updated DII rankings

http://www.bronchosports.com/documents/2010/1/20/Division_II_Wrestling_Rankings.pdf?id=878

Tigers fall from 14th to 17th. Edgmon moves to 1st, but will be heavily tested against NM Highland's Seth Wright (currently unranked, but was an NJCAA champ and runner-up - beat R. Smith of Neosho and lost to Earl Jones. And an NCAA DI national qualifier for Northern Iowa in 2006) on Thursday and defending champ Arsenia Barksdale of Adams State (ranked 3rd) on Friday. Harrison jumps to 2nd, but faces the top ranked Hensley on Friday. Grater falls to 6th and Malloy falls to 8th.

Newman's Blake Fisher is 8th at 133.

Cody Garcia of UNO is ranked 2nd at 133 via Hutchinson
Jacob Marrs of UNO is ranked 1st at 197 via Clay Center
Elijah Madison of UNO is ranked 2nd at 285 via Kansas City, MO by route of Salina
T.J. Hepburn of UNK is ranked 4th at 149 via Colby CC

I'm headed over to watch Ft. Hays and Adams St. dual on Friday if Wolf Creek pass is open. I think the Tigers can knock them off like they did last year, when Adams was #5 I believe. Adams is guns and nones....studs at one weight and fish at the next weight. They have some studs though and it will take a good performance for the Tigers to knock them off. It should be a fun one to watch in the nations highest college gym (a fact they love to point out). Adams always has a pretty good crowd pack the house, Alamosa is a wrestling town for sure.

When do the new Divison II rankings come out?? Should be pretty soon...

http://www.bronchosports.com/documents/2010/2/3/Division_II_Wrestling_Rankings.pdf?id=906

Feb. 3rd -

Rank School (State) Points Last Ranking
1. Nebraska-Omaha 160 1st
2. Newberry (S.C.) 152 2nd
3. Upper Iowa 138 6th
4. Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.) 130 3rd
5. Wisconsin-Parkside 123 7th
6. Augustana (S.D.) 107 10th
7. Minnesota State 106 4th
8. Gannon (Pa.) 103 5th
T9. St. Cloud State (Minn.) 96 8th
T9. Nebraska-Kearney 96 9th
11. North Carolina-Pembroke 71 NR
12. Western State (Colo.) 70 13th
13. Central Oklahoma 60 11th
14. Findlay (Ohio) 53 T15th
15. Fort Hays State (Kan.) 51 17th
16. Adams State (Colo.) 50 14th
17. West Liberty (W.Va.) 37 12th
18. Kutztown (Pa.) 34 T15th
19. San Francisco State (Calif.) 22 18th
20. Grand Canyon (Ariz.) 11 19th
Others receiving votes: Central Missouri, East Stroudsburg (Pa.), Indianapolis (Ind.), Mesa State (Colo.), Northern State (S.D).


125 Pounds
1. Seth Wright, New Mexico Highlands
2. Terrell McKinney, Nebraska-Omaha
3. Arsenia Barksdale, Adams State (Colo.)
4. Tommy Edgmon, Fort Hays State (Kan.)
5. Tyler Mumbalo, Upper Iowa
6. Andy Forstner, Minnesota State
7. Casy Rowell, Central Oklahoma
8. Russell Weakley, North Carolina-Pembroke

133 Pounds
1. Shane Valko, Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.)
2. Cody Garcia, Nebraska-Omaha
3. Naveed Bagheri, San Francisco State (Calif.)
4. Sheridan Moran, Newberry (S.C.)
5. Corey Bowers, Gannon (Pa.)
6. Todd Wilcox, Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
7. Nick Wykoff, West Liberty (W.Va.)
8. Kyle Pedretti, Upper Iowa

141 Pounds
1. Josh Hensley, Adams State (Colo.)
2. Andre Harrison, Fort Hays State (Kan.)
3. Mario Morgan, Nebraska-Omaha
4. Ben Lockett, San Francisco State (Calif.)
5. Adam Whetstone, Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.)
6. Jeremy Parker, Limestone (S.C.)
7. Jay Sherer, Augustana (S.D.)
8. J.R. Baker, Upper Iowa

149 Pounds
1. Craig Becker, Wisconsin-Parkside
2. Mitch Smith, West Liberty (W.Va.)
3. Esai Dominguez, Nebraska-Omaha
4. T. J. Hepburn, Nebraska-Kearney
5. Nate Herda, Augustana (S.D.)
6. Demond Carter, Southwest Minnesota
7. Colby Robinson, Central Oklahoma
8. Kevin McElhaney, Gannon (Pa.)

