Week 5 Team Rankings

HARTLAND SHOCKS LOWELL

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DIVISION 1 (1/19)

#1 Brighton (1)
The Bulldogs continued to roll on Saturday, handily winning the Williamston Classic ahead of D3 #4 Chippewa Hills and a couple of additional ranked squads.

#2 Detroit CC (2)
The Shamrocks had their biggest win of the year on Thursday night, defeating D1 #5 Davison by a score of 34-30. On Saturday they rolled to a 5-0 record at the Bill Witgen Memorial Duals with their most notable win coming by a 36-26 score against host D1 #8 Macomb Dakota.

#3 Anchor Bay (4)
The Tars picked up a big win on Wednesday night, topping county rival D1 #8 Macomb Dakota by a score of 43-21.

#4 Hartland (5)
On Saturday the Eagles picked up a monster win that few predicted when they knocked off D2 #2 Lowell by a 28-26 score. They also had a dominant 60-9 win over D1 #6 Grandville.

#5 Davison (3)
The Cardinals took a 34-30 loss at the hands of D1 #2 DCC on Thursday night. They take a bit of a tumble in the rankings based on their previous loss to D2 #2 Lowell who Hartland beat on Saturday.

#6 Grandville (6)
The Bulldogs went 3-1 in Lowell on Sunday. They had solid wins by 20+ against D1 foes Plymouth and BC Lakeview with their only loss coming to D1 #4 Hartland.

#7 Walled Lake Central (7)

#8 Macomb Dakota (8)
The Cougars dropped a couple of competitive duals to top-3 teams this week, losing 43-21 against D1 #3 Anchor Bay on Wednesday and 36-26 to D1 #2 DCC on Saturday.

#9 Holt (9)
On Saturday the Rams were in action at the always tough Williamston Classic and finished the day in 5th place.

#10 Grand Ledge (10)
The Comets won the Holland West Ottawa Invitational on Saturday, outscoring runner-up Greenville by 24 points.

DIVISION 2 (1/19)

#1 St Johns (2)
The Red Wings were team champs at Hudson Super 16 on Saturday, outscoring runner-up D3 #1 Dundee by 40+ points. They also had a 44-27 win over D2 #5 DeWitt on Wednesday.

#2 Lowell (1)
On Saturday the Red Arrows suffered their first in-state dual meet loss of the season, falling to D1 #4 Hartland by a score of 28-26.

#3 Niles (3)

#4 Eaton Rapids (5)
The Greyhounds finished 3rd at the Williamston Classic on Saturday, behind D1 #1 Brighton and D3 #4 Chippewa Hills, and ahead of Southgate Anderson and D1 #9 Holt.

#5 DeWitt (NR)
On Wednesday night DeWitt wrestled well against D2 #1 St Johns, losing by a competitive score of 44-27.

#6 Gaylord (6)

#7 Flint Kearsley (NR)
The Hornets had a huge day at Marysville on Saturday where they upset D2 #8 Bay City Western en route to a team title at the Gatorade Duals.

#8 Bay City Western (4)
The Warriors finished 4-1 at Saturday’s Gatorade Duals hosted by Marysville. They suffered a loss to D2 #7 Kearsley, and had a good win over formerly D2-ranked Clio.

#9 Byron Center (NR)
The Bulldogs finished 3-2 at Lowell’s Gary Rivers Memorial Duals on Saturday. They had a big win over D2 #10 Sturgis while suffering losses to D2 #2 Lowell and D3 #8 Allendale.

#10 Sturgis (8)
The Trojans ran into some tough competition in Lowell on Saturday and emerged with a 2-3 record, dropping duals to D2 #2 Lowell, D2 #9 Byron Center, and Portage Northern.

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DIVISION 3 (1/19)

#1 Dundee (1)
The Vikings finished runner-up at Hudson Super 16 on Saturday, behind D2 #1 St Johns and ahead of D3 #2 Richmond.

#2 Richmond (2)
On Saturday the Blue Devils earned a 3rd place finish at Hudson Super 16, behind D2 #1 St Johns and D3 #1 Dundee, and ahead of D3 #3 GRCC.

#3 Grand Rapids CC (3)
Like their highly ranked D3 counterparts, the Cougars were also in action at Hudson on Saturday. They finished in 4th, outscoring 5th place Oxford by 35.5 points.

#4 Chippewa Hills (4)
The Warriors had a good day at the Williamston Classic on Saturday, finishing runner-up behind D1 #1 Brighton and ahead of D2 #4 Eaton Rapids.

#5 Birch Run (5)
The Panthers won the Saginaw County Meet on Saturday, outscoring D3 #6 Swan Valley. They also had a 37-31 win over D3 #10 Caro on Wednesday.

#6 Swan Valley (6)
The Vikings were runners-up at the Saginaw County championships on Saturday, behind D3 #5 Birch Run and ahead of 3rd place Chesaning.

#7 Whitehall (7)
The Vikings were team champs at Forest Hills Eastern on Saturday where they recorded notable wins over D3 #10 Caro, D4 #8 Pine River, and Forest Hills Central.

#8 Allendale (8)
The Falcons posted a 3-2 record on Lowell on Saturday with a win over D2 #9 Byron Center and losses to D1 foes Grand Haven and BC Lakeview.

#9 Allegan (9)
The Tigers entered 8 wrestlers at Hudson Super 16 on Saturday and finished 14th in a 27 team field.

#10 Caro (10)
The Tigers finished 4-1 at Forest Hills Eastern on Saturday with their only loss coming to D3 #7 Whitehall. On Wednesday they dropped a close 37-31 dual to D3 #5 Birch Run. Also, congrats to Head Coach Steve Ley who picked up his 500th career win on Saturday!

