High School Team Rankings 2018-2019

Duals Rule At WNO, BTS Chicago

It was a massive weekend in high school wrestling with several upper echelon duals ruling the roost.

Blair beat St. Edward at WNO Duals and Beat the Streets Chicago featured five Top 25 teams with results that cause chaos. 

Bergen Catholic beat OPRF, Poway and Montini. Meeting them in the 5th and final round, which would serve as a championship bout for the event, was Lake Highland Prep  surprisingly showed great dual meet balance. They edged Montini 31-30.

In the finals Lake Highland beat Bergen Catholic by ten, 39-29. OPRF went 1-3, Poway went 0-4 but posted respectable scores.

It makes for a very tough call from #3 to #6. Buchanan lost to Montini in a dual (by a point), but beat Montini, LHP, and Bergen at Doc B. 

At #4, LHP finished behind Montini last week at Doc B but beat them this week and at Ironman.

At Virginia Duals, South Plainfield came out of nowhere to win a very solid bracket that included one ranked team (Liberty) and two teams that were previously ranked (Erie Prep, Parkersburg South).

This week is Rivalry Week.

 #1-Blair vs. #2-Seminary. And as you may have heard, the Ferrari brothers have transferred from Blair to Bergen Catholic, making Blair a touch more vulnerable in the upper weights. Ryan Miller at 113 for Blair makes Anthony Ferrari's departure negligible.

The Ferrari brothers will be eligible for Bergen for the rest of the regular season, but not for the post season (state tournament). 

Also this week is The Big One - Clovis vs. Buchanan, while St. Edward travels to St. Paris, Graham.

Also on the docket is Escape the Rock where LaSalle headlines. 

The following week features Montini vs. OPRF, Blair vs Bergen, Broken Arrow vs. Allen, Wyoming Seminary-Montini-St. Ed's Tri, and Clovis North vs. Clovis.

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