Broncos sign top ranked high school wrestler

Burke Barnes, the number one ranked high school wrestler in the country at 130 pounds by both Wrestling USA magazine and Amateur Wrestling News, has signed a national letter of intent to compete for Boise State.

Currently a senior at Lake Stevens High School in Washington, Barnes is considered one of the top 20 high school recruits this season by Intermat. He is a three-time state champion (once at 115 pounds and twice at 125 pounds) and helped the Vikings to the Class 3A state championships in 2000 and 2001.

Barnes has been making news at the national and international level since the age of 13 when he won the schoolboy national championship and placed second at the world team trials. He made one of his first international trips in 1997 when he represented the USA at the World Youth Games in Moscow, Russia and placed seventh in the 99-pound weight class.

In 1999, Barnes won the Junior Western Regionals and placed second in 2000. He also won the 1999 North Idaho Tristate Tournament and was named the outstanding wrestler as a sophomore.

This past year he won the Powerade Tournament in Pennsylvania and captured his second consecutive Tristate Tournament championship. Barnes has a combined high school record of 104-4.

Next action for the Bronco wrestling team is Dec. 20 at the Reno Tournament.

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