2026 February 24 « Takedown Report

Preliminary Final TDR Top 12 – 2026 — (138 – 157 lbs.)

Editor’s Note : The 4 middle weight classes are listed below. The rest of the weight classes will be posted later.:
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Rnk	Wght.	Name	Team	Gr.	W.	L.	Pct.	Dist.	Dist.	State
1	138	Davis, Maxwell	Jacksonville	26	44	4	0.917	6A	1st	1st
2	138	McQueen, Samuel	Laney, Emsley A.	26	36	3	0.923	8A	1st	2nd
3	138	Deel, Coy	West Craven	27	38	5	0.884	4A	1st	2nd
4	138	Best, Zymir	Charles B. Aycock	27	38	10	0.792	5A	1st	3rd
5	138	Loveless, Zachary	Amer. Leadership Acad.	26	40	11	0.784	1A-2A	1st	4th
6	138	Amiott, Jake	Topsail	28	42	4	0.913	7A	2nd	4th
7	138	Oxendine, Chayton	Ayden-Grifton	26	32	8	0.800	3A	3rd	w1
8	138	Allinen, Elijah	Ashley	28	30	10	0.750	7A	3rd	L2
9	138	Mielcarek, Austin	North Johnston	26	51	10	0.836	4A	4th	L2
10	138	Resendes, Leandro	Corinth-Holders	28	24	7	0.774	8A	4th	L2
11	138	Maguire, Jonathan	Lejeune	26	29	18	0.617	1A-2A	4th	w1
12	138	Bullard, Andrew	D.H. Conley	26	26	7	0.788	7A	w3	——
15	138	Gibson, Brayden	Southern Nash	27	40	11	0.784	5A	w3	——
15	138	Real, Andres	North Pitt	29	46	16	0.742	4A	w3	——
15	138	Foreman, Andrew	Washington	28	40	16	0.714	4A	w3	——
1	144	Campos, James	White Oak	26	53	2	0.964	6A	1st	1st
2	144	Gehris, Cade	First Flight	27	44	7	0.863	4A	1st	2nd
3	144	Valentino, Vincent	Laney, Emsley A.	28	47	12	0.797	8A	1st	2nd
4	144	Avvisato, Dominic	Dixon	26	37	8	0.822	5A	2nd	2nd
5	144	Rubistello, Stephen	Tarboro	26	24	1	0.960	1A-2A	1st	w1INJ
6	144	Mangroo, Shane	Rosewood	26	35	7	0.833	1A-2A	3rd	2nd
7	144	Barrera-Meza, David	Washington	26	25	3	0.893	4A	3rd	4th
8	144	Berdiel, Luis	Northern Nash	26	51	6	0.895	6A	2nd	w1
9	144	Gunn, Donovan	Topsail	26	42	10	0.808	7A	2nd	L2
10	144	Anderson, Cole	North East Carolina Prep	26	25	9	0.735	1A-2A	2nd	L2
11	144	Flores, Alejandro	Spring Creek	26	34	13	0.723	3A	4th	w1
12	144	Shelly, Daian	Swansboro	27	40	14	0.741	6A	4th	L2
15	144	Dove, Zachary	Amer. Leadership Acad.	27	35	5	0.875	1A-2A	w2	——
15	144	Campbell, Brock	North Brunswick	27	32	7	0.821	7A	w3	——
15	144	Bunch, A’Donnis	Hertford County	27	23	8	0.742	3A	w3	——
15	144	Lohman, Trace	Pender County	26	31	11	0.738	3A	w3	——
15	144	Russo, Daniel	Wakefield	27	34	19	0.642	8A	2nd	L2
1	150	Mewborn, Isiah	Pamlico County	26	32	2	0.941	1A-2A	1st	1st
2	150	Campbell, Aiden	Havelock	27	53	9	0.855	5A	1st	1st
3	150	Smith, Hayden	White Oak	26	48	3	0.941	6A	1st	2nd
4	150	McDowell, Kaliil	Wakefield	27	50	8	0.862	8A	1st	2nd
5	150	Massie, Tucker	Washington	27	49	10	0.831	4A	1st	2nd
6	150	Perry, Jacob	New Bern	28	59	7	0.894	7A	3rd	4th
7	150	Connick, Josh	West Brunswick	27	38	9	0.809	6A	2nd	4th
8	150	Davidson, Jessi	North East Carolina Prep	26	40	13	0.755	1A-2A	2nd	4th
9	150	Lawhorn, Jacob	Corinth-Holders	27	38	10	0.792	8A	3rd	w1
10	150	Wells, Tyquez	North Pitt	27	51	14	0.785	4A	3rd	w1
11	150	Burns, Jonathan	Franklinton	27	40	12	0.769	6A	4th	L2
12	150	Foxworth, Davis	Croatan	26	41	19	0.683	5A	3rd	L2
15	150	Mandell III, Ken	Cleveland	26	32	12	0.727	7A	w3	——
15	150	Plunkett, Jace	West Craven	28	42	16	0.724	4A	w3	——
15	150	Allen, Aiden	Jacksonville	27	28	13	0.683	6A	w3	——
15	150	White, Cole	Manteo	28	28	15	0.651	1A-2A	3rd	w1
15	150	Barcliff, Jeremy	Northeastern	26	18	10	0.643	3A	2nd	L2
1	157	Campos, Jacob	White Oak	26	47	9	0.839	6A	1st	2nd
2	157	Nguyen, Jonathan	Northeastern	26	20	8	0.714	3A	1st	2nd
3	157	Cerino, Noah	West Carteret	27	49	10	0.831	5A	2nd	3rd
4	157	Herron, Camden	Northside (Jacksonville)	27	27	7	0.794	5A	1st	4th
5	157	Smith, Brock	Jacksonville	26	41	8	0.837	6A	3rd	w1
6	157	Foreman, Gabe	Washington	26	47	13	0.783	4A	2nd	w1
7	157	Binckley, Easten	Currituck County	28	43	15	0.741	5A	3rd	w1
8	157	Williams, Elijah	Holmes, Edenton	26	18	9	0.667	1A-2A	2nd	L2
9	157	Francis, Dillon	First Flight	26	36	8	0.818	4A	4th	L2
10	157	Valle-Ramirez, Abimael	Louisburg	27	22	6	0.786	3A	3rd	L2
11	157	Simmons, Kamarion	Pasquotank Co.	28	35	13	0.729	3A	4th	w1
12	157	Garcia, Ryan	Wake Forest	27	35	14	0.714	7A	4th	L2
15	157	Wardrick, Jahron	Northern Nash	26	42	7	0.857	6A	w3	——
15	157	Abram, Stoebig	Laney, Emsley A.	27	47	11	0.810	8A	w3	——
15	157	Garcia, Joaquin	Spring Creek	27	31	8	0.795	3A	w3	——

