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Waverly-Shell Rock's Cody Krumwiede wins the Class 3A 285 Pound Championship Match At Wells Fargo Arena Saturday night. (Justin Hayworth/Register photo)

High school wrestling fans jammed Wells Fargo Arena Friday night for the state tournament finals in all three classes. The event was sold out for the 24th consecutive year.

See every match result here.

The Class 3-A team title drama went down to the final match, when Cody Krumwiede posted a 10-0 major decision victory that sent Waverly-Shell Rock past Iowa City West.

Waverly-Shell Rock, which has now won four consecutive championships, finished with 152 points to West’s 150. Bettendorf was third at 148.

Two of the three team titles were decided during the afternoon’s consolations — Logan-Magnolia in Class 1-A and Davenport Assumption in Class 2-A.

Photos from today’s consolations here.

Here were some of the highlights that transpired during Friday night’s finals:

— Jordan Bremer of Woodbury Central repeated as 103-pound champion in Class 1-A.

— Dylan Peters of Denver-Tripoli won the Class 2-A title at 112 pounds. He won the 103 title last year.

— Cory Clark of Southeast Polk is now 3-for-3 when it comes to winning state titles. He improved his record to 129-0, with a 5-2 victory against Kegan Wakefield of Iowa City West.

— Alburnett’s Tyler Shulista claimed the Class 1-A title at 119 pounds with a pin in 1:07. The junior won at 112 last year.

— Christopher Halblom, a senior from Alburnett, became a three-time champion, capturing the title at 125 pounds in Class 1-A.

— John Meeks of Des Moines Roosevelt joined Cory Clark as a 3-for-3 state champion. Meeks improved his career record to 123-0 with a 9-4 victory against Kegan Wakefield of Iowa City West.

— Brandon Sorensen of Denver-Tripoli won the 130-pound title in Class 1-A. He was the champ at 119 in 2010.

— Jake Marlin of Creston/Orient-Macksburg added this year’s 135-pound championship to the one he won last year at 130.

— Brian Warren became third wrestler in Des Moines North history to win a state title, prevailing in 140 pounds in Class 3-A. The other North champs: Jack Welch in 1970 and Robert Cole in 1996. North has a shared program with Hoover.

— Robert Walker of Martensdale-St. Marys repeated as the champion at 140 in Class 1-A.

— Cody Caldwell of Waverly-Shell Rock finished his traditional tournament career with a third state title, taking the top prize at 152 pounds.

— Ballard of Huxley Tanner Weatherman won his third career title with a convincing victory at 171 in Class 3-A. He was a four-time finalist.

— Kane Seeley became Perry’s first state champion since 1971, winning at 215 pounds in Class 2-A.

Be sure to check out complete coverage in the Des Moines Sunday Register. Mike Malloy, John Naughton and Chuck Schoffner covered the night’s action.

The Register also had four photographers on site, capturing dozens and dozens of images. Find them at DesMoinesRegister.com/HSInsider.

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The evening began with five men being inducted into the Iowa high school wrestling hall of fame. They are Kenneth Meacham (Mason City), Brad Smith (Iowa City High), Mike Land (West Des Moines Valley), Mark Reiland (Eagle Grove and Iowa City West) and Jessie Sundell (Ogden).

Sundell was a four-time state champion.

Lara suffered a separated shoulder Friday during a match against Iowa City West’s Justin Koethe. Lara was unable to continue, and won by default as it was ruled Koethe’s injury-producing slam was illegal.

Lara will take on Carroll’s Tyler Berger. Berger hopes to become Carroll’s first state champion since 1932.

Tonight. it’s the finals.

Logan-Magnolia locked up the Class 1-A team title this afternoon. This marks the Panthers’ second state wrestling title in school history, with the first in 2005.

Don Bosco of Gilbertville was trying to become the first school to win six consecutive crowns.

Follow today’s results here.

The Class 3-A team race is tight going into the finals, as Bettendorf leads with 148 points, followed by Waverly-Shell Rock with 143.

Iowa City West is next with 141.

Bettendorf's Brody Berrie helped his team to the 3-A lead.

Here’s a look at state wrestling team scoring after Friday’s consolation action:

CLASS 3-A

1. Bettendorf 142

2. Waverly-Shell Rock 137

3. Iowa City West 129

4. Southeast Polk 104.5

5. W.D.M. Valley 76.5

6. Indianola 61

7. Mason City 59.5

8. C.B. Lewis Central 57

9. Urbandale 56.5

10. Ames 42

CLASS 2-A

1. Davenport Assumption 107.5

2. Ballard (Huxley) 88

3. Denver-Tripoli 82.5

4. Atlantic 65

5. West Delaware 63

6. Indianola 56.5

7. East Marshall/GMG (Garwin) 47.5

8. New Hampton 46

9. Creston/Orient-Macksburg 45.5

10. tie, Fairfield and Spirit Lake Park, 39

CLASS 1-A

1. Logan-Magnolia 82

2. Don Bosco (Gilbertville) 68.5

3. Interstate 35 (Truro) 62

4. Alburnett 58

5. Tri-Center (Neola) 51

6. Lisbon 49

7. tie, Eddyville-Blakesburg and Woodbury Central, 48.5

9. Underwood 46

10. tie, Manson-N.W. Webster and Valley (Elgin), 40.5

Consolation semifinals were held later.

Iowa City West advanced three wrestlers to the finals — tops in the class. They are No. 1 Phillips Laux (103 pounds), No. 3 Kegan Wakefield (119), No. 2 Jack Hathaway (125) and No. 3 Dakota Bauer (130).

Waverly-Shell Rock has three finalists — No. 2 Jordan Rinken (140), No. 1 Cody Caldwell (152) and No. 1 Cody Krumwiede (285).

Bettendorf has finalists in No. 3 Connor Ryan (125) and No. 2 Brodie Berrie (285).

Individual results in bracket form, with team scoring.

A look at who will compete in Saturday’s Class 3-A title matches, based on how tonight’s semifinals fared:

103 pounds

Top-ranked Phillip Laux (42-2) of Iowa City West vs. 10th-ranked Jake Koethe (38-6) of West Des Moines Valley.

112 pounds

Top-ranked Colby Knight (39-2) of Urbandale vs. seventh-ranked Jake Agnitsch (35-5) of Ames.

119 pounds

Top-ranked Cory Clark (44-0) of Southeast Polk vs. third-ranked Kegan Wakefield (39-5) of Iowa City West.

125 pounds

Second-ranked Jack Hathaway (49-3) vs. third-ranked Connor Ryan (26-7) of Bettendorf.

130 pounds

Top-ranked John Meeks (44-0) vs. third-ranked Dakota Bauer (38-4) of Iowa City West.

135 pounds

Second-ranked Jay Hildreth (46-2) vs. ninth-ranked Wade Edgington (44-6) of Indianola.

140 pounds

No. 3 Brian Warren (34-3) of Des Moines North/Hoover vs. second-ranked Jordan Rinken of Waverly-Shell Rock (43-2)

145 pounds

Second-ranked Gabe Moreno (40-1) of Urbandale vs. third-ranked Zach Witte (37-0) of Cedar Rapids Prairie.

152 pounds

Top-ranked Cody Caldwell (43-2) of Waverly-Shell Rock vs. fifth-ranked Trey Lewis (41-5) of W.D.M. Valley.

160 pounds

Second-ranked Taylor Berger (39-0) of Carroll vs. Ethan Lara (22-4) of Sioux City East. Note: Lara was awarded the win after he was injured.

171 pounds

Second-ranked Willie Miklus (17-1) of Southeast Polk vs. third-ranked Levi Peters (32-4) of Fort Dodge.

189 pounds

Top-ranked Brandon Abernathy (39-1) of Indianola vs. second-ranked Jared Bartel (39-1) of Mason City.

215 pounds

Second-ranked Ben Nagle (39-3) of North Scott vs. fifth-ranked Connor Herman (37-2) of Cedar Rapids Jefferson.

285 pounds

Top-ranked Cody Krumwiede (44-1) of Waverly-Shell Rock vs. Brodie Berrie (24-5) of Bettendorf.

Ballard of Huxley was next with 88, followed by Denver-Tripoli (70.5) and Atlantic (60).

Ballard advanced three wrestlers to Saturday night’s title matchs — Tanner Hiatt (145 pounds), Tanner Weatherman (171) and Ross Larson (189).

Davenport Assumption has two finalists — Topher  Carton at 119 and Brody Grothus at 145.

Here’s a list of Saturday’s state finals in Class 2-A, as determined by today’s semifinals at Wells Fargo Arena:

103 pounds

Top-ranked Doug Miner (40-2) of Spirit Lake Park vs. fifth-ranked Zach Less (32-6) of West Delaware.

112 pounds

Top-ranked Dylan Peters (49-0) of Denver-Tripoli vs. second-ranked Colton McCrystal (46-1) of Sergeant Bluff-Luton.

119 pounds

Top-ranked  Topher Carton (42-0) of Davenport Assumption vs. second-ranked Sawyer Farris (46-2) of New London/Winfield-Mount Union.

125 pounds

Top-ranked Jacob Conlon (35-0) of Clear Lake vs. fourth-ranked Dakota Simmons (26-3) of Fairfield.

130 pounds

Top-ranked Brandon Sorenson (46-2) of Denver-Tripoli vs. Josh Perkins (38-8) of Atlantic.

135 pounds

Second-ranked Jake Marlin (47-1) of Creston/Orient-Macksburg vs. fourth-ranked Tyler Patten of Webster City.

140 pounds

Top-ranked Josh Schaefer of OABCIG (Ida Grove) (44-1) vs, Brad Schwenke (44-4) of Atlantic.

