NSWCA Class D Rankings-1/21/21

1. Plainview

2. Elkhorn Valley

3. Neligh-Oakdale

4. Thayer Central

5. Winside

6. Ansley/Litchfield

7. Maxwell

8. North Central

9. East Butler

10. Southwest

106

1. Eli Lanham, Plainview So. (22-0)

2. Hayden Neeman, Superior So. (27-1)

3. Nolan Osborn, Twin Loup Jr. (24-2)

4. Reece Kocian, East Butler So. (16-2)

5. Sebastian Sauceda, Shelton Fr. (13-3)

6. Triston Wells- Thayer Central So. (23-10)

Comments: #1 is Lanham of Plainview improves his record to 22-0. #2-Neeman now has 3 wins over Brandyberry. He also, has a win over Kocian and Wells. #3 Osborn Dropped a 5-1 Decision to Class C#6 Edwards of Loomis/Bertrand in the finals at the Twin Loop Tournament. #4 Kocian lost a 16-6 Major decision to Class A #2 Abdi in the finals of the Wisner Pilger Invite. #6 Wells did have a hard time the last couple weeks dropping matches to Cozad, O’Neill, Holdrege, St. Paul and Filmore Central. None of which he’ll see at the district or state level. Pervious #6 Brandyberry add 2 more losses to Neeman and a 14-5 loss to #5 Sebastian Sauceda of Shelton.

113

1. Hunter Bennett, Elkhorn Valley Sr. (27-0)

2. Eli Paxton, Mullen So. (21-2)

3. Lane Bohac, East Butler So. (15-4)

4. Jaxon Smith, Elm Creek Fr. (22-6)

5. Jacob Fox, Axtell Jr. (26-5)

6. Carter Beckman, Elgin/Pope John So. (16-3)

Comments: Bennett last years State Champ at 106 remains undefeated. However did have a state finals caliber match against Class C#2 -Cole Kunz of Central City that he won 3-3 in the Ultimate Tie Breaker. Paxton of Mullen loss a 10-8 decision to Underwood of Chadron. Bohac of Eat Butler lost in the finals of Wisner Pliger to Class A Omaha Bryan and in a dual to Kavan of David City Aquinas. Pervious #4 Beckman has got pinned twice since the last rankings against Elm Creek and Axtell. New to the ranks are and #5 Fox and #4 Smith who were up at 120.

120

1. Scout Ashburn, Plainview Sr. (22-0)

2. Cayden Ellis, Winside Jr. (24-1)

3. Dayton Gipe, Sandhills Valley So.(19-0)

4. Cauy Morgan, Sutherland Fr. (25-3)

5. Ashton Sinn Jr. (30-5)

6. Logan Peterson, South Loup Sr. (19-5)

Comments: Ashburn returning State Champ still undefeated. You got to be pretty good just not to get pinned against this kid. He has only had 3 matches not end with a pin. Ellis still only has one loss to Ashburn in Sudden Victory. I would imagine they will see each other again before state. #3 Gipe is still unbeaten and recently picked up a 9-2 decision over #4 Morgan. Morgan continues an impressive freshman campain. #5 Sinn hasn’t lost to a Class D opponent this year and has an impressive record with the strength of schedule Thayer Central wrestles. This is a pretty deep weight class with lots of guys who could be ranked.

126

1. Adam Miller, Elkhorn Valley Sr. (26-0)

2. Zach Dickau, North Central Sr. (20-1)

3. Nickolas Kuehn, Kenesaw So. (20-1)

4. Koby Smith, Elm Creek Sr. (19-3)

5. Jacoby Mann, Winside Jr. (20-3)

6. Brenner McLaughlin, Thayer Central Jr. (30-5)

Comments: No Changes here this weight class has some really solid wrestler in it. # 1 Miller Remains Unbeaten with 23 pins and his closest match being a 6-4 decision over Class B#4 Bohling of Pierce. #2 Dickau only loss remains a 2-1 decision to Bohling. Kuehn’s only loss remains an 8-6 decision to Class C#2 Waddington of Wood River. Both Dickau and Kuehn have close wins over #4 Smith. #6 McLaughlin of Thayer Central does have 5 loss, but again Thayer wrestles a pretty tough schedule and none one those losses are to a class D opponent.