February 24, 2026 Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | sports | Leave a comment

Preliminary Final TDR Top 12 – 2026 — (165 – 285 lbs.)

Editor’s Note : The top 5 weight classes are listed below. The rest of the weight classes will be posted later.:
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Rnk	Wght.	Name	Team	Gr.	W.	L.	Pct.	Dist.	Dist.
1	165	McNair, Tobin	Wakefield	27	44	0	1.000	8A	1st
2	165	Bane, John	New Bern	27	52	4	0.929	7A	2nd
3	165	Kopelman, Mac	Laney, Emsley A.	26	37	4	0.902	8A	3rd
4	165	Monroe, Anoop	Northside (Jacksonville)	27	33	7	0.825	5A	3rd
5	165	Arce, Gabriel	South Brunswick	26	32	12	0.727	5A	2nd
6	165	Arrington, Jaquaye	Northern Nash	27	21	5	0.808	6A	2nd
7	165	Bolden, Trenstin	Southwest Onslow	27	37	9	0.804	4A	2nd
8	165	Daniels, Malachi	Manteo	26	32	13	0.711	1A-2A	2nd
9	165	Crump, Azuriah	North Pitt	27	45	14	0.763	4A	4th
10	165	Jimenez, Marcos	Rosewood	26	37	9	0.804	1A-2A	4th
11	165	Michael, Keegan	Franklinton	26	46	13	0.780	6A	4th
12	165	Gurkin, Krick	North Brunswick	26	33	9	0.786	7A	4th
12	165	Pittner, Cameron	Croatan	26	38	20	0.655	5A	4th
15	165	Miller, Anyeus	Knightdale	27	32	10	0.762	7A	w2
15	165	Novak, Brock	Bunn	27	27	10	0.730	4A	w2
15	165	Burd, Brayden	South Lenoir	26	34	14	0.708	3A	w2
1	175	Previl, Aldinio	Rosewood	27	32	6	0.842	1A-2A	1st
2	175	Moulton, Jude	Hoggard, John T.	26	37	2	0.949	8A	1st
3	175	McCaleb, Ben	Topsail	28	37	14	0.725	7A	1st
4	175	Jenkins, Allen Cole	Wake Forest	26	33	9	0.786	7A	2nd
5	175	Mabe, Bryson	West Brunswick	26	39	7	0.848	6A	3rd
6	175	Sandoval-Perez, Pedro	Heide Trask	27	48	10	0.828	3A	3rd
7	175	Cherry, Marcus	Northside (Jacksonville)	26	27	12	0.692	5A	3rd
8	175	Santos, Antonio	Rocky Mount	26	22	4	0.846	5A	2nd
9	175	Hernandez, Sebastian	North Brunswick	26	23	12	0.657	7A	3rd
15	175	Caskey, Tillman	New Bern	27	47	7	0.870	7A	w2
15	175	Ganzert, Brendan	Holmes, Edenton	28	23	6	0.793	1A-2A	4th
15	175	Messick, Michael	Laney, Emsley A.	27	24	10	0.706	8A	w3
15	175	Hunt, Stephen	Franklinton	26	30	13	0.698	6A	4th
1	190	Darden, Jaylin	Rosewood	26	49	5	####	1A-2A	1st
2	190	Padgett, Luke	Croatan	27	47	1	0.979	5A	2nd
3	190	Stevens, Rhett	Corinth-Holders	26	44	4	0.917	8A	2nd
4	190	McNeill, George	West Johnston	26	22	13	0.629	6A	2nd
5	190	Kellar, Clark	Pasquotank Co.	27	27	5	0.844	3A	3rd