145 pounds

Second-ranked Brody Grothus (48-0) of Davenport Assumption vs. third-ranked Tanner Hiatt (43-1) of Ballard of Huxley.

152 pounds

Third-ranked Ryan Valline (30-4) of East Marshall/Green Mountain (Garwin) vs. Chase Skoneczka (35-5) of Benton of Van Horne.

160 pounds

Second-ranked Kyle Lux (39-0) of South Tama vs. sixth-ranked Nick Fuller (41-4) of Independence

171 pounds

No. 1 Tanner Weatherman (43-1) vs. second-ranked Colton Vant Hof (38-0) of Sioux Center.

189 pounds

Third-ranked Devin Mitchell (40-1) of Bondurant-Farrar vs. Ross Larson (37-4) of Ballard of Huxley.

215 pounds

Top-ranked Kane Seeley (46-0) of Perry vs. second-ranked Collin Bevins (48-4) of Creston/Orient-Macksburg.

285 pounds

Top-ranked Austin Blythe (48-1) of Williamsburg vs. sixth-ranked Zach Bauer of Dallas Center-Grimes (36-3)

Interstate 35 of Truro is in second with 62 points, followed by Alburnett with 58. Rounding out the top five are Woodbury Central with 48.5 and Don Bosco of Gilbertville with 47.5.

Results in bracket form, with complete team scoring

Here’s a look at the semifinal highlights:

285  pounds
Second-ranked Caleb White (36-0) of Tri-Center of Neola will face fourth-ranked Joe Koehn (43-2) of Valley of Elgin in Saturday night’s final.

In the semifinals, White beat third-anked Tyler Smith of Lisbon 4-3, and Koehn pinned Tanner Johnson of Dike-New Hartford in 5:18.

215 pounds
Top-ranked Nate Howard (45-0) of Graettinger-Terril made quick work in his semifinal, pinning seventh-ranked Nick Schmelzer in 21 seconds.

Sixth-ranked Zach Salisbury (35-4) of South Winneshiek won the other semifinal, beating fifth-ranked Josh Treybal of HMS of Hartley in overtime, 8-6.

189 pounds
Top-ranked Andrew Nodtvedt (44-0) of Central Springs beat fourth-ranked Jared McCoy of Woodbury Central 3-1 in overtime to advance.

In the other semifinal, sixth-ranked Ethan Calvert (32-5) of Interstate 35 beat fifth-ranked Evan Johnson of AGWSR of Ackley 3-2.

171 pounds

Second-ranked Jake Everts (41-1)  of Aplington-Parkersburg advanced to the finals with an 8-2 victory against Jacob Pierson of MMCof Marcus.

The other semifinal had third-ranked Tevin Brinson (31-2) of Mason City Newman beating fifth-ranked Jake Crosby of Eddyville-Blakesburg 9-6

160 pounds

Both of these semifinals ended in pins, with top-ranked Austin Even of Jesup needing just 40 seconds against Corning’s Tyler Ogburn.

Fourth-ranked Brett Roberts of Eddyville-Blakesburg pinned Nashua-Plainfield’s Christian Miller  in 1:56.

152 pounds

Top-ranked Dallas Houchins of Interstate 35 of Truro advanced to the final with an 8-4 victory against fourth-ranked Wyatt Towne of HMS of Hartley.

Houchins (35-0) will encounter second-ranked Austin Kessler (40-3) of Durant-Bennett, who advanced with an 8-6 overtime win against sixth-ranked Cody Harrison.

145 pounds

Top-ranked Matt Finch of HMS of Hartley will face third-ranked Loren Williams of Tri-Center of Neola in the final.

Finch (32-0) advanced with a 9-2 win against second-ranked Shay Taylor of  Prairie of Gowrie.

Williams (52-2) edged fourth-ranked Tasker Phillips of Pleasantville 6-5.

140 pounds

It will be No. 1 vs. No. 2 in the final.

Top-ranked Robert Walker (45-0) of Martensdale-St. Marys beat Braiden Vrzak of Turkey Valley 9-2, and second-ranked Nolan Oviatt (44-2) of Logan-Magnolia beat third-ranked Tait Simpson 6-2.

130 and 135 pounds

The No. 1-ranked wrestlers in each of these weight classes will be in action Saturday night.

Jordan Johnson (26-2) of Interstate 35 of Truro beat eighth-ranked Colton Martin in the 130 semifinals. Johnson will meet sixth-ranked Brennan McNitt (48-1) of Council Bluffs St. Albert next.

Logan Mulnix (40-1) of North Linn beat 10th-ranked Trevor Paulson of Tri-Center of Neola, and will face fourth-ranked Drew Proctor (43-2) of Tipton in the championship.

119 and 125 pounds

Alburnett will have at least two wrestlers in Saturday night’s finals, as 119-pounder Tyler Shulista and 125-pounder Christopher Halblom both won in the semifinals.

The top-ranked Shulista pinned second-ranked Kody Krenz of Louisa-Muscatine in 1:58, and top-ranked Halblom  beat eighth-ranked Ryan Hall of Jesup 13-5.

In the finals, Shulista (47-1) will face fifth-ranked Jesse Partlow (38-1) of Manson-Northwest Webster and Halblom (44-0) will meet second-ranked Kolbi Kohl (33-5) of Lisbon.

103 and 112 pounds

Woodbury Central of Moville quickly advanced two wrestlers into Saturday night’s championships.

Top-ranked Jordan Bremer beat third-ranked Kyler Kiner of Ogden at 103 pounds, and eighth-ranked Nathan Ryan scored a 1-0 decision against fourth-ranked Aaron Bartenhagen of Durant-Bennett.

In the finals, Bremer (44-0) will face second-ranked Andrew Foutch (50-2) of  Underwood, and Ryan (42-8) will face top-ranked Brance Simms (37-1) of Twin River Valley of Bode.

Waverly-Shell Rock is second with 74, followed by Iowa City West with 72. Southeast Polk and West Des Moines Dowling Catholic round out the top five with 66.5 and 45.5.

And remember, you can find results in bracket form along with team scoring here.

Here is what transpired during the quarterfinals in reverse chronological order:

285 pounds

Sixth-ranked Bryan Varisco became the fifth Southeast Polk to qualify for the semifinals after he registered an 8-4 decision against Dakoda Elledge of Western Dubuque.

Varisco will go against top-ranked Cody Krumwiede of Waverly-Shell Rock tonight.

The other semifinal: Second-ranked Brodie Berrie (23-5) of Bettendorf vs. 10th-ranked Cody Donnelly (31-5) of Iowa City High.

215 pounds

Urbandale advanced its third wrestler into the semifinals, when top-ranked Jesse South beat Bud Smith of Southeast Polk 6-1.

South (37-4) faces fifth-ranked Connor Herman (36-2) of Cedar Rapids Jefferson tonight.

The other semifinal: Second-ranked Ben Nagle (38-3) of North Scott vs. seventh-ranked Joe Scanlan (37-4) of Johnston.

189 pounds

Southeast Polk continued to make a charge in the latter stages of the quarterfinals, as third-ranked A.J. McBroom became the fourth Ram to advance.

McBroom (39-4) will meet second-ranked Jacob Bartel (38-1) of Mason City in the semifinals.

The other semifinal: top-ranked Brandon Abernathy (38-1) of Indianola against ninth-ranked Andrew Netolicky (40-8) of Cedar Rapids Prairie.

171 pounds

No. 2-ranked Willie Miklus of Southeast Polk beat top-ranked Travis Mallo of Mason City in the quarterfinals, and will face Mitch Wantock (15-2) of Linn-Mar of Marion in tonight’s semifinals.

The other semifinal: Third-ranked Levi Peters (31-4) of Fort Dodge against fourth-ranked Ryan Sheldon (40-1) of Cedar Rapids Kennedy.

160 pounds

Top-ranked Justin Koethe became the sixth Iowa City West wrestler to make it to the semifinals. The junior with a 42-2 record pinned third-ranked Dominic Chase of Bettendorf in 37 seconds.

Koethe will face Ethan Lara (21-4) of Sioux City East tonight.

The other semifinal: Second-ranked Taylor Berger of Carroll vs. fourth-ranked Colbey Vance of Pleasant Valley.

152 pounds

Top-ranked Cody Caldwell of Waverly-Shell Rock scored a 9-1 major decision against Zeb Wahle of Council Bluffs Lewis Central, and will face sixth-ranked Ben Swalla (38-4) of Ames in the semifinals.

The other semifinal will be eighth-ranked Matt Knipp (35-9) of Southeast Polk against fifth-ranked Trey Lewis (40-5) of West Des Moines Valley.

145 pounds

Gabe Moreno became the second Urbandale wrestler to advance to the semifinals, following his 9-1 major decision victory against Dylan Blackford of Southeast Polk.

Moreno (39-1) will face Jacob Smith (35-7) of Bettendorf in the next round.

The other semifinal: Top-ranked Chad Ryan (47-1) of Sioux City North against third-ranked Zach Witte (36-0) of Cedar Rapids Prairie.

140 pounds

Top-ranked Elijah Sullivan became the fifth Iowa City West wrestler to move into tonight’s semifinals. The senior posted a 10-5 victory against fifth-ranked Zach Cooper of Des Moines Lincoln in the quarterfinals.

Sullivan (38-1) will face second-ranked Jordan Rinken (42-2) of Waverly-Shell Rock in the semis.

The other semifinal: Third-ranked Brian Warren (33-3) of Des Moines North/Hoover against seventh-ranked Blake Letney (32-5) of Pleasant Valley.

135 pounds

Top-ranked Bubba Hernandez (24-5) of Bettendorf advanced with a 21-8 major decision victory against eighth-ranked Ty Miller of West Des Moines Valley.

Hernandez will face ninth-ranked Wade Edgington (43-6) of Indianola in the semifinals.

