This is the biggest weekend of the year for wrestling in the great state of Iowa. Ten of our incoming recruits will be competing at the legendary Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament in Des Moines from Thursday-Saturday.

Fleshman will be competing in 2A. All of the other incoming recruits from Iowa are in 3A.

We have quite a few recruits competing in State Duals today starting at 9 AM: Riggins, Block, Hill, Jesuroga, Jesuroga, Martinson, and Martinson.

Iowa Assistant Coach Ryan Morningstar of Lisbon, Iowa will be inducted in the Iowa High School Athletic Hall of Fame Saturday before the Finals.

I will bring you results this season for all of our incoming recruits right here on my blog.

The future looks great for Iowa Wrestling.

Iowa High School State Wrestling Toruament

Thursday, February 17

Session 1 | Class 2A, First Round | 9 a.m.

Session 2 | Class 3A, First Round | 1:30 p.m.

Session 3 | Class 1A, First Round | 6 p.m.

Friday, February 18

Session 4 | Class 2A & 3A, Quarterfinals | 9 a.m.

Session 5 | Class 1A, Quarterfinals & Class 2A, Semifinals | 2:30 p.m.

Session 6 | Class 3A & 1A, Semfinals | 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, February 19

Session 7 | All Classes, Consolation Semifinals & Finals | 10 a.m.

Session 8 | All Classes, Finals | 6 p.m.

Recruiting Class of 2022

Jace Rhodes – Mason City, Iowa (132 lbs.)

Thurs-Sat, Feb 17-19 – at Iowa High School State Tournament

Joel Jesuroga – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa (145 lbs.)

Thurs-Sat, Feb 17-19 – at Iowa High School State Tournament

Carter Martinson – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa (152 lb.)

Thurs-Sat, Feb 17-19 – at Iowa High School State Tournament

Carson Martinson – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa (160 lbs.)

Thurs-Sat, Feb 17-19 – at Iowa High School State Tournament

Aiden Riggins – Waverly-Shell Rock HS, Iowa (160 lbs.)

Thurs-Sat, Feb 17-19 – at Iowa High School State Tournament

Drake Rhodes – Billings West HS, MT (160 lbs.)

Season completed. State Champion.

Mickey Griffith – Des Moines Lincoln HS, Iowa (182 lbs.)

Out for season with injury.

Kolby Franklin – Wyoming Seminary, Pennsylvania (Hwt)

No competition scheduled.

Brad Hill – Bettendorf, Iowa (195 lbs.)

Thurs-Sat, Feb 17-19 – at Iowa High School State Tournament

Easton Fleshman – West Lyon HS, Iowa (Hwt)

Thurs-Sat, Feb 17-19 – at Iowa High School State Tournament

Recruiting Class of 2023

Nate Jesuroga – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa (126 lbs.)

Thurs-Sat, Feb 17-19 – at Iowa High School State Tournament

Ryder Block – Waverly-Shell Rock (138 lbs.)

Thurs-Sat, Feb 17-19 – at Iowa High School State Tournament

Gabe Arnold – Wyoming Seminary (PA) (170 lbs.)

Fri/Sat February 18-19 – at PAISWT (Mercerburg)

Ben Kueter – City High HS, Iowa (220 lbs.)

Thurs-Sat, Feb 17-19 – at Iowa High School State Tournament

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!  

The new InterMat Rankings are about the same as last week. Iowa only had one wrestler move in the rankings. Abe Assad went from #15 to #16 at 184.  The rest of the lineup remained the same.

#1 Penn State increased their lead over #2 Iowa by four points and are now at a 35 point lead over the Hawks.

The Dual Meet Rankings stayed the same with Penn State, Iowa, Michigan, and NC State for the top four. 

Iowa will be on the road at take on #12 Nebraska on Sunday at 6 PM CST.

