I don't know why, but usually every year at the State Tournament I am drawn to a wrestler or two that did not realize his dream of becoming a state champion...but still wrestled well and achieved as much as he could, short of winning the championship. This year I was partial to Zernich of Lisbon and Doyle of ICW, who both ended up in 3rd...but both of whom are plenty good enough to have become a champion in other years/brackets.
Zernich came in as a district runner-up, where he lost by only 1 point to West of HRS, who himself is plenty good and was the eventual runner up. Unfortunately, that district 2nd place and luck of the draw put Zernich in a 1st round match up with arguably the best wrestler in the whole tournament, Thomsen, where he lost a tough, close match. Nevertheless, he wrestled all the way back to 3rd in a salty bracket. Congrats to him!!
To build on your post, you may want to include anyone who finished 2nd/3rd behind the Portillo's of Ohio. For instance, Connor Cleveland who finished 3rd, found himself on the same side as Portillo and lost 4-2 in the semis. He then pinned his way to 3rd. The runner up from the other side of the bracket was Michael Millage whom Cleveland had beaten each of the prior 3 weekends with increasing ease. That's two quality kids who may have won a state title had the Portillos taken their talents elsewhere or stayed where they were.