Incoming recruits Ben Kueter and Gabe Arnold will be teammates at City High (Iowa City, Iowa) this season. That is two big recruits on the same team for Hawk fans to be following. Kueter and Arnold are members of the Class of 2023 that I have claimed to be the best recruiting class in the history of Iowa Wrestling.
I have been calling Kueter the best all around athlete of any incoming Iowa Wrestling recruit that I have ever seen since the day he committed. Kueter committed to both Iowa Wrestling and Iowa Football on September 19, 2021.
Kueter has pretty much done it all. He is a three-time undefeated (72-0) state champion going into his senior year. He just wrapped up a great career in football. He is a finalist for the Butkus Award as the top high school linebacker in the country and was named USA Today Network’s All-Iowa Male Athlete of the Year for 2021-2022.
Last summer Kueter won the Gold at the 2022 U20 World Freestyle Championships in Sophie, Bulgaria at 97 kg/213 lbs. Kueter recorded a fall in 1:40 for the title. To add to the accomplishment Kueter was the youngest competitor in his bracket.
I am not sure what else I can say about this recruit other than he is ranked #2 at 220 and #2 overall in the MatScouts P4P rankings. We have a real gem here.
Gabe Arnold competed for national powerhouse Wyoming Seminary in Pennsylvania last season. Arnold was a 14U and 16U national champion in both freestyle and Greco-Roman. Arnold is ranked #6 at 182 by MatScouts.
Arnold is a really powerful wrestler that I believe is under ranked. This recruit has a high ceiling and just may make a run at being varsity next season for the Hawks as a true freshman. Ton of potential.
Arnold moved in from Georgia and will be in the lineup with Kueter for the Little Hawks. I am sure more than a few Iowa Wrestling fans will be watching City High to see two of our incoming recruits this season.
As I have done for years I will post a blog on Friday with a schedule of where our recruits will be competing for the upcoming weekend and then follow up with a blog for results.
City High Schedule
Thursday, Dec 1 – at Waterloo West
Fri/Sat, Dec 2-3 – at Dan Gable Donnybrook (Coralville, Iowa)
Thursday, Dec 8 – at Washington (Cedar Rapids)
Saturday, Dec 10 – at Saydel Tournament
Thursday, Dec 15 – Western Dubuque
Fri/Sat, Dec 16-17 – at Battle of Waterloo
Thursday, Dec 22 – Iowa City Liberty
Thurs Jan 5 – at Linn-Mar
Saturday, Jan 7 – at Ames Invitational
Thursday, Jan 12 – I.C. West
Sat Jan 14 – at J-Hawk (Cedar Rapids)
Thurs Jan 19 – C.R. Kennedy
Sat Jan 21 – Little Hawk Invitational
Thurs Jan 26 – at Dubuque Hempstead
Sat Jan 28 – at MVC Tournament (Waterloo West)
Sat Feb 11 – at Districts (Bettendorf)
Wed-Sat Feb 15-18 – at State (Des Moines)
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
