With nothing better to do last night, I decided to use the Chief's overall rankings and see how the various classes stack up in placing wrestlers in the chief's top ten. I should note that 135 lbs only had 9 ranked wrestlers and 215 lbs & 285 lbs had only 8 ranked wrestlers. Here is what I came up with:

Class 6 A: 37 ranked wrestlers
Class 5 A: 39 ranked wrestlers
Class 4 A: 42 ranked wrestlers
Class 331: 17 ranked wrestlers

Class 6 A had 8 wrestlers ranked # 1
class 5 A had 2 wrestlers ranked # 1
Class 4 A had 4 wrestlers ranked # 1

Class 6 A had 3 wrestlers ranked # 2
Class 5 A had 7 wrestlers ranked # 2
Class 4 A had 2 wrestlers ranked # 2
Class 321 had 2 wrestlers ranked # 2

Class 6 A had 5 wrestlers ranked # 3
Class 5 A had 4 wrestlers ranked # 3
Class 4 A had 3 wrestlers ranked # 3
Class 321 had 2 wrestlers ranked # 3

class 6 A had 3 wrestlers ranked # 4
Class 5 A had 4 wrestlers ranked # 4
Class 4 A had 5 wrestlers ranked # 4
class 321 had 2 wrestlers ranked # 4

class 6 A had 4 wrestlers ranked # 5
Class 5 A had 4 wrestlers ranked # 5
Class 4 A had 4 wrestlers ranked # 5
Class 321 had 2 wrestlers ranked # 5

Class 6 A had 1 wrestlers ranked # 6
class 5 A had 4 wrestlers ranked # 6
Class 4 A had 6 wrestlers ranked # 6
Class 321 had 3 wrestlers ranked # 6

I recall a discussion this past season wherein a 4 A coach claimed that class 4 A was the deepest in talent. He certainly has support for this claim given these results.

I certainly recognize that these comments and statistics mean little, if anything, at this stage of the game. It struck me that there was surprising parity among the various classes of wrestlers.

Good luck to all during the approaching season.