132

1. Jeremy Larson, Brady Sr. (29-0)

2. Jon Peterka, Sutherland Jr. (30-3)

3. Thomas Klemesrud, North Central Sr. (21-5)

4. Tanner Frahm, Plainview So. (21-1)

5. Maverick Hagemann, Elkhorn Valley Fr. (23-5)

6. Colton Pouk, Perkins County Jr. (15-4)

Comments: The top spot here still belongs to # 1 Larson who has pinned all but 4 opponents and closest match is a 7-2 decision. #2 Peterka improves his record to 30 and 3 with 2 of those losses to Larson. Frahm lost his first match of the season to Kester of Neligh- Oakdale. Frahm and Hagemann have met this year which Frahm won 4-2. Knew to the ranking is Colton Pouk who picked up a fall over Pervious #6 Drake Belville. Pouk also has a 4-3 Decision over Peterka from the first week off competition.

138

1. Samuel Foster, SutherlandJr. (32-0)

2. Hunter Heath, Minden So. (29-3)

3. Art Escalante, Winside Jr. (28-3)

4. Garrett Latimer, Southwest Sr. (31-4)

5. Dylan Higby, Clarkson/Leigh Fr. (25-6)

6. Kyle Oakley, Central Valley Jr. (21-5)

Comments: #1 Foster remains unbeaten. #2 Heath now has 3 losses to Omaha Skutt, Waverly and Colby Kansas. #4 Latimer now has a loss to Foster 10-4. New to the ranks this week is # 5 Dylan Higby. Higby has been wrestling at 138 and 132 this year. We will have to wait and see what weight he decides to wrestle at districts. It seems that each weight class so far has a stand out freshman to keep an eye on for the next few years. Kyle Oakley of Central Valley is still having a solid year as well he did how ever loss a match to Latimer by fall. The 5 and 6 spots here were really hard to decide on. Two other kids you could make a compiling argument for are Fjell and Mosel.

145

1. Ruger Reimers, Palmer Sr. (31-2)

2. Gabe Escalante, Winside Jr. (27-3)

3. Nolan Blevins, Weeping Water Sr. (27-6)

4. Grady Belt, Shelby Rising City Jr. (23-3)

5. Hunter Cook, Sutherland Jr. (31-4)

6. Brooks Armstrong, Red Cloud/Blue Hill So. (23-4)

Comments: #1 Reimers and #2 Escalante still looks like the men to beat here. Brooks dropped a 9-8 decision to Smith of Fullerton. Previous #6 Tunender is up at 152 and former 152 pounder Cook joins the ranks at #5. A weight class that was missing a little bit has when a couple guys drop weight and now it’s looking like there is going to be some all out brawls to earn a spot on the podium. Guess we’ll see in just 4 weeks!

152

1. Colton Holthus, Garden County

2. Matt Van Pelt, Southwest

3. Levi Lewis, North Central

4. Ayden Molzahn, Alma

5. Xavier Perez, Elm Creek

6. Austin Rudolf, Neligh-Oakdale

Contenders

RJ Wilmes, Creighton

Spencer Denaeyer, Mullen

Ethan Baumert, GACC

Comments

Holthus remains perfect on the year. Van Pelt as well picking up a decision over Lewis in the finals of the Knights Invite. Molzahn’s only loss of the season was also to Van Pelt. Perez has wrestled some tough competition to some close matches to enter the ratings at 152. Rudolf is also back in action to start the new year and is off to a solid start. A few contenders could potentially move up soon with some head to head match-ups this upcoming week.

