The Big Ten Conference released Pre-Seeds for the Big Ten Wrestling Championships. The complete tournament brackets and official seeds will be released Friday afternoon following the Big Ten Conference coaches meeting.

I am sure there will be changes made from this list to the final seedings on Friday.

The Big Ten Championships will be this Saturday and Sunday (March 4-5) in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

I will have a preview of each weight in upcoming blogs to be released later this week. 

I have no doubt that Big Tens will be a great tournament once again.

2023 Big Ten Championships

Iowa Pre-Seeds 

125     #1 Spencer Lee

133     #8 Brody Teske

141     #1 Real Woods

149     #4 Max Murin

157     #5 Cobe Siebrecht

165     #3 Patrick Kennedy

174     #7 Nelson Brands

184     #5 Abe Assad

197     #5 Jacob Warner

285     #3 Tony Cassioppi

125 lbs. (9 NCAA Qualifiers)

1. Spencer Lee (IOWA)
2. Liam Cronin (NEB)
3. Matt Ramos (PUR)
4. Eric Barnett (WIS)
5. Patrick McKee (MINN)
6. Michael DeAugustino (NU)
7. Malik Heinselman (OSU)
8. Braxton Brown (MD)
9. Dean Peterson (RU)
10. Jack Medley (MICH)
11. Gary Steen (PSU)
12. Tristan Lujan (MSU)
13. Jacob Moran (IND)
14. Maximo Renteria (ILL)

133 lbs. (9 NCAA Qualifiers)

1. Roman Bravo-Young (PSU)
2. Jesse Mendez (OSU)
3. Lucas Byrd (ILL)
4. Chris Cannon (NU)
5. Dylan Ragusin (MICH)
6. Aaron Nagao (MINN)
7. Joe Heilmann (RU)
8. Brody Teske (IOWA)
9. RayVon Foley (MSU)
10. Taylor LaMont (WIS)
11. Henry Porter (IND)
12. Kyle Burwick (NEB)
13. Dustin Norris (PUR)
14. Jackson Cockrell (MD)

141 lbs. (9 NCAA Qualifiers)

1. Real Woods (IOWA)
2. Beau Bartlett (PSU)
3. Brock Hardy (NEB)
4. Frankie Tal Shahar (NU)
5. Jakob Bergeland (MINN)
6. Danny Pucino (ILL)
7. Joseph Olivieri (RU)
8. Parker Filius (PUR)
9. Dylan D’Emilio (OSU)
10. Cole Mattin (MICH)
11. Joseph Zargo (WIS)
12. Jordan Hamdan (MSU)
13. Cayden Rooks (IND)
14. Kal Miller (MD)

149 lbs. (9 NCAA Qualifiers)

1. Sammy Sasso (OSU)
2. Austin Gomez (WIS)
3. Yahya Thomas (NU)
4. Max Murin (IOWA)
5. Shayne Van Ness (PSU)
6. Michael Blockhus (MINN)
7. Graham Rooks (IND)
8. Ethen Miller (MD)
9. Chance Lamer (MICH)
10. Tony White (RU)
11. Dayne Morton (NEB)
12. Jake Harrier (ILL)
13. Peyton Omania (MSU)
14. Jaden Reynolds (PUR)

157 lbs. (10 NCAA Qualifiers)

1. Peyton Robb (NEB)
2. Levi Haines (PSU)
3. Kendall Coleman (PUR)
4. Chase Saldate (MSU)
5. Cobe Siebrecht (IOWA)
6. Will Lewan (MICH)
7. Michael Carr (ILL)
8. Trevor Chumbley (NU)
9. Garrett Model (WIS)
10. Derek Gilcher (IND)
11. Brayton Lee (MINN)
12. Paddy Gallagher (OSU)
13. Andrew Clark (RU)
14. Michael North (MD)

165 lbs. (8 NCAA Qualifiers)

