Blair Academy (Blairstown, NJ) continues to flex its No. 1 muscles as we head into 2017. The Buccaneers rolled to the team championship at the Mount Madness Wrestling Tournament in Maryland last week. Blair crowned ten individual champs, scoring 354 points, which was 161.5 points more than runner-up and host Mount St. Joseph (Baltimore, MD).
One of the biggest changes in the latest USA TODAY/National High School Coaches Association Super 25 High School Wrestling Rankings is right behind Blair where Buchanan (Clovis, CA) jumps two spots to No. 2. The Bears rise is a direct result of their second straight championship at The Clash duals in Rochester, Minnesota. In winning the championship, Buchanan beat former No. 2 St. Edward (Lakewood, OH), which slips to No. 3 this week, and former No. 3 Lake Highland Prep (Orlando, FL), which also drops one spot this week to No. 4.
Breaking into the Top 10 this week are Olentangy Liberty (Powell, OH) at No. 9 and Wyoming Seminary (Kingston, PA) at No. 10. SEM, who will wrestle No. 1 Blair on January 16th in a dual match, jumped three spots after winning the POWERade Tournament in Pennsylvania.
New to the rankings this week are Park Hill (Kansas City, MO) at No. 12, Kiski Area (Vandergrift, PA) at #23 and Kasson-Mantorville (Kasson, MN) at #24.
Shaping next week’s rankings will be the 73rd annual Geary Tournament, the nation’s oldest wrestling tournament, in Oklahoma. No. 1 Blair will be challenged by Oklahoma-powers No. 13 Tuttle, No. 19 Sand Springs and No. 21 Choctaw in the individual format that will crown a team champ.
NHSCA/USA TODAY Super 25
#1 Blair Academy
Blairstown, New Jersey
Record: (0-0)
LW: #1
#2 Buchanan
Clovis, California
Record: (5-1)
LW: #4
#3 St. Edward
Lakewood, Ohio
Record: (10-1)
LW: #2
#4 Lake Highland Prep
Orlando, Florida
Record: (0-0)
LW: #3
#5 Clovis
Clovis, California
Record: (0-0)
LW: #5
#6 Graham
St. Paris, Ohio
Record: (6-0)
LW: #6
#7 Bethlehem Catholic
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Record: (3-0)
LW: #7
Notes: Won Christmas City Tournament team title in Pennsylvania
#8 Malvern Prep
Malvern, Pennsylvania
Record: (4-0)
LW: #9
#9 Olentangy Liberty
Powell, Ohio
Record: (0-0)
LW: #11
#10 Wyoming Seminary
Kingston, Pennsylvania
Record: (1-0)
LW: #13
#11 Bergen Catholic
Oradell, New Jersey
Record: (0-0)
LW: #8
#12 Park Hill
Kansas City, Missouri
Record: (9-2)
LW: Honorable Mention
#13 Tuttle
Tuttle, Oklahoma
Record: (2-0)
LW: #16
#14 Elyria
Elyria, Ohio
Record: (9-0)
LW: #15
#15 Nazareth
Nazareth, Pennsylvania
Record: (3-0)
LW: #12
#16 Detroit Catholic Central
Detroit, Michigan
Record: (15-0)
LW: #10
Notes: Finished 2nd at Medina Invitational in Ohio
#17 Allen
Allen, Texas
Record: (0-0)
LW: #24
#18 Poway
Poway, California
Record: (4-0)
LW: #16
Notes: Won Cerritos Tournament of Champions in California with six individual champs
#19 Sand Springs
Sand Springs, OK
Record: (1-0)
LW: #20
#20 Pueblo County
Pueblo, Colorado
Record: (0-0)
LW: #22
#21 Choctaw
Choctaw, Oklahoma
Record: (1-0)
LW: #18
#22 Pomona
Arvada, Colorado
Record: (0-0)
LW: #23
#23 Kiski Area
Vandergrift, Pennsylvania
Record: (7-0)
LW: Honorable Mention
#24 Kasson-Mantorville
Kasson, Minnesota
Record: (2-0)
LW: Honorable Mention
#25 Lockport
Lockport, Illinois
Record: (20-0)
LW: #17
Dropped-out: #19 Oak Park River Forest (Illinois), #21 Washington Community (Illinois), #25 Brownsburg (Indiana)
Honorable Mention or Teams to Watch:
Anoka, MN
Apple Valley, MN
Brecksville-Broadview Heights, OH
Brownsburg, IN
Camden County, GA
Fort Dodge, IA
Gilroy, CA
Long Beach, NY
Montini Catholic, IL
Oak Park River Forest, IL
Shakopee, MN
Southeast Polk, IA
Valley, IA
Wadsworth, OH
Editor’s Note: High School Football America co-produces the NHSCA High School Wrestling Rankings with the National High School Coaches Association for our partners at USA TODAY High School Sports.
