Nebraska preseason wrestling team rankings

By Staff Report Nov 28, 2012, 1:00pm

Grand Island, Omaha Skutt, Central City and Pender are considered the early favorites.

Below are the preseason Top 10 wrestling teams for each class, as determined by the raters on behalf of the Nebraska Scholastic Wrestling Coaches Association.

CLASS A
(Rater: Mike Mixan, Millard West)

1. Grand Island

2. Burke (Omaha)



3. Omaha North

4. Creighton Prep (Omaha)

5. Lincoln Southwest

6. Kearney

7. North Platte

8. Bellevue East



9. Millard South (Omaha)

10. Papillion-LaVista (Papillion)

CLASS B
(Rater: Chad Mattox, York)

1. Skutt Catholic (Omaha)

2. Syracuse

3. Nebraska City



4. Seward

5. Gretna

6. Scottsbluff

7. Alliance

8. Crete

9. Cozad



10. Plattsmouth

CLASS C
(Rater: Shane Allison, Valentine)

1. Central City

2. Madison

3. Valentine

4. O'Neill



5. Sargent/Burwell (Sargent)

6. Southern Valley (Oxford)

7. Kearney Catholic

8. Centennial (Utica)

9. Ord

10. Tekamah-Herman (Tekamah)



CLASS D
(Rater: Tyler Herman, Amherst)

1. Pender

2. Amherst

3. Plainview

4. East Butler (Brainard)

5. High Plains (Polk)



6. Thayer Central (Hebron)

7. Friend

8. Freeman (Adams)

9. Maxwell

10. Sutton