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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

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

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.

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.

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

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.