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Billy Buckheit

Billy Buckheit

Joined: Dec 20, 2022

Billy Buckheit is a long-time high school wrestling expert and journalist who has been doing the individual national high school wrestling rankings for SBLive Sports since 2022. He also provides coverage a major high school wrestling tournaments throughout the year. Billy previously served as the senior wrestling writer for Varsity Sports Network and the Baltimore Banner. He has also served on the seeding committees for many prestigious regional and national tournaments. In addition, he is the editor of Billy B's Wrestling World, a popular Facebook page dedicated to high school wrestling, and is an editorial contributor for the Maryland State Wrestling Association (MSWA).

In a thriller, Team Shutt Van Hoven topped Quest School to win the 2025 NHSCA National Duals title in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Van Hoven Edges Quest School in Thriller to Win 2025 NHSCA National Duals Title

Top-seeded Team Shutt Van Hoven survives upset-filled run by Pennsylvania-based Quest School with a 27-26 win in the championship, clinched by South Dakota heavyweight Micah Hach.

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Ariah Mills (right) of Athens Christian remains the top-ranked wrestler in the nation, in the 106-pound division on Saturday.
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2024-25 National High School Wrestling Rankings: Post-season Update No. 2

This is our second national wrestling rankings report of the Spring and Summer, which is dominated by FRECO action, but there are still some Folkstyle competiti

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Minisink Valley's PJ Duke won gold at 70 kilograms at the World Team Wrestling Trials, defeating two former NCAA champions in the process.
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High School Stars Shake Up World Team Wrestling Trials: PJ Duke Dominates

USA Wrestling activities were in full swing over the weekend of May 16th- 18th with the Senior World Team Trials and the Central Region taking place in Louisvil

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Kenosha Indian Trail High School's Sullivan Ramos (165) was one of four Wisconsin wrestlers to win gold medals at USA Wrestling's Northern Plains regional in Rochester, Minnesota.
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USA Wrestling holds three regional tournaments as FRECO season continues

The FRECO wrestling season continued this past weekend with USA Wrestling hosting three regional tournaments across different locales, spread around the country

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Bishop McCort junior Jax Forrest, who won a PIAA state AA wrestling championships in March, captured a U.S. Open national title, defeating former NCAA national champion Seth Gross in the 61-kilograms final.
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Jax Forrest defeats former NCAA champ for U.S. Open wrestling crown

On Saturday and Sunday, Freestyle wrestling took over the Expo in Las Vegas for the U.S. Open with the Senior Division finals being contested on Saturday night

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Union County (Kentucky) wrestler Jayden Raney won his second straight U.S. Open championship, following last year's U17 title with a crown in the Senior Division.
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Kentucky wrestler Jayden Raney repeats as a champion at 2025 U.S. Open

High school wrestlers enjoys plenty of success on the mats in Las Vegas.

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Saint John Vianney’s (NJ) Anthony Knox, who survived a controversial senior season to win his fourth consecutive NJSIAA state championship is favored to win the US Open U20 Freestyle competition, which takes place on Saturday, at 57 KG.
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2024-25 National High School Wrestling Rankings: Post-season Update No. 1

Our latest updates includes results every major event since the season ended, including USA Folkstyle Nationals, Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic, NHSCA Nationals, Journeymen World Classic and PNL Spring FRECO.

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Seabolt Wrestling out of Iowa was one of two teams which crowned nine champs at the Premier National League Freestyle championships.
Wrestling

Seabolt and Big Game shine a Premier National League wrestling championships

Over the weekend a gathering of wrestling clubs from across the nation took place in Kenosha, Wisconsin at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside for the Premier

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Sean Kenny (114) of Christian Brothers Academy (NJ), along with his brother Paul (132), were two of seven USA wrestlers to win championships at the Journeyman World Classic Freestyle Wrestling Tournament last weekend in Schenectady, New York.
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USA wrestlers capture seven titles at Journeyman World Classic Freestyle Wrestling Tournament

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Massachusetts wrestler Musa Tamaradze won his second straight NHSCA wrestling championship, one of three Massachusetts wrestlers to capture titles in the 2025 event.
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NHSCA Wrestling Nationals Recap: Part II

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Lake Highland Prep's contingent of wrestling at the NHSCA championships posed together during a break in the competition.
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Dominance on the mat: NHSCA Nationals cown 55 high school wrestling champions in Virginia Beach showdown

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After an earlier stint at No. 1, Faith Christian Academy regained the top ranking in January and finished as the nation's No. 1 team in the final 2024-25 High School On SI National High School Team Rankings.
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Final 2024-25 Top 35 National High School Wrestling Team Rankings

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