1. Dean Hamiti (WIS)
2. Cameron Amine (MICH)
3. Patrick Kennedy (IOWA)
4. Alex Facundo (PSU)
5. Carson Kharchla (OSU)
6. Caleb Fish (MSU)
7. Maxx Mayfield (NU)
8. Danny Braunagel (ILL)
9. Andrew Sparks
10. Bubba Wilson (NEB)
11. Nick South (IND)
12. Robert Kanniard (RU)
13. Stony Buell (PUR)
14. John Martin Best (MD)

174 lbs. (7 NCAA Qualifiers)

1. Carter Starocci (PSU)
2. Mikey Labriola (NEB)
3. Ethan Smith (OSU)
4. Bailee O’Reilly (MINN)
5. Edmond Ruth (ILL)
6. DJ Washington (IND)
7. Nelson Brands (IOWA)
8. Troy Fisher (NU)
9. Max Maylor (MICH)
10. Jackson Turley (RU)
11. Ceasar Garza (MSU)
12. Dominic Solis (MD)
13. Josh Otto (WIS)
14. Cooper Noehre (PUR)

184 lbs. (9 NCAA Qualifiers)

1. Aaron Brooks (PSU)
2. Kaleb Romero (OSU)
3. Isaiah Salazar (MINN)
4. Matt Finesilver (MICH)
5. Abe Assad (IOWA)
6. Layne Malczewski (MSU)
7. Lenny Pinto (NEB)
8. Brian Soldano (RU)
9. Dylan Connell (ILL)
10. Tyler Dow (WIS)
11. Evan Bates (NU)
12. Ben Vanadia (PUR)
13. Clayton Fielden (IND)
14. Kevin Makosy (MD)

197 lbs. (9 NCAA Qualifiers)

1. Max Dean (PSU)
2. Silas Allred (NEB)
3. Zac Braunagel (ILL)
4. Cameron Caffey (MSU)
5. Jacob Warner (IOWA)
6. Jaxon Smith (MD)
7. Gavin Hoffman (OSU)
8. Braxton Amos (WIS)
9. Michial Foy (MINN)
10. Nick Willham (IND)
11. Billy Janzer (RU)
12. Andrew Davison (NU)
13. Brendin Yatooma (MICH)
14. Hayden Filipovich (PUR)

285 lbs. (9 NCAA Qualifiers)

1. Mason Parris (MICH)
2. Greg Kerkvliet (PSU)
3. Tony Cassioppi (IOWA)
4. Lucas Davison (NU)
5. Trent Hillger (WIS)
6. Boone McDermott (RU)
7. Tate Orndoff (OSU)
8. Jacob Bullock (IND)
9. Jaron Smith (MD)
10. Hayden Copass (PUR)
11. Garrett Joles (MINN)
12. Ryan Vasbinder (MSU)
13. Matt Wroblewski (ILL)
14. Austin Emerson (NEB)

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Three members of the Hawkeye Wrestling Club competed at the Ibrahim Moustafa Ranking Event in Alexandria, Egypt today. Cody Chittum (70 kg) won the silver, Austin DeSanto (61 kg) a bronze and Pat Lugo (65 kg) did not place.

Chittum had three solid wins to make the finals. A tech fall over Agudamu of China, a 6-3 decision over Budak of Turkey and a 14-9 decision over Nykyforuk of Ukraine. In the finals Chittum dropped a 10-0 tech fall to Akmataliev of Kyrgyzstan.

Chittum was the overall pound for pound #1 recruit in the country for the Class of 2022. He is taking a grey shirt year while training and competing for the HWC. He will enroll at Iowa in August with the Iowa Wrestling Recruiting Class of 2023.

DeSanto started the tournament with a tech fall over wrestlers from Egypt and Kyrgyzstan. He lost in the semifinals to Markovych of Ukraine. DeSanto qualified for the bronze medal match when Markovych made the finals. In the bronze match DeSanto pinned Phartenadze of Georgia in 3:22.