6	190	Power, Caleb	Amer. Leadership Acad.	26	29	6	0.829	1A-2A	3rd
7	190	Kahsai, Amanuel	New Bern	28	48	11	0.814	7A	3rd
8	190	Gillespie, Thomas	Laney, Emsley A.	26	45	7	0.865	8A	4th
9	190	Salas-Aguilera, Jonathan	Southside	26	19	4	0.826	1A-2A	4th
10	190	Cooper, Destin	North Pitt	28	33	5	0.868	4A	w3
11	190	Quinn, Campbell	Bunn	28	23	7	0.767	4A	w2
12	190	Yarger, Dominic	Currituck County	26	28	11	0.718	5A	w2
15	190	Allen, Maxwell	Croatan	28	35	13	0.729	5A	w2
15	190	Reynolds, Kameron	Knightdale	26	32	12	0.727	7A	w2
1	215	Harris, Judah	Hunt	27	39	2	0.951	5A	1st
2	215	Hall, Syler	Pamlico County	26	37	2	0.949	1A-2A	2nd
3	215	Mason, Wisdom	North Pitt	27	33	6	0.846	4A	1st
4	215	Robinson, Andrew	Pender County	26	35	11	0.761	3A	1st
5	215	Wade, Nick	Rosewood	26	52	5	0.912	1A-2A	4th
6	215	Pridgen, Zy’Aire	Havelock	28	37	14	0.725	5A	4th
7	215	Luciano, Giovani	Northside (Jacksonville)	27	23	9	0.719	5A	2nd
8	215	Salinas, Brian	Washington	26	19	6	0.760	4A	3rd
9	215	Ingles, Porter	Croatan	26	28	10	0.737	5A	3rd
10	215	Pritchard, Benjamin	Amer. Leadership Acad.	26	24	9	0.727	1A-2A	3rd
11	215	McIntyre, Darrell	Laney, Emsley A.	26	37	4	0.902	8A	3rd
12	215	Folks, Dashawn	Ayden-Grifton	26	34	9	0.791	3A	3rd
15	215	Espinosa, Isai	Spring Creek	26	37	7	0.841	3A	w3
15	215	Coltrain, Carson	Manteo	27	33	7	0.825	1A-2A	w2
15	215	Coode, Connor	First Flight	27	30	7	0.811	4A	w2
15	215	Lynch, Logan	Northern Nash	28	30	8	0.789	6A	w2
1	285	Hocker, Mason	Hoggard, John T.	27	39	3	0.929	8A	1st
2	285	Lemke, Josh	Rosewood	27	38	8	0.826	1A-2A	1st
3	285	Garay-Martinez, John	First Flight	26	47	5	0.904	4A	1st
4	285	Clark, Kayden	Southwest Onslow	28	36	5	0.878	4A	2nd
5	285	Ferebee, Steven	Holmes, Edenton	26	20	5	0.800	1A-2A	2nd
6	285	Balkus, Dillon	Wake Forest	27	34	10	0.773	7A	1st
7	285	Bowling, Zander	J.F. Webb	26	30	3	0.909	5A	3rd
8	285	Modina, Jorge	Ayden-Grifton	26	37	3	0.925	3A	3rd
9	285	Whitaker, Jayden	Nash Central	26	17	4	0.810	4A	3rd
10	285	Canady, Deoan	East Wake	27	37	25	0.597	7A	2nd
11	285	Gomez, Ayden	Pamlico County	27	23	9	0.719	1A-2A	3rd
12	285	Thomas, Cory	New Bern	27	43	9	0.827	7A	4th
15	285	Johnson, Cooper	Washington	26	41	9	0.820	4A	w2
15	285	Abbott, Garrison	West Brunswick	27	32	11	0.744	6A	w3
15	285	Shoaf, Judah	Amer. Leadership Acad.	26	21	11	0.656	1A-2A	4th

