The Louisville Courier Journal published a small article on the preseason rankings for Wrestling.
Woodford County No. 1 again in wrestling
Defending state wrestling champion Woodford County has two grapplers ranked No. 1 in their individual weight classes in the coaches' preseason poll.
The Yellowjackets also are favored as a team to win their 12th overall state title. South Oldham is No. 2, followed by LaRue County, Ryle and Fern Creek.
Five Louisville-area wrestlers are ranked No. 1 in their weight classes, including four defending state champions.
Fern Creek's Caleb Wood won at the 112-pound weight class,
South Oldham's Derek Scott at 125,
South Oldham's Taylor Scherer at 215
Trinity's Mike Clark at heavyweight.
Eastern's Ben Rupp also is tabbed No. 1 at 160.
Here are the rankings:
Teams - 1. Woodford County, 2. South Oldham, 3. LaRue County, 4. Ryle, 5. Fern Creek, 6. Oldham County, 7. Sheldon Clark, 8. Harrison County, 9. Campbell County, 10. North Hardin, 11. Eastern, 12. Union County, 13. Trinity, 14. Simon Kenton, 15. Wayne County.
103: Travis Sullivan (Wayne County), Adam Carr (Union County).
112: Caleb Wood (Fern Creek), Coty Lewis (Woodford County).
119: Stacy Miller (LaRue County), Ben Warner (Oldham County).
125: Derek Scott (South Oldham), Daniel Thueneman (Scott).
130: Harrison Courtney (Woodford County), Joey Sanders (Wayne County).
135: Jacob Murton (Lawrence County), Brandon Howard (Sheldon Clark). 140: Bobby Aylor (Ryle), Brian Wilson (Campbell County).
145: Austin Cooper (Simon Kenton), John Wolsiefer (Fern Creek).
152: Tony King (Dixie Heights), Nathan Lovewell (South Oldham).
160: Ben Rupp (Eastern), Will Starks (Woodford County).
171: Mark Jones (North Hardin), Greg Ashworth (Ryle).
189: Richard Starks (Woodford County), Alex Wenninger (Oldham County).
215: Taylor Scherer (South Oldham), Matt Byrd (Woodford County). Heavyweight : Mike Clark (Trinity), Kyle Goodwrich (Woodford County).
