02/27/26 – Boys’ Wrestling State Championships Conclude at the Kentucky Horse Park

February 27, 2026 2025-2026 News Releases

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 27, 2026

The 2026 KHSAA Boys’ Wrestling State Championships presented by UK HealthCare concluded Friday at the Kentucky Horse Park. Fourteen individual state champions were crowned, with Union County taking the team title.

Jordyn Raney, of Union County, became the first 6-time state champion in KHSAA wrestling history. Jayden Raney, also of Union County, took home his fifth individual state championship Friday evening. 

Here is a look at the final brackets for the 2026 Boys’ Wrestling State Championship:

• Boys’ Brackets

INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS
*106-pound: Jackson Taylor (Union County)
*113-pound: Peyton Fowler (Union County)
*120-pound: Jackson Wells (Harrison County
*126-pound: Clayton Badida (Conner)
*132-pound: Brennen Clifford (Union County)
*138-pound: Utah Heady (Union County)
*144-pound: Jayden Raney (Union County)
*150-pound: Jordyn Raney (Union County)
*157-pound: George Dennis (Harrison County)
*165-pound: Micah Thompson (Boyle County)
*175-pound: Ben Hall (Paducah Tilghman)
*190-pound: Lucas Ricketts (Union County)
*215-pound: Brock Sexton (Harrison County)
*285-pound: Colton Lewis (Atherton)

Team Standings
1. Union County (271.0)
2. Paducah Tilghman (168.5)
3. Harrison County (140.0)
4. Boyle County (135

The Orville Williams Outstanding Boys’ Wrestler Award, presented by the Kentucky National Guard, went to Union County’s Jordyn Raney.

 – KHSAA –
About the Kentucky High School Athletic Association

The Kentucky High School Athletic Association was organized in 1917 and is the agency designated by the Kentucky Department of Education to manage high school athletics in the Commonwealth. The Association is a voluntary nonprofit 501(c)3 organization made up of 290 member schools, both public and non-public. The KHSAA awards 229 state championships to 59 teams and 178 individuals in 13 sports and six sport-activities, funds catastrophic insurance coverage for its more than 109,000 rostered member school student-athletes, provides coaching education and sports safety programs for more than 12,000 coaches and licenses and facilitates the distribution of training material for over 4,000 contest officials.

 

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