157 Pounds
1. Marcus Edgington, Augustana (S.D.)
2. George Ivanov, Nebraska-Omaha
3. Andy Lamancusa, Mercyhurst (Pa.)
4. Danny Grater, Fort Hay State (Kan.)
5. Joey Deaguero, Adams State (Colo.)
6. Chase Walker, Mesa State (Colo.)
7. Zack McKendree, Gannon (Pa.)
8. John Sundgren, St. Cloud State (Minn.)

165 Pounds
1. Josh Shields, Mercyhurst (Pa.)
2. Travis Eggers, Upper Iowa
3. Kyle Keane, Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.)
4. Ryan Pankoke, Nebraska-Omaha
5. Tad Merritt, St. Cloud State (Minn.)
6. Victor Carazo, Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
7. Blake Malloy, Fort Hays State (Kan.)
8. Derrick Adkins, Central Oklahoma

174 Pounds
1. Marty Usman, Nebraska-Kearney
2. Aaron Denson, Nebraska-Omaha
3. Mitch Norton, Upper Iowa
4. J.J. Davis, North Carolina-Pembroke
5. Ben Becker, Minnesota State
6. Curtis Chenoweth, Newberry (S.C.)
7. Luke Rynish, Wisconsin-Parkside
8. Justin Shannon, Findlay (Ohio)

184 Pounds
1. Charlie Pipher, Western State (Colo.)
2. Mitchell Schultz, Upper Iowa
3. Derek Skala, St. Cloud State (Minn.)
4. Austin Boehm, Nebraska-Omaha
5. Lucas Haag, Wisconsin-Parkside
6. Tim Darling, Kutztown (Pa.)
7. Bryant Blanton, Newberry (S.C.)
8. Landon Hall, Limestone (S.C.)

197 Pounds
1. Jacob Marrs, Nebraska-Omaha
2. Keeno Griffin, Newberry (S.C.)
3. Ty Copsey, Augustana (S.D.)
4. Donavan McMahill, Western State (Colo.)
5. Kyle Sand, Adams State (Colo.)
6. Lucas Munkelwitz, St. Cloud State (Minn.)
7. Mitch Knapp, West Liberty (W.Va.)
8. Vince Bordi, San Franciso State (Calif.)

285 Pounds
1. Brady Wilson, Minnesota State
2. Elijah Madison, Nebraska-Omaha
3. Dustin Finn, Central Oklahoma
4. Charlie Alexander, Western State (Colo.)
5. Frank McGrath, Gannon (Pa.)
6. Jacob Kahnke, St. Cloud State (Minn.)
7. Lynn Panko, Indianapolis (Ind.)
8. Steve Franklin, San Francisco State (Calif.)

The Tigers move up two spots to #15. Grater moves up to #4, Malloy moves up to #7, Edgemon down to #4, Harrison stays at #2.


Upper Iowa shooting up to #3 after they upset #4 Minnesota State.

UNC Pembroke from NR to #11.

10 guys if I counted right with ties to either youth/high school or college competition in the state of Kansas ranked. 125 has 2 that I counted.

http://www.bronchosports.com/documents/2010/2/17/Division_II_Wrestling_Rankings.pdf?id=943

There is a new set out. Tigers only moved up one spot and have five guys ranked. Look at the teams above them...not many with 5 ranked. Rencountre makes the rankings finally. Edison also makes it into the rankings (first time?). Chenowith in there now too.

1. Nebraska-Omaha 160 1st
2. Newberry (S.C.) 152 2nd
3. Upper Iowa 139 3rd
4. Wisconsin-Parkside 129 5th
5. Augustana (S.D.) 128 6th
6. Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.) 127 4th
7. Nebraska-Kearney 99 T9th
8. Gannon (Pa.) 98 8th
9. Minnesota State 95 7th
10. St. Cloud State (Minn.) 92 T9th
T11. North Carolina-Pembroke 72 11th
T11. Western State (Colo.) 72 12th
13. Central Oklahoma 66 13th
14. Fort Hays State (Kan.) 56 15th
15. Adams State (Colo.) 50 16th
16. Findlay (Ohio) 46 14th
17. West Liberty (W.Va.) 28 17th
18. San Francisco State (Calif.) 24 19th
19. Kutztown (Pa.) 17 18th
20. Grand Canyon (Ariz.) 14 20th
Others receiving votes: East Stroudsburg (Pa.), Indianapolis (Ind.), Mesa State (Colo.).