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DIVISION 4 (1/19)

#1 New Lothrop (1)
The Hornets rolled through the Addison Duals on Saturday with a 5-0 mark highlighted by wins over Monroe, D4 #6 Addison, and Sand Creek.

#2 Hudson (2)
The Tigers hosted their annual Super 16 tournament this weekend, finishing 9th in one of the state’s strongest annual events.

#3 Lawton (3)
The Blue Devils cruised to a 5-0 record at Three Rivers on Saturday, winning all of their duals by 25+ points. On Wednesday they had a big win over league rival D4 #4 Decatur by a score of 42-22.

#4 Decatur (4)
The Raiders wrestled league rival D4 #3 Lawton on Saturday, losing by a score of 42-22.

#5 Springport (5)
The Spartans finished 8th at Saturday Hudson Super 16 tournament, narrowly outscoring D4 #2 Hudson.

#6 Addison (6)
The Panthers posted a 3-2 record at their home dual tournament Saturday, beating Sand Creek and falling to D4 #1 New Lothrop and Monroe.

#7 Manchester (7)
At Saturday’s Hudson Super 16 tournament the Dutchmen led all D4 teams with a 7th place finish as they managed to outscore D4 #2 Hudson and D4 #5 Springport by slim margins.

#8 Pine River (8)

#9 Carson City Crystal (9)

#10 Schoolcraft (10)
The Eagles finished in the middle of the pack at Hudson Super 16 on Saturday, placing 13th in a 27 team field.

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COMMENTS

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James Tilley

OVER 8 YEARS

Lowell beat Brighton 30-25, so this week's rankings should be interesting to see.

They won 8-6 on the match swing, and I only imagine that IF they'd have had Dean(who will be in for Team States) it would've been a 9-5 swing and a 34/36-20/22ish type score. Impressive showing after the faltering from last week.

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@ oxfordadkk

01/26/2015, 8:56AM EST

When the Wildcats shock the world and beat the Shamrocks Thursday, and then beat Anchor Bay and Dakota at the Macomb / Oakland Duals on Saturday, THEN it WILL get interesting !!!!!!!! ;-)

James Tilley

01/26/2015, 11:52AM EST

You have basically made it impossible for Oxford to shock the world with all the support you throw at them.

Steven Baker

OVER 8 YEARS

Well, the reason St. Johns jumped Lowell is because St. Johns BEAT Hartland. Do I think that this ranking will hold or not? Only the battlegrounds of Battle Creek will tell. If only they wrestled each other inseason like they have in years past at individual tourneys or an actual dual.

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Tevin Nygren

OVER 8 YEARS

Lowell will get its chance against St.Johns at some point or another. Until then I think Steve is doing a great job.

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alan onan

OVER 8 YEARS

I think its a load of crap that st johns pulled ahead of lowell. Lowell has beaten some of the best in state and out of state and we lose to a division 1 school by 2 points and we drop? Sounds like a love fest for st johns.

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Jacques Simon

OVER 8 YEARS

Not to take anything away from DCC, they are a great team, but Balabani (P15 #4 / D1 #2 @ 215) was not in Dakota's line up and a pin by him would have been a 12 point swing in favor of Dakota. Nice job by the boys of both teams regardless.

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Jim Lilly

OVER 8 YEARS

Steve B.

I agree with the premise of your point go out and wrestle and these things will take care of themselves. I disagree with your issues on the fact that these rankings don't matter. Steve Widzinski is fast becoming the high School wrestling expert in the state of Michigan just like Mick Mccabe is the high school football expert/guru. I for one think the forum and heaing peoples opinions on different teams and then hearing Steve W.'s opinion are making wrestling even better. In wrestling … Read More

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d valkyrie

OVER 8 YEARS

Manchester only entered 7 wrestlers and finished 7th on saturday.. Its a ton of data and work for Steve to compile and try to make all of us happy!

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Wrestling Pops

01/20/2015, 8:19AM EST

Congrats to Manchester, that is quite a showing. By the way there is no way for "ALL" to be happy.....LOL

Wrestling Pops

OVER 8 YEARS

Crazy how Ida goes to hudson out scores Allegan and still no love for the team. What does it take I wonder, last time it was that you don't weigh individual tourny's as much as duals which you get no argument from me. But, when Allegan moves into the 9 spot and your reasoning is because of their performance at Hudson. Hmmmmm. Ida placed11th Allegan placed 14th just curious as to the process behind your thoughts. Thanks in advance and keep up the great work. We all appreciate all you do for this … Read More

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1968ihsvwc 1968

01/20/2015, 8:13AM EST

It's a good thing these rankings are archived on this site. Based on what I see is that Allegan was ranked #7 in weeks 1 & 2 and fell to #9 after week 3 and is still in that position. Has Ida beat any of the top 10 teams in a dual, not individual tournament, that would warrant a ranking? It's very difficult to find results, as many teams don't report them. Steve can only run with the information that he finds and until someone tells him differently, it is what it is.

Wrestling Pops

01/20/2015, 8:23AM EST

Steve Bushcemi, "You do realize this is a comment board, right"???
That being said, at no time was my comment derogatory toward Steve W. or his rankings. On the contrary, I commended him on all he does for this sport..... I would like to remind you that this is an open forum for us to discuss our thoughts. I believe that is why there is a comment section. As long as the conversation remains tactful and friendly. Ida had only 6 wrestlers put points on the board as did Allegan. Steve B. to … Read More

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