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IWIN- I think you love you some Nathan Boston more than Nathan Boston loves himself. It's overly obvious your admiration of the young man and he is a fine wrestler indeed. However he was not untouchable by any means this year. A 1-0 victory over Keegan Duncan and a 2-1 victory over Gus Adams doesn't satisfy "untouchable" for me. As far as Flo goes, He wrestled well but it was clear he was massive against all the 106 pounders he wrestled. His finals match was against a 106 pound champ from New York. I would take a Senior or Junior national title over a Flo champ as I would take a Fargo AA ( Sean Fausz) over any champ from an off season event. Nathan is good but I can't but him ahead of anybody on this list. Had he wrestled at Cadet Nationals or Fargo then maybe. Also had he stayed at 120 he would have finished runner up to Blackwell this season. And tap out- Cooper finished fifth in 2011 so Sean is second highest I believe.

As much a like both boys, I dont see a senerio where Brady, Tanner, Krebs, and Moore are in the starting lineup for CC this year. I don't see any of these four beating CC, 112 pounder last year, who is probably going to be 120 this season. That means Krebs will more than likely wrestle off Moore at 112, which I give the edge to Krebs. Then at 106 you have Brady, Tanner, and Hahn all battling it out at this weight.

Congrats!

Coltyn wrapped up another outstanding weekend! Finishing 7-1 with Golden Cross at Virginia Beach Nationals. 2nd time this summer Coltyn has dominated out of state comp and achieved AA status. Only loss was due to INJ forfeit. He also beat nationally ranked Flo wrestler Nye 9-2! Great job big boy and good luck at LaSalle next year! Don't forget where you came from big boy!

I've been itching to do this all day. FCHS you have me inspired. Take it for what it is worth, I am a Northern Kentucky Homer and not afraid to admit it. My only thing is if you are going to argue with me please provide validation for that arguement. I can admit when I am wrong and take it like a MAN! Also if my stats are wrong just let me know. I am doing this all off of memory so I'm bound to have something incorrect. As I get correct information I can edit my post. Here we go! P4P Brock Ervin- 4x KY State Champion, Ironman 5th Place, Sophmore and Junior Nationals Champion, MOW at Scholastic Duals two consecutive years. Austin Myers- 2x KY State Champion, Freshman and Sophmore National Champion, Undefeated two years in all Folkstyle matches. Nathan Boston- 1x KY State Champion, 1x Indiana State Champion, 2x FloNationals Champion Trea Blackwell- 2x KY State Champion, Cadet Folkstyle National Champion, Solid showing at Scholastic Duals Sean Fausz- 1x KY State Champion, 4th at Junior Nationals, Placer at Sophmore Nationals, Solid showing at Scholastic Duals Justin Lampe- 1x KY State Champion, Solid showing at Scholastic Duals Mike Whalen- 1x KY State Champion, Sophmore All-American (NHSCA) HM: Jorge Vega, John Shirkey, Dominic Lampe, Wyatt Courtney, Logan Jones, and Eli Mathews Middle School (These kids could have impact on High School team) Mason Smith (WV) Ryan Moore (CC) Brock Whorton (John Hardin) Wes Gray (Caldwell County) Freshman Bryce Sheffer (Union County) 5th place as 8th grader, 4x KYSWA State Champion Max Androni (Woodford County) 8th place as 8th grader, 1x KYSWA State Champioin Coltyn Kearns (Conner High School) 1x KYSWA State Champion Geordon Blanton (Johnson Central) 2x KYSWA State Champion Casey Cornet (Dixie High School) 1x KYSWA State Champion HM: Jared Branch, Chance Oxford, and Hunter Ruber Sophmore Johny Meimen (Ryle) 4th place at 170 Tucker Mueller (SK) 4th place at 220 AJ Binder (STX) 3rd place at 106 Landon Young (Laf) Runner up at HWY Keegan Duncan (Trinity) 4th place at 126 HM: Hudson Heidorf, Brady Emerson, Dylan West, and Logan Erdman Junior Austin Myers (CC) 2x State Champion, 74-0 in season record Jorge Vega (Fern Creek) 1x KY State Champion Eli Matthews (CC) 2x State Placer John Shirkey (Oldham County) 2x State Placer, possibly 3x Dominic Lampe (STX) 2x State Placer HM: Caleb Austin, Eli Miller, and Joey Scaggs Senior Brock Ervin (UC) 4x State Champion, Never lost to KY opponent Nathan Boston (Woodford County) 1x KY State Champion, 1x Indiana State Champion Trea Blackwell (UC) 2x State Champion Sean Fausz (CC) 1x State Champion Justin Lampe (STX) 1x State Champion Mike Whalen (HC) 1x State Champion Clay Brown (WV) Multiple time state placer Conner Wilkenson (Oldham County) Multiple time state placer Logan Jones (WV) 1x Runner up, and 2x State placer Wyatt Courtney (Woodford County) Multiple time state placer HM: Trevor Thompson, Chris Gilkey, and Dustin Turner Also after looking analyzing the information I think KY's sophmore class is the of the strongest classes top-to-bottom I've seen come through KY in a long time. I can't wait to watch these young men develop and get even better!

Brock landed at number 5- Fausz number 11- Blackwell 15- and Myers at 11- I think next year at some point we will see match ups between Fausz, Ervin, Blackwell, and Boston! Can't wait for that!

