Rankings

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To change the subject...

I'm surprised that with all the talk about rankings, nobody has commented on this. I am always interested to see how the final rankings after the regionals compare with the actual finish.

Of course, since I am up to my eyeballs with the "rankings" during the season, I would like them to be as accurate as possible. On the other hand, it warms the cockles of my heart when a wrestler outperforms somebody's "expectations" and proves the rankers wrong. Once again, it is demonstrated that anything can happen at the tournament.

Congratulations to all wrestlers.

Weight: 106
(Was ranked 1) 1st: Noah Hodges, Grafton
(Was ranked 2) 2nd: Connor Spaulding, Ritchie County
(Was ranked 3) 3rd: Blake Whorton, East Fairmont
(Was ranked 4) 4th: Ty Logston, Oak Glen
(Was ranked 6) 5th: Ashby West, Oak Hill
(Was ranked 9) 6th: Aidan Gibson, Bridgeport

Weight: 113
(Was ranked 1) 1st: Liam Lusher, Independence
(Was ranked 4) 2nd: George Smith, Point Pleasant
(Was ranked 3) 3rd: Lane Flint, East Fairmont
(Was ranked 2) 4th: Keith Skaggs, Grafton
(Was NOT ranked) 5th: Justin Stover, Herbert Hoover
(Was ranked 10) 6th: Brantley Guckert, Williamstown

Weight: 120
(Was ranked 2) 1st: Peyton Hall, Oak Glen
(Was ranked 1) 2nd: Cole Laya, East Fairmont
(Was ranked 3) 3rd: Dylan Dennison, Braxton County
(Was NOT ranked) 4th: Chase Stover, Herbert Hoover
(Was ranked 6) 5th: Sean Dawson, Independence (AA)
(Was ranked 4) 6th: Wyatt Powell, Wirt County (A)

Weight: 126
(Was ranked 1) 1st: Caleb Rea, Weir
(Was ranked 2) 2nd: Brock Whorton, East Fairmont
(Was ranked 3) 3rd: Tanner Harris, Independence
(Was ranked 6) 4th: Riley Nice, Magnolia
(Was ranked 5) 5th: Gage Vincent, Braxton County
(Was ranked 7) 6th: Ethan Swick, Petersburg

Weight: 132
(Was ranked 3) 1st: Hunter Taylor, Independence
(Was ranked 2) 2nd: Alec Cook, Madonna
(Was ranked 1) 3rd: Corey Secrist, Petersburg
(Was ranked 7) 4th: Allen Metheney, Calhoun County
(Was ranked 4) 5th: Bryant Dixon, Keyser
(Was ranked 5) 6th: Zach Davis, Berkeley Springs

Weight: 138
(Was ranked 1) 1st: Robert Bozek, Oak Glen
(Was ranked 2) 2nd: Austin Pumphrey, Frankfort
(Was NOT ranked) 3rd: Nathan McClaugherty, Independence
(Was ranked 3) 4th: Hunter Mitchell, Lewis County
(Was ranked 4) 5th: Jake Whiting, Roane County
(Was ranked 8) 6th: Gamon Trigg, Bluefield

Weight: 145
(Was ranked 1) 1st: Connor Gibson, Independence
(Was ranked 2) 2nd: Davy Mundey, Berkeley Springs
(Was ranked 4) 3rd: Hunter Moore, Wirt County
(Was ranked 10) 4th: Dillon Williams, Grafton
(Was NOT ranked) 5th: Bailey Alderman, Richwood
(Was ranked 5) 6th: Daynon Foster, East Fairmont

Weight: 152
(Was ranked 3) 1st: Haegan Harvey, Independence
(Was ranked 7) 2nd: Chase Patterson, Greenbrier West
(Was ranked 4) 3rd: Caleb Kuhn, North Marion
(Was ranked 1) 4th: Phil Good, Madonna (A)
(Was NOT ranked) 5th: Tristan Fox, Keyser
(Was ranked 8) 6th: Jay Hall, Winfield

Weight: 160
(Was ranked 2) 1st: Kyle Elliott, North Marion
(Was ranked 6) 2nd: Nathan Warden, Independence
(Was ranked 9) 3rd: Vincent Devaney, Nitro
(Was ranked 1) 4th: Seth Moore, Calhoun County
(Was ranked 3) 5th: Shayden Daugherty, Keyser
(Was NOT ranked) 6th: Cooper Hineman, Bridgeport

