2024-25 High School Rankings

285 lbs

Fargo shook up the high school rankings in a big way. This is the last set of rankings that includes 2025 graduates.

Dreshaun Ross defeated Coby Merrill in the Fargo finals in a loaded heavyweight bracket. Mark Effendian leapfrogged Jacob Levy by defeating him in the same bracket.

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Rank	Year	Name	School	State	College	Previous
1	JR	Dreshaun Ross	Fort Dodge	IA	Oklahoma State	1
2	JR	Coby Merrill	JW North	CA	Iowa State	2
3	JR	Michael Mocco	Cardinal Gibbons	FL	Iowa	3
4	JR	Dean Bechtold	Owen J Roberts	PA	Lehigh	4
5	SR	Rocco Dellagatta	St. John Vianni	NJ	Cornell	5
6	SR	Nicholas Sahakian	St. John Bosco	CA	Michigan	6
7	SR	Sampson Stillwell	St. Michael The Archangel	MO	Missouri	7
8	SR	Rylan Kuhn	St. Pius X -Kansas City	MO	Air Force	8
9	SR	Rowan Holmes	Somerset	PA	Lehigh	10
10	JR	Mark Effendian	Faith Christian	PA	Princeton	11
11	SR	Jacob Levy	Lake Highland Prep	FL	North Carolina	9
12	SR	Tyson Russell	Cleveland	TN	Navy	12
13	SR	Micah Hach	Watertown	SD	SDSU	19
14	SR	Hunter Vander Heiden	Freedom	WI	California Baptist	13
15	SR	Cooper Martinson	Southeast Polk	IA	Pittsburg State (football)	14
16	SR	Melvin Whitehead	Liberty	NV	Arizona State	15
17	SR	Brock Kehler	University	WV	West Virginia	16
18	JR	Christian Alvarez	St. Joseph Regional	NJ		17
19	JR	Alex Taylor	Mount Vernon	OH	Arizona State	19
20	JR	Trayvn Boger	South Summit	UT	Northwestern	NR