This is the huge opening weekend across the country for high school wrestling. It will be great to have a normal high school season with fans in the bleachers and a full slate of competition.
All of the incoming Iowa Wrestling recruits are in action except Drake Rhodes who will have his season start next week. For wrestling fans in eastern Iowa there will be some great local tournaments to see our recruits compete.
The big news of opening weekend is the inaugural Dan Gable Donnybrook on Friday and Saturday. 32 teams from Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, and Wisconsin will be competing. The tournament is being held in the impressive Xtreme Arena just off of I-80 in Coralville about a mile from Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
We will see some great competition at all of the weights but I am really looking forward to the action at 220. We will see incoming Iowa recruits Ben Kueter (ranked #4 in the country at 220) and #9 Brad Hill of Bettendorf. Also at 220 is #12 Andrew Blackburn (Lockport) and #15 Jake Walker of Waverly-Shell Rock. When you add in the rest of the field that is some serious competition to get the year started at 220.
Iowa recruits Aiden Riggins and Ryder Block of Waverly-Shell Rock will also be competing at the Donnybrook. The finals of the Donnybrook will be shown live on Mediacom at 5 PM Saturday.
I will do my best to bring you results this season for all of our incoming Iowa Wrestling recruits right here on my blog.
The future looks great for Iowa Wrestling.
Recruiting Class of 2022
Jace Rhodes – Mason City, Iowa
At Keith Young (Cedar Falls)
Carter Martinson – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa
At Gardner Edgerton Invitational (Gardner, KS)
Joel Jesuroga – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa
At Gardner Edgerton Invitational (Gardner, KS)
Carson Martinson – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa
At Gardner Edgerton Invitational (Gardner, KS)
Drake Rhodes – Billings West HS, Montana
Season begins next week.
Aiden Riggins
Waverly-Shellrock HS, Iowa
At Dan Gable Donnybrook (Coralville) Dec 3-4
Mickey Griffith – Des Moines Lincoln HS, Iowa
At Independence Invitational Dec 3-4
Kolby Franklin – Wyoming Seminary, Pennsylvania
FOSW Tournament
Brad Hill – Bettendorf, Iowa
At Dan Gable Donnybrook (Coralville) Dec 3-4
Easton Fleshman – West Lyon HS, Iowa
At MOC-FV Tournament
Recruiting Class of 2023
Nate Jesuroga – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa
At Gardner Edgerton Invitational (Gardner, KS)
Ryder Block – Waverly-Shellrock HS, Iowa
At Dan Gable Donnybrook (Coralville) Dec 3-4
Ben Kueter – City High HS, Iowa
At Dan Gable Donnybrook (Coralville) Dec 3-4
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
