Cohlton Schultz is the nation's top-ranked wrestler in the Class of 2019 (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)Link: Top 50 Junior Rankings
For the last time, the Class of 2019 will be ranked as a junior grouping with a top 50 published. Remaining the top wrestler in this group is Cohlton Schultz (Ponderosa, Colo), who finished the season undefeated at 285 pounds winning titles at the Walsh Jesuit Ironman, Reno Tournament of Champions, Doc Buchanan Invitational, Top of the Rockies Tournament, and the Rocky Welton Invitational to go with his state championship. Along the way very few matches ended in something other than a pin, with most of those first-period pins. The signature match of his season came in the final of the Doc Buchanan Invitational when he beat Penn State signee Seth Nevills, a four-time California state champion, by a 3-2 decision.
Ranked second and third in this class are fellow Cadet world champions Daniel Kerkvliet (Simley, Minn.) and Kurt McHenry (St. Paul's, Md.). Kerkvliet won his world title at 100 kilos in freestyle, while Schultz was the champion at 100 kilos in Greco-Roman; his scholastic season yielded a third state title, with his lone loss coming by a 3-2 score up a weight class against the nation's top senior Gable Steveson. For McHenry, his second Cadet world title in freestyle came this past summer at 46 kilos; his lone blemish came in the National Prep final against Trevor Mastrogiovanni by a 3-1 score in overtime, an opponent he had beaten earlier in the season to win the Beast of the East.
Rounding out the top five are Jordan Decatur (CVCA, Ohio) and Julian Ramirez (Blair Academy, N.J.). Decatur won a second state title this season; while Ramirez earned a first National Prep title to go with his third-place finish in that event last year, and Florida state titles that he earned in 2015 and 2016.
Decatur is joined by nine other Ohio wrestlers in the top fifty of this class. The group includes Jordan's twin brother Jacob, who also attends CVCA; as well as a pair from St. Edward and Olentangy Liberty. Ramirez headlines seven other wrestlers that attend high school in the Garden State of New Jersey, including Blair Academy teammates Michael Colaiocco and Chris Cannon; also among that group are a pair of Bergen Catholic wrestlers. Five wrestlers each from Illinois and Pennsylvania appear in the top fifty. The only other set of teammates in the top fifty comes from Detroit Catholic Central (Mich.), Kevon Davenport and Cameron Amine.
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