Braxton Amos is ranked No. 3 in the sophomore class (Photo/Sam Janicki)Link: Top 50 Sophomore Rankings
The very talented top ten for the Class of 2020 features very limited change in the rankings at this update. The top three wrestlers in the class remain unchanged, as each was undefeated during their sophomore high school season, though No. 1 A.J. Ferrari (Allen, Texas) and No. 2 Patrick Kennedy (Kasson-Mantorville, Minn.) missed significant stretches of their season due to injury. Ferrari did manage to win titles at the Walsh Ironman and Reno Tournament of Champions prior to his time out due to injury, and augmented the resume with a title last month at the Junior Folkstyle Nationals in Cedar Falls. Ranked third is Braxton Amos (Parkersburg South, W.Va.), who missed all of his freshman season due to injury but responded back as a sophomore with a title at the Super 32 Challenge in the preseason before winning titles at the Walsh Jesuit Ironman and Powerade during December; he also solidified a reputation for being a lethal pinner during this season.
Beau Bartlett (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) and Robert Howard (Bergen Catholic, N.J.) round out the top five, though they have flipped positions, now sitting at fourth and fifth in that order. Bartlett won a second straight National Prep title and was named Outstanding Wrestler at the Powerade with wins over a pair of top ten wrestlers in the country at his weight class during the event; while Howard won his first New Jersey state title with wins over a pair of wrestlers ranked within the top twelve of the country, along with three other wins over top six opponents in his weight class.
Rounding out the top ten are five more two-time state (or National Prep) champions, including Cadet world team member Julian Tagg (Brecksville, Ohio) and Trevor Mastrogiovanni (Blair Academy, N.J.) -- who upset a two-time Cadet world champion to win his National Prep title -- coming in at seventh and eighth. Going outward from 11th through 16th in the rankings, five of those wrestlers are two-time state champions.
The Keystone State is most loaded in this class with seven members of the top 50, including five of the top twenty. Missouri also is excellent in group with six in the rankings, including a pair of teammates from Liberty, Jeremiah Reno and Greyden Penner. The other pair of teammates ranked are Fidel Mayora and Dylan Ragusin from Montini Cathollic, who are among four ranked wrestlers from Illinois. Other states with four wrestlers ranked are New Jersey and California; Ohio has five ranked wrestlers, while Oklahoma has three.
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