At 126
Seth Harrell Defeated Justin Amaro 10-0 at Holton
Colton Steele lost to Justin Amaro 5-4 at Garden Plain
Colton Steele Defeated Bryce Younger 13-5

Seth Harrell should be Ranked higher. Four of the top six wrestlers are all in the same regional so it will all wash out, however he deserves a little credit.


Respectfully,
Tom Richard

I did look at that and made some considerations as to moving Harrell up with Steele. That win over Amaro was the reason Harrell had been above Steele the past few weeks.

If Amaro was in 321A then this would be a different discussion and I would have to take a harder look at things probably ranking it as #2 Harrell, #3 Amaro, #4 Steele, and #5 Younger, simply on head-to-head.

However, I also looked at both Steele and Harrell's performace last year in the same weight class at State when assessing the ranking. Steele finished 4th place while Harrell was off of the podium.

Similarly, Harrell doesn't jump Younger or Priddy in my rankings either because of his peformance at State. Both Younger and Priddy were runner-ups last season.

That grouping of Steele-Younger-Priddy-Harrell is very close, but for now Steele jumps ahead on the strength of his win against a tough 321A competitor and past State performance.

As you said it will all shake out at Regionals (and State).

10-0 win and a 5-4 loss to a common opponent should carry a little more weight than last year's performance at State. Don't have a dog in the fight, but interested in this weight now.

What happened to Overton at 182? Havent seen any results from him the last few weeks and hes no longer ranked.

He's off the team

Reason?

Registered: 01/22/14
Posts: 9 Wyatt, on Harrell's, 126 state performance last year. I can't remember the kid that beat Harrell first round, but you did have him ranked ahead of Harrell all year, going into the state tourney, and if I remember right, that kid beat Hileman of Smith Center at regionals the week before. So that wasn't so much an upset, but a tough first round draw at state. Then Harrell had to wrestle Hileman - the returning 126 state champion in the placing round. Again, those were no big surprise losses, judging by how you had them ranked last year. Harrell is a state placer (two years ago), with a common opponent over Steele. No matter what classifications it is, that holds a lot of water. Harrell has only lost to Hitchcock of Bonner and Richards of Riley...this year. That loss to the Wichita East kid was a bad loss for Steele. You could counter that argument by saying the WE kid is a returning state placer...that only strengthens Harrells argument - by such a dominating performance of 10-0 over him. You don't see any bad losses on Harrells record this year, or last year - judging by your rankings. I'm excited to see how this shakes out and I know its a competitive weight class. It's too bad Priddy hasn't wrestled many matches at 126 this year...he gave up two pins at his home tournament? Crazy. Heard the Silver Lake tournament was stacked this year. You're doing a great job Wyatt...and you're right it'll all shake out at state.

Here are the final 321A Rankings for the 2016-17 season.

Note: These rankings are not based on how the brackets were drawn. I'll try to release some predictions later in the week.