The Corner of the Mat is now in its third year of the NOVA rankings as high school wrestling continues to improve across the region and state. As the ranking field will stay the same (15 teams) we are aware of the many teams that can improve and hope all will. While some HS. teams have traveled out of the region and state for individual competition and teams may have had wrestlers out or teams have split rosters into two teams’ events has made for more opportunity for more wrestlers to compete and gain experience at weekend events. It’s clear that the increased participation is happening. Tracking high school wrestling teams through the month of December and early January, the following is the first Corner of the Mat Top 15 teams Wrestling ranking for Jan 6, 2025. As December wrestling brought these teams to the top of the ranking, the Joe Verciglio Memorial Tournament really defined the top 10 wrestling teams.
NOVA WRESTLING RANKINGS:Jan. 6th Rankings:
Wrestling Round-up: While most high school wrestling teams were in action over the holiday break, the 2025 Joe Verciglio Memorial Tournament hosted by Chantilly HS. show cased the best NOVA teams. Six of the teams that make the Jan 6th ranking competed at Joe V. tournament. Grassfield HS. out of Chesapeake, Virginia won the 15 team tournament out score all with 246.5 points with three Champions: 165 Nate Moore, 175 Brady Greene, and 285 Christopher Funches. Grassfield looks to be the front runner to win the 6A title. Woodgrove HS. the returning 4A State Champions from last year also looked good with a full line up as they took second place with 221.5 points. 144 Colten Jones, 150 Sawyer Jones, and 215 Ibrahim Zaky all earned first place for the Wolverines.
Joe Verciglio top 10 team results: 2 Woodgrove 221.5 3 Chantilly 167 4 Westfield 162.5 5 Independence 161.5 6 Poquoson 154 7 West Springfield 131.5 8 James W. Robinson 123.5 9 Battlefield 118 10 Yorktown 45
Joe Verciglio Individual results: 113 Carter Shin (Chantilly) won TF over Leland Mendez (Grassfield) 120 Cambyses Khani (Yorktown) won MD 12-4 over Troy Kang (James W. Robinson) 126 Lucas Johnson (Independence) won Fall 4:18 over Logan Katz (Battlefield) 132 Tyler Dekraker (Chantilly) won Fall 3:09 over Jared Goodson (Poquoson) 138 Carson Easlick (Westfield) won MD 10-2 over Ethan Glessner (St. John`s College HS) 144 Colten Jones (Woodgrove) won Dec 10-5 over Bryan Latta (Poquoson) 150 Sawyer Jones (Woodgrove) won TF over Reed Booth (Poquoson) 157 Matthew Arndt (Battlefield) won MD 15-2 over Nick Moore (Grassfield) 165 Nate Moore (Grassfield) won MD 10-1 over Jake Brubaker (Westfield) 175 Brady Greene (Grassfield) won Dec 7-5 over David Carey (West Springfield) 190 Wylan Snoddy (West Springfield) won Dec 7-5 over Luke Benkelman (Woodgrove) 215 Ibrahim Zaky (Woodgrove) won MD 10-0 over Chase Burns (Grassfield) 285 Christopher Funches (Grassfield) won Fall 2:34 over McCoy Miller (Allentown Central Cath Hs)
Joe Verciglio: Complete results
While the wrestling season contiunes through January dual season, look for the Corner of the Mat to contiune with team ranking in the weeks ahead. Past NOVA Roundups: NOVA Wrestling Round up Week 3 NOVA Wrestling Round up Week 3 NOVA Wrestling Round up Week 1 External Links:
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