Official 2A Pre-Season Rankings

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Official 2A Pre-Season Rankings Nov 3, 2023 13:06:49 GMT -5 stopstalling37 likes this

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With practice starting on Monday and some weight certs in, some recent off season wrestling and some intel, here are my official 2A preseason rankings going into the season

Team Rankings
1. Strasburg
2. Poquoson
3. Radford

106
Xaiden Wynn - JR 106 Champ
Kam Harrel - Poquoson 106 3rd
Mariah Roberts - Riverheads 106 6th 1A
Dylan Padgett - Nandua 106 SQ

113
Bryson Cash - Riverheads
Alan Vu - Glenvar 106 4th
James Ruehl - Poquoson 138 5th
Conner Miller - Strasburg 106 6th
Kelan Ventro - Central (Wise) 113 5th

120
Peyton Dean - Strasburg 113 2nd
Brayden Forbes - JR 113 4th
James Withrow - Poquoson 120 6th
Davis Pittman - JSB
Winchino Verdieu - Arcadia 113 6th
Jesse Oldham - Riverheads 113 SQ 1A

126
Canaan Spears - Union 120 Champ
Jared Goodson - Poquoson 113 Champ
Jadon Shanholtz - Strasburg 120 3rd
Corey Chapman - Central (Woodstock) 120 SQ

132
Jake Yowell - Riverheads 126 Champ 1A
Bryan Latta - Poquoson 126 3rd
Ethan Cobbler - Patrick Co 120 4th
Wyatt Spencer - Richlands 132 5th

138
Lucas Martinez - Strasburg 132 2nd
Reed Booth - Poquoson 132 3rd
Wyatt Stemburger - Clarke Co 126 5th
Evan Annese - Riverheads 138 4th 1A

144
Heath Burks - Strasburg 126 Champ
James Stewart - JR 120 2nd
Tristan Fadley - JSB 138 6th
Landon Yoder - Fort Defiance 3A SQ

150
David Burks - Strasburg 150 Champ
Tristen Hass - Graham 150 2nd
Taven Williams - Radford 150 3rd
Stevie Wood - Liberty (Bedford) 144 3A SQ
Christian Rector - JSB 132 4th

157
Blake Jacobson - Clarke Co 144 3rd
Donovan Burks - Strasburg 157 6th
Matthew Marlowe - Chatham 165 2nd
Cole Martin - Radford 157 4th
Jude Davis - Central (Wise) 150 5th
Ian Ray - Lebanon 144 1A SQ

165
Thomas Potter - Union 165 Champ
Zack Bracken - Strasburg
Kaden Dupree - Richlands 157 5th
Steven Spencer - Patrick Co 144 6th
Mat McNeil - Liberty (Bedford) 165 SQ 3A
Ryan Hooper - King WIlliam 157 SQ
Keith Gerhard - Madison Co 157 SQ

175
Ethan Flowers - Glenvar 175 Champ
Lance Duncan - Radford 175 3rd
Noah Ross - Riverheads 175 SQ 1A
Aiden Goode - Lebanon 165 SQ 1A

190
Dawson Martin - Radford 190 2nd
Tyler Forbes - Central (Woodstock) 215 3rd
Izaak Keith - Union 190 5th
Noah Burnham - Central (Wise) 190 SQ
Kalib Simmons - Lebanon 157 5th 1A
Colby Shaw - Strasburg

215
Hutson Conrad - Strasburg 190 3rd
Charlie Davis - Radford 215 2nd
Luke Josey - Central (Wise) 215 4th
Noah Sills - JSB 190 6th
Paul Pascale - Patrick Co 215 SQ

285
Nathan Lopez - Central (Woodstock) 285 Champ
Orrin King - Virginia 285 3rd
Noah Hodges - Bruton 285 4th
Austin Clevinger - Central (Wise)

Last Edit: Nov 3, 2023 13:07:45 GMT -5 by thebystander

onthemat New Member Posts: 8	Official 2A Pre-Season Rankings Nov 4, 2023 10:50:18 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by onthemat on Nov 4, 2023 10:50:18 GMT -5 Allot of the boys are or has been wrestling heavy football weight, they will cut in next 2 weeks to there normal weights now

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Official 2A Pre-Season Rankings Nov 4, 2023 14:47:47 GMT -5 via mobile

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Onethemat, anyone in particular you know of or just a general comment?

I've seen jessee Miller, last year 132 4th place from 3A Broadway is on central Woodstock roster. Last competed ar 138 in off-season. Should be considered on ranking

thebystander Full Member Posts: 171	Official 2A Pre-Season Rankings Nov 4, 2023 20:07:07 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by thebystander on Nov 4, 2023 20:07:07 GMT -5 I saw that as well but did not include him yet until weight certified

vawrestle01 New Member Posts: 30	Official 2A Pre-Season Rankings Nov 4, 2023 20:33:57 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by vawrestle01 on Nov 4, 2023 20:33:57 GMT -5 Just curious, what qualifies rankings as official vs unofficial

matman Full Member Posts: 197	Official 2A Pre-Season Rankings Nov 5, 2023 22:32:38 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by matman on Nov 5, 2023 22:32:38 GMT -5 Way to early darkhorses? Any thoughts?

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Official 2A Pre-Season Rankings Nov 6, 2023 7:47:39 GMT -5

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Nov 4, 2023 20:33:57 GMT -5 vawrestle01 said:

Just curious, what qualifies rankings as official vs unofficial

Nothing varies one from the other. I did them mostly last year and I've had a working document so I just labeled it that. JR and warrioswrestling also did a great pre season one about a month ago

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Official 2A Pre-Season Rankings Nov 6, 2023 8:06:45 GMT -5 via mobile

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Nov 4, 2023 20:33:57 GMT -5 vawrestle01 said:

Just curious, what qualifies rankings as official vs unofficial

Offical rankings will posted to the vawa wrestling site. Unofficial you will see in the forums.