Lugo started with a 10-3 win over Mukhtar of Kazakhstan and a 5-1 decision over Grigorev of Poland. He then dropped a 5-2 match to Jalolov of Uzbekistan. Jalolov did not make the finals and Lugo was eliminated from the tournament.

HWC coach Daniel Dennis was on the coaching staff.

This tournament scored points towards the UWW Ranking Series standings that determines the seeds for the 2023 Senior World Championships and provided prize money to the medalist.

Team USA won the team title by a large margin over 30 countries.

Men’s freestyle final team standings

No. 1 United States 155

No. 2 Ukraine 117

No. 3 Georgia 98

No. 4 Turkey 90

No. 5 Kazakhstan 78

61 kg: Austin DeSanto (HWC), BRONZE MEDAL

WIN Mahmoud Shorbaby (Egypt), 10-0, 0:48

WIN Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov (Kyrgyzstan), 17-1, 2:04

LOSS Taras Markovych (Ukraine), 10-0, 2:31

WIN Shota Phartenadze (Georgia), fall, 3:22

65 kg: Pat Lugo (HWC), DNP/7th

WIN Sanzhar Mukhtar (Kazakhstan), 10-3

WIN Eduard Grigorev (Poland), 5-1

LOSS Umidjon Jalolov (Uzbekistan), 5-2

70 kg: Cody Chittum (HWC), SILVER MEDAL

WIN Agudamu Agudamu (China), 11-0, 3:12

WIN Cuneyt Budak (Turkey), 6-3

WIN Ihor Nykyforuk (Ukraine), 14-9

LOSS Ernazar Akmataliev (Kyrgyzstan), 10-0, 4:57

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

InterMat released their American Men’s Freestyle Rankings. We are just a year out from the next Olympics. A good representation of former and current Iowa Hawkeyes are in the rankings.

American Men’s Freestyle Rankings – February 20

61 kg  Austin DeSanto – #3

65 kg  Pat Lugo – #7

74 kg  Kaleb Young – #9

74 kg  Patrick Kennedy – #10

79 kg  Alex Marinelli – #5

125 kg  Tony Cassioppi – #6

Pound for Pound

Alex Marinelli – #22

Austin DeSanto – #25

Complete rankings:
https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/26517

Three members of the Hawkeye Wrestling Club will be competing at the Ibrahim Moustafa Ranking Event in Alexandria, Egypt on Sunday, February 26. Austin DeSanto (61 kg), Pat Lugo (65 kg), and Cody Chittum (70 kg) of the Hawkeye Wrestling Club will be among the 21 men’s freestyle wrestlers representing Team USA in this major international tournament. 

HWC coach Daniel Dennis will be on the coaching staff.

All of the wrestling will be streamed live on the premium service of FloWrestling.

I anticipate that all members of the HWC will compete at the 2023 U.S. Open for men’s freestyle on April 27-28 in Las Vegas.

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

The NCAA released allocations for the NCAA National Tournament. The Big Ten was awarded 88 of the 284 automatic qualifying bids. Each allocation is based entirely on placing at the conference tournament. The Big Ten Championships are on March 4-5 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

There are 46 at-large qualifiers. On March 7 the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee will meet in person to select the remaining 46 at-large qualifiers.

Each weight class at Nationals will have 33 wrestlers that will all be seeded 1-33.

The complete brackets with seedings will be released on NCAA.com at 5 PM CST on Wednesday, March 8.

The NCAA National Wrestling Championships will be in Tulsa, Oklahoma on March 16-18.

Big Ten Allocations for the NCAA National Tournament

125 – 9

133 – 9

141 – 9

149 – 9

157 – 10

165 – 8

174 – 7

184 – 9

197 – 9

Hwt – 9

For complete listing:

https://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling/article/2023-02-23/ncaa-division-i-wrestling-committee-releases-qualifying-tournament-allocations-2023

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

We have a break in the action for Iowa Wrestling so I wanted to do an update.

