It was a successful and dominating weekend for our incoming recruits. Kale Petersen recorded a tech fall and fall to win the 132 lbs. title at the Carroll Invitational. Keyan Hernandez was 5-0 with three pins and a major decision to win the 120 lbs. title at the two-day CMR Holiday Tournament in Great Falls, Montana.
We had three recruits at the Battle of Waterloo, a two-day dual meet tournament. Gabe Arnold was 6-0 with five pins and a major decision. Arnold wrestled two matches at 195. Ben Kueter did not have a lot of mat time in this tournament as he was 6-0 with six pins. Included were three first period pins in :20, :22, and 1:29.
Ryder Block was 5-0 with four pins and a tech fall at the Battle of Wateloo with one pin up a weight at 145.
All of our recruits will be off for the holiday break until after the first of the year.
The future looks great for Iowa Wrestling.
Class of 2023
Nate Jesuroga – Southeast Polk 126 lbs.
Sat, Dec 17 – Red Owens Invitational (SEP HS, Pleasant Hill)
Did not compete.
Kale Petersen – Greene County 132 lbs.
Sat, Dec 17 – at Carroll Invitational (Carroll, Iowa)
Quarterfinal – Kale Petersen (Greene County) 14-0 received a (Bye)
Semifinal – Kale Petersen (Greene County) 14-0 won by tech fall over Thomas Gamboa (Westwood) 6-5 (TF-1.5 2:00 (20-5))
1st Place Match – Kale Petersen (Greene County) 14-0 won by fall over Riley Parkis (Kuemper) 10-3 (Fall 1:52)
Ryder Block – Waverly-Shell Rock 138 lbs.
Fri/Sat, Dec 16-17 – at Battle of Waterloo
Ryder Block (Waverly-Shell Rock) over Mikey Kersten (Assumption, Davenport) Fall 2:30
Ryder Block (Waverly-Shell Rock) over Carter Streasick (Valley, West Des Moines) Fall 2:21
Ryder Block (Waverly-Shell Rock) over Ely Royer (Ankeny) Fall 0:45
Ryder Block (Waverly-Shell Rock) over Myles McMahon (Don Bosco) TF 22-7
145 – Ryder Block (Waverly-Shell Rock) over Darren Adams (Osage) Fall 3:59
Gabe Arnold – City High (Iowa City) 182 lbs.
Fri/Sat, Dec 16-17 – at Battle of Waterloo
195 – Gabe Arnold (Iowa City, City High) over Brock Voyna (Crestwood, Cresco) Fall 1:44
195 – Gabe Arnold (Iowa City, City High) over Carson Hartz (Columbus Catholic) Maj 15-6
Gabe Arnold (Iowa City, City High) over Logan Massey (Epworth, Western Dubuque) Fall 0:37
Gabe Arnold (Iowa City, City High) over Cannon Joerger (Wapsie Valley) Fall 2:35
Gabe Arnold (Iowa City, City High) over James Cleary (Bishop Heelan Catholic) Fall 1:50
Gabe Arnold (Iowa City, City High) over Mason Allen (Clarion-Goldfield-Dows) Fall 2:13
Ben Kueter – City High (Iowa City) 220 lbs.
Fri/Sat, Dec 16-17 – at Battle of Waterloo
Ben Kueter (Iowa City, City High) over Drew Jackson (Crestwood, Cresco) Fall 2:53
Ben Kueter (Iowa City, City High) over Mason Knipp (Columbus Catholic) Fall 0:22
Ben Kueter (Iowa City, City High) over Jake Murphy (Epworth, Western Dubuque) Fall 0:20
Ben Kueter (Iowa City, City High) over Keegon Brown (Wapsie Valley) Fall 2:46
Ben Kueter (Iowa City, City High) over Naeron Bisse (Bishop Heelan Catholic) Fall 3:14
Ben Kueter (Iowa City, City High) over Ashtin Willms (Clarion-Goldfield-Dows) Fall 1:29
Cody Chittum 149/157 #1 overall recruit in the Class of 2022 has graduated high school and will enroll with the Class of 2023 in August.
Class of 2024
Keyan Hernandez – Billings West (Montana) 120 lbs.
Fri/Sat, Dec 16-17 – at CMR Holiday Tournament (Great Falls, Montana)
Champ. Round 1 – Keyan Hernandez (Billings West) 11-0 received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Keyan Hernandez (Billings West) 11-0 won by fall over Christian Miller (Anaconda) 4-7 (Fall 1:51)
Champ. Round 3 – Keyan Hernandez (Billings West) 11-0 won by fall over Cash Byrd (Columbia Falls) 1-2 (Fall 1:49)
Quarterfinal – Keyan Hernandez (Billings West) 11-0 won by fall over Payne Reilly (Forsyth) 11-4 (Fall 1:21)
Semifinal – Keyan Hernandez (Billings West) 11-0 won by major decision over Cole Rogers (Three Forks) 4-2 (MD 13-0)
1st Place Match – Keyan Hernandez (Billings West) 11-0 won by decision over Mason Gutenberger (Belgrade) 12-1 (Dec 3-0)
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
