.6
Florida10986108.6145.4
Tennessee153373.895.2
South Dakota445254.073.0
Pennsylvania343134383534.4372.6
Ohio223022243426.4292.6
Alaska

1
42.552.5
Wisconsin242420222422.8252.2
Oklahoma232221182020.8232.2
Idaho10881178.8112.2
Delaware




0.022.0
North Dakota447755.471.6
Washington141113212917.6191.4
Maryland654544.861.2
Kansas102013111113.0141.0
Rhode Island




0.011.0
Iowa232527243226.2270.8
Connecticut431222.430.6
Arizona12101312811.0110.0
North Carolina12
322.020.0
Arkansas11

11.010.0
Kentucky212211.61-0.6
West Virginia
4
444.03-1.0
Wyoming



11.0
-1.0
South Carolina111

1.0
-1.0
New Mexico



11.0
-1.0
Maine
11

1.0
-1.0
Hawaii21

11.3
-1.3
Louisiana
11221.5
-1.5
Massachusetts3
3
22.71-1.7
Montana245533.82-1.8
Colorado132022171818.016-2.0
Alabama1356
3.81-2.8
Minnesota433033342933.831-2.8
Virginia798256.23-3.2
Texas7168121211.07-4.0
Nevada649725.61-4.6
Oregon18111412912.88-4.8
Indiana1078131210.05-5.0
New York1513187812.26-6.2
Utah1817179112.45-7.4
Michigan17730221718.610-8.6
New Jersey272920111720.89-11.8
Illinois666157726764.651-13.6


We can also compare the number of All-Americans each state had this year compared to the average from the previous five seasons. Unsurprisingly, Georgia once again set a team record (we'll return to focus on Team Georgia in another article in the near future). 

Nebraska also put up unusually good numbers, with more than 10 more All-Americans than they typically get. Camden Russell's championship performance in the 126-pound Junior Greco finals, which you can watch below, helped Nebraska amass their impressive total. 

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The Garden State was decidedly less prolific than its cornhusking counterpart, collecting 11 fewer All-Americans than its typical Fargo haul. Illinois also missed its mark by double digits, but this is once again coming from an insanely high standard. Not as disappointing a result as it must be as for Team New Jersey we are guessing. 

Likewise for the Utah male wrestlers, only five of whom managed to earn a place on the podium this year. Although this is more than Utah's one male All-American in 2018, it is far fewer than in 2014, 2015, and 2016, when the Utes tallied at least 17 AAs at each event. 


Champions

STATE20142015201620172018201914-18diff
California5121472.64.4
Georgia11

131.02.0
Oklahoma1322342.21.8
Pennsylvania1422643.01.0
Iowa2133132.01.0
Nebraska


1121.01.0
Illinois6105121098.60.4
Minnesota9455565.60.4
Arizona4421232.60.4
Ohio4452544.00.0
Michigan

34233.00.0
North Dakota2
2

22.00.0
Maryland
121
11.3-0.3
West Virginia


2111.5-0.5
Nevada1

2
11.5-0.5
Washington1
24523.0-1.0
Idaho3
12212.0-1.0
Florida
411
12.0-1.0
Colorado1662123.2-1.2
New Jersey3542323.4-1.4
Wisconsin22
1512.5-1.5
Oregon3252
13.0-2.0
Missouri3245213.2-2.2


Finally, when considering Fargo champs,  Illinois once again had the highest total. However, it was California that made the biggest gains, notching seven male champs in 2019, four more than its recent average. The Bear Republic have state treasures like Jonovan Smith to thank for their good fortune. You can watch Jonovan win a stop sign in the video below.

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Missouri, while having an excellent Fargo overall, with more All-Americans than usual, had less luck in scoring champions, managing only one, while averaging more than three over the previous five years.