February 24, 2026 Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | sports, education | Leave a comment

2025-26 Top 40 National High School Wrestling Rankings – Feb. 21, 2026

Oklahoma duals provide the only major changes to national high school wrestling team rankings.

Billy Buckheit | Feb 21, 2026

Bixby placed second in the Oklahoma state duals to No. 15 Stillwater, but the Spartans still made the biggest upward move in this week’s national rankings, going from No. 33 to No. 16. / Bixby Wrestling

Aside from what happened at the 6A Oklahoma State Dual Meet Tournament, the team ranking changes this week were minimal.

California and New Jersey Offer the Best Opportunities for Future Shakeups

We expect more of that as we come to the close of the season. Most of the teams on this list will dominate their state tournaments, with a few potentially having some epic clashes, specifically in California and New Jersey.

Lake Highland Prep and Blair Set for One More Battle at National Prep Tournament

The final word on the National Prep rivalry with Lake Highland Prep and Blair Academy will be settled this weekend, with the winner taking final position over the other. Without any new evidence, it would likely take Buchanan failing to win their Masters tournament this weekend or next week’s states for them to tumble from the top spot.

State Tournament scoring can be skewed given the nature of only the best reaching the podium, so we measure those scores realistically and balance them with all a team’s results.

Like the individuals, the teams have some clear chains then some jumbled spots. We use all results to place them, not just one.

2025-26 Top 40 National High School Wrestling Rankings – Feb. 21, 2026

1-Buchanan, CA

Previous No. 1

Competed at and won the Central Section D1 Tournament over Clovis and Clovis North.

2-Lake Highland Prep, FL

Previous No. 2

Won the Southeast National Prep Qualifier.

3-Blair Academy, NJ

Previous No. 3

Took the team crown at the New Jersey/New York Prep Qualifier. … more at … https://www.si.com/high-school/wrestling/2025-26-top-40-national-high-school-wrestling-rankings-feb-21-2026-01kj06mpa983

February 24, 2026 Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | high-school, history, news, sports | Leave a comment

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Preliminary Final TDR Top 12 – 2026 — (138 – 157 lbs.)

Preliminary Final TDR Top 12 – 2026 — (165 – 285 lbs.)

2025-26 Top 40 National High School Wrestling Rankings – Feb. 21, 2026

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California and New Jersey Offer the Best Opportunities for Future Shakeups

Lake Highland Prep and Blair Set for One More Battle at National Prep Tournament

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