Hanover sits atop preseason wrestling rankings
The top three teams in the Time-Dispatch preseason wrestling rankings have been Richmond area royalty the past two years. Top-ranked Hanover won the Central Region crown in 2007 and was runner-up last year.
No.2 James River was the region champ a year ago, and St. Christopher's has dominated private school competition for years.
The preseason rankings for wrestlers are in alphabetical order.
TOP 10 TEAMS
1. Hanover; 2. St. Christopher's; 3. James River; 4. New Kent; 5. Cosby; 6. Deep Run; 7. Lee-Davis; 8. Henrico; 9. Matoaca; 10. (tie) Hopewell and Thomas Dale.
INDIVIDUALS
103 pounds : Kasey Early, Deep Run; Joey Plutro, Dinwiddie; Joseph Girgene, Powhatan; Kyle Hutson, Henrico.
112 : Charlie Lipford, Henrico; Brandon Jeske, St. Christopher's; Shawn Crawley, Varina; Trey Gregory, New Kent.
119 : Brayden Manchester, James River; Mike Emma, New Kent; Kevin Keck, Hanover; Dillon Knight, Atlee.
125 : James Williams, Henrico; Alex Turley, Thomas Dale; Connor Harrison, Hanover; David Barker, New Kent.
130 : Peyton Walsh, Deep Run; James White, Thomas Dale; Christian Evers, Cosby; M.J. Roberson, Hermitage.
135 : Trey Tarr, St. Christopher's; Gabe LeVay, Hanover; Brendan Crawley, Cosby; Don Lineberry, Lee-Davis.
140 : Patrick Foxworth, Hanover; Josh Clark, Matoaca; Anthony Lineberry, Lee-Davis; Jordan Dibich, James River.
145 : Blake Roulo, Matoaca; Brandon Diamond, Thomas Dale; Ben Wilson, Hanover; Loren Phillips, St. Christopher's.
152 : Cody Allala, Hopewell; David Wesley, St. Christopher's; Willie Driscoll, New Kent; Jesse Wells, James River.
160 : Ted Gottwald, St. Christopher's; Andy Svanda, James River; Chris Fano, Hermitage; Taylor Griggs, Lee-Davis.
171 : Clint Allala, Hopewell; Austin Coburn, Cosby; Adam Stein, Deep Run; Will Eudailey, Douglas Freeman.
189 : Kyle Locke, Hanover; Mark Burlee, St. Christopher's; Anthony Delano, Cosby; John Alexander, Lee-Davis.
215 : Denny Vaughn, Dinwiddie; Mark Howard, Midlothian; Chris Gill, St. Christopher's; Calvin Davis, Lee-Davis.
285 : Ryan Powis, James River; Evan Canady, New Kent; Adam Atwell, Deep Run; Scott Matheny, Clover Hill.
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