2019-20 High School Rankings

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In a span of 3 ranking updates Cody Chittum (NJ) has gone from #11 to HM and back to #7. Chittum had an outlier performance at Ironman that dropped him from the rankings. Chittum’s Beast run came out of a quarter that saw top seeded Anthony Clark (NJ) mff his opening round bout. Clark had been in the rankings at 132lbs and will stay put there as he is registered at 132lbs for Doc B. Chittum did defeat #12 Wyatt Henson (PA) and #8 Kenny Herrmann en route to the title to place him into the top 10.

Gaving Brown (OH) is a new face in the rankings after defeating Nick Moore (OH) at GMVWA Holiday Wrestling Tournament.

Late note: Chris and Justin Rivera (FL) moved up to 138 and 145 for the Beast of the East, but are back down in the Doc B registration. They were evaluated at the higher weight classes for this set of rankings.

Injuries are part of the sport, and a slippery slope for rankers. Sometimes wrestlers are taken out of the rankings for known injuries that are going to keep them out of action for a prolonged period, and sometimes wrestlers are left in the rankings. To make it clear for anyone tracking the high school rankings, we will be pulling wrestlers that have not wrestled yet this season by the conclusion of the January 11th tournaments. Some wrestlers that have teammates that are in consideration for ranking spots have already been pulled from the rankings, and will be inserted back into the pool when they resume competition. This often happens with a weight class change. We want consistency, and the current wrestlers to be active to give a fair representation of the wrestling that is taking place at each weight class. 

Doc Buchanan,  Geary, The Gut Check, The Clash and 5Counties headline the upcoming schedule. 

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