InterMat Rankings -February 15, 2022

Tournament Team Rankings/Points

1. Penn State  123
2. Iowa  88
3. Michigan  72
4. Arizona State  68.5

Dual Meet

1. Penn State
2. Iowa
3. Michigan
4. NC State

125  Drake Ayala – 12th

133  Austin DeSanto – 3rd

141 Jaydin Eierman – 2nd

149 Max Murin – 10th

157 Kaleb Young – 12th 

165 Alex Marinelli – 5th

174 Michael Kemerer – 2nd

184 Abe Assad – 16th

197 Jacob Warner – 4th

Hwt Tony Cassioppii – 4th

For the complete InterMat rankings:

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

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Now that we are in the state tournament portion of the season I wanted an update on our incoming recruits in the most recent MatScouts Rankings.

Nate Jesuroga is #9 in the P4P (Pound For Pound) rankings and is #1 at 126. Aiden Riggins is #21 P4P and #1 at 160. Ben Kueter remained #3 at 220 and is #23 in P4P. 

Gabe Arnold is #9 at 170. Brad Hill remained #20 at 195 and Ryder Block is #14 at 138. 

Mickey Griffith has been out due to injury and is no longer ranked. Easton Fleshman and Carter Martinson dropped out of the rankings.

All of the recruits from Iowa will be competing in the legendary Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament from Thursday-Saturday.

The future looks great for Iowa Wrestling.

Incoming Iowa Wrestling recruits in the MatScouts Rankings by Willie Saylor on Rokfin.

Nate Jesuroga

Class of 2023 

Southeast Polk HS, Iowa

#9 P4P

#1 at 126 lbs. 

Ryder Block

Class of 2023 

Waverly-Shell Rock HS, Iowa

#14 at 138 lbs.

Aiden Riggins

Class of 2022

Waverly-Shell Rock HS, Iowa

#21 P4P

#1 at 160 lbs.

Gabe Arnold

Class of 2023

Wyoming Seminary, Pennsylvania

#9 at 170 lbs.

Brad Hill

Class of 2022

Bettendorf, Iowa

#20 at 195 lbs.

Ben Kueter

Class of 2023 

City High HS, Iowa

#23 P4P

#3 at 220 lbs.

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

It was a great weekend for incoming Iowa Wrestling recruits. Drake Rhodes was 4-0 with four pins while winning the 2A Montana state title at 160 lbs. This is the third state title for Rhodes who placed 1st, 2nd, 1st, and 1st in his high school career. Rhodes had an absolutely dominating senior season.

It was Districts weekend here in Iowa. Mickey Griffith did not compete due to injury. All of the remaining incoming recruits from Iowa won a District title. The legendary Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament begins on Thursday.

Iowa Assistant Wrestling Coach Ryan Morningstar will be inducted in the Iowa High School Hall of Fame Saturday night before the finals.

I will bring you results this season for all of our incoming recruits right here on my blog. 

The future looks great for Iowa Wrestling.

Recruiting Class of 2022

Jace Rhodes – Mason City, Iowa (132 lbs.)

Saturday, February 12 – at Districts (Marshalltown)

Quarterfinal – Jace Rhodes (Mason City) received a bye () (Bye)

Semifinal – Jace Rhodes (Mason City) won by fall over Lucas Osterhaus (Xavier, Cedar Rapids) (Fall 1:41)

1st Place Match – Jace Rhodes (Mason City) won by decision over Carter Fecht (Waverly-Shell Rock) (Dec 3-1)

Joel Jesuroga – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa (145 lbs.)

Saturday, February 12 – at Districts (Carlisle)

Quarterfinal – Joel Jesuroga (Southeast Polk) received a bye () (Bye)

Semifinal – Joel Jesuroga (Southeast Polk) won by major decision over T.R. Putz (Pella) (MD 18-4)

1st Place Match – Joel Jesuroga (Southeast Polk) won by fall over Zach Streeter (Carlisle) (Fall 0:45)

Carter Martinson – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa (152 lb.)

Saturday, February 12 – at Districts (Carlisle)

Quarterfinal – Carter Martinson (Southeast Polk) won by tech fall over Gavin Steger (Waukee) (TF-1.5 2:29 (16-0))

Semifinal – Carter Martinson (Southeast Polk) won by tech fall over Jackson Van Kley (Pella) (TF-1.5 4:48 (15-0))

1st Place Match – Carter Martinson (Southeast Polk) won by fall over Dominic Tigner (Norwalk) (Fall 0:44)

Carson Martinson – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa (160 lbs.)