125 Pounds
1. Seth Wright, New Mexico Highlands
2. Arsenia Barksdale, Adams State (Colo.)
3. Tommy Edgmon, Fort Hays State (Kan.)
4. Tyler Mumbalo, Upper Iowa
5. Andy Forstner, Minnesota State
6. Casy Rowell, Central Oklahoma
7. Russell Weakley, North Carolina-Pembroke
8. Alex Johns, Indianapolis (Ind.)
133 Pounds
1. Shane Valko, Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.)
2. Cody Garcia, Nebraska-Omaha
3. Naveed Bagheri, San Francisco State (Calif.)
4. Sheridan Moran, Newberry (S.C.)
5. Corey Bowers, Gannon (Pa.)
6. Todd Wilcox, Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
7. Nick Wykoff, West Liberty (W.Va.)
8. Laramie Shaffer, Augustana (S.D.)
141 Pounds
1. Josh Hensley, Adams State (Colo.)
2. Andre Harrison, Fort Hays State (Kan.)
3. Mario Morgan, Nebraska-Omaha
4. Ben Lockett, San Francisco State (Calif.)
5. Adam Whetstone, Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.)
6. Jeremy Parker, Limestone (S.C.)
7. Jay Sherer, Augustana (S.D.)
8. Nate Nauroth, Shippensburg (Pa.)
149 Pounds
1. Craig Becker, Wisconsin-Parkside
2. Mitch Smith, West Liberty (W.Va.)
3. Esai Dominguez, Nebraska-Omaha
4. T. J. Hepburn, Nebraska-Kearney
5. Nate Herda, Augustana (S.D.)
6. Kevin McElhaney, Gannon (Pa.)
7. Daniel Kelly, Adams State (Colo.)
8. Latta Collick, Newberry (S.C.)
157 Pounds
1. Marcus Edgington, Augustana (S.D.)
2. Joey Deaguero, Adams State (Colo.)
3. Kyle Francis, Western State (Colo.)
4. Danny Grater, Fort Hay State (Kan.)
5. George Ivanov, Nebraska-Omaha
6. Mike Williams, North Carolina-Pembroke
7. Andy Lamancusa, Mercyhurst (Pa.)
8. Zack McKendree, Gannon (Pa.)
165 Pounds
1. Josh Shields, Mercyhurst (Pa.)
2. Travis Eggers, Upper Iowa
3. Kyle Keane, Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.)
4. Ryan Pankoke, Nebraska-Omaha
5. Tad Merritt, St. Cloud State (Minn.)
6. Victor Carazo, Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
7. Blake Malloy, Fort Hays State (Kan.)
8. Matt Gille, Wisconsin-Parkside
174 Pounds
1. Marty Usman, Nebraska-Kearney
2. Mitch Norton, Upper Iowa
3. J.J. Davis, North Carolina-Pembroke
4. Luke Rynish, Wisconsin-Parkside
5. Aaron Denson, Nebraska-Omaha
6. Ben Becker, Minnesota State
7. Curtis Chenoweth, Newberry (S.C.)
8. Carl Serck, Augustana (S.D.)
184 Pounds
1. Charlie Pipher, Western State (Colo.)
2. Derek Skala, St. Cloud State (Minn.)
3. Mitchell Schultz, Upper Iowa
4. Lucas Haag, Wisconsin-Parkside
5. Chance Rencountre, Fort Hays State (Kan.)
6. Tim Darling, Kutztown (Pa.)
7. Bryant Blanton, Newberry (S.C.)
8. Austin Boehm, Nebraska-Omaha
197 Pounds
1. Jacob Marrs, Nebraska-Omaha
2. Keeno Griffin, Newberry (S.C.)
3. Ty Copsey, Augustana (S.D.)
4. Donavan McMahill, Western State (Colo.)
5. Kyle Sand, Adams State (Colo.)
6. Lucas Munkelwitz, St. Cloud State (Minn.)
7. Mitch Knapp, West Liberty (W.Va.)
8. Jarrett Edison, Central Oklahoma
285 Pounds
1. Brady Wilson, Minnesota State
2. Elijah Madison, Nebraska-Omaha
3. Dustin Finn, Central Oklahoma
4. Charlie Alexander, Western State (Colo.)
5. Frank McGrath, Gannon (Pa.)
6. Jacob Kahnke, St. Cloud State (Minn.)
7. Lynn Panko, Indianapolis (Ind.)
8. Steve Franklin, San Francisco State (Calif.)

