This isn't necessarily a category of "best wrestlers" - but wrestlers you really enjoy or enjoyed watching. Matt Gilliland of Hoxie and Levi Younkin of Oakley were great high school wrestlers (as an example), but were not my favorites to watch. I have a few current and a few "classic" wrestlers which were very entertaining in High School...

* Matt Schippers - Hoxie. Scored points in bunches. Saw him tech Sutton-Kearn of Concordia two years ago. Was unbelievably aggressive

* Tait Weatherbee - TMP. Quick and strong witha great motor. Unless a wrestler can go 3 hard periods, there's almost no chance

* Danny Grater - Clay Center. Ok, he was flat out great. But a kid that attacked all the time made him exciting

* James Annnon - Norton. Gumby like. Great H.S. wrestler because he was so good on his feet, but could really contort his body

* Ross Taplin - Abilene. Always cool to see a great wrestler with a few exciting freestyle moves.

* (Classic) EK Franks - Wellington. Late 80's 152 pounder that was too strong, too fast, too athletic and too good for anyone to handle

Again, Bo Maynes was among the best wrestlers I've ever seen, but i wouldn't necessarily put him in the "exciting" category. He went out and took care of business in workmanlike fashion. What wrestlers do you consider "exciting"?


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