The lower and middle weights at both OAC Grade School and Junior High State, seem to produce the most successful high school wrestlers in the future. Let me rephrase that. They seem to produce the most success from Grade School / Junior High State results, that translates directly into High School. Like another poster mentioned in here, it seems to be that more kids are lumped together in those weights, making them ultra competitive. If you ever get a chance to look at old Grade School and Junior High brackets from the past, you will see A LOT of very successful high school wrestlers, that were getting beat in those brackets. A LOT of future high school nationally ranked, state champs and state placers either not placing, or they were placing in the 5-8 range in those brackets. Obviously, you have kids that were winning then and continued into high school. On the flip side, in the higher weights, you will notice A LOT of guys that placed high or low that you have never heard of again in high school. Go look at the past Jr High Champs at the two highest weights. Some still went on the great success, but many of them, did not.
As for Feister, he is a freak athlete. If you are wondering if he is a Chris Phillips type of talent, he is not even close to that. He is a really good wrestler, but not an elite wrestler. He is an elite athlete that wrestlers, if that makes sense. If you put him at 215 this year D1, he is likely a low placer at best. That is not to discredit him, that is to put him in perspective for guys who have not seen him wrestle. Alex Taylor pinned him at National Middle School Duals last season, if you want to reference him to another young guy in that 215 field this year.
