With the team wrestling postseason now over in Pennsylvania and about to get underway in New Jersey, there\u2019s been more than enough competition for us to put together the first local pound-for-pound rankings of 2026.<\/p>\n
This attempt to list, in order, the Top 10 wrestlers in the Lehigh Valley regardless of weight class is always a difficult task. These rankings are more for fun and to provoke thought and conversation among local fans.<\/p>\n
Pound-for-pound rankings<\/p>\n
1. Sr. Keanu Dillard, Bethlehem Catholic<\/p>\n
(27-3)<\/p>\n
139 pounds<\/p>\n
2. Sr. Willmont Kai, Whitehall<\/p>\n
(33-1)<\/p>\n
133 pounds<\/p>\n
3. So. Brayden Wenrich, Northampton<\/p>\n
(24-1)<\/p>\n
121 pounds<\/p>\n
4. Jr. Carter Chunko, Saucon Valley<\/p>\n
(34-2)<\/p>\n
127 pounds<\/p>\n
5. Sr. Brayden Zuercher, Nazareth<\/p>\n
(36-2)<\/p>\n
189 pounds<\/p>\n
6. Jr. Aidan Yarussi, North Hunterdon<\/p>\n
(21-1)<\/p>\n
132 pounds<\/p>\n
7. Fr. Max Quarry, Notre Dame<\/p>\n
(25-8)<\/p>\n
107 pounds<\/p>\n
8. Jr. Cayden Wadle, North Hunterdon<\/p>\n
(21-2)<\/p>\n
106 pounds<\/p>\n
9. Sr. Gavin Geleta, Phillipsburg<\/p>\n
(23-2)<\/p>\n
175 pounds<\/p>\n
10. Sr. Luke Fugazzotto, Northwestern Lehigh<\/p>\n
(25-2)<\/p>\n
189 pounds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the team wrestling postseason now over in Pennsylvania and about to get underway in New Jersey, there\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-112204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}