To start off the Hawks are looking good. Actually I believe they are looking real good. I was impressed with the Michigan and Oklahoma State dual meets.

The Iowa Hawkeyes looked real tough in a 33-8 win over Michigan and even tougher in a 28-7 win over Oklahoma State.

A few stats to start with. The Hawks won eight of ten matches against both Michigan and Oklahoma State. That is an impressive 16-4 in matches against two real good teams. 

Against Michigan Iowa had eight wins including one pin, two tech falls, and two major decisions. The two major decision were from the two highest nationally ranked Hawks – #1 Lee and #2 Woods. Iowa won the takedown battle with Michigan, 21-6. I saw in a Gazette article that Iowa outscored Michigan 51-17 in the first period. That is some impressive stats.

In the eight wins over Oklahoma State, Iowa won two matches that where an upset according to the rankings at 174 and 184. Those two matches really stood out for me. 

125 – Spencer Lee is…Spencer Lee. Nothing else to say except National champion.

133 – Brody Teske continues to impress me with every match. He put up 19 points in 4:09 for a 19-3 tech fall against Michigan. I have never seen a 11-3 major decision look that close as with Teske vs. Daton Fix of OSU. Teske had the match close with a tired opponent in the third period and rushed things too much and it cost him four back points.

Makes me wonder how that match may have been different had it been the second match instead of the seventh after a 20 minute break. I like where Brody Treske is at and where he is going. 

141 – Real Woods – National champ. As with at 125 – nothing else to say.

149 – I miss Max Murin already and his career has a lot to go in the last part of the season. I really like watching this guy. Just keep grinding Max Murin.

157 – Cobe Siebrecht had two overtime matches in two dual meets with different outcomes. First a thrilling win in OT over #8 Will Lewan of Michigan off of a great scramble for the takedown and a 3-1 victory. Against OSU Siebrecht come up short in OT against #9 Kaden Gfeller, 3-2 TB1.

Currently ranked #14 Siebrecht has endured a tough stretch over the last seven matches to close out the season against the at the time #9,1,18,6,17,8, and 9th ranked wrestler in the country. Siebrecht was 4-3 in those matches that were all close. 

Siebrecht has come a long way this season and I sure would not bet against him at Nationals. I am real confident that he will wrestle above his current ranking of #14.

165 – This is the Patrick Kennedy that fans like me were expecting to see this year. He looks more confident with every match. I said in the preseason that 165 was so tough with competition that I labeled it “Epic.” I do not care who is out there. I like Kennedy a lot and I cannot wait to see where he ends up at Nationals.

174 – It was great to see Nelson Brands back in action with two wins. He looked good in a 5-1 win over Michigan. Brands looked very good with a 3-2 decision over #7 Dustin Plott of Oklahoma State. Nelson Brands is difficult to score on, strong, in shape, and peaking at the right time. I look for his career best at Nationals.

184 – For me as a fan the highlight of the Oklahoma State dual meet was the return and performance of Abe Assad at 184. A 4-2 decision over #10 Travis Wittlake of Oklahoma State was h-u-g-e. That match really excited me. 

I have been saying in this blog for quite some time that Abe Assad has the goods to be elite. Tournament time is here and Assad looks like he is ready to go. 

197 – I loved the fire out of Jacob Warner in the 16-1 tech fall in 2:26 over the varsity Michigan guy. You do not see scoring at 197 like that…ever. A 3-2 decision over #19 Luke Surber of Oklahoma State, who defeated the at the time #1 undefeated wrestler in the country at 197 a month ago, was a solid win.

Let the haters hate. I still believe Warner will win it all this year. 

Hwt – Even though I am disappointed in the 9-7 loss against #1 Mason Parris of Michigan I feel more confident moving forward about Tony Cassioppi after that match. I can see a lot of good coming out of the two losses on the season that will benefit Cassioppi at Nationals. Everything is fixable here at Hwt.