Saturday, February 12 – at Districts (Carlisle)

Quarterfinal – Carson Martinson (Southeast Polk) won by fall over Adyn Wyckoff (Carlisle) (Fall 1:03)

Semifinal – Carson Martinson (Southeast Polk) won by fall over Cole Norris (Des Moines Roosevelt) (Fall 2:41)

1st Place Match – Carson Martinson (Southeast Polk) won by decision over Gabe Carver (Urbandale) (Dec 7-0)

Aiden Riggins – Waverly-Shell Rock HS, Iowa (160 lbs.)

Saturday, February 12 – at Districts (Marshalltown)

Quarterfinal – Aiden Riggins (Waverly-Shell Rock) received a bye () (Bye)

Semifinal – Aiden Riggins (Waverly-Shell Rock) won by tech fall over Gerald Norton (Cedar Falls) (TF-1.5 3:07 (17-2))

1st Place Match – Aiden Riggins (Waverly-Shell Rock) won by major decision over Christian Stanek (Xavier, Cedar Rapids) (MD 13-1)

Drake Rhodes – Billings West HS, MT (160 lbs.)

Fri/Sat, Feb 11-12 at Montana State Tournament (Billings, MT)

Champ. Round 1 – Drake Rhodes (Billings West) won by fall over Grayson Barcus (Glacier (Kalispell)) (Fall 1:06)

Quarterfinal – Drake Rhodes (Billings West) won by fall over Felix Peterson (Gallatin) (Fall 2:51)

Semifinal – Drake Rhodes (Billings West) won by fall over Conner Kovick (Helena Capital) (Fall 1:49)

1st Place Match – Drake Rhodes (Billings West) won by fall over Gabe Lake (Flathead (Kalispell)) (Fall 3:07)

Mickey Griffith – Des Moines Lincoln HS, Iowa (182 lbs.)

Did not compete.

Kolby Franklin – Wyoming Seminary, Pennsylvania (Hwt)

No competition scheduled.

Brad Hill – Bettendorf, Iowa (195 lbs.)

Saturday, February 12 – at Districts (City High/Iowa City)

Quarterfinal – Bradley Hill (Bettendorf) received a bye () (Bye)

Semifinal – Bradley Hill (Bettendorf) won by fall over Ethan Armstrong (Iowa City, Liberty) (Fall 0:41)

1st Place Match – Bradley Hill (Bettendorf) won by medical forfeit over Isaac Thacher (Fort Madison) (M. For.)

Easton Fleshman – West Lyon HS, Iowa (Hwt)

Saturday, February 12 – at Districts (Sioux Center)

Semifinal – Easton Fleshman (West Lyon) received a bye () (Bye)

1st Place Match – Easton Fleshman (West Lyon) won in sudden victory – 1 over Ethan Hooyer (Sioux Center) (SV-1 3-1)

Recruiting Class of 2023

Nate Jesuroga – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa (126 lbs.)

Saturday, February 12 – at Districts (Carlisle)

Quarterfinal – Nathanael Jesuroga (Southeast Polk) won by fall over Eddie Fulton (Des Moines Roosevelt) (Fall 2:39)

Semifinal – Nathanael Jesuroga (Southeast Polk) won by fall over Jaylon Brooks (Urbandale) (Fall 1:49)

1st Place Match – Nathanael Jesuroga (Southeast Polk) won by major decision over Trent Harper (Norwalk) (MD 22-10)

Ryder Block – Waverly-Shell Rock (138 lbs.)

Saturday, February 12 – at Districts (Marshalltown)

Quarterfinal – Ryder Block (Waverly-Shell Rock) won by fall over Conner Doyle (Cedar Falls) (Fall 0:16)

Semifinal – Ryder Block (Waverly-Shell Rock) won by fall over Ronan Thomas (Xavier, Cedar Rapids) (Fall 2:15)

1st Place Match – Ryder Block (Waverly-Shell Rock) won by fall over Cooper Wiemann (Mason City) (Fall 3:08)

Gabe Arnold – Wyoming Seminary (PA) (170 lbs.)