What a great way to honor that young man. This is really cool and really special.

I think you all are forgetting that four of the mentioned coaches are middle school and youth. With that said they have a very fine staff. Looks like kids will get a lot of individual attention by a group of state champs which is never a bad thing. They have a lot of ground to make up and plan on doing that quickly and being a force in NKY in the next few seasons.

This topic gets brought up quite frequently as the off-season begins. So based off of where you have attended camps, which ones do you consider the best? For me- 1. Jeff Jordan's State Champ Camp- I can not speak on the camp now, as I have not been in over 8 years but when I was there, there was no better camp around. In my first sesson alone, I had 6 future NCAA All-Americans and 2 National Champs out of 18 kids! Also when I started there Jeff ran every single session, team camps had not started yet so you got only the best instruction. Zerkle, Jim, and Jeff at nearly every session was out of this world good. 2. Gramby- While I have never been, cousins of mine and several wrestlers I've coached have and they speak very highly of this camp. From the intense drill sessions to the competitive open mats this camp has it all. 3. Mitch Clarks Take Top Camp- From everything I've heard hands down the best "top camp" in the county. Clark won an NCAA title by tech fall with nearly all of his points coming from on top. Home to Logan and Hunter Steiber, Mitch Clarks runs a great tilt and turn series that I picked up a few years back at his camp. He is also great to coaches who want to come up and watch. Encourages video tapping and overall is a cool dude. 4. J Robinson's Intensity Camp- Never went but everyone who has been there makes me never to want to go! Haha, super intense and a camp that builds wrestling warriors. 5. Ken Chertows- Basically the McDonalds of wrestling camps. Not the best, but probably the most marketed camp out there. Gets a lot of quality wrestlers and a lot of slouches. Technique is typicall "camp technique" and something you would probably never use in a match. Been there twice as a wrestler and held my own which speaks volume to the quality of the camp. The month long camp would probably be a great value with everything included in that month. So there is my top 5. Would love to hear everyone's thoughts on this, esp Mpire who I know has taken his boy's to hunderds of camps over the years.

Slow ride- you are quite the jerk! I forgot we have a new tough guy on the blocks. Instead of ridiculing another for their post how bout you be the bigger man and respect their opinion and keep your jack ass comments to yourself.

Just because you go to three Jeff Jordan camps, which is over kill I think, doesn't make you a top ten wrestler. It's great he is wrestling that much over the summer. But Jordan's has become really watered down over the years during the summer. I remember going there and it's being a meat grinder. Dustin Schlatter, Cameron Doggett, Lance Palmer, Colton Palmer (NC) Aaron Hart, Mike Gray, Mike DiSolvo (Sp?) and one of the Pepplemans, were in my group of 18 kids. To say I was out of my league was an understatement at best!

Antonio McCloud from Holmes should be on the list in the upper weights. Really good kid and a state qualifier. Holmes has some athletes on their team. They have really made great strides over the past three years.

Physcotic wrestler- you are making those at Scott look real bad. I know coach Graven really well, I competed against him in school and I know he would shake his had that somebody from his school would blast another for their opinion. Mr Graven is a class act and wouldn't be cool with the way you attacked a young man having fun with his own rankings. Remember rankings are worth as much as the paper they are on, or forum, in this case.

Trevor Thompson will remain at 195. He made it easy last season and has been wrestling in the off season around 190 to 185. I think he is the front runner there too. He tech pinned miller from Scott twice and he has beat Darrious in the past. I think he brings home Conners first gold in 18 years. Derek Wiley will also more than likely be at 120 maybe higher. I'm hearing he is hitting a growth spurt and I think he gets pretty big if his dad is any indication. Those two are the only ones I'm really familiar with.

Ranger- what's ur take on the list? Anyone you would remove, add, etc...

How did Leavell do at state last year?

Haha my bad Mpire. I was trying to remember Austin's record from the past two years

Congrats Tucker! Can't remember the last time KY had a champ at TOC. I would like to give a shout out to Samuel Grandstaff who has now placed in the event 3 out of the last 4 years he's been there. 6th a few years back, 4th last year then 7th this year. It's odd the Jacob Grandstaff has yet to place at the event but I'm sure his time will come. Anyways congrats KY boys that attend the event

Only three KY boys made it; Nathan Boston #5 Brock Ervin #11 Austin Myers #17 Congrats boys-

I was going to say the same thing Mpire. Flo seems to give preference to their tournament than maybe other national events. Also I think Flo has a bias toward PA, NY and NJ which are all amazing wrestling states but not the end all be all. I thought for sure Kevin and Stephan would be on there as well as Blackwell in HM. I expected Austin to be in the top 10 and no way is there a freshman ranked higher than him in the country. I'm not buying it.

I love that this event is on track for anyone who can't attend. Looks like Kentucky is doing real well. I didn't see a lot of state champs from other states competiting which Is kind of a let down. I would one day like to see a Kentucky All-stars vs Ohio all-stars square off like they do in basketball.

Is there a teaching position available as well?

Mpire- I remember a few years ago I was hanging out with some people from Moe and said Stephan was already receiving info Cornell and Rutgers? I know historically Rutgers doesn't recruit outside of NJ or PA- any truth to this? You can shoot me a Pm if you like.

Well done young man! 4th place in guessing?

I predicted Stephan would finish top 4 before the event and ATM would bring home the gold! Go get'em boys!