The other semifinal: fifth-ranked Kolton Rottink (35-9) against second-ranked Jay Hildreth (45-2) of Council Bluffs Lewis Central.

130 pounds

Top-ranked John Meeks stayed unbeaten with a pin in 3:03 against Seth Ebling of Waverly-Shell Rock.

Meeks (43-0) will face second-ranked Adam Perrin (35-4) of North Scott in tonight’s semifinals.

Dakota Bauer became the fourth Iowa City West to seal a trip to the semifinals, as he posted an 11-2 major decision win against Landon BiLieu of Indianola.

Bauer will face sixth-ranked Braxton Chicchelly (40-6) of Cedar Rapids Xavier.

125 pounds

Second-ranked Jack Hathaway became the third Iowa City West wrestler to win a quarterfinal, scoring a 47-second pin against Dylan Buchheit of Southeast Polk.

Hathaway (48-3) will face fourth-ranked Kyle Larson (42-1) tonight, with the other semifinal being third-ranked Connor Ryan (25-7) against Tyler Feller (50-8) of Council Bluffs Lewis Central.

119 pounds

Top-ranked Cory Clark of Southeast Polk (43-0) pinned Eli Johnson of West Des Moines Valley and will now meet second-ranked Eric DeVos (44-0) of Waverly-Shell Rock in tonight’s semifinals.

The other semifinal: Third-ranked Kegan Wakefield of Iowa City West vs. fifth-ranked John Christopherson of Spencer.

112 pounds

Top-ranked Colby Knight (38-2) of Urbandale beat Spencer Derifield of Waverly-Shell Rock in the quarterfinals and will face Matt Birnbaum (30-5) of Fort Dodge in tonight’s semifinals.

Birnbaum, a senior, handed second ranked fourth-ranked Tyler Willers of Pleasant Valley a 9-5 loss.

The other semifinal: Matt Victor (35-10) of Indianola against Jake Agnitsch (34-5) of Ames.

Victor beat Cassy Herkelman of Cedar Falls 5-1.

103 pounds

Top-ranked Phillip Laux of Iowa City West advanced to the semifinals with a 2-0 victory against Alijah Jeffery of Linn-Mar of Marion.

Laux (41-2) will face Austin Anderson (36-1) of Ankeny tonight. Anderson besat Kaz Onoo of Mason City 7-3 in the quarterfinals.

The other semifinal has third-ranked Jay Fresh (34-1) of Knoxville against 10th-ranked Jake Koethe (37-6) of West Des Moines Valley.

After winning by default Thursday when Linn-Mar of Marion’s Joel Northrup refused to wrestle her, Herkleman lost 5-1 to Indianola’s Matt Victor in Friday’s Class 3-A quarterfinal.

Cedar Falls' Cassy Herkelman wrestles Indianola's Matt Victor in the 3A 112lbs quarterfinal Friday. Victor defeated Herkelman 5-1. (Rodney White/The Register)

Victor scored an early takedown in the first period and later took a 4-0 lead with a takedown in the second period.

Herkelman (21-14) continued in the tournament in a consolation match against Jordan Jones. She was pinned, and is now out of the tournament.

Minutes after Herkelman was eliminated from the traditional state wrestling tournament, so was the first-round opponent who declined to wrestle her.

Joel Northrup of Linn-Mar of Marion lost, 3-2 in overtime to Pleasant Valley’s Tyler Willers. Northrup, ranked fifth at 112-pounds, and Herkelman leave the tournament after winning once and losing twice. Neither will place in the top eight of their weight class.

Big man, big goal.

Williamsburg heavyweight Austin Blythe pinned his way into the 285-pound semifinals Thursday in the Class 2-A state wrestling meet at Wells Fargo Arena.

Williamsburg's Austin Blythe seeks a third state title

He will try to join 86 Iowans who have won three or more individual titles this week and become the 42nd four-time finalist at state.

“I think this is a great time to put my stamp on history,” Blythe said.

Blythe beat Creighton Fox of Central of DeWitt in 2:31, rolling his opponent over during the second period.

“I just wanted to get it over with,” said Blythe, who will play football at Iowa. “I knew I could turn him.”

Another two-time state champ, Tanner Weatherman of Ballard of Huxley, also advanced. He pinned Red Oak’s Seth Esaias in 1:34 at 171 pounds.

Davenport Assumption leads the 2-A field with 57.5 points following quarterfinal action. Ballard is second with 53.5 and defending champion Denver-Tripoli third at 39.5.

Assumption’s Brody Grothus stretched his record to 47-0 this season with a fall against Solon’s Cody Fritz at 145.

The senior took third the last two years.

“Losing’s never fun and I’ve learned what if feels like to lose — I hate it,” Grothus said.

Assumption teammate Topher Carton also advanced to the semifinals. He beat Dalton Kingery of PCM of Monroe 10-2 at 119.

Denver-Tripoli advanced three wrestlers to the semifinals: Dylan Peters at 112, Brandon Sorensen at 130 and Garrett Smith at 152.

Peters and Sorensen both won state titles last year. Peters won by technical fall over Leighton Gaul of New Hampton with a score of 22-7. Sorensen pinned Dylan Bryce of Spirit Lake Park in 2:59.

Another returning champ, Jake Marlin of Creston/Orient-Macksburg, advanced by pinning Dustin Shinkle of Benton of Van Horne in 35 seconds at 135 pounds.

Bondurant-Farrar’s Devin Mitchell also won by fall for the second time at state.

“If you do it, you feel like Superman,” Mitchell said. “If you get pinned, you don’t feel so good.”

He beat Osage’s Joe Roll in 3:07 in Thursday’s quarterfinal, a day after topping Tyler Walls of Clear Creek-Amana of Tiffin in 59 seconds.

No. 2-ranked Kyle Lux of South Tama of Tama beat top-ranked Cody Solari of Sergeant Bluff-Luton 11-9. Solari made a five-point move in the second period, but Lux hung on for the win.

Several other No. 1-ranked wrestlers advanced to today’s semifinals.

Clear Lake’s Jacob Colon recorded his second pin in less than a minute at 125 pounds. He won in 40 seconds Thursday after pinning his opponent in 59 seconds on Wednesday.

Perry’s Kane Seeley also pinned a foe for the second time to advance at 215.

The other No. 1s to move on: Doug Miner of Spirit Lake Park at 103, Matt White of Albia at 135, Josh Schaefer of BCIG-OA of Ida Grove at 140 and Blaize Cabell of Independence at 189.

Davenport  Assumption maintained its hold on first place in the team race, finishing the night with 57.5 points, followed by Ballard of Huxley with 53.5.

Denver-Tripoli stands in third place with 39.5 points, and Atlantic has 38. Independence is in fifth with 34.5.

Davenport Assumption entered the session in first place with 25.5 points, followed by Ballard of Huxley’s 23.5. Atlantic, New Hampton and Osage had 17.

Results in bracket form, team scoring

The tournament resumes Friday morning at 9 a.m., with the quarterfinals in Class 3-A. The Class 1-A semifinals are at 1 p.m., the 2-A semis at 2:15 and the 3-A semis at 6:30.

8:02 p.m.

Top-ranked Austin Blythe of Williamsburg, an Iowa football recruit, advanced to the semifinals at 285 pounds with a pin in 2:31 against Creighton Fox of Central of DeWitt.

Blythe (47-1) will next face fifth-ranked Logan Hopp (39-5) of New Hampton. The other semifinal pits sixth-ranked Zach Bauer of Dallas Center-Grimes against eighth-ranked Seth Praska of Crestwood of Cresco.

7:55 p.m.

Kane Seeley of Perry sealed his bid to the semifinals at 215 pounds with a pin in 1:17 against Tyler Grauer of Clear Creek-Amana.

The top-ranked Seeley (45-0) will wrestle third-ranked Devin Lemke (25-0) of Iowa Falls-Alden in the next round.

The other semifinal: second-ranked Collin Bevins (47-4) of Creston/Orient-Macksburg against seventh-ranked Micah Hoogendoorn (39-3) of Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley.

7:52 p.m.

Ballard of Huxley stayed on a roll, with 189-pound Ross Larson joining two teammates with tickets to the semifinals.

The fourth-ranked Larson (36-4) beat sixth-ranked Logan Kellogg of Clear Lake 8-3. Larson’s next opponent will be top-ranked Blaize Cabell (43-0) of Independence, which has moved three into the semifinals.

The other semifinal will have third-ranked Devin Mitchell (39-1) of Bondurant-Farrar against Adam Reth of West Delaware.

7:46 p.m.

Ballard of Huxley quickly added its second semifinalist at 171 pounds after top-ranked Tanner Weatherman (42-1) pinned Seth Esaias of Red Oak.

Weatherman will face Jake Reiter (26-6) of Union of LaPorte City.

The other semifinal will have second-ranked Colton Vant Hof (37-0) against Jacob Jensen (25-14) of Crestwood of Cresco.

7:43 p.m.

Second-ranked Kyle Lux of South Tama advanced with an 11-9 victory against top-ranked Cody Solari of Sergeant Bluff-Luton at 160 pounds.

Lux (38-0) will face seventh-ranked Brad Mickelson (37-7) of Ballard of Huxley in the semifinals. The other semifinal: Collin Ascherl (37-2) of MOC-FV of Orange City against Nick Fuller (40-4) of Independence.

7:38 p.m.

Top-ranked 152-pounder Garrett Smith became the third Denver-Tripoli to advance into the semifinals, receiving a victory by forfeit.

Smith (43-2) will wrestle Chase Skoneczka (34-5)of Benton of Van Horne in the semifinals. The other semifinal will have third-ranked Ryan Valline (29-4) of East Marshall/Green Mountain of Garwin against seventh-ranked Dakota Poe (40-4) of Albia.

