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    Decatur has biggest upward move in freshman rankings

    As the summer wrestling season came to its conclusion, the Schoolboy National freestyle and Greco-Roman tournaments, along with the Cadet National freestyle and Greco-Roman tournaments, were the major events for the ranking period. Happenings within these events had significant influence on the top 25 rankings for the incoming freshman Class of 2019.

    Two of the newly ranked wrestlers, No. 11 Carson Kharchlava (Olentangy Liberty, Ohio) and Aden Reeves (Albia, Iowa) had most excellent Fargo performances. Kharchlava placed fifth in a loaded 132-pound weight bracket at the Cadet Nationals, while Reeves earned All-American honors in both styles at 106 pounds (fifth in Greco-Roman, fourth in freestyle).

    In all, there are four new members in the top 25, as Kharchlava and Reeves are joined by No. 14 Chris Cannon (Blair Academy, N.J.) and No. 25 Adrian St. German (Vashon, Wash.). After St. Germain went undefeated across the Olympic styles at the Schoolboy National Duals in early June, he went on to win titles in both Greco-Roman and freestyle at 144 pounds at the national championships in late June.

    Leading the way in the top 25 with four ranked wrestlers each are the states of New Jersey and Ohio, while it's three from Colorado, and a pair each from Pennsylvania and Iowa.

    Jordan Decatur up from No. 19 to No. 8 after winning a Cadet freestyle title in Fargo (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)
    The top six wrestlers in the rankings remain unchanged, anchored by Cadet National champions No. 2 Cohlton Schultz (Ponderosa, Colo.), No. 3 Nick Raimo (Hanover Park, N.J.) and No. 5 Dylan D'Emilio (Genoa, Ohio); Schultz was champion in Greco-Roman and runner-up in freestyle at 220 pounds, Raimo won titles in both styles at 120, while D'Emilio won a title in freestyle at 106. Josh McKenzie (Bergen Catholic, N.J.) remains ranked in the top position for the Class of 2019.

    The biggest upward move within the national rankings came from Jordan Decatur (CVCA, Ohio), the Cadet National freestyle champion at 106 pounds; he moved from No. 19 to No. 8 among incoming freshmen. Other Cadet National freestyle champions in the rankings are Raimo and D'Emilio; unranked incoming freshman Mosha Schwartz (Ponderosa, Colo.) was a Cadet National triple crown winner at 88 pounds.

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