The Derby Invitational this Friday and Saturday has the potential to be better than any state tournament this year with a stacked field featuring 61-ranked wrestlers from three classes. 35 of those wrestlers placed at state last year. 16 made the state finals. Eight won state championships.
Depending on Heights' Chase Nelson, the most stacked weight class will be the 160-pound class. Nelson had been wrestling the 171-pound weight class up until the Carroll tournament at the end of December. If Nelson wrestles 160 again this will be the weight class to watch. Goddard's Tyler Caldwell and Kyle Detmer of Carroll will be at 160 for sure. If all three wrestle the 160, that will be 5-state championships and one state second place finish over the last two years between the decorated wrestlers. All together they boast a 209-14 record over those two seasons. All three were also nationally ranked to start the season. One of these wrestlers will not make the final and it will all be in the luck of the draw.
The 130-pound class will also be competitive with eight, yes eight, ranked wrestlers scheduled to participate. Ryne Cokely of St. James and Chase Nitcher of Valley Center will be the favorites to make finals on Saturday.
189 will feature seven ranked wrestlers. 140 will have six and all the other classes will have between three and five ranked wrestlers.
That is a lot of numbers so let me break them down one more time. 61 ranked wrestlers + 35 2008 state placers+ 16 wrestlers currently ranked number one in their respective classes + 16 2008 state finalists + 8 2008 state champions + 8 nationally ranked wrestlers + 7 ranked teams = One very good wrestling tournament at Derby this Friday and Saturday.
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Just amazing - I hope we will see pictures, videos and stories here ... it's a given we will see limited coverage anywhere else ... after all it's just wrestling ... and there is no ball.
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