Valline became the third member of his team to advance, too.

7:33 p.m.

Second-ranked Brody Grothus became the second Davenport Assumption wrestler to move into the semifinals after pinning seventh-ranked Cody Fritz of Solon at 145 pounds.

Grothus (47-0) will face Chris Johnson (38-7) in the next round, which will also include third-ranked Tanner Hiatt of Ballard of Huxley going against fourth-ranked Blake Meling of East Marshall/Green Mountain of Garwin.

7:27 p.m.

Make that three semifinalists for Atlantic.

Brad Schwenke pinned Kyle Donlin of Sioux Center in 5:03 in a battle of unranked wrestlers at 140 pounds.

Schwenke (43-4) will go against second-ranked Tyler Walz (33-2) of South Tama. The other semifinal will have top-ranked Josh Schaefer of OA-BCIG of Ida Grove against 10th-ranked Kyler Risher (46-9) of Centerville

7:20 p.m.

Top-ranked Matt White (50-1) of Albia moved to the semifinals at 135 pounds with a 2-0 win against third-ranked Jake Kadel (46-1) of New London/Winfield-Mount Union.

White will wrestle fourth-ranked Tyler Patten (34-3) of Webster City in the semifinals. The other semifinal: Second-ranked Jake Marlin (46-1) of Creston/Orient-Macksburg against ninth-ranked Tyler Mitchell (32-6) of Charles City.

7:18 p.m.

Denver-Tripoli and Atlantic both posted their second wins of the night at 130 pounds.

Top-ranked Brandon Sorenson of Denver-Tripoli pinned Dylan Bryce of Spirit Lake Park in 2:59, and Josh Perkins of Atlantic beat Jared Hoefer of West Delaware 7-0.

In the semifinals, Sorensen will face fifth-ranked JC Vercande of Williamsburg and Perkins will meet third-ranked Logan Thomsen of Union of LaPorte City.

7:12 p.m.

Two matches, two quick pins for top-ranked Jacob Conlon of Clear Lake at 125 pounds.

The senior from Clear Lake needed just 40 seconds to pin Clint Flack of JSPCEG of Jefferson. Conlon (34-0) , who registered a 59-second pin in the first round, will meet third-ranked Kyle Blocker (42-4) of East Marshall/Green Mountain of Garwin in the semifinals.

In the other semifinal, second-ranked Cole Anderson (35-4) is matched against fourth-ranked Dakota Simmons (25-3) of Fairfield.

7:07 p.m.

Davenport Assumption earned its first win of the night at 119 pounds, as top-ranked Topher Carton beat Dalton Kingery by major decision 10-2.

Carton (41-0) will wrestle eighth-ranked Alex Rust (35-3) of Central Lyon/George-Little Rock in the semifinals.

The other semifinal will have second-ranked Sawyer Farris (45-2) of New London/Winfield-Mount Union against seventh-ranked Jobe Goodale (35-6) of Osage.

7:02 p.m.

Top-ranked Dylan Peters of Denver-Tripoli stayed on course for another state title, beating Leighton Gaul by technical fall at 112 pounds.

Peters (48-0), who won the 103 title last year, will face Dustin Horne (31-6) in the semifinals.

The other semifinal will have second-ranked Colton McCrystal (45-1) of Sergeant Bluff-Luton against fourth-ranked Tanner Cowan (26-4) of Centerville.

6:58 p.m.

Top-ranked Doug Miner advanced to the semifinals at 103 pounds with a 5-3 victory against second-ranked Tyler Bartels of Riceville-St. Ansgar.

Miner (39-2) will face eighth-ranked Darrian Schwenke in Friday’s semifinals. Schwenke sent third-ranked Shadow Leshen of Albia to the consolation bracket with a pin in 3:06.

The other semifinal will have fifth-ranked Zach Less of West Delaware (31-6) against seventh-ranked Derek Miller (39-8) of Winterset.

Alburnett and Lisbon are tied for third place with 33 points,and Interstate 35 of Truro is fifth at 29.

Logan-Magnolia entered today’s session in the lead with 26.5 points, followed by Don Bosco of with 16.

The Class 2-A quarterfinals are scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m.

Here is look at the Class 1-A quarterfinals.

3:32 p.m.

No.2 knocked off No. 1 at 285 pounds, as Caleb White of Tri-Center of Neola sent Brendan Ter Wee of West Lyon to the consolation round. White (35-0) won 6-3.

White’s semifinal opponent is third-ranked Tyler Smith of Lisbon. The other semifinal: fourth-ranked Joe Koehn (42-2) of Valley of Elgin vs. sixth-ranked Tanner Johnson (33-3) of Dike-New Hartford.

3:28 p.m.

Nate Howard of Graettinger-Terril will be the only wrestler ranked in the top four at 215 pounds who will compete in the semifinals.

The senior with a 44-0 record pinned second-ranked Trent Baker (41-1) of Westwood of Sloan in 3:12.

Howard, who is No. 1 with a 44-0 record, will face seventh-ranked Nick Schmelzer of South Winneshiek on Friday. The other semifinal has No. 5 Josh Treybal of HMS of Hartley vs. No. 6 Zach Salisbury of Sumner-Fredericksburg.

3:23 p.m.

Two unbeaten wrestlers went head-to-head in the quarterfinals at 189 pounds, with top-ranked Andrew Nodtvedt (42-0) of Central Springs winning a 3-1 decision against third-ranked Dalton Peterson (47-1) of Woodbine.

Nodtvedt, a senior, will face fourth-ranked Jared McCoy of Woodbury Central in the semifinals. McCoy advanced with a 5-3 win against second-ranked Kyle Soderblom of Lynnville-Sully.

The other semifinal: fifth-ranked Evan Johnson(27-3)  of AGWSR of Ackley vs. sixth-ranked Ethan Calvert (31-5) of Interstate 35 of Truro.

3:15 p.m.

The top-ranked wrestler at 171 pounds has been knocked out of contention.

Second-ranked Jake Everts of Aplington-Parkersburg beat No. 1 Jayden DeVilbiss of South Winnesheik 7-5, advancing to a semifinal match Friday against unranked Jacob Pearson (34-5) of MMC of Marcus.

The other semifinal will be fifth-ranked Jake Crosby (44-4) of Eddyville-Blakesburg against third-ranked Tevin Brinson (30-2) of Mason City Newman.

3:10 p.m.

Sixth-ranked Tyler Ogburn of Corning upset second-ranked Marrick Loftus of Logan-Magnolia, recording a pin in 3:59 at 160 pounds.

Ogburn (37-4) will face top-ranked Austin Even (43-2) in the semifinals. Even pinned Kal Alger of Lisbon in 1:43.

The other semifinal: fourth-ranked Brett Roberts (44-2) against unranked Christian Miller of Nashua-Plainfield (18-5).

3:05 p.m.

Top-ranked Dallas Houchins of Interstate 35 of Truro advanced to the semifinals with a 3-2 win against third-ranked Rilen Carew of West Branch at 152 pounds. Houchins (34-0) will face fourth-ranked Wyatt Towne (43-3) of HMS or Hartley.

No. 2 Austin Kessler of Durant-Bennett will wrestle No. 6 Cody Harrison of Eagle Grove in the other semifinal.

3:00

The top four ranked wrestlers at 145 pounds will all be competing in Friday’s semifinals.

Top-ranked Matt Finch of HMS of Hartley advanced with a pin in 3:44 against Taylor Hotek of Waterloo Columbus. Finch will meet second-ranked Shay Taylor (46-2) of Prairie Valley of Gowrie.

The other semifinal will have third-ranked Loren Williams (51-2) of Tri-Center of Neola against fourth-ranked Tasker Phillips (36-4) of Pleasantville.

2:55 p.m.

Top-ranked and defending champion Robert Walker of Martensdale-St. Marys advanced to the semifinals at 140 pounds by recording a fall in 5:15 against Jake Slocum of West Branch at 140 pounds.

Walker (44-0) will face unranked Braiden Vrzak (35-10) of Turkey Valley of Jackson Junction in the semifinals.

The other semifinal has second-ranked Nolan Oviatt (43-2) going against third-ranked Tait Simpson (35-2) of Lisbon.

2:50 p.m.

Top-ranked Logan Mulnix of North Linn registered a technical fall against third-ranked David Walker of Martensdale-St. Marys.

Mulnix, last year’s champion at 125, will face 10th-ranked Trevor Paulson of Tri-Center of Neola in the semifinals. The other semifinal will have second-ranked Brandon Welter (41-2) of Don Bosco of Gilbertville against fourth-ranked Drew Proctor (42-2) of Tipton.

2:45 p.m.

Sixth-ranked Brennan McNitt of Council Bluffs St. Albert upended second-ranked Austin Demuth of Don Bosco of Gilbertville in a 3-2 decision.

McNitt (46-1) will face fourth-ranked Chet Utesch (42-2) of Akron-Westfield in the semifinals. The other semifinalists are top-ranked Jordan Johnson (25-2) of Interstate 35 of Truro and eighth-ranked Colton Martin (43-3) of Alburnett.

Johnson moved on with an 8-3 decision against third-ranked Nathan Van Zante of Eddyville-Blakesburg.

2:40 p.m.

Top-ranked Christopher Halblom of Alburnett took another step toward another state title with a pin against Carroll Kuemper’s Kolby Hilgenberg in the quarterfinals at 125 pounds.

Halblom (43-0), a senior who won last year’s title at 119, will face eighth-ranked Ryan Hall (46-4) of Jesup in the semifinals.

The other semifinal will have second-ranked Kolbi Kohl (32-5) of Lisbon going against fifth-ranked Matt Bertsch (31-6) of Mason City Newman.

