NSWCA Class D Tournament Team Rankings Plainview Mullen Neligh-Oakdale Maxwell Burwell Nebraska Christian Howells-Dodge Thayer Central Winside Central Valley Comments For almost all weights, unless I directly heard from coaches or wrestlers, this week’s ratings have wrestlers listed at where they competed this opening weekend. Several big tournaments took place over this opening weekend that saw a lot of rated match-ups including the Creighton, Howells-Dodge, Mullen, Harvard and Bob Arehart Invites. To open the year, Plainview proved it will...Read More
Nebraska Scholastic Wrestling Coaches Association Class A Rankings-12/13/19 Class A Top 10 Meet Teams #1 Millard South Lincoln East Columbus Omaha Burke Omaha Central Grand Island Kearney Papillion LaVista South Papillion LaVista North Platte COMMENTS: Not much has changed since the Preseason ranking last week….Central drops a bit for now, losing to Burke, and Papio slips a bit, as Niemic is done for the season with a shoulder injury. Lots of kids out with injuries right now, with a...Read More
Class D Tournament Team Rankings Plainview Mullen Neligh-Oakdale Maxwell Nebraska Christian Burwell Howells-Dodge Thayer Central Winside Central Valley Welcome back to another exciting year of Nebraska high school wrestling! Initial team rankings are based off of returning state points and projected individuals in each weight class, also if there are any impactful freshmen. Class D looks much different this year with teams like perennial Class D powerhouse Amherst and Archbishop Bergan moving up to Class C. Lots of familiar teams...Read More
Class C Tournament Team Rankings This preseason projection is exactly that, a projection. We can speculate and guess all we want but the bottom line is what will happen at the district meets and ultimately in Omaha when the lights are bright. Over the years in this great sport we have seen 4 time finalists get pinned in their quest for their 4th title and returning qualifiers/medalist not return to the meet the very next season. It is important to...Read More
Class B Tournament Team Rankings Omaha Skutt Catholic Hastings Gering Arlington Northwest Beatrice York Bennington Blair Ralston Omaha Skutt Catholic looks to regain the spot on top with the strength of their big point scorers. They could potentially put 5 wrestlers in the finals and come away with 3-5 State Champions. Hastings is a very deep team returning 9 state qualifiers and picking up some quality additions this year in transfers and incoming freshman that could impact the...Read More
Class A Tournament Team Rankings Millard South Omaha Central Omaha Burke Lincoln East Columbus Kearney Grand Island Papillion LaVista Papillion LaVista South North Platte COMMENTS: Well, time for a new season to begin, with fresh speculation about who will triumph in mid February in downtown Omaha at the State Finals. In Class A…there seems to be NO debate on who will win…again. Defending State Champions Millard South are LOADED, and young as well, making it likely MS is on the...Read More
NSWCA Class A Rankings 2-7-19 Top 10 Teams Meets Millard South Omaha Burke Kearney Lincoln East Columbus Papillion LaVista Grand Island Papillion LaVista South Bellevue East Norfolk COMMENTS: Here is my final Top 10 before Districts/State. I think the top 3, maybe 4/5, could all compete for the title, although I think Millard South and Omaha Burke are the most likely 2 to battle it out down the wire on Final Saturday in Omaha in mid-February. They are very deep...Read More
Tournament Teams 1.Omaha Skutt Catholic 2.Northwest 3.Wahoo 4.Blair 5.Hastings 6.Sidney 7.Lexington 8.Scottsbluff 9.Schuyler 10.Columbus Lakeview No changes to this week’s tournament team rankings. Omaha Skutt still has the studs in the line-up to pull off another team championship. Wahoo, Northwest, and Blair also have some pieces. The top 5 will be a fun team race. Also don’t count out Hastings from being in the hunt. They have some studs in the line-up as well. Individual Rankings 106 Grady Arends-...Read More
Class D Tournament Team Rankings Plainview Archbishop Bergan Mullen Burwell Amherst Elkhorn Valley Weeping Water Central Valley Thayer Central Neligh-Oakdale Comments This year the format has changed and we only have 2 weeks of wrestling left with the State Duals already completed. The Duals kicked off at a new venue, the Buffalo County Fairgrounds in Kearney, for the first since their inception. Congratulations to Plainview and Coach Dean Boyer on winning the 2019 State Dual Championships. They are wrestling...Read More
