Wrestling is ALIVE and well in Virginia. In a year past the pandemic and no restrictions, its obvious to see that high school wrestling is in a good place. In completion of the VHSL State Wrestling Championships and now hosting first ever Girls Wrestling States we ponder what is next. As the Corner of the Mat wraps up the high school post season NOVA wrestling ranking, we would like to say congratulations to everyone in making a successful 2022-23 year of wrestling. The Virginia Beach Sport Complex hosted the 2023 6A, 5A, and 4A State Championships which had most of the high school teams in this NOVA ranking attending this State event. So, understand that these ranking come to life based on being able to witness the many high school teams in action. Below are the 2023 post season public high school NOVA rankings.
1 James Robinson On the bubble teams: Loudoun County, Woodgrove, Stone Bridge, and Fairfax. We are only going to highlight the top five NOVA teams as we conclude the season ending NOVA rankings. James Robinson HS. Ranked second in the NOVA rankings heading into the post season as they took a second in their Patriot District Championships, then took a first in 6A Region C Championships. Robinson advanced eight wrestlers onto the State Championships. The Rams had three state champions Caden Smith (106), Tristan Corbin (138), and Robert Kucharcz (175), and a sixth placer Garrett Nicholso (165). Robinson was in third with 82 points to Westfield 96.5 team points heading in the State Championship finals as the Rams earned 16 team points with three state champions to jump Chantilly and Westfield to win the State Championships. Picture here is Robinson HS. Wrestling team Instagram post after winning the 6A State Championships.
Westfield HS. Suffered two dual losses to Battlefield and Chantilly late in the season which drop Westfield out of the NOVA ranking in January. But once the post season came around, the Bulldogs finished strong by winning the Concorde District and the Region D Championships advancing seven wrestlers onto the 6A State Championships. Westfield showed strength the first day of the state tournament while advancing five wrestlers onto Saturday and put four wrestlers into the State Semi-Finals. Only advancing one wrestler onto the State finals left the door open for the field to catch them. Nick Ta (132) took second place honors, Carson Easlick (120) and Robert Rerras (138) both took third place, Brendan Sholder (113) earned fourth place, and Jake Brubaker (150) finished in fifth place. Picture here is from SC ( @Spladlecity ) Instagram post of some of the 6A State Champion winners. SC collaborated with Virginia Wrestling ( @VAWrestling ) with this post.
Chantilly HS. Cracking the NOVA rankings the week of January 29th at number eight, Chantilly continue to show improvement taking second behind Westfield in the Concorde District, and then third place in the Region D Championships. Chantilly advanced six wrestlers to States and most certainly in the mix to win States. Ezekiel Keel (113) and Benjamin Weader (144) both won states for Chantilly, while Carter Shin (106) took third place honors, and Winston Hively (157) was fourth place. Chantilly ending in third place at States. Picture here is team Chantilly Instagram post after the 6A State Championships.
George C. Marshall HS. Winning the Liberty District with 198 team points and the following week take second place in the Region D Championships behind Westfield HS. Marshall entered the 6A State Championships by advancing seven wrestlers onto the States. Owen Lebkisher (157) won the State Champions and became Marshall first state champion in 50 years. Benjamin Levy (120) took a second place, Soren Pirhoun (285) was third place, and Faisal Attai (150) took home sixth place status. Picture here is team Marshall HS. Instagram post after winning the Liberty District on Feb. 4th.
Battlefield HS. The Bobcats were ranked first in the NOVA ranking heading into the post season. Having an undefeated 17-0 season dual meet record while winning five in-season tournaments, the Bobcats seemed ready for the post season. Battlefield won the Cedar Run District and the Region B Championships and advanced ten wrestlers to States. Battlefield finished up having three state placers Logan Kat (106) and Cooper Lockhart (157) earning state runner up status while Matthew Arndt (126) brough home fifth place honors. Picture here is Battlefield HS. Instagram post after winning the Region B Championships on Feb. 11th
The top ranked six to ten NOVA wrestling teams and how they finished up: Mountain View HS. wins the 5A State Championships and Book Point HS. takes a third place. Skyline HS. ends up third place in the 3A State Championships, while Independence HS. takes 6th place in the 5A States and Sherando HS. earns 6th place status in the 4A States
6A, 5A, and 4A team results State Championshipships: Results of the Championship Finals: FINAL UPDATE: VHSL Wrestling State Championships Results of the Championship Semi-Finals: SEMI-FINAL UPDATE: VHSL Wrestling State Championships Results of the Championship Quarters: DAY 1 RECAP: VHSL Wrestling State Championships Results of the Championship Round 1: DAY 1 UPDATE: VHSL Wrestling State Championships 2022-23 NOVA rankings: NOVA WRESTLING RANKINGS: Top 10 Wrestling teams in Northern Virginia (Jan. 22nd) NOVA WRESTLING RANKINGS: Top 10 Wrestling teams in Northern Virginia (Jan. 15th) NOVA WRESTLING RANKINGS: Top 10 Wrestling teams in Northern Virginia (Jan. 8th) NOVA WRESTLING RANKINGS: Top 10 Wrestling teams in Northern Virginia (Dec. 30th)
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