Moving in to the New Year, Centennial's Nathan Kraisser leads a very short list of local state wrestlers in the national rankings set fourth by InterMatwrestling.com and theopenmat.com

Kraisser, a junior, is ranked No. 15 in the 125-pound class by InterMat and No. 8 by theopenmat. Meanwhile, Charlie Lynch, who wrestles at 145 for No. 1 Archbishop Spalding, is at No. 16 on the InterMat site and No. 13 on theopenmat.

For Kraisser, it has been business as usual. The junior went into this season with a 75-3 record and two state titles, and now has 10 more wins and no additional losses. Of those 10 wins, nine of them have come on pins. The one that wasn't was a 1-0 decision in the championship match at the War On the Shore.

All of this season's achievements have come despite moving up two weight classes to 125. Centennial coach Dave Roogow said Kraisser is likely to stay at the higher weight most of the season, though he could wrestle at 119 next weekend at the Mount Mat Madness tournament held at Catonsville Community College.

Out of the local area, Lex Ozias of Southern Garrett is nationally ranked at No. 6 at 145 by InterMat and No. 7 by theopenmat, while Good Counsel's Kyle Snyder is InterMat's No. 15 wrestler at the 215-pound class, and theopenmat's No. 14 wrestler.