Big Cass is close to the top. Real close.

Something caught my eye on TV during the Penn State dual and in person at the Oklahoma State meet. It has been obvious to me that Iowa is taking a different approach to this season all along. What I saw off the mat in both duals is also different and I like it. A lot. Maybe is was nothing. Maybe is it was everything. Time will tell.

According to all of the rankings Iowa is not even a threat to win the National Tournament. No chance. At all. They might as well not even have Nationals and just hand Penn State the title and team trophy.

Any time you have a leader like Spencer Lee, additional senior leadership on a close team, a very talented team up and down the lineup getting healthy at tournament time and IOWA on their singlet with the backing of the Iowa Wrestling Nation – you have my fullest attention.

It’s gonna be fun as a fan watching this play out over the upcoming weeks.

Let’s get ‘em in the middle.

Big Ten Wrestling Championships

Ann Arbor, Michigan

March 4-5

NCAA Wrestling Championships

Tulsa, Oklahoma

March 16-18

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Three members of the Hawkeye Wrestling Club will be competing at the Ibrahim Moustafa Ranking Event in Alexandria, Egypt on Sunday, February 26. Austin DeSanto (61 kg), Pat Lugo (65 kg), and Cody Chittum (70 kg) of the Hawkeye Wrestling Club will be among the 21 men’s freestyle wrestlers representing Team USA in this major international tournament. 

HWC coach Daniel Dennis will be on the coaching staff.

DeSanto was a four-time All American and Lugo a two-time All American for the Iowa Hawkeyes. 

Chittum was the overall pound for pound #1 recruit in the country for the Class of 2022. He is taking a grey shirt year while training and competing for the HWC. He will enroll at Iowa in August with the Iowa Wrestling Recruiting Class of 2023.

The Ibrahim Moustafa Ranking Event will have competition in men’s and women’s freestyle and Greco-Roman from February 23-26.

This tournament scores points towards the UWW Ranking Series standings that determines the seeds for the 2023 Senior World Championships and provides prize money to the medalist.

All of the wrestling will be streamed live on the premium service of FloWrestling.

 Ibrahim Moustafa Ranking Event schedule

*All times listed are CST

Sunday, February 26

2:30 AM – Qualification and repechage (MFS 57, 61, 65, 70, 74, 79, 86, 92)

10:00 AM – Finals (MFS 57, 61, 65, 70, 74, 79, 86, 92)

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Spencer Lee has been named as the Big Ten Wrestler of the Week. Lee pinned #32 Reece Witcraft of Oklahoma State in 0:51 on Sunday. Lee’s pin led Iowa to a 28-7 home victory against Oklahoma State in his last appearance in Carver-Hawkeye Arena as an Iowa Hawkeye.

This marks the third time this season and seventh for his career that Lee has been named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week. Lee now has a 52 match winning streak dating back to 2019. On the season he is 14-0 with 13 bonus point wins (eight pins, three major decisions, and two tech falls).

Lee ended his career competing in Carver-Hawkeye arena with a 26-0 record. This was the eighth pin of the season for Lee and 34th in his career.

Congratulations to Spencer Lee for being named as the Big Ten Wrestler of the Week.

Iowa competes next at the Big Ten Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan on March 4-5.

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

InterMat released their final rankings of the season. It is still Penn State-Iowa for both the Tournament and Dual Meet Rankings. The top four in the Tournament Rankings remained the same. For the Tournament Rankings compared to last week Penn State went up three and a half points and Iowa remained the same. For Penn State-Iowa it is now 112-73.5.

Nebraska is in third at 62 and Missouri is fourth at 55.

There were changes in the 3 and 4 spot in the dual meet rankings. It is now Penn State – Iowa – North Carolina State – Nebraska.

