National High School Wrestling Rankings: Spring Folkstyle

National Rankings

National Rankings April 11, 2024 Following up on the end of season rankings, we have the first edition of the Spring. This includes Folkstyle Nationals, NHSCA, Reno, and Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic results. There hasn’t been a ton of movement, obviously. But, there has been some. And a few new names scattered throughout, whom I will […]

Todd’s Talks With Dayton Pitzer:

Support Todd’s Talks Never Quit “Winners are not people who never fail, but people who never quit.” Dayton Pitzer is a winner. Read that again, believe it, understand it. This is a guy who has won at every level he’s competed at. The number of accolades he had prior to entering college is astounding. Dayton […]

April 6th Action: Reno Worlds & NHSCA Nationals Ranked Wrestlers Update

Ranked Wrestlers This Weekend 4/6 UPDATE ON RANKED WRESTLERS THIS WEEKEND Reno Ranked Wrestlers 15u Boys 125 #19 Israel Borge (Westlake, UT) Performance: 2-0 (2 tech falls) Current Standing: Round of 32    18u Boys 132 #25 Richie Clementi (Brother Martin, LA) Performance: 2-0 (2 falls) Current Standing: Round of 16 138 #24 Carson Exferd […]

Todd’s Talks With Josh Deputy: “The Process” Orchard Wrestling Club

Support Todd’s Talks The Process “If you focus on the process and not the results, you’ll have better results.” -Joe Madden Coach Josh Deputy gets the big picture. He is not only the head coach of the Chestnut Ridge high school wrestling but the founder and head coach of the Orchard Wrestling Club. His high […]

2024 Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic Results

GIRLS: PA vs Ohio 100 Chloe Dearwester (OH (W)) F Madilyn Enterline (PA (W)), 1:08106 Ava Miller (OH (W)) F Natalie Handy (PA (W)), 0:36112 Isabella Baccio (PA (W)) DEC Addison Rudolph (OH (W)), 7-5118 Ana Malovich (PA (W)) MD Addison Rudolph (OH (W)), 11-2124 Eliana White-vega (PA (W)) F Sienna Sanborn (OH (W)), 0:15130 […]

2024 Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic Preview

PIttsburgh Wrestling Classic

TEAM PA vs TEAM USA This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic, of course old time fans will remember it more fondly as The Dapper Dan.  Either way, it’s one of the most prominent all-star events in the sport – where a collective of nationally ranked seniors head to Western PA […]

Todd’s Talks With Pat Lugo: “Always Evolving”

Support Todd’s Talks Ever Changing, Always Evolving. “Look around you. Everything changes. Everything on this earth is a continuous state of evolving, refining, adapting, enhancing…changing. You were not put on this earth to remain stagnant.” – Steve Maraboli For those of you who know Pat Lugo, this quote truly embodies who he is, not only […]

National High School Wrestling Rankings: Preps

National Preps Nationally Ranked Wrestlers If taken as a collective, like any other state, the National Preps have 35 wrestlers ranked, which would come in 3rd behind PA and CA. The contingent is led by Wyoming Seminary, a team that has 10 out of 14 weights ranked. There’s also Anthony Evanitsky, in the honorable mention […]

National High School Wrestling Rankings: New Jersey

New Jersey Nationally Ranked Wrestlers Within the group of top 5 states, New Jersey finishes with 23 ranked wrestlers which is good for 4th most this season. Leading the way are Delbarton with 6 and St Joe’s Regional with 4. Both schools finished with 4 state champions. Delbarton is missing Dan Jones from the list […]

National High School Wrestling Rankings: Ohio

Ohio Nationally Ranked Wrestlers Coming in with 24 nationally ranked wrestlers, the Buckeye State continues to be among the nation’s best. As we’ve discussed in previous breakdowns, the battle for the #2 spot behind PA is a year-by-year thing. This year that spot appears to be held by California but there is a strong case […]

Meet Todd Wightman

Based in Western PA. Right in the heart of WPIAL country, Todd brings an insider’s view from the country’s epicenter  of wrestling. He’s excited to build on the TKDWN tradition of starting with the story first. The athletes, the coaches, their families and supporters, there is no shortage of stories to tell. And Todd will bring his unique perspective to help us continue to deliver top notch content for the world’s greatest sport!