No competition scheduled.

Ben Kueter – City High HS, Iowa (220 lbs.)

Saturday, February 12 – Districts (City High/Iowa City)

Quarterfinal – Ben Kueter (Iowa City, City High) received a bye () (Bye)

Semifinal – Ben Kueter (Iowa City, City High) won by fall over Daniel Sokolik (Fort Madison) (Fall 2:11)

1st Place Match – Ben Kueter (Iowa City, City High) won by medical forfeit over Diego Cortes (Bettendorf) (M. For.)

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!  

The tournament season really heats up for our incoming recruits this week. Drake Rhodes will be competing at the Montana High School State Tournament today and tomorrow. All of the recruits from Iowa will be at Districts with the State Tournament next weekend.

I am reminded every week when I do this blog of the high quality of recruits we have coming in. Very impressive.

I will bring you results this season for all of our incoming recruits right here on my blog. 

The future looks great for Iowa Wrestling.

Recruiting Class of 2022

Jace Rhodes – Mason City, Iowa (132 lbs.)

Saturday, February 12 – at Districts (Marshalltown)

Joel Jesuroga – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa (145 lbs.)

Saturday, February 12 – at Districts (Carlisle)

Carter Martinson – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa (152 lb.)

Saturday, February 12 – at Districts (Carlisle)

Carson Martinson – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa (160 lbs.)

Saturday, February 12 – at Districts (Carlisle)

Aiden Riggins – Waverly-Shell Rock HS, Iowa (160 lbs.)

Saturday, February 12 – at Districts (Marshalltown)

Drake Rhodes – Billings West HS, MT (160 lbs.)

Fri/Sat, Feb 11-12 at Montana State Tournament (Billings, MT)

Mickey Griffith – Des Moines Lincoln HS, Iowa (182 lbs.)

Saturday, February 12 – at Districts (Johnston)

Kolby Franklin – Wyoming Seminary, Pennsylvania (Hwt)

No competition scheduled.

Brad Hill – Bettendorf, Iowa (195 lbs.)

Saturday, February 12 – at Districts (City High/Iowa City)

Easton Fleshman – West Lyon HS, Iowa (Hwt)

Saturday, February 12 – at Districts (Sioux Center)

Recruiting Class of 2023

Nate Jesuroga – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa (126 lbs.)

Saturday, February 12 – at Districts (Carlisle)

Ryder Block – Waverly-Shell Rock (138 lbs.)

Saturday, February 12 – at Districts (Marshalltown)

Gabe Arnold – Wyoming Seminary (PA) (170 lbs.)

Friday. February 11 – at Melee on the Metro (Washington D.C.)

Ben Kueter – City High HS, Iowa (220 lbs.)

Saturday, February 12 – Districts (City High/Iowa City)

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!  

It would not be a college wrestling season without the Iowa-Oklahoma State dual meet. The two most successful programs in college wrestling history have a long tradition of great battles on the mat. I expect that to be the case yet once again.

Iowa will face Oklahoma State at the Bout at the Ballpark at 8 PM CST on Saturday. The original twist is that the dual meet will take place on the playing field of the Texas Rangers on Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.

Another added plus is that Team USA will take on an All Star team of International wrestlers from around the world in Men’s and Women’s Freestyle matches and a Greco-Roman match. Victoria Francis of the Hawkeye Wrestling Club will represent Team USA at 76 kg in a dual meet.

This will be an event that will promote the sport in Texas that is an emerging state for wrestling. 

The best match for rankings will be at 133 with #3 Austin DeSanto – #2 Daton Fix. At 165 it will be #5 Alex Marinelli – #8 Travis Wittlake. At 157 it will be #12 Kaleb Young – #18 Wyatt Sheets.

Iowa will have the higher ranked wrestler in seven of ten weights but never forget about how much of a rivalry this dual meet is. I expect a very hard fought dual meet just like you would expect from Iowa and Oklahoma State.

There will be a HWC Pre Match Social at Buffalo Wild Wings in Arlington starting at 5 PM.

The Iowa-Oklahoma State dual meet can only be seen on the premium service of FloWrestling.