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Official 2A Pre-Season Rankings Nov 6, 2023 8:09:15 GMT -5 stopstalling37, matman, and 2 more like this

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Nov 5, 2023 22:32:38 GMT -5 matman said:

Way to early darkhorses? Any thoughts?

106
Padgett from Nandua, had a great match with Harrell in region finals last season

113
James Ruehl from Poquoson, former finalist, was at 138 last year, going to be a HUGE 113

120
Davis Pittman from John Battle, kid goes from beating Talen Hall to going MIA in regional tournament

126
Corey Chapman from Central (Woodstock), kid is a 3 time SQ but has only wrestled once in state tourney, kid can win but is either getting bad luck at the wrong time or making bad choices

132
Ethan Cobbler from Patrick County, kid racks up the wins during the regular season but has not had that big win in Salem, senior year may change that

138
Evan Annese of Riverheads, Riverheads is going to shake things up in 2A and this is a kid who can do just that

144
Landon Yoder of Fort Defiance, kid has some good wins since his freshman year and the move to 2A is going to benefit him at the state tournament

150
Stevie Wood of Liberty, most 3A SQ are going to make some noise at 2A and I especially expect this kid to do just that

157
Matthew Marlowe of Chatham, I think this is his weight to lose, going down to 157 and getting away from Potter is going to do him wonders

165
This is about the only weight where I am lost, it is Potter,, than everyone else, anybody could take 2nd here

175
Noah Ross of Riverheads, I do not expect anyone to give Flowers a fight but if anyone is coming out of nowhere, it is this kid

190
Colby Shaw of Strasburg, sources are telling me he is back and if he has matured since his sophomore season like his stats in football, watch out

215
Cayden Cook-Cash of Riverheads, not sure if he is wrestling yet but if he is, this is his weight to lose

285
Austin Clevinger of Central (Wise), kid has been behind some good wrestlers at Wise and can make some noise in a relatively weak HWT weight Class

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Official 2A Pre-Season Rankings Nov 7, 2023 15:12:51 GMT -5 penwright and thedawg like this

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Some thoughts on darkhorses:
106 - I agree on Padgett - kid has been working hard all summer into fall
113 - Ruehl - wrestled 138 last season - I don't think he will make 113 and if he does I don't think he can hold it. He signed up for 113 in Super 32 and was not there. Also, where is the trainer at Poq? Kid would look like he came from a 3rd world country at 113.
120 - Pittman - makes sense
126 - Chapman - is he that good or just "big". I saw him at a tournament last season and he got handled pretty good, but it was hard the kid was huge at 120 and bigger than everyone else.
132 - Cobbler - who does Patrick County wrestle during the season? No one good that I can find. They don't wrestle any tournaments that I can find. How can Cobbler get better? If everyone I think will be at 132 is there then there will be no "darkhorse" at 132.
138 - Latta is my darkhorse if you can call him that.
144 - Yoder looked good last season when I saw him so sure he could be the darkhorse
150 - Let's see who is at 150
157 - Marlowe is not a darkhorse as he was 165 2nd place last season - My darkhorse is Taven Williams - another worker in off season and got beat by 1 point by 150 champ at state. He should have cut the champ and got another takedown and won in OT.
165 - The question is will Potter be healthy. I know he injured his knee and heard he might not be back until towards end of season. My darkhorse is Mcneil from Liberty. Seems like a tough kid that wrestled alot of tough opponents last season in 3A. This year 2A.
175 - None yet who can challenge Flowers
190 - Shaw ok
215 - Can't put someone as a darkhorse unless they wrestle. I'll wait on this weight class.
285 - Clevinger is a big guy so yeah why not

anonymous New Member Posts: 13	Official 2A Pre-Season Rankings Nov 8, 2023 23:46:24 GMT -5 via mobile penwright likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by anonymous on Nov 8, 2023 23:46:24 GMT -5 Just curious, does anyone have any information on our 2A guys college choices/commitments? I am just interested in seeing where our small school talent is going in a couple years.

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Official 2A Pre-Season Rankings Nov 9, 2023 8:03:31 GMT -5 penwright likes this

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Nov 8, 2023 23:46:24 GMT -5 anonymous said:

Just curious, does anyone have any information on our 2A guys college choices/commitments? I am just interested in seeing where our small school talent is going in a couple years.

Ethan Flowers - VMI
Xaiden Wynn - Ferrum
Thomas Potter - Gardner Webb

As of right now, those are the only 3 guys that I'm aware of who have committed to wrestle in college. My search wasn't very in depth so there may be more

Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	Official 2A Pre-Season Rankings Nov 14, 2023 11:02:28 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2023 11:02:28 GMT -5 Xaiden Winn #1 might be a new low for VHSL 2-A wrestling

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Official 2A Pre-Season Rankings Nov 14, 2023 11:10:42 GMT -5 stopstalling37 likes this

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Nov 14, 2023 11:02:28 GMT -5 @bigwrestlerguy19 said:

Xaiden Winn #1 might be a new low for VHSL 2-A wrestling

I do not see how you can sit here and say that, defending state champ, committed to Ferrum, cuts weight unlike most kids nowadays, you need to open your eyes, idk who your kid is but 9/10, my money is on Wynn

warriorswrestling Senior Member womens Posts: 364	Official 2A Pre-Season Rankings Nov 14, 2023 12:18:52 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by warriorswrestling on Nov 14, 2023 12:18:52 GMT -5 Nov 14, 2023 11:02:28 GMT -5 @bigwrestlerguy19 said: Xaiden Winn #1 might be a new low for VHSL 2-A wrestling Who would go above him and why?

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