Weight: 170
(Was ranked 3) 1st: Jackson Moomau, Petersburg
(Was ranked 4) 2nd: Levi Jarvis, Braxton County
(Was ranked 1) 3rd: Adam Daniels, Independence
(Was ranked 5) 4th: Dylan Kincell, East Fairmont
(Was ranked 2) 5th: Colten Rollyson, Herbert Hoover
(Was ranked 7) 6th: Eric Workman, Liberty Raleigh

Weight: 182
(Was ranked 1) 1st: Jacob Hart, Independence
(Was ranked 2) 2nd: Grant Safford, Point Pleasant
(Was ranked 5) 3rd: Andrew Lewis, North Marion
(Was ranked 3) 4th: Alec Burgess, Petersburg
(Was NOT ranked) 5th: Daniel Browning, Logan
(Was ranked 7) 6th: Garrett Morris, Berkeley Springs

Weight: 195
(Was ranked 1) 1st: Caleb Nice, Magnolia
(Was ranked 3) 2nd: Paul Frampton, Nitro
(Was ranked 4) 3rd: Andrew Roach, Point Pleasant
(Was ranked 2 4th: Jake Abbott, Fairmont Senior
(Was ranked 7) 5th: Ryan Stewart, Clay County
(Was ranked 9) 6th: Trey Gunnoe, Independence

Weight: 220
(Was ranked 1) 1st: Noah Adams, Independence
(Was ranked 2) 2nd: Mike Burns, Wirt County
(Was ranked 4) 3rd: Garrett Burnside, Roane County
(Was ranked 3) 4th: Christian Lively, Oak Hill
(Was ranked 5) 5th: Jordan Hartman, Petersburg
(Was ranked 6) 6th: Scott Ledbetter, Berkeley Springs

Weight: 285
(Was ranked 2) 1st: Zach Frazier, Fairmont Senior
(Was ranked 7) 2nd: Austin Cook, Sissonville
(Was ranked 1) 3rd: Peyton Carey, Herbert Hoover
(Was ranked 6) 4th: Trey White, Pikeview
(Was ranked 3) 5th: Garrett Ware, Grafton
(Was NOT ranked) 6th: Cory Chipps, Tyler Consolidated

[aaacoach89]

I appreciate all the work you put into the rankings and all you do on this site and for the sport. Thank you.

[TrueSouthFanInPburg]

how bout swishier from hampshier not even rated at 195 ! he beat the #3 rated kid for third place. then there's shamblin of south rated #4 beating the #2 and then the #1 for the championship and those matches were not even close. if you ask me he should be in the running for outstanding wrestler of the tournament. i also think that award should be only giving to the wrestler who does the best AT THE STATE TOURNEY, and not what they achieved during the season.

[greencrush]

11 weight classes
22 Kids not ranked in the top 6 placed.
8 unranked kids placed.
3 weights to go in AAA

To me, what would be a more interesting comparison is the pre-regional rankings to actual state placewinners. After all, the argument posed by some was that regions should be re-aligned in accordance with the rankings. Obviously, this would have been done in accordance with pre-regional rankings, since regions can't be re-aligned according to rankings after regionals have already taken place.
I''ll try to put that together, if I have the time.

[greencrush]

Just realized this was AA, so...
14 weights
22 not ranked in the top 6 placed
8 unranked placed.

[aaacoach89]

22 not ranked in the top 6 placed. That means they were ranked in the top 10. Out of 76 placers (excluding those that were not ranked at all and placed), that means that 72% of the time those that placed were in the top 6, and 28% of the time they over achieved their designated rank. Out of a grand total of 84 placers for the tournament, 8 of them that placed were not ranked at all. That means that about 9.5% of the time we had a cinderella story, but 90.5% of the time, those that placed were ranked.

To me that means the rankings are a pretty significant indicator of what happens on the podium. I am not taking away the fact that you have those that over achieve, peak at the right time, or were just underrated. That is awesome and a testimony for those wrestlers, teams, and coaches. Congratulations to them.

I am not saying that rankings are the end all be all, I am saying they are a fairly reliable indicator of what we can expect to see on the podium at any given tournament. I am not saying they mean everything, but to say that they mean nothing is just not accurate.