Iowa had two wrestlers go up and two wrestlers drop in the rankings. At 133 Brody Teske dropped from 16 to 18. At 157 Cobe Siebrecht went from 13 to 14. Nelson Brands moved up from 14 to 12 at 174 and Abe Assad went from 12 to 10 at 184.

The remaining six weights for Iowa remained the same in the rankings.

The regular season is complete. The Hawks compete next at Big Tens in Ann Arbor, Michigan on March 4-5.

Feb 21 InterMat Rankings

125 Spencer Lee – #1

133 Brody Teske – #18

141 Real Woods – #2

149 Max Murin – #6

157 Cobe Siebrecht – #14

165 Patrick Kennedy – #7

174 Nelson Brands – #12

184 Abe Assad – #10

197 Jacob Warner – #12

Hwt Tony Cassioppi – #3

Tournament

1. Penn State – 112
2. Iowa – 73.5
3. Nebraska – 62
4. Missouri – 55

Dual Meet

1. Penn State
2. Iowa
3. North Carolina State
4. Nebraska

Full rankings: https://intermatwrestle.com/rankings/college

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Ella Schmit of the University of Iowa placed fifth at the Klippan Lady Open in Klippan, Sweden.  

Competing at 62 kg/136 lbs. Schmit was 1-2 for the tournament.

She competed in the Open division that had 26 teams from 16 countries. This is a big step up in competition for a true freshman to compete in an open international tournament.

Originally from Bettendorf, Iowa where she was a three-time IWCOA state champion, Schmit was the 2022 Dan Gable Ms. Wrestler of the Year. Schmit was the first native Iowan to join the Iowa Women’s wrestling team.

Schmit is a true freshman at the University of Iowa. Members of the new women’s program can compete unattached this year and the first official year will be for the 2023-24 season.

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

The regular season for our incoming Iowa Wrestling recruits finished on a high note. All four of our recruits won a State title in Des Moines this weekend.

Kale Petersen had three straight major decisions to make the finals. In the Finals Petersen defeated Anders Kittelson of Osage 7-3 to win the 2A 132 lbs. title. This was Petersen’s third state title. Petersen closed out his senior season with a perfect 42-0 record.

Ryder Block looked great in winning the 3A 138 lbs. title. He had two pins and a tech fall before defeating Kane Naaktgeboren of Linn-Mar in the finals, 11-4. Block finished the season with a 45-0 record. For his career Block won three state titles and was a four-time finalist. Block was named as the Casey’s Class 3A Wrestling Championships MVP. 

Gabe Arnold had two pins and a tech fall on his way to the 3A 182 lbs. finals. In the finals Arnold defeated Tate Naaktgeboren of Linn-Mar, TB-1 2-1. This marked the fourth time that Arnold defeated Iowa State recruit Naaktgeboren this season. In the MatScouts Rankings Arnold is #2 and Naaktgeboren is #4 in the country at 182 lbs. Arnold finished the season with a 41-0 record.

Ben Kueter closed out his amazing high school career in style. Kueter started the tournament with three first period pins in :14, :12, and 1:53. In the finals Kueter defeated Joseph Lewis of Dubuque Hempstead by a 19-4 tech fall in 4:49 to win the 3A 220 lbs. title.

Kueter became the 32nd four-time state champion in Iowa high school wrestling history and also just the seventh wrestler in state history to finish a four year career undefeated. Kueter finished up with a 111-0 career record with 74 pins.

Kueter was awarded as the 2023 State Wrestling Championships MVP Award. Kueter is listed as the overall #1 recruit in the country pound for pound by MatScouts.

Keyan Hernandez won his third AA Montana state title last weekend.

When you add in Cody Chittum that was the overall #1 recruit in the country in 2022 that will enroll with the Class of 2023 this August at Iowa there is a lot to be excited about.

I will continue to follow our incoming recruits throughout the freestyle season.

The future looks great for Iowa Wrestling.

Class of 2023

Kale Petersen – Greene County  2A 132 lbs.