160

1. Aiden Kuester, Neligh-Oakdale

2. Will Gunning, Plainview

3. Brody Dickinson, Freeman

4. Brett Tryon, Southwest

5. Levi Belina, Howells-Dodge

6. Trevin Brecka, East Butler

Contenders

Colin Arehart, Ansley/Litchfield

Wyatt Jenkins, Arapahoe

Riley Holthus, Garden County

Comments

The top six here are relatively unchanged since the last ratings. Kuester had a decision over Tryon in the finals at Amherst. Gunning has yet to see action this season. Dickinson was champion at Malcolm. Tryon won the Knights Invite with wins over some contenders. Belina beat Brecka in overtime in the finals at Wisner-Pilger.

170

1. Alizae Mejia, Plainview

2. Christian Leonard, Bayard

3. Jestin Bayer, Howells-Dodge

4. Hunter Arehart, Ansley/Litchfield

5. Sam Vortherms, Creighton

6. Sutton Pohlman, Stanton

Contenders

Slate Micheel, Twin Loup

Jason Burch, Weeping Water

Justin Schroll, North Platte St. Patrick’s

Comments

Mejia moves into the top spot with wins over tough out of class opponents. Bayer has a string of victories over ranked opponents including Pohlman and Vortherms to move up as well. Leonard remains undefeated but hasn’t seen any of the other top 6 in competition yet. Arehart was champion at SEM. Vortherms moves in after a fall over previously #1 Pohlman at Battle Creek.

182

1. Conner Schutz, Hi-Line

2. Reece Zutavern, Sandhills/Thedford

3. Cooper Slingsby, Ansley-Litchfield

4. Cash Meier, GACC

5. Jace Ostrom, Burwell

6. Brett Bridger, Fullerton

Contenders

Keegan Shuler, Hitchcock County

Sean Duffy, Kenesaw

Lucas Hammer Plainview

Comments

We’ve seen Schutz at 170 now at a dual, but will keep him at 182 for now. Zutavern remains undefeated as well, picking up a close decision over Slingsby. Meier has looked strong at this weight recently. Ostrom is right in the mix with his only losses coming to Drahota of Class C Ravenna. Bridger improves on his freshman season and enters the ratings with some wins over contenders and previously rated Hammer.

195

1. Gunner Reimers, Palmer

2. Gavin White, Sutherland

3. Bobby Evans, Cambridge

4. Kolby Larsen, Ansley/Litchfield

5. Reed McFadden, Sandhills/Thedford

6. Chesney Stancyzk, Garden County

Contenders

Colton Horne, Doniphan-Turmbull

Dawson Kaup, Neligh-Oakdale

Sid Miller, Anselmo-Merna

Comments

Reimers moves to the top spot, remaining undefeated. The Knights Invite featured a loaded 195 bracket featuring 4 of the top 6 wrestlers. It was White coming through as the eventual champion, picking up wins over McFadden and Evans. Evans was able to hand Larson his first loss of the season at this tournament as well. Stanczyk moves in after winning the Chase County Invite.

220

1. Chet Wichmann, Palmer

2. Brandon Knoles, Perkins County

3. Luke Howitt, Maxwell

4. Julien Grindle, Cambridge

5. Clayton Hardy, Southwest

6. Sam Agena, Johnson County Central

Contenders

Tel Kvanvig, Mullen

Landon Nichols, North Platte St. Pat’s

Gavin Barela, Ansley/Litchfield

Comments

Wichmann recently won his home Invite this past weekend. Knoles also had success at the WTC-SPVA Conference and Chase County Invites. Howitt hasn’t competed since the holiday break. Grindle and Hardy enter the ratings as both have wins over contenders. Grindle also picked up a win over Hardy at the Southwest Invite.

285

1. Levi Kerner, Arapahoe

2. Kayden Stubbs, Maxwell

3. Payton Christiancy, Superior

4. Brayton Branic, Sandhills/Thedford

5. Bryson Shoemaker, Southwest

6. JySeann Pugh, Pleasanton

Contenders

Austin Meyer, Perkins County

Dalton Carlson, Overton

Hunter Mayfield, Burwell

Comments

Not much has changed at HWT. Kerner is still the favorite here. Stubbs has been down as low as 195 for a few duals, but we will keep him here for now. Christiancy was able to gain a decision over Branic. Branic also has beaten Shoemaker twice recently. Pugh still has the head to head advantage over a few contenders.