#2 IOWA HAWKEYES (12-1, 6-1 BIG TEN) 2021-22 Overall Wt. Rank^ Name Yr. Hometown/High School Record 

125 12 Drake Ayala Fr. Fort Dodge, Iowa/Fort Dodge 13-4 -OR- Jesse Ybarra So. Tucson, Arizona/Sunnyside 5-4 

133 3 Austin DeSanto Sr. Exeter, Pennsylvania/Exeter (Drexel) 13-1 -OR- Cullan Schriever So. Mason City, Iowa/Mason City 15-5 

141 2 Jaydin Eierman Sr. Columbia, Missouri/Father Tolton (Missouri) 13-1 

149 10 Max Murin Sr. Ebensburg, Pennsylvania/Central Cambria 7-2 

157 12 Kaleb Young Sr. Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania/Punxsutawney 12-5 

165 5 Alex Marinelli Sr. Miamisburg, Ohio/St. Paris Graham 16-1 

174 2 Michael Kemerer Sr. Murraysville, Pennsylvania/Franklin Regional 6-1 

184 15 Abe Assad So. Carol Stream, Illinois/Glenbard North 10-4 

197 4 Jacob Warner Sr. Tolono, Illinois/Washington Community 12-2 

285 4 Tony Cassioppi Jr. Roscoe, Illinois/Hononegah 11-2

#5 OKLAHOMA STATE (11-3, 5-3 BIG 12) 2021-22 Overall Wt. Rank^ Name Yr. Hometown Record 

125 7 Trevor Mastrogiovanni So. Sparta, New Jersey/Blair Academy 12-1 -OR- Cooper Birdwell Fr. Lewiston, Montana/Fergus 8-2 

133 2 Daton Fix Jr. Sand Springs, Oklahoma/Charles Page 14-0 

141 21 Carter Young Fr. Stillwater, Oklahoma/SƟ llwater 8-4 

149 13 Kaden Gfeller Sr. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma/Heritage Hall 12-1 

157 18 Wyatt Sheets Sr. Stilwell, Oklahoma/Stilwell 10-4 

165 8 Travis Wittlake Jr. Coos Bay, Oregon/Marshfield 9-3 

174 10 Dustin Plott So. Tuttle, Oklahoma/Tuttle 11-2 

184 11 Dakota Geer Sr. Franklin, Pennsylvania/Franklin Area (Edinboro) 11-3 

197 Gavin Stika Jr. Creston, Ohio/Norwayne 12-6 

285 31 Luke Surber So. Tuttle, Oklahoma/Tuttle 8-6 -OR- Austin Harris Sr. Roseburg, Oregon/Roseburg 10-3

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Pat Lugo and Victoria Francis of the Hawkeye Wrestling Club will be representing Team USA at elite international tournaments. Lugo will be at the Dan Kolov-Nikola Petrov International in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. Lugo will be competing at 65 kg (143 lbs.) on February 18-19.

From USA Wrestling:

As of now, the live stream is believed to be hosted on the Bulgarian Wrestling Federation’s YouTube page.

Victoria Francis will represent Team USA at the Yasar Dogu in Istanbul, Turkey. There are numerous World and Olympic champions and medal winners that have already registered for this elite event. Francis will compete at 72 kg on February 26. 

I am reporting this information from an article released by FloWrestling. USA Wrestling did not have a press release on this competition at the time I released this blog.

From the press release on FloWrestling:

The Yasar Dogu will be the first of four Ranking Series events of the year where wrestlers will look to accumulate seeding points for September’s World Championships.

For a list of the registered wrestlers:

https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/7416742-usa-russia-sending-strong-teams-to-yasar-dogu

There will be a live stream of the Yasir Dogu on the premium service of FloWrestling.

I will follow up with results right here on my blog.

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

InterMat released their new rankings today. 

The Hawks remained at #2 in the Tournament Rankings. #1 Penn State is now 31 points ahead of Iowa, up .5 from last week. Michigan remained at #3 and Arizona State at #4. 

There was not a lot of movement in the individual rankings for Iowa. Assad went from #17 to #15 at 184 and Ayala went from #11 to #12 at 125.