Looks like the MIAA duals at FHSU had some impact on these latest rankings. Really crazy at 157. Grater won 3-2 over Ivanov at MIAA duals, then last night Ivanov won 10-5 over #1 Edgington. The National tournament should be very interesting.

I didn't see that Ivanov beat Edgington that bad! Edgington beat Grater 5-7 at National duals. Grater had a 30 second pin over #2 Deaguero about a month ago. #3 Francis beat Grater 7-4 a couple weeks ago though. That weight will be one of the ones up for grabs.

McKinney losses to #4 and #6 and that puts him from #2 to out of the rankings!

Interesting Statistic for you...Teams with most ranked wrestlers. These are based on rankings, but I also think this is more reflective of where these teams will end up. Of these ten teams I'd say 8-10 of them will finish in the top ten, but they aren't ranked that way. The numbers in parenthesis are the individual rankings of that teams ranked wrestlers.

9 ranked wreslters: UNO (1,2,2,3,3,4,5,5,8)

6 ranked wreslters: Augustana (1,3,5,7,8,8)

5 ranked wrestlers: Fort Hays State (2,3,4,5,7), Newberry (2,4,7,7,8) and Adams St (1,2,2,5,7)

4 ranked wrestlers: Upper Iowa (2,2,3,4), Western State (1,3,4,4), Wisconsin Parkside (1,4,4,8), St. Cloud St (2,5,5,6), Gannon (5,5,6,8)

March 3, 2010

The top 20 poll, with points and the teams’ last ranking following by the top-eight rankings at each weight:

Rank School (State)
1. Nebraska-Omaha
2. Newberry (S.C.)
3. Augustana (S.D.)
4. Wisconsin-Parkside
5. St. Cloud State (Minn.)
6. Western State (Colo.)
7. Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.)
8. Gannon (Pa.)
9. Nebraska-Kearney
10. Upper Iowa
11. Central Oklahoma
12. Minnesota State
13. Fort Hays State (Kan.)
14. Findlay (Ohio)
15. Adams State (Colo.)
16. San Francisco State (Calif.)
17. North Carolina-Pembroke
18. Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
19. Minnesota State-Moorhead
20. Kutztown (Pa.)

Others receiving votes: Ashland (Ohio), Central Missouri, Chadron State (Neb.), West Liberty (W.Va.).

NCAA Division II Individual Rankings
125 Pounds
1. Arsenia Barksdale, Adams State (Colo.)
2. Seth Wright, New Mexico Highlands
3. Tommy Edgmon, Fort Hays State (Kan.)
4. Tyler Mumbalo, Upper Iowa
5. Cody Zimmerman, Wisconsin-Parkside
6. Andy Forstner, Minnesota State
7. Russell Weakley, North Carolina-Pembroke
8. Alex Johns, Indianapolis (Ind.)

133 Pounds
1. Shane Valko, Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.)
2. Cody Garcia, Nebraska-Omaha
3. Naveed Bagheri, San Francisco State (Calif.)
4. Corey Bowers, Gannon (Pa.)
5. Sheridan Moran, Newberry (S.C.)
6. Todd Wilcox, Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
7. Laramie Shaffer, Augustana (S.D.)
8. Scott Berens, Central Oklahoma

141 Pounds
1. Andre Harrison, Fort Hays State (Kan.)
2. Josh Hensley, Adams State (Colo.)
3. Mario Morgan, Nebraska-Omaha
4. Jeremy Parker, Limestone (S.C.)
5. Brady Schneeberger, Minnesota State-Moorhead
6. Jimmy Savala, Chadron State (Neb.)
7. Jay Sherer, Augustana (S.D.)
8. Daniel Genetin, Ashland (Ohio)

149 Pounds
1. Craig Becker, Wisconsin-Parkside
2. Mitch Smith, West Liberty (W.Va.)
3. Esai Dominguez, Nebraska-Omaha
4. Nate Herda, Augustana (S.D.)
5. Latta Collick, Newberry (S.C.)
6. Louie DeSantis, Colorado State-Pueblo
7. T. J. Hepburn, Nebraska-Kearney
8. Kevin McElhaney, Gannon (Pa.)