2:35 p.m.

Top-ranked Tyler Shulista of Alburnett improved his record to 46-1 and moved on to the semifinals at 119 pounds with a pin in 2:44 against Dylon Rhoads of Don Bosco of Gilbertville.

Shulista, last year’s champion at 112, will face fourth-ranked Quinton Doiel of Logan-Magnolia in the semifinals.

The other semifinal: fifth-ranked Jesse Partlow of Manson-Northwest Webster against second-ranked Kody Krenz of Louisa-Muscatine.

2:30 p.m.

Top-ranked Brance Simms of Twin River Valley of Bode advanced to the semifinals at 112 pounds following a 6-0 victory against second-ranked Drew Mangrich (41-8) of Don Bosco of Gilbertville.

Simms will face ninth-ranked Ethan Reynek (41-7) of Logan-Magnolia in the semifinals.

The other semifinal: fourth-ranked Aaron Bartenhagen  of Durant-Bennett vs. eighth-ranked Nathan Ryan of Woodbury Central of Moville.

2:20 p.m.

The four highest ranked wrestlers at 103 pounds have advanced to Friday’s semifinals.

Top-ranked and defending champion Jordan Bremer of Woodbury Central pinned Blake Dietz of Nashua-Plainfield in 5:38 at 103 pounds. Bremer will face third-ranked Kyler Kiner of Ogden in the next round.

The other semifinal will have No. 2 Andrew Foutch of Underwood vs. No. 4 Zach Welter of North Linn.

“We spent a couple of days agonizing over this,” Jamie Northrup told The Register this afternoon when asked about his son, who defaulted his first-round match at 112 in Class 3-A rather than wrestler Herkelman. “And just giving to Joel to really allow him to make the decision.”

Instead of wrestling Herkelman, the younger Northrup — a sophomore who took a 35-4 record into state and was considered one of the top contenders in his weight class — left the mat and issued the following statement to the press:

“I have a tremendous amount of respect for [Cassy] and [Ottumwa's Megan Black, the other state qualifier] and their accomplishments. However, wrestling is a combat sport and it can get violent at times. As a matter of conscience and my faith, I do not believe that is appropriate for a boy to engage a girl in this manner. It is unfortunate  that I have been placed in a situation not seen in most other High School sports in Iowa.”

With Joel defaulting, Herkelman, who was chronologically the first girl wrestler to qualify for state since it’s been sanctioned by the Iowa High School Athletic Association, therefore became the first girl to have her arm raised at state — which took place at approximately 9:12 a.m.

Joel’s father is a youth pastor at Believers In Faith Church, a non-denominational church in Marion, as well as a volunteer chaplain with the United States Army.

“Joel made the decision that he felt was the right decision,” Jamie Northrup continued. “And it aligned with his beliefs and his values and conscience.”

Megan Black of Ottumwa congratulates Logan Ryan of Bettendorf following their match at 112 pounds. (Christopher Gannon/The Register)

Team scoring

Bettendorf concluded the first Class 3-A session at the top with 41 points, followed by Waverly-Shell Rock with 35.

Southeast Polk was third with 31.5 and Iowa City West was fourth with 27.

Much of the attention this morning focused on Casey Herkelman of Cedar Falls and Megan Black of Ottumwa — the first two girls to ever qualify for the traditional state tournament.

Read those updates and stories here.

285 pounds

Brodie Berrie’s bid to repeat as state champion took a positive step with a pin in 1:19 against Tyler Burrell of Cedar Rapids Washington.

The senior from Bettendorf will face Jake Scanlan of Johnston in the quarterfinals.

The other quarterfinals: Pedro Gomez of Marshalltown vs. Cody Donnelly of Iowa City High; top-ranked Cody Krumwiede of Waverly-Shell Rock vs. Erick Carillo of Storm Lake; and Bryan Varisco of Southeast Polk vs. Dakoda Elledge of Western Dubuque.

Krumwiede (42-1) won the 215-pound title last year.

215 pounds

No. 1-ranked Jesse South (36-4) of Urbandale pinned Clinton Richers of Fort Madison in 2:27 and will face third-ranked Bud Smith (27-9) of Southeast Polk in the quarterfinals.

Smith beat AJ Garcia of Linn-Mar of Marion 1-0.

The other quarterfinals will match Louis Gutierrez of Valley against second-ranked Ben Nagle of North Scott; Brad Gingerich of Iowa City High against Joe Scanlan of Johnston; and Connor Herman of Cedar Rapids Jefferson vs. Keaton Jurevitz of Bettendorf.

189 pounds

Top-ranked Brandon Abernathy of Indianola advanced to the next round with a 31-second pin against Zach Rahnavardi of Cedar Falls. The senior with a 37-1 record will face Jacob Heiden of Denison-Schleswig in the quarterfinals.

Other quarterfinals: Second-ranked Jared Bartel (37-1) of Mason City vs. Nate Shaw of Bettendorf; Seth Campbell of Valley vs. third-ranked A.J. McBroom of Southeast Polk; and Andrew Netolicky of Cedar Rapids Prairie vs. Ty Flood of Dowling.

McBroom advanced with a 43-second fall.

171 pounds

Top-ranked Travis Mallo improved his record to 36-1 with a 30-second pin against Justin Dilks of Mount Pleasant, but improving to 37-1 will be a challenge.

The senior from Mason City will encounter second-ranked Willie Miklus (15-1) of  Southeast Polk in the quarterfinals. Miklus pinned Cegan Long of North Scott in 3:33.

The other quarterfinal matchups: Terry Stover of Waverly-Shell Rock vs. Match Wantock of Linn-Mar of Marion; Bryan Levsen of Bettendorf vs. third-ranked Levi Peters of Fort Dodge; and Kyle Putname of Council Bluffs Lewis Central vs. Ryan Sheldon of Cedar Rapids Kennedy.

160 pounds

It will No. 1 vs. No. 2 in the quarterfinals. That’s because top-ranked Justin Koethe (41-2) of Iowa City West and Dominic Chase (26-3) of Bettendorf posted first-round victories.

The quarterfinals will also include Klint Forristall of Council Bluffs Lewis Central vs. Ethan Lara of Sioux City East; KC Groomes of Cedar Falls vs. Colbey Vance of Pleasant Valley; and second-ranked Taylor Berger (37-0) of Carroll vs. Alex Meyer of Southeast Polk.

152 pounds

Top-ranked Cody Caldwell of Waverly-Shell Rock cleared the first hurdle in adding the 152-pound title to the crown he won at 145 last season, but two high hurdles possibly stand in the way of a trip to Saturday night’s final.

Caldwell pinned Evan Smith of Dubuque Hempstead in 1:30, setting up a quarterfinal against third-ranked Zeb Wahle, who beat Kenyon Stevens of Norwalk 13-6.

Second-ranked Britt Thompson is also in that half of the bracket. The senior from Iowa City West advanced with a 13-3 major decision against Davenport West. He will face Ames’ Ben Swalla in the quarters.

The other two quarterfinals: Matt Knipp of  Southeast Polk vs. Cameron Rathje of Cedar Rapids Prairie and Trey Lewis of Valley vs. Austin Fleetwood of North Scott.

145 pounds

Chad Ryan took the first step in possibly adding the 145-pound title to the crown he won at 130 last year. The top-ranked senior from Sioux City North pinned Blake Seehusen of Waverly-Shell Rock in 4:25, improving his record to 46-1.

Second-ranked Gabriel Moreno also advanced, pinning Tanner Regenwether of Linn-Mar of Marion in 3:07. Ryan and Moreno would not meet until the finals.

The other first-round winners were third-ranked Zach Witte of Cedar Rapids Prairie; Garrett Hathaway of Iowa City West; Luke Swalla of Ames; Dylan Blackford of Southeast Polk; Tyler Lashbrook of Gladbrook-Reinbeck/NT; and Jacob Smith of Bettendorf.

Ryan will meet Swalla in Friday’s quarterfinals.

140 pounds

No. 1-ranked Elijah Sullivan of Iowa City West moved on to the quarterfinals at 140 pounds with a pin in 2:43 against Josh Pederson of Iowa City West.

Sullivan (37-1) will encounter Zach Cooper of Des Moines Lincoln in the quarterfinals. Cooper (34-4) scored an 11-2 major decision over Clint Underwood of Valley.

The other quarterfinals will match Blake Letney of Pleasant Valley against Dondre Hubert of Sioux City North; third-ranked Brian Warren (32-3) of Des Moines North/Hoover against Andrew Landgrebe of Oskaloosa; and second-ranked Jordan Rinken (41-2) of Waverly-Shell Rock against Jack Randall of Spencer.

Sullivan and Rinken could meet in the semifinals.

135 pounds

Top-ranked Bubba Hernandez of Bettendorf advanced to the quarterfinals with a pin in 1:22 against Brandon Knutson of Sioux City West. Hernandez (23-5) will face Ty Miller (35-9) of Valley in the quarterfinals.

The quarterfinals will also include Wade Edgington of Indianola against Steve Gutschenritter of Glenwood; Kolton Rottink of Waverly-Shell Rock against Bret McKinney of North Scott; and Luke Kremer of Cedar Rapids Kennedy against second-ranked Jay Hildreth of Council Bluffs Lewis Central.

Hildreth (44-2) advanced with a 9-0 major decision against Sam Chalkley of Iowa City West.

130 pounds

John Meeks of Des Moines Roosevelt stayed unbeaten with a 19-7 major decision against Angelo Kelly of Ottumwa at 130 pounds. Meeks (42-0) will wrestle Seth Ebling of Waverly-Shell Rock in the quarterfinals.

Second-ranked Adam Perrin of North Scott also advanced, with an 8-1 victory against Nate Harms of Glenwood. Perrin (34-4) will go against Peter Stewart of Sioux City North in the next round.

