There isn’t a ton of history among this group of Buckeye State wrestlers. In recent years, you saw the last name Blaze, you knew you had a possible champion. But there’s no Joey and there’s no Marcus.
That leaves Omar Ayoub as the sole returning Super 32 medalist. And he will have his hands full attempting to repeat that performance. He does come in as a top 4 seed, so the odds may be ever in his favor.
Although Ayoub does have that past placement, it’s actually probably between freshman Grey Burnett of Perrysburg and Ethan Birden of Dublin Coffman with the best chances to come away with the S32 belt. Burnett is top 3 in the country at 106, Birden is the top seed at 165.
Following those two is a kid from Wadsworth named Jax Joy worth your attention. He’s been impressive every time I’ve seen him.
Hard to call Javaan Yarbrough a dark horse but that’s what the Copley state champion is, coming in without even a top 20 seed.
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