Every other Iowa wrestler stayed the same in the rankings:

(3) DeSanto, (2) Eierman, (10) Murin), (12) Young, (5) Marinelli, (2) Kemerer, (4) Warner), and (4) Cassioppi.

The Dual Meet Rankings also stayed the same with Penn State, Iowa, Michigan, and NC State for the top four. 

Iowa will take on #5 Oklahoma State in Arlington, Texas on Saturday at 6:30 PM CST.

InterMat Rankings -February 8, 2022

Tournament Team Rankings/Points

1. Penn State  119
2. Iowa  88
3. Michigan  73.5
4. Arizona State  65

Dual Meet

1. Penn State
2. Iowa
3. Michigan
4. NC State

125  Drake Ayala – 12th

133  Austin DeSanto – 3rd

141 Jaydin Eierman – 2nd

149 Max Murin – 10th

157 Kaleb Young – 12th 

165 Alex Marinelli – 5th

174 Michael Kemerer – 2nd

184 Abe Assad – 15th

197 Jacob Warner – 4th

Hwt Tony Cassioppii – 4th

For the complete InterMat rankings:

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

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

The 2022 college wrestling season is drawing to an end. The Hawks have only two dual meets before the tournament season kicks in.  Iowa looked good in defeating #16 Wisconsin 29-6 Saturday. I like what I saw from the lineup.

This is the time of year when morning runs put the final touch of conditioning in place.  The steps in Carver will be getting a good workout. I like the schedule with one dual meet per week. That has to help the training cycle for this time of year.

There were some positive signs in the Wisconsin dual meet. Here are a few random thoughts. 

1. DeSanto putting up 13 takedowns? At a Big Ten dual meet? Impressive.
2. More than anyone I liked what I saw from Eierman. We all know that he has a ton of potential and explosive scoring/pinning moves. Keep scoring more points and the pins will come. I am hoping that the Wisconsin match was the start of his run to peaking at Nationals.
3. Cassioppi put a major decision on a very tough wrestler yet once again. I believe Cassioppi has worked himself into knowing how his new build and weight works best for him. With the right seed I can see Cassioppi in the NCAA National Finals.
4. You never want to see one of your guys lose a match. However I believe the loss at Ohio State did Marinelli a lot of good. He was wrestling too tight and seems to have gone to a higher level of want. That can happen to a senior this time of year. The only thing that loss at Ohio State means is that Marinelli will not be an undefeated national champion.
5. People can keep criticizing Warner and I will keep taking the wins. Warner is a grinder who has his own way to win. Jacob Warner can beat anyone in the country. At a tough and deep weight I see Warner doing real well at Nationals.
6. Kaleb Young has endured too many battles in his day to not have him as an All American. As with Warner, Young is a typical grinder that will be there for Nationals. It is points they count at Nationals, not style points.
7. Assad has yet to really cut loose the way I would like to see but the potential is still there. With his next two opponents ranked higher maybe we will see what I have been waiting for. This guy has all the tools to score some much needed points at Nationals.
8. Turk represented himself real well. That is one tough guy you want on your side.
9. I’ll be damned if I would bet against Kemerer to win it all. Still believe we have not seen his best performance of the year. He got a much needed look at a low scoring match against Penn State. As with Marinelli I believe that loss will pay dividends from here on out.
10. Not gonna lie. It was a huge blow to me as a fan when I heard Ayala was out of the lineup. I have no idea if we will see him the rest of the year. Winning the team title will definitely be much harder without a lot of points at 125. Still doable, just more difficult.

I am looking forward to the remaining season we have left. The stakes and intensity just keep going up and up. Gotta love being an Iowa Wrestling fan.