157 Pounds
1. Joey Deaguero, Adams State (Colo.)
2. Danny Grater, Fort Hay State (Kan.)
3. Dillon Bera, Wisconsin-Parkside
4. George Ivanov, Nebraska-Omaha
5. Marcus Edgington, Augustana (S.D.)
6. Mike Williams, North Carolina-Pembroke
7. Sean Byrnes, Newberry (S.C.)
8. Jonathan Jackson, Anderson (S.C.)

165 Pounds
1. Josh Shields, Mercyhurst (Pa.)
2. Travis Eggers, Upper Iowa
3. Ryan Pankoke, Nebraska-Omaha
4. Tad Merritt, St. Cloud State (Minn.)
5 Victor Carazo, Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
6. Jake Varilek, Belmont Abbey (N.C.)
7. Kyle Keane, Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.)
8. Taylor May, Nebraska-Kearney

174 Pounds
1. Marty Usman, Nebraska-Kearney
2. Mitch Norton, Upper Iowa
3. J.J. Davis, North Carolina-Pembroke
4. Luke Rynish, Wisconsin-Parkside
5. Aaron Denson, Nebraska-Omaha
6. Shamus O’Grady, St. Cloud State (Minn.)
7. Jarrett Hall, Minnesota State-Moorhead
8. Chris Barrick, Shippensburg (Pa.)

184 Pounds
1. Charlie Pipher, Western State (Colo.)
2. Derek Skala, St. Cloud State (Minn.)
3. Lucas Haag, Wisconsin-Parkside
4. Tim Darling, Kutztown (Pa.)
5. Pat Walsh, Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.)
6. Jeff Havelka, Findlay (Ohio)
7. Bryant Blanton, Newberry (S.C.)
8. Austin Boehm, Nebraska-Omaha

197 Pounds
1. Keeno Griffin, Newberry (S.C.)
2. Ty Copsey, Augustana (S.D.)
3. Jacob Marrs, Nebraska-Omaha
4. Donavan McMahill, Western State (Colo.)
5. Lucas Munkelwitz, St. Cloud State (Minn.)
6. Jarrett Edison, Central Oklahoma
7. Vince Bordi, San Francisco State (Calif.)
8. Shane Nolan, North Carolina-Pembroke

285 Pounds
1. Brady Wilson, Minnesota State
2. Elijah Madison, Nebraska-Omaha
3. Dustin Finn, Central Oklahoma
4. Charlie Alexander, Western State (Colo.)
5. Jacob Kahnke, St. Cloud State (Minn.)
6. Chris Dempsey, Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.)
7. Frank McGrath, Gannon (Pa.)
8. Lynn Panko, Indianapolis (Ind.)

Harrison ranked #1, Grater #2, and Edgemon #3! Does anyone know when the last time there were two FHSU wrestlers ranked #1 in the same season?

Former Labette Cardinal Scotty Berens regained his starting spot for UCO and is back in the final rankings. Hopefully he can sneak in there and AA again this year. Edison moves up to 6th at 197 for the Bronchos.

I still think the team rankings are lame and the final results at Nationals won't be that reflective of these rankings.

School Ranked Wrestlers Individual Rankings
UNO 9 2,2,3,3,3,3,4,5,8
Parkside 5 1,3,3,4,5
St. Cloud 5 2,4,5,5,6
Newberry 5 5,5,7,7,1
Augustana 5 7,7,4,5,2
Pitt Johns 4 1,5,6,7
UNC Pembroke 4 3,6,7,8
Adams 3 1,2,1
FHSU 3 1,2,3
Upper Iowa 3 2,2,4
Western 3 1,4,4
UNK 3 1,7,8
UCO 3 3,6,8
Gannon 3 4,7,8