Meeks and Perrin could meet in the semifinals.

The other quarterfinals will be Braxton Chicchelly of Cedqr Rapids Xavier against David Lewis of Bettendorf and third-ranked Dakota Bauer of Iowa City West against Landon BeLieu of Indianola.

125 pounds

Tanner Werner of Waverly-Shell Rock became the tournament’s second top-ranked wrestler to lose in the first round. Tyler Feller (49-8) of Council Bluffs Lewis Central recorded the pin in 4:56 at 125 pounds. Werner

went to 31-2.

Feller will face Nick Steger of Western Dubuque in the quarterfinals.

The other quarterfinals will match Dylan Buchheit of Southeast Polk against

second-ranked Jack Hathaway of Iowa City West; Caleb McDonald of Dowling against Kyle Larson of Valley; and third-ranked Connor Ryan of Bettendorf against Dakota Gray of Fort Madison.

119 pounds

Top-ranked Cory Clark of Southeast Polk advanced to the quarterfinals at 119 pounds with a 39-second pin against Nate Lentsch of Fort Dodge. Clark (42-0)

will go against Eli Johnson of Valley in the quarterfinals.

Second-ranked Eric DeVos of Waverly-Shell Rock also advanced, with a pin in 1:21 against Chase Helenthal of Keokuk, DeVos (43-0) will face Chris Walters of Cedar Rapids Prairie in the next round.

Clark and DeVos could meet in the semifinals.

The other quarterfinals will pit third-ranked Keegan Wakefield of Iowa City West against Ronald Genco of Dubuque Senior and Ben Bonin of Dowling against John Christopherson of Spencer.

112 pounds

There was plenty of drama at 112 pounds, with one wrestler becoming the first girl to ever be declared the winner of an Iowa state high school wrestling tournament match, another girl getting pinned and the second-ranked wrestler falling in the first round.

Cassy Herkelman, a freshman from Cedar Falls, received a forfeit after Joel Northrup of Linn-Mar of Marion declined to compete.

Megan Black, a sophomore from Ottumwa, was pinned by third-ranked Logan Ryan of Bettendorf in 52 seconds.

And second-ranked Jordan Jones of Des Moines North/Hoover lost a 3-2 decision against Matt Birnbaum of Fort Dodge.

Tyler Willers, last year’s state champion at 103 pounds, advanced with a pin in 3:50 against Ernest Willis of Iowa City West.

103 pounds

Top-ranked Phillip Laux of Iowa City West made it a quick first round for himself with a 42-second pin against Zach Johnson of Norwalk at 103

pounds.

Laux (40-2) will face Linn-Mar of Marion’s Alijah Jeffrey in Friday’s quarterfinals.

The other quarterfinals will match Kaz Onoo of Mason City against Austin Anderson of Ankeny; Jonathan Eide of West Des Moines Dowling Catholic against third-ranked Jay Fresh of Knoxville; and Andrew Steiert of Waverly-Shell Rock against Jake Koethe of West Des Moines Valley.

8:27 a.m.

The second day of the traditional Iowa state high school tournament will begin shortly after 9 a.m., with first-round matches in Class 3-A.

Later today, Class 1-A and Class 2-A will hold their quarterfinals.

Bettendorf has the most qualifiers in Class 3-A with 13. Waverly-Shell Rock has 12, followed by Iowa City West and Southeast Polk with 11. West Des Moines Valley brings 10.

Remember to check out our results in bracket form, along with team scoring, here.

Check out our state Facebook state wrestling page here.

Davenport Assumption ends the day as the team leader with 25.5 points, followed by Ballard of Huxley at 23.5. Atlantic, New Hampton and Osage are tied for third with 17.

Find all the individual results in bracket form and complete team scoring right here.

I’ll be back tomorrow to provide updates on Class 3-A’s first round, along with the quarterfinals in Class 1-A and Class 2-A. Class 3-A begins at 9 a.m.

Check out this video from earlier today.

Below are tonight’s Class 2-A highlights in reverse chronological order.

8:50 p.m.

Another of the evening’s major matches came at 285 pounds, where third-ranked Bret Johnson of Roland-Story edged second-ranked Tyler Swope of Davenport Assumption 7-6.

Johnson will face Zach Bauer of Dallas Center-Grimes in the quarterfinals.

The quarterfinals will feature top-ranked and University of Iowa football recruit Austin Blythe going against Creighton Fox of Central of DeWitt. Blythe pinned Tyler White of Perry in 1:29, improving his record to 46-1.

The other two quarterfinals: Austin Conrad of Atlantic vs. Kody Waddell of Denver-Tripoli (the winner possibly facing Blythe) and Adam Ownby of Independence vs. Seth Praska of Cresco of Crestwood.

8:45 p.m.

Top-ranked and unbeaten Kane Seeley of Perry advanced to the quarterfinals at 215 pounds with a pin in 3:17 against Michael Davidson of Ridge View.

Seeley (44-0) will meet Tyler Grauer (33-5) of Clear Creek-Amana in the quarterfinals.

The other quarterfinals will be second-ranked Collin Blevins (46-4) of Creston/Orient-Macksburg against Tom McClimon of Central of DeWitt; Alex Rans of West Delaware against Micah Hoogendoorn of Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley; and third-ranked Devin Lemke (24-0) of Iowa Falls-Alden against Terron Geerdes of Central Lyon/George-Little Rock.

8:26 p.m.

Top-ranked Blaize Cabell of Independence continued his quest for an unbeaten season with a 59-second pin against Richard England of Centerville at 189 pounds

Cabell’s opponent in the quarterfinals will be Sam Van Ginkel of Western Christian of (Hull), who is 30-6. Cabell, a senior, is 42-0.

The other quarterfinal matches: Joe Roll of Osage vs. third-ranked Devin Mitchell of Bondurant-Farrar; Colten Riley of South Central Calhoun vs. second-ranked Jack Manning of Woodward-Granger; and Logan Kellogg of Clear Lake vs. Ross Larson of Ballard of Huxley.

8:20 p.m.

Tanner Weatherman’s bid to win a third state title took a positive step, with a pin of 2:17 in the first round against Sam Anderson of Dallas Center-Grimes at .

Weatherman is trying to become a four-time finalist. He placed second in 2008, won the 135-pound title in 2009 and the 15 crown last  year.

The senior from Ballard of Huxley, who sports a 41-1 record, will meet third-ranked Seth Esaias of (44-2) Red Oak in the quarterfinals.

The other quarterfinals will pit Jake Reiter of Union (LaPorte City) against Jeff Guttry of Fairfield; Sam Lahr of West Delaware against second-ranked Colton Vant Hof (36-0) of Sioux Center; and Jordan Grove of ADM (Adel) against Jacob Jensen of Crestwood (Cresco).

8:10 p.m.

The top two wrestlers at 160 pounds will square off in Thursday’s quarterfinals.

That’s because top-ranked Cody Solari (45-2) of Sergeant Bluff-Luton beat Aaron McMurphy of Dallas Center-Grimes and No. 2 Kyle Lux (37-0) of South Tama beat Royce Barnes of Lake Mills/Northwood-Kensett 7-4 in the first round.

The other quarterfinals will match Brad Mickelson of Ballard of Huxley against Chase Shedenhelm of Denver-Tripoli; Collin Ascherl of MOC-FV (Orange City) against third-ranked Ryan Randall (38-1) of Osage; and Derek Stork of Atlantic against Nick Fuller of Independence.

8:06 p.m.

Garrett Smith of Denver-Tripoli narrowly escaped becoming the first top-ranked wrestler to make an early exit in this year’s state tournament.

The junior entered his match at 152 pounds with a 41-2 record. He made it 42-2, but it took a 5-4 decision against Bondurant-Farrar senior Billy Behle (29-5) to do so.

Smith’s next test is against Oscar Guzman (21-12) of Charles City in the quarterfinals.

The other quarterfinals will be second-ranked Nick Winter of MFL-Central vs. Dakotah Poe of Albia; Nick Georgean of Davenport Assumption against third-ranked Ryan Valline of East Marshall/Green Mountain (Garwin); and Adam Drain of Mediapolis vs. Chase Skoneczka of Benton of Van Horne.

7:58 p.m.

The match to watch going into the night was top-ranked Aaron Sorenson facing third-ranked Tanner Hiatt of Ballard of Huxley. Hiatt (41-1) came away with a 6-4 win against the defending champion. His next assignment: Mitch Berns (23-5) of Waukon in Thursday’s quarterfinals.

The other quarterfinals will be Brandon Barker of Osage against Chris Johnson of Independence; second-ranked Brody Grothus of Davenport Assumption against Cody Fritz of Solon; and Brady Milder of Columbus Junction against Blake Meling of East Marshall/GMG (Garwin).

Hiatt would not meet Grothus until the finals.

7:52 p.m.

Top-ranked Josh Schaefer of OA-BCIG (Ida Grove) improved his record to 42-1 with a 7-1 decision against Jed Siegwarth (37-7) of MFL-Central.

Schaefer will meet New Hampton senior Tom Mahoney (32-4) in Thursday’s quarterfinals.

The quarterfinals will also feature the Nos. 2 and 3 wrestlers going head-to-head. No. 2 Tyler Walz (32-2) of South Tama will go against No.3 Bo Cosens (35-2) of Ballard of Huxley. That winner will face either Brad Schwenke of Atlantic or Kyle Donlin of Sioux Center.

The other quarterfinal will match Kyle Risher of Centerville against Royce Nessa of Webster City.

7:35 p.m.

The quarterfinals at 135 pounds will pit the top-ranked wrestler against the third-ranked wrestler.

