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BEAR TRACKS 2021- 2022

Edition – Preseason

Date of Issue: December 1, 2021

1. Wrestlers are ranked per established criteria. Ranking will change as head to head matches occur, wrestlers change weight classes and when a wrestler enters into action.
2. All regional head to head matches are now deemed significant. These matches will be tracked under each regional heading.
3. All other significant matches will be recorded as last season.
4. There will be a few non-ranked wrestlers “perched” down under their region heading. This is where non-state tournament wrestlers and freshman will be placed until they win matches to justify ranking. Look for this area to grow.

Weight Classes: 182 to 285

182 AA/A
1 Bush/Cameron/Champion/R1
2 Clark/Berkeley Springs/Runner Up/R1
3 Jones/Nicholas County/Third/R3
4 Vandall/Greenbrier West/Q2/R3
5 Burdette/Sissonville/Q1/R4
6 Polk/Shady Spring/Q/R3/QOP 17
7 Leavitt/Lewis County/Q/R2/QOP 10
8 Miller/East Hardy/Q/R2/QOP 4
9 Howell/Winfield/Q/R4/QOP 3

182 AA /A Regional Significant Matches:
Region 1
Region 2
Delawder/Moorefield
Region 3
Region 4
Lockhart/Wirt County

182 AAA
1 Edge/St. Albans/Champion/R3
2 Edwards/Parkersburg South/Runner Up/R4
3 Misner/Huntington/Runner Up/R4
4 Nixon/Wheeling Park/Third/R1
5 Taylor/University/Q2/R1
6 Jones/Spring Mills/Q1/R2

182 AAA Regional Significant Matches:
Region 1
Region 2
Region 3
Lively/Riverside
Region 4
Giompalo/Cabell Midland


195 AA/A
1 Britton/Sissonville/Fourth/R4
2 Moore/Braxton/Fifth/R2
3 Connolly/Point Pleasant/Q2/R4
4 Rough/Berkeley Springs/Q1/R1/QOP 14
5 Hardbarger/Moorefield/Q1/R2/QOP 5
6 Hart/Independence/Q/R3

195 AA/A Regional Significant Matches:
Region 1
Region 2
Region 3
Region 4

195 AAA
1 Bentley/Mussellman/Champion/R2
2 Fischer/Cabell Midland/Third/R4
3 Howard/Parkersburg/Fourth/R4
4 Underwood/Oak Hill/Q2/R3
5 Wise/Brooke/Q/R1/QOP 6
6 Holderby/Riverside/Q/R3/QOP 6
7 O’Conner/Morgantown/Q/R1/QOP 3

195 AAA Regional Significant Matches:
Region 1
Kehler/University
Region 2
Region 3
Region 4
Morris/Parkersburg South

220 AA/A
1 Casto/Clay County/Runner Up/R2
2 Houser/St. Mary’s/Fifth/R1
3 Hockman/East Hardy/Q2/R2
4 Worstell/Nitro/Q1/R4/QOP 16
5 Fuelhart/Winfield/Q1/R4/QOP 5

220 AA/A Regional Significant Matches:
Region 1
Region 2
Region 3
Region 4

220 AAA
1 Brothers/Wheeling Park/Champion/R1
2 Mullins/Greenbrier East/Runner Up/R3
3 Allen/St. Albans/Fifth/R3
4 Donivan/Spring Mills/Sixth/R2
5 Hasenbuhler/Martinsburg/Q2/R2
6 Blaney/Preston County/Q1/R1

220 AAA Regional Significant Matches:
Region 1
Region 2
Region 3
Truman/Oak Hill
Williams/Riverside
Region 4

285 AA/A
1 Atkinson/Hoover/Fourth/R3
2 Helm/East Fairmont/Q2/R1/QOP 17
3 Burnside/Doddridge/Q2/R2/QOP 16
4 Isom/Independence/Q1/R3/QOP 9
5 Riley/Buffalo/Q1/R4/QOP 9
6 Wagstaff/St. Mary’s/Q/R1/QOP 17
7 Lane/Ravenswood/Q/R4/QOP 13
8 Huffman/Winfield/Q/R4/QOP 3

285 AA/A Regional Significant Matches:
Region 1
Region 2
Region 3
Region 4


285 AAA
1 Jones/Parkersburg/Runner Up/R4
2 Mullet/George Washington/Third/R3
3 Roy/St. Albans/Third/R3
4 Evans/Woodrow Wilson/Fourth/R3
5 Turney/University/Fifth/R17
6 Martin/Huntington/Sixth/R4
7 McCann/Spring Valley/Q2/R4
8 Lewis/Princeton/Q1/R3/QOP 21
9 Naylor/Oak Hill/Q1/R3/QOP 7
10 Bennett/Buckhannon Upshur/Q/R1

285 AAA Regional Significant Matches:
Region 1
Region 2
Bynum/Spring Mills

Region 3
Armstrong/Riverside
Region 4

Great work getting this information out! The only person that I think you forgot about at
AAA 285 is the Summers kid from Bridgeport. I think he probably should be at the top of the list! He beat Tamburin last year in the regionals but did not get a chance to wrestle in the State Tournament because of covid! I may have gotten the criteria wrong for your post, if I did I am sorry! I'm Old!!!

Price of Point Pleasant should be ranked high, I do not see him on the list.

baxter841 wrote:Price of Point Pleasant should be ranked high, I do not see him on the list.

Despite not getting to compete in the state tournament due to a BS Covid exposure decision, Price was ranked anyway. He is listed as #2 at 145.

This was done through Bear Track executive decision because he is an uncrowned state champion. However, in an effort to not completely throw the system out of the window, I was not going to place him above any returning state champion.

Colby Price of Point not Judah Price

baxter841 wrote:Colby Price of Point not Judah Price

My bad. I was rushing around packing. I checked on Colby Price before releasing the preseason rankings. The word on the street is he will be 220 but not ready yet.

soupbone wrote:Great work getting this information out! The only person that I think you forgot about at
AAA 285 is the Summers kid from Bridgeport. I think he probably should be at the top of the list! He beat Tamburin last year in the regionals but did not get a chance to wrestle in the State Tournament because of covid! I may have gotten the criteria wrong for your post, if I did I am sorry! I'm Old!!!

Summers was going to be made preseason #1 by way of Bear Tracks Executive Order. However, I learned he is dealing with a football injury while I was running down all returning state qualifying wrestlers. Despite getting the shaft last season, I did recon on Summers and Starkey of BP. Thanks for the input though.

soupbone wrote:Great work getting this information out! The only person that I think you forgot about at
AAA 285 is the Summers kid from Bridgeport. I think he probably should be at the top of the list! He beat Tamburin last year in the regionals but did not get a chance to wrestle in the State Tournament because of covid! I may have gotten the criteria wrong for your post, if I did I am sorry! I'm Old!!!

Summers was going to be made preseason #1 by way of Bear Tracks Executive Order. However, I learned he is dealing with a football injury while I was running down all returning state qualifying wrestlers. Despite getting the shaft last season, I did recon on Summers and Starkey of BP. Thanks for the input though.

Opening night saw the top four 182s bang heads in Title Town. When was the last time this ever happened???

Has Bush and Edge wrestled each other lately? Surprised Edge can still hold 182.

Bearhugger wrote:Opening night saw the top four 182s bang heads in Title Town. When was the last time this ever happened???

Results?

Letsgooo wrote:Has Bush and Edge wrestled each other lately? Surprised Edge can still hold 182.

Don't know about Bush and Edge, but Edge looks real good at 182 and didn't seem fatigued or drained against Edwards. He doesn't look to have gotten any taller, which helps.