Wrestlers from the Same Home State - Slated to Meet in 2024-25

One by one, as schedules were released for the 2024-25 season, I added them to our master schedule and combed through them for another project that will be released later this week. When a new schedule is released, I like to quickly go through the duals in my head to see what kind of individual matches may present themselves in that respective dual. At one point, I noticed that there were a couple of notable wrestlers who called Pennsylvania home that were slated to meet. 

That led me to dig further to see just how many potential matchups there are this year between wrestlers from the same home state. 

While college wrestling gets the most attention and eyeballs, there are plenty of people who put that same energy into following wrestlers from their home state. Hopefully, the portion of the wrestling fanbase enjoys getting to highlight potential matches from kids they have watched since middle school (or before that). 

In doing this feature, I found out there aren’t as many of these matches as you might expect. Certain states don’t produce a ton of DI talent and definitely not multiple wrestlers at the same weight - and on each other's schedule for the season. So there are plenty of states not mentioned at all. 

Before we begin, a few notes. This only includes dual meets and does not include potential dual tournaments like the National/Elite/Mid-Major duals in January, as we don’t know what brackets will look like in October. Because tournament entries are so difficult to project, we haven’t included any individual events. 

Also, this isn’t a comprehensive list, as there are some weights where teams may have three or four options. We’ve tried to stick with wrestlers who seem to be clear-cut starters for their respective teams. 

Wrestlers are listed by weight and alongside them is the day those two wrestlers are set to clash.

A select few even features ex-high school teammates squaring off. 
 

Alabama HS matchup

141: Sam Latona (Virginia Tech) vs. Isaiah Powe (Chattanooga) - November 1st
 

Arizona HS matchup

149: Anthony Echemendia (Iowa State) vs. Mykey Ramos (Arizona State) - February 7th

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