Wed-Sat Feb 15-18 – at Iowa High School State Tournament (Des Moines)

Champ. Round 1 – Kale Petersen (Greene County) 42-0 received a bye () (Bye)

Champ. Round 2 – Kale Petersen (Greene County) 42-0 won by major decision over Kade Bauer (Sioux Center) 35-11 (MD 15-5)

Quarterfinal – Kale Petersen (Greene County) 42-0 won by major decision over Max Currier (Clear Lake) 33-5 (MD 8-0)

Semifinal – Kale Petersen (Greene County) 42-0 won by major decision over Nick Koch (North Fayette Valley) 36-5 (MD 13-4)

1st Place Match – Kale Petersen (Greene County) 42-0 won by decision over Anders Kittelson (Osage) 50-3 (Dec 7-3)

Ryder Block – Waverly-Shell Rock  3A 138 lbs. 

Wed-Sat Feb 15-18 – at Iowa High School State Tournament (Des Moines)

Champ. Round 1 – Ryder Block (Waverly-Shell Rock) 45-0 received a bye () (Bye)

Champ. Round 2 – Ryder Block (Waverly-Shell Rock) 45-0 won by fall over Dawson Fish (Dubuque Hempstead) 30-15 (Fall 1:17)

Quarterfinal – Ryder Block (Waverly-Shell Rock) 45-0 won by tech fall over Isaac Bruhl (Ankeny Centennial) 25-8 (TF-1.5 4:40 (23-7))

Semifinal – Ryder Block (Waverly-Shell Rock) 45-0 won by fall over Nolan Fellers (Bondurant-Farrar) 36-3 (Fall 2:43)

1st Place Match – Ryder Block (Waverly-Shell Rock) 45-0 won by decision over Kane Naaktgeboren (Linn-Mar) 38-3 (Dec 11-4)

Gabe Arnold – City High (Iowa City)  3A 182 lbs. 

Wed-Sat Feb 15-18 – at Iowa High School State Tournament (Des Moines)

Champ. Round 1 – Gabe Arnold (Iowa City, City High) 41-0 received a bye () (Bye)

Champ. Round 2 – Gabe Arnold (Iowa City, City High) 41-0 won by fall over Kaden Phan (Clear Creek-Amana) 33-14 (Fall 0:44)

Quarterfinal – Gabe Arnold (Iowa City, City High) 41-0 won by tech fall over Holden Hansen (Southeast Polk) 35-12 (TF-1.5 4:25 (21-6))

Semifinal – Gabe Arnold (Iowa City, City High) 41-0 won by fall over Chase Hutchinson (Valley, West Des Moines) 35-8 (Fall 3:23)

1st Place Match – Gabe Arnold (Iowa City, City High) 41-0 won in tie breaker – 1 over Tate Naaktgeboren (Linn-Mar) 33-4 (TB-1 2-1)

Ben Kueter – City High (Iowa City)  3A 220 lbs. 

Wed-Sat Feb 15-18 – at Iowa High School State Tournament (Des Moines)

Champ. Round 1 – Ben Kueter (Iowa City, City High) 39-0 received a bye () (Bye)

Champ. Round 2 – Ben Kueter (Iowa City, City High) 39-0 won by fall over Griffin Schultz (Linn-Mar) 26-18 (Fall 0:14)

Quarterfinal – Ben Kueter (Iowa City, City High) 39-0 won by fall over Will Hinrichs (Ankeny) 37-10 (Fall 0:12)

Semifinal – Ben Kueter (Iowa City, City High) 39-0 won by fall over Ayden Hoag (LeMars) 45-2 (Fall 1:53)

1st Place Match – Ben Kueter (Iowa City, City High) 39-0 won by tech fall over Joseph Lewis (Dubuque Hempstead) 44-4 (TF-1.5 4:59 (19-4))

Class of 2024

Keyan Hernandez – Billings West (Montana)  120 lbs.

Season completed – State Champion.

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!