Like last year, I will not be doing weight classed rankings for the first two weeks of the season. The growth that happens, both physically and in skill is so great every offseason that they are essentially meaningless (although some of you argue the rankings are always meaningless :)). I will do the first weight class rankings after we have a couple weeks of results to look at. In the meantime, what we can talk about is the P4P list. Frankly, there is no mystery at number 1. There probably isn’t much mystery 1-6. Below that is where things get interesting. Im particularly interested to see what some of last years freshman crop produces this season. Also interesting in considering some of these spots is a small shift in the balance of power within the weights. For the last few years the depth has resided in the lower weights. This season I expect the middleweights to carry the state. Without further ado, here is your first release of P4P rankings for 2018/19.
| Connor McGonagle | Timberlane | G12 | D1 |
| Hayden Brown | Exeter | G12 | D1 |
| Tristen Cabinta | Salem | G12 | D1 |
| Kyle Gora | Alvirne | G10 | D1 |
| Sterling McLaughlin | Pinkerton | G11 | D1 |
| Noah Strout | Oyster River | G12 | D2 |
| Matt Adams | Salem | G11 | D1 |
| Jon Austin | White Mountain | G12 | D3 |
| Dan Franco | BG | G12 | D2 |
| Robbie Fahey | Pinkerton | G12 | D1 |
Great list, Didn’t Noah Stout make it to the New England finals last year though? I would of thought he would of been higher on the list.
A perfectly valid viewpoint to imperfect science of ranking p4p. Certainly possible he moves up quickly
My opinion: top two are no brainers. Then the rest will all cycle up and down from 3rd to 10th. Strout, Austin, and Adams will all go undefeated in NH this year. The others on the list could get beat on an off day.
It will be tough to go undefeated if Adams and Austin are in the same weight class.
Is AJ from Bedford not wrestling? I would have him at three.
I did indeed have AJ Pagliarulo at 3…unfortunately he has a sustained an undisclosed, season ending injury. Really tough for one of our best wrestlers and a really great kid.
I hope he will be ok. As you said, great kid on and off the mat. The sport needs more kids like him!!
Strout should really start at 2. He dominated in NH last year and took second in New England’s . Not sure why Klombard thinks top 2 are no brainers
If nothing else, 6 is way too low
Well, I’ve watched both Strout and Brown the last few years and they have virtually identical statistics in their respective weight classes. So it’s just my opinion that Brown is a better wrestler using the eye test.
Fair enough. More in disagreement about it being a no brainer
For me, NE runner up would be the tie breaker
I don’t have a problem being wrong. P4P is really tough. I totally understand your arguement. Some other things to consider would be things like strength of the brackets, etc. For me its not just about the result in a vacuum.