Russell County

AL | 5A5A-S1

Season

2026-27 Early Preseason

Early preseason rankings

These rankings are based on last season's results after dropping last year's seniors and promoting returning wrestlers to their new grades. Transfers, incoming wrestlers, and other roster updates are not included yet. We will add those as coaches update rosters closer to the season.

Team Roster

Name	Weight	Grade	Record	Win %	Adj %	Top 3	H2H	RW Score	Rank
Eric Castillo	106	Jr	32-21	60.4%	85.110%	97.443%	0.700%	91.976	10
Tristian Nicholson	106	Fr	9-21	30.0%	1.411%	0.019%	0.000%	0.715	38
Austin Mccain	113	Fr	21-19	52.5%	18.145%	12.975%	5.000%	20.560	36
Breck Mccarter	113	Fr	2-1	66.7%	0.000%	0.001%	0.000%	0.000	-
Phoenix Tucker Gavaldon	120	So	8-9	47.1%	11.118%	13.073%	0.000%	12.095	-
William (Colt) Hadaway	126	So	16-16	50.0%	28.915%	37.604%	0.000%	33.259	-
Oliver Talley	126	So	2-3	40.0%	0.000%	0.001%	0.000%	0.000	-
Mason Cornelius	126	Fr	0-0	0.0%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000	-
John Walker (Chickerry)	132	Jr	7-6	53.8%	85.931%	61.824%	0.000%	74.349	-
Lane Backer	132	Fr	2-3	40.0%	28.096%	22.643%	0.000%	25.370	30
Bentley Hargens	132	So	2-3	40.0%	0.000%	0.001%	0.000%	0.000	41
Blaze Wiltberger	132	So	0-1	0.0%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000	-
Joshua (Adam) Hiskey	132	So	0-1	0.0%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000	-
Isaiah Merricks	138	Jr	6-12	33.3%	23.856%	31.014%	0.000%	27.435	-
Ryan Forvour	138	Sr	7-19	26.9%	12.946%	20.300%	3.396%	20.019	29
Leon Defries	138	So	0-1	0.0%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000	-
Cain Council	138	Fr	0-3	0.0%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000	-
Aiden Keyros	144	Sr	3-7	30.0%	0.207%	0.001%	0.000%	0.104	42
Richard Kimble	144	Jr	0-1	0.0%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000	-
Tylor Henson	150	Jr	34-20	63.0%	92.070%	95.057%	0.000%	93.564	13
Landon Thompson	150	Sr	0-0	0.0%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000	-
Elijah Hawthorne	157	Jr	15-21	41.7%	39.804%	52.255%	0.399%	46.428	23
Isaiah Luna	157	So	1-8	11.1%	5.935%	6.663%	0.000%	6.299	-
Ladaniann Sosene	165	Sr	31-9	77.5%	96.905%	91.526%	2.154%	96.369	9
Landon Backer	175	Sr	6-12	33.3%	36.350%	38.961%	0.764%	38.419	-
Isaiah Walker	175	So	11-8	57.9%	38.780%	14.996%	0.000%	26.888	-
Grady Lance	175	So	4-12	25.0%	0.320%	0.421%	0.455%	0.826	37
Jayden Shook	175	Jr	0-0	0.0%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000	-
Derrick Sanders	190	Sr	13-15	46.4%	20.897%	26.044%	-0.371%	23.100	25
Braydon Mccain	190	Sr	2-9	18.2%	41.833%	2.089%	0.000%	21.961	-
Christopher Pineda	190	Sr	5-11	31.3%	0.521%	0.376%	0.000%	0.449	34
Jose Ricardo	215	So	8-5	61.5%	96.670%	46.376%	0.000%	71.523	-
Matthew Baez	215	Sr	19-22	46.3%	58.867%	74.324%	-4.059%	62.537	17
Lijah Marion	215	Jr	1-3	25.0%	48.241%	8.430%	0.000%	28.410	-
Jake Pinto	215	So	1-1	50.0%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000	-
Markell Stanback	215	Sr	0-0	0.0%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000	-
David Mcgruder	285	Sr	32-15	68.1%	99.410%	99.319%	-0.080%	99.284	7
Jayden Johnson	285	Sr	6-7	46.2%	58.772%	33.690%	0.000%	46.231	-
Jacob Miller	285	Sr	8-6	57.1%	30.324%	29.951%	3.231%	33.369	-
William (Tucker) Cornelius	285	So	1-0	100.0%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000	-
Christian Davis	285	Jr	0-0	0.0%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000	-
Robert Rush	285	Sr	0-0	0.0%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000	-
Rashawn Brady	0	So	0-0	0.0%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000	-
Abel Martinez Hughes	0	Fr	0-0	0.0%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000%	0.000	-

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