I am somewhat confused about how wrestlers are ranked. I don't know or understand as much as I should about this sport, but to rank a wrestler with a record of winning less than half of his matches seems a little out of balance! This is especially true when a wrestler who has a 17 - 6 record with a win this year over the ranked wrestler hasn't been considered in the ranking process. Even more so when the wrestler not considered has wins over the #3-5A wrestler, the #5-5A wrestler, the #5-6A wrestler and the #6-4A wrestler all this season. His only losses in Kansas are to the #1-6A wrestler, the #1-4A wrestler, the #4-6A wrestler and one loss to a wrestler who has been ranked but is not at this time. To my knowledge the ranked wrestler in this reply had not defeated another ranked wrestler until this past week. I believe that more accurate records or research should be involved before deserving young men are left out or not even considered!
Seeing that you are a former highschool coach for 17 years and a former highschool official who worked 25 Kansas State Tournaments, I am a little surprised by the lack of detail in your post. I did eventually realize who you are talking about.
Yesterday, my friend sent me info about your wrestler, Jacob Wilgers from Maize. The information was sent to me after the 6A rankings had been released. I appreciated the info and told him that I would use that for the next 6A update.
Having said that, Garrett Girard is wrestling much better these last two weeks. Their match on 1/7 was a 2-0 match! Girard has 9 losses at 120 pounds. He is 12-6 at 113. He has lost to Wilgers 2-0, 2X to Cheney, Vieyra in OT 1-0 and to Perez 2-1 and one other. I now understand that Wilgers has beaten Girard, Jones, Fields and Perez. I also know that he lost 8-1 to McCray.
At the end of the day, the more information that I can get, the better.