Matt White (49-1), who is No. 1, of Albia won by technical fall against Dalton Hemer of OA-BCIG (Ida Grove). No. 3 Jake Kadel of New London/Winfield-Mount Union posted a 17-4 major decision against Trey Ryan of Mount Vernon.

The other quarterfinal-round matches: second-ranked Jake Marlin of Creston/Orient-Macksburg against Dustin Shinkle of Benton of Van Horne; Tyler Mitchell of Charles City vs. Nick Harvey of Nevada; and Shane Broderick of Dubuque Wahlert vs. Tyler Patten of Webster City.

7:24 p.m.

Brandon Sorenson of Denver-Tripoli remained in the chase for another state title with his 16-6 major-decision victory against Jacob England of Winterset at 130 pounds

The top-ranked sophomore, who won the title at 103 last year, will face Spirit Lake Park junior Dylan Bruce (30-10) in the quarterfinals, which will also include Jordan Roths of New Hampton vs. third-ranked Logan Thomsen of Union (LaPorte City); Josh Perkins of Atlantic vs. Jared Hoefer of West Delaware; and Tre’ Rutz of Humboldt vs. JC Vercande of Williamsburg.

7:15 p.m.

Top-ranked Jacob Colon of Clear Lake remained unbeaten with a 59-second pin against Zac Goodrich of Creston/Orient-Macksburg.

Colon (33-0) will go against Clint Flack of JSPCEG (Jefferson) (34-8) in the quarterfinals.

The other quarterfinals: Ryan Matherly of Grinnell vs. Dakota Simmons of Fairfield; Ryan Lutes of SH-BCLUW against second-ranked Cole Anderson of Forest City; and third-ranked Kyle Blocker of East Marshall/Green Mountain (Garwin) vs. Eric Clarke of Davenport Assumption.

7:10 p.m.

Top-ranked and unbeaten Topher Carton of Davenport Assumption advanced to the quarterfinals with a 14-1 major decision against Tad Chapin of Denver-Tripoli.

Carton (40-0) will face PCM of Monroe junior Dalton Kingery (38-1) in Thursday’s quarterfinals.

The next round will also have Alex Rust of Central Lyon/George-Little Rock against Matt Paulus of New Hampton; third-ranked Chase Flack of JSPCEG (Jefferson) against Jobe Goodale of Osage; and Walker Marshall of Missouri Valley against second-ranked Sawyer Farris of New London/Winfield-Mount Union.

7:04 p.m.

Last year’s champion at 103 took the first step toward accomplishing the same feat at 112.

Top-ranked Dylan Peters (47-0) of defending team champion Denver-Tripoli pinned Patrick Rooney (34-5) of Bondurant-Farrar in 3:41. His opponent in the quarterfinals will be Leighton Gaul (36-6) of New Hampton.

The other quarterfinals: Austin Evans of Independence vs. Tanner Cowan of Centerville; Kyle Springer of Davenport Assumption vs. second-ranked Colton McCrystal of Sergeant Bluff-Luton; and Brett Marcum of Missouri Valley vs. Dustin Horne of South Tama.

6:52 p.m.

The top two Class 2-A ranked wrestlers at 103 pounds opened with victories, setting up an intriguing clash in Thursday’s quarterfinals.

No. 1 Doug Miner of Spirit Lake Park pinned BJ Bremer of Webster City in 5:30, and No.  2 Tyler Bartels of Riceville pinned Marcus Siegwarth of MFL-Central in 1:05.

The other quarterfinals will be third-ranked Shadow Leshen of Albia vs. Darrian Schwenke of Atlantic; Joe Michels of Osage vs. Zach Less of West Delaware; and Derek Miller of Winterset vs. Broghan Kelly of Harlan.

5:30

The second session of the Iowa State high school wrestling tournament is about an hour away, and the Class 2-A athletes are now doing their various pre-match drills on the Wells Fargo Arena floor.

And the music in here is loud.

You can read about what went on Class 1-A earlier today by clicking here.

Six returning state champions will be taking the mat tonight — Dylan Peters of Denver-Tripoli, Brandon Sorenson of Denver-Tripoli, Jake Marlin of Creston-Orient/Macksburg, Aaron Sorenson  of Forest City, Tanner Weatherman of Ballard of Huxley and Austin Blythe of Williamsburg.

You might remember Blythe is a University of Iowa football recruit.

Photos: Day 1 of the state tournament

4:04 p.m.

They just announced the team leaders after the first day of the state Class 1-A wrestling tournament at Wells Fargo Arena.

Brett Roberts of Eddyville-Blakesburg controls Cody Schurman of Southeast Warren in Class 1-A first round of the state wrestling tournament Wednesday. (Christopher Gannon/The Register)

Logan-Magnolia is on top with 26.5 points, followed by defending champion Don Bosco of Gilbertville with 16 — one point ahead of third-place Martensdale-St. Marys.

There is a three-way tie for fourth place, with Alburnett, Lisbon and Manson-Northwest Webster all having 14 points.

Check out the new blog post for tonight’s Class 2-A action.

3:21

Top-ranked Brendan Ter Wee of West Lyon improved his record to 34-0 with a 3-2 overtime victory against Luke Bird of East Buchanan at 285 pounds.

Ter Wee, a senior, will face Caleb White of Tri-Center of Neola in Thursday’s quarterfinals. White is 34-0.

The other quarterfinals: Marco Naughton of Council Bluffs St. Albert vs. Joe Koehn of Valley of Elgin; Tanner Johnson of Dike-New Hartford vs. Matt Eads of Interstate 35 of Truro; and Tyler Smith of Lisbon vs. Zach Boyer of Eagle Grove.

3:15 p.m.

Top-ranked Nate Howard (43-0) of Graettinger-Terril advanced to the quarterfinals at 215 pounds, where he will face a challenge from unbeaten Trent Baker (41-0) of Westwood of Sloan.

In the first round, Howard pinned Connor Johnston of Tri-County/Montezuma in 1:57, and Baker beat Alexander Cutshall of Aplington-Parkersburg 6-2.

The other quarterfinals will match Tony Becker of Don Bosco vs. Josh Treybal of HMS (Hartley); Phil Lumley of Pleasantville vs. Zach Salisbury of Sumner-Fredericksburg; and Cade Lambson of Mount Ayr vs. Nick Schmelzer of South Winneshiek.

3:09 p.m.

They just announced the leaders in Class 1-A team scoring.

Logan-Magnolia leads with 18, followed by defending champion Don Bosco of Gilbertville with 16. Martensdale-St. Marys is in third with 15 and Lisbon is fourth at 14. Interstate 35 of Truro rounds out the top five with 12 points.

2:57 p.m.

One of the more intriguing quarterfinal matches in Class 1-A on Thursday will be at 189 pounds, where top-ranked Andrew Nodtvedt (42-0) of Central Springs will encounter Dalton Peterson (48-0) of Woodbine.

In today’s first round, Nodtvedt beat Ronnie Allbee of Manson-Northwest Webster 8-1, and Peterson won by a 12-2 major decision against Ryan Leonard of Midland of Wyoming.

The other quarterfinal matchups at 189: Jared McCoy of Woodbury Central vs. Kyle Soderblom of Lynnville-Sully; Ethan Calvert of Interstate 35 vs.Caleb Ciavarelli of Clarksville; and Evan Johnson  of AGWSR (Ackley) vs. Cade Jones of West Branch.

2:49 p.m.

The top-ranked wrestlers in Class 1-A continued their success, with Jayden DeVilbiss’ victory at 171 pounds. The senior from South Winneshiek pinned Treynor’s Adam Schmidt in 2:34.

DeVilbiss will go against Aplington-Parkersburg senior Jake Everts in the quarterfinals.

The other 171 quarterfinals will be Tanner Tenley of North Cedar vs. Jacob Pearson of MMC of Marcus; Jake Crosby of Eddyville-Blakesburg vs. Austin Rasch of Manson-Northwest Webster; and Travis Jones of Logan-Magnolia vs. Tevin Brinson of Mason City Newman.

2:38 p.m.

Top-ranked Austin Even of Jesup advanced to the quarterfinals with a pin in 2:24 against Nate Hamlett of  Starmont. His quarterfinal-round foe will be Lisbon senior Kal Alger.

The other quarterfinals will match Cody Hubrich of Twin River Valley against Brett Roberts of Eddyville-Blakesburg; Christian Miller of Nashua-Plainfield against Zach Jones of Okoboji; and Marrick Loftus of Logan-Magnolia against Tyler Ogburn of Corning.

2:33 p.m.

Another top-ranked wrestler from Interstate 35 of Truro moved on to the quarterfinals, as Dallas Houchins (33-0) won an 8-4 decision against Gavvon Shafter of Woodbine at 152 pounds.

Houchins will face Rilen Carew (41-3) in the quarterfinals.

The other 152 pound quarterfinals: Austin Kessler of Durant-Bennett vs. Drake Fanslau of Underwood; Tanner Taylor of Okoboji vs. Cody Harrison of Eagle Grove; and Wyatt Towne of HMS vs. Jacob Cooley of Pekin.

At 2:25 p.m.

Matt Finch, who is ranked No. 1 at 145 pounds, ran his record to 30-0 with a pin in 1:03. He will face Waterloo Columbus’ Taylor Hotek in the quarterfinals.

Other quarterfinalists: Isaac Happel of Wapsie Valley; Shay Taylor of Prairie Valley; Tasker Phillips of Pleasantville; Jake Haberman of Clarion-Goldfield; Loren Williams of Tri-Center; and Taylor Wedeking of Nashua-Plainfield.

At 2:21 p.m.

Top-ranked Robert Walker of Martensdale-St. Marys improved his record to 43-0 with a victory at 140 pounds. His opponent in the quarterfinals will be Jack Slocum of West Branch.

