Vote: Who should be SBLive's Upper Weight National Wrestler of the Week (2/20/2024)?
It's time once again for you to help us decide who is SBLive Sports National High School Upper Weight Wrestler of the Week.
Below are the details on the candidates we have selected for your consideration. Share this post with your friends, family, teammates and classmates and encourage everyone to support the wrestler they find most deserving. You can vote as often as you like and the winner will be announced in next week's poll. Voting ends on Sunday, February 25th at 11:59 p.m. (Pacific).
Congratulations to last week's winner: Anders Thompson of Flathead (Montana).
Here are this week's nominees:
Caleb Neal (Great Bridge, VA) 157 – Neal defeated honorable mention Carson Main (Riverbend), 2-0 in overtime, en route to the Class 5 state finals, where he followed that win up with a 17-0 technical fall in the finals over Ocean Lakes Jaden Campos.
Christopher Creason (El Diamante, CA) 157 – Creason, who is unranked nationally, decked Buchanan’s No. 8 Leo Contino with one second left in the first period, 1:59, in the finals of the Central Section Masters tournament. Contino was riding high and Creason made him pay for the mistake with a reversal to the back, and then the pin.
Waylon Cressell (Warren Central, IN) 165 – Crown Point’s Anthony Rinehart is listed above Cressell in our 165lb honorable mention section. Bellmont’s Duke Myers upset Rinehart, 2-1, in the semis. Cressell posted a major decision over Myers in the state finals, 12-4.
Evan Manzo (Etiwanda, CA) 165 – Manzo is not currently ranked by us. His showing in the SS Boys’ Ford Masters Gold Finals gives him ammunition to be included as he took out honorable mention David Alonso (Palm Desert), 6-3.
Brokton Borelli (Los Banos, CA) 190 – Borelli shined in finals of the San-Joaquin Masters tournament, as the honorable mention grappler upset No. 17 Thomas Sandoval (Vacaville), 6-5.
Leimana Fager (Corner Canyon, UT) 285 – Fager has seen time in our national rankings but is currently not in them. His 6A state final win over honorable mention Trevyn Gates (Pleasant Grove) by fall, 3:20, will likely be changing that.
Nate Johnson (Center Grove, IN) 285 – After No. 24 Paul Clark from Crown Point was booted from the state tournament with a first round loss to James Hartleroad (Dekalb) it opened things up for the rest of the field. Johnson was the one who took advantage of that as he ascended to the top spot of the podium by decking Hosia Smith (Indianapolis Cathedral) in the finals, 1:47.
