Jarrel Miller – Wrestler of the Week

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Jarrel Miller of St. Edward is named DubStat’s wrestler of the week for 12/25/2023 through 12/31/2023

Jarrel Miller wins Powerade
Miller after winning the 189-lb Powerade title
photo: Tony Rotundo

Miller Wins Powerade Title

Jarrel Miller was the lone Ohio wrestler to win the prestigious Powerade tournament this weekend. He came into the tournament ranked #11 nationally and took out #8-ranked Jake Dailey of Wyoming Seminary in the finals by a score of 5-3.

While Miller was the second seeded wrestler in the tournament, he had the confidence to win the championship before it started.

“I knew I was going to win, I came out to dominate, score points, and that’s it.” stated Miller in a post-match interview with FloWrestling.

He continued, “that finals match…was a good display of what I can do, what I’m capable of…I just love this sport so much.”

St. Edward finished as runner-up in the 69 team field.

Miller is currently ranked #1 in Ohio division 1 at 190 lbs.

(Check out the full set of Ohio high school wrestling rankings here)

Congratulations to Jarrel Miller for being named DubStat’s wrestler of the week!

Honorable Mention – Pirkel and Thornton

Caiden Pirkel (St. Edward)

Caiden Pirkel was named the Outstanding Wrestler at the Marion Harding Classic after knocking off three ranked wrestlers on his way to the 144-lb title.

Pirkel defeated:

  • Three-time state placer and D3 #2 Brock Durbin of Mapleton
  • D1 #20 JJ Dodt of Thomas Worthington
  • D2 #4 Cael Gilmore of Highland

Caiden is currently the #9 ranked wrestler in division 1 at 144 pounds.

Richard Thornton (Springboro)

Richard Thornton won the GMVWA heavyweight title this weekend in a weight class that featured three state placers. He defeated returning state placer and D2 #3 Jeffrey Blair (Chaminade Julienne) by a score of 8-1 in the semifinals. He then knocked returning state placer and D1 #6 Abel Ngoh (Miamisburg) in the finals 2-1.

Richard is currently the #7 ranked heavyweight in division 1.

Check out DubStat’s recently released high school wrestling rankings based on a customized Elo rating system – high school wrestling’s first purely mathematical based rating system.

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