*All rankings by InterMat:

Remaining schedule:

Saturday, February 12 – at #5 Oklahoma State (Arlington, Texas)  6:30 PM

Sunday, February 20 – at #7 Nebraska  6 PM

Sat/Sun March 5-6 at Big Tens (Lincoln, Nebraska)

Th-Sat, March 17-19  at NCAA National Tournament (Detroit, Michigan)

125 – #11 Drake Ayala/Jesse Ybarra

Oklahoma State – #8 Trevor Mastrogiovanni

Nebraska – Unranked

133 – #3 Austin DeSanto

Oklahoma State – #2 Daton Fix

Nebraska – Unranked

141 – #3 Jaydin Eierman

Oklahoma State – #21 Carter Young

Nebraska – #8 Chad Red

149 – #10 Max Murin

Oklahoma State – #13 Kaden Gfeller

Nebraska – #8 Ridge Lovett

157 – #12 Kalab Young

Oklahoma State – #18 Wyatt Sheets

Nebraska – #5 Peyton Robb

165 – #5 Alex Marinelli

Oklahoma State – #10 Travis Wittlake

Nebraska – #29 Bubba Wilson

174 – #2 Michael Kemerer

Oklahoma State – #10 Dustin Plott

Nebraska – #5 Mikey Labriola

184 – #17 Abe Assad

Oklahoma State – #11 Dakota Geer

Nebraska – #9 Taylor Venz

197 – #4 Jacob Warner

Oklahoma State – #1 AJ Ferrari (Currently not in the lineup)

Nebraska – #3 Eric Schultz

Hwt. – #4 Tony Cassioppi

Oklahoma State – #33 Luke Surber

Nebraska – #12 Christian Lance

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Drake Rhodes and Easton Fleshman had dominating performances this weekend. Rhodes was 3-0 with three pins in 1:33, 1:59, and 3:45 at the Eastern Seeding Tournament. Rhodes will compete at the Montana State Tournament next weekend. Fleshman had two pins in :50 and 1:33 to win a Sectional title. They were the only Hawkeye recruits to compete over the weekend.

All of our incoming recruits from Iowa will compete at Disrticts next weekend and then the State Tournament the following weekend. I did see where elite recruit Gabe Arnold was at the Iowa-Wisconsin dual meet in Carver-Hawkeye Arena yesterday.

I will bring you results this season for all of our incoming recruits right here on my blog. 

The future looks great for Iowa Wrestling.

Recruiting Class of 2022

Jace Rhodes – Mason City, Iowa (132 lbs.)

No competition scheduled.

Joel Jesuroga – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa (145 lbs.)

No competition scheduled.

Carter Martinson – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa (152 lb.)

No competition scheduled.

Carson Martinson – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa (160 lbs.)

No competition scheduled.

Aiden Riggins – Waverly-Shell Rock HS, Iowa (160 lbs.)

No competition scheduled.

Drake Rhodes – Billings West HS, MT (160 lbs.)

Fri/Sat, Feb 4-5 at Eastern Seeding Tournament (Bozeman)

Quarterfinal – Drake Rhodes (Billings West) won by fall over Hunter Rowan (Belgrade) (Fall 1:33)

Semifinal – Drake Rhodes (Billings West) won by fall over Jaron Roberts (Billings Senior) (Fall 1:59)

1st Place Match – Drake Rhodes (Billings West) won by fall over AJ Lafurge (Great Falls Cmr)  (Fall 3:45)

Mickey Griffith – Des Moines Lincoln HS, Iowa (182 lbs.)

No competition scheduled.

Kolby Franklin – Wyoming Seminary, Pennsylvania (Hwt)

No competition scheduled.

Brad Hill – Bettendorf, Iowa (195 lbs.)

No competition scheduled.

Easton Fleshman – West Lyon HS, Iowa (Hwt)

Saturday, February 5 – at Sectionals (Spirit Lake)

Semifinal – Easton Fleshman (West Lyon) won by fall over Jesus Garcia (Boyden Hull-Rock Valley) (Fall 0:50)

1st Place Match – Easton Fleshman (West Lyon) won by fall over Kayden VanBerkum (Central Lyon-G-LR) (Fall 1:33)

Recruiting Class of 2023

Nate Jesuroga – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa (126 lbs.)

No competition scheduled.

Ryder Block – Waverly-Shell Rock (138 lbs.)

No competition scheduled.

Gabe Arnold – Wyoming Seminary (PA) (170 lbs.)

No competition scheduled.

Ben Kueter – City High HS, Iowa (220 lbs.)

No competition scheduled.

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!