Buff makes a good point. Most of the freshmen mentioned here are older, and could technically be sophomores. Further, freshmen at lower weights almost always fare better than freshmen at upper weights because they do not wrestle as many Juniors and Seniors. It is very rare to see a 4x state champ come from the 145 lb weight class and higher. It is almost always from the lower weights. The "older" freshmen mentioned here are all very good wrestlers - whether lower or upper weights. But revisit the question in 2004 from this class and there will be some surprises. Those who are older will have matured faster and still be very fine wrestlers. But some of them will be overtaken by those younger in this freshmen class, who have battled mainly Juniors and Seniors already, -- when they have caught up maturity wise.