Also moving to the quarterfinals: Colton Rabe of Iowa Valley; Braiden Vrzak of Turkey Valley; Nolan Oviatt of  Logan-Magnolia; Skyler rice of Emmetsburg/Armstrong-Ringsted; Tai Simpson of Lisbon; and Teddie Harvey of Fort Dodge St. Edmond.

2:14 p.m.

Defending champion Don Bosco gained another opening-round victory at 135 pounds, thanks to senior Brandon Welter. His quarterfinal-round foe will be Trent Lundgren of Graettinger-Terril.

Also advancing at 135: Drew Proctor of Tipton; Jared Hefler of Ogden; Trevor Paulson of Tri-Center (Neola); Steven Brockshus of Sibley-Ocheyedan; David Walker of Martensdale-St. Marys; and top-ranked Logan Mulnix of North Linn.

2:12 p.m.

Jordan Johnson of Interstate 35, another top-ranked wrestler, moved on with a pin in 2:22 at 130 pounds.

He will face Nathan Van Zante of Eddyville-Blakesburg in the quarterfinals.

Other quarterfinalists: Chad Utesch of Akron-Westfield; Colton Stoddardof East Buchanan; Austin Demuth of Don Bosco; Brennan McNitt of Council Bluffs St. Albert; Maxx Schultz of Clarion-Goldfield and Colton Martin of Alburnett.

2:07 p.m.

Top-ranked and unbeaten Christopher Halblom of Alburnett advanced at 125 pounds with a pin in 3:18.

Also advancing: Kolby Hilgenberg of Carroll Kuemper (the Knights’ second win); Devin Rausch of Sumner-Fredericksburg; Ryan Hall of Jesup; Kolbi Kohl of Lisbon; Payton Rice of Northwest Webster; Dillon Lorentzenof Logan-Magnolia and Matt Bertsch of Mason City Newman.

2:02

Top-ranked Tyler Shulista of Alburnett advanced at 119 pounds, along with Jesse Partlow of Manson-Northwest Webster; Cory Clubb of Sigourney-Keota; Lincoln Monroe of Valley; Kody Krenz of Louisa-Muscatine; Quinton Doiel of Logan-Magnolia; Kole Stapes of Martensdale-St. Marys; and Dylon Rhoads of Don Bosco.

1:54

Sorry. Having wireless issues at Wells Fargo Arena. Will try to catch up

Winners at 112 included Drew Mangrich of defending champion Don Bosco. He recorded a pin in 1:54.

Other 112 winners: Dakota Fox of Valley; Ethan Reynek of Logan-Magnolia; top-ranked Brance Simms of Twin River Valley; Aaron Bartenhagen of Durant-Bennett; Taylor Hagen of Martensdale-St. Marys; Nathan Ryan of Woodbury Central; and Collin Kollars of BGM.

The winners at 103 pounds in Class 1-A included Woodbury Central junior Jordan Bremer, who improved his record to 42-0 on the season.

Other winners: Dylan Gibson of Martensdale-St. Marys, Kyle Kiner of Ogden, Blake Dietz of Nashua-Plainfield, Zach Welter of North Linn, Jared Eischeid of Carroll Kuemper, Andrew Foutch of Underwood and Travis Cole of Highland.

CLASS 3-A

WHO’S NO. 1: Iowa City West

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Waverly-Shell Rock

WHAT TO WATCH: It’s crowded at the top as five schools have 10 or more qualifiers. Bettendorf leads the pack with 13, followed by Waverly-Shell Rock (12), Southeast Polk (11), Iowa City West (11), and Valley with a school record 10. Bettendorf and Iowa City West each have three No. 1 wrestlers, all of whom will have to strike a balance between wrestling aggressively to earn bonus points for the team but not recklessly to avoid upsets.

TOP QUALIFIERS: Tyler Feller of Council Bluffs Lewis Central (125-pounds) leads Class 3-A with 48 wins. Nine state champions from a season ago are in the field, including Fort Dodge’s Levi Peters who won a title with Twin River Valley of Bode last season.

TOP-RANKED WRESTLERS: 103—Phillip Laux, Iowa City West; 112—Colby Knight, Urbandale; 119—Cory Clark, Southeast Polk; 125—Tanner Werner, Waverly-Shell Rock; 130—John Meeks, Roosevelt; 135—Alex Hernandez, Bettendorf; 140—Elijah Sullivan, Iowa City West; 145—Chad Ryan, Sioux City North; 152—Cody Caldwell, Waverly-Shell Rock; 160—Justin Koethe, Iowa City West; 171—Travis Mallo, Mason City; 189—Brandon Abernathy, Indianola; 215—Jesse South, Urbandale; 285—Cody Krumwiede, Waverly-Shell Rock.

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CLASS 2-A

WHO’S NO. 1: Davenport Assumption

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Denver-Tripoli

WHAT TO WATCH: Davenport Assumption, runner-up last year, won three team titles in the 1990s, and is poised to do so again with 12 qualifiers. Ballard of Huxley, third last year, will look for its third title in four years with nine qualifiers. Atlantic, which has never finished in the top two, boasts eight qualifiers.

TOP QUALIFIERS: Denver-Tripoli won four individual state titles a season ago; two of those champions — Dylan Peters (46-0) and Brandon Sorensen (43-2) return. Albia’s Matt White (48-1) has the most wins in the class.

TOP-RANKED WRESTLERS: 103—Doug Miner, Spirit Lake Park; 112—Dylan Peters, Denver-Tripoli; 119—Topher Carton, Davenport Assumption; 125—Jacob Colon, Clear Lake; 130—Brandon Sorensen, Denver-Tripoli; 135—Matt White, Albia; 140—Josh Schaefer, BCIG-OA (Ida Grove); 145—Aaron Sorenson, Forest City; 152—Garrett Smith, Denver-Tripoli; 160—Cody Solari, Sergeant Bluff-Luton; 171—Tanner Weatherman, Ballard (Huxley); 189—Blaize Cabell, Independence; 215—Kane Seeley, Perry; 285—Austin Blythe, Williamsburg.

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CLASS 1-A

WHO’S NO. 1: Logan-Magnolia

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Don Bosco (Gilbertville)

WHAT TO WATCH: Don Bosco’s run of five straight team titles will be threatened this year by Logan-Magnolia, which has a class-best 10 qualifiers. Don Bosco and Manson-Northwest Webster each have six. Logan-Magnolia won its only team title in 2005, and Don Bosco has ruled the class ever since.

TOP QUALIFIERS: Brick Imerman, a senior from Guthrie Center, leads all 672 state wrestlers with 51 wins. Eleven of the 28 undefeated wrestlers in the field are in Class 1-A, including defending champions Robert Walker of Martensdale-St. Marys, Jordan Bremer of Woodbury Central of Moville, and Chrisopher Halblom of Alburnett.

TOP-RANKED WRESTLERS: 103—Jordan Bremer, Woodbury Central; 112—Brance Simms, Twin River Valley (Bode); 119—Tyler Shulista, Alburnett; 125—Christopher Halblom, Alburnett; 130—Jordan Johnson, Interstate 35 (Truro); 135—Logan Mulnix, North Linn; 140—Robert Walker, Martensdale-St. Marys; 145—Matt Finch, HMS (Hartley); 152—Dallas Houchins, Interstate 35 (Truro); 160—Austin Even, Jesup; 171—Jayden Devilbiss, South Winneshiek; 189—Andrew Nodtvedt, Central Springs; 215—Nate Howard, Graettinger-Terril; 285—Brendan TerWee, West Lyon.

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MATCHES TO WATCH
CLASS2-A
152 pounds: Aaron Sorenson, Forest City (36-1) vs Tanner Hiatt, Ballard (Huxley) (40-1)
Two state champions square off in the first round as top-ranked Sorenson takes on third-ranked Hiatt. Hiatt pinned Sorenson at state two years ago.

285 pounds: Tyler Swope, Davenport Assumption (40-1) vs Bret Johnson, Roland-Story (21-1)
Another tough draw as Swope is ranked second, Johnson third.

CLASS 1-A
112 pounds: Brance Simms, Twin River Valley of Bode (34-1) vs Jason Crosby, Eddyville-Blakesburg (40-4)
No easy opening for top-ranked Simms as he faces fourth-ranked Crosby.

119 pounds: Nick Drenth, HMS of Hartley (36-5) vs Kody Krenz, Louisa-Muscatine (30-4)
Two wrestlers from opposite ends of the state meet in the middle. Drenth is ranked third, Krenz second.

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NAMES IN THE GAME

WHO: Mike Land

SCHOOL: Valley

ACCOMPLISHMENT: Four-time state qualifier, won state championship in 1974.

ABOUT 1974: Land concluded a 105-12 high school career with an undefeated, state championship year. Land had placed in the top eight twice, but didn’t reach the top of the medal stand until his senior year. He helped the Tigers finish third that season. Land will be inducted into the Iowa High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame this week.

HONOREE: Land became a four-time All-American at Iowa State, winning a national championship with an undefeated record in 1978. He held the school record for wins at 150 until Cael Sanderson surpassed the mark in 2002. Land is also a member of the Iowa State and National Wrestling Coaches Association Halls of Fame.

One lucky entrant will receive…

• One overnight stay for four at the Best Western PLUS Marquis Des Moines Airport Hotel

• Dinner for four at Bennigan’s Grill & Tavern (inside the Best Western)

• Family Fun Pack to Incredible Pizza

• Four tickets to see “Hairspray” at the Des Moines Community Playhouse

(July 15-August 7)

• Four tickets to Adventureland Park & Adventure Bay Water Park

All prizes courtesy of the Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Don Bosco of Gilbertville won last year's Class 1-A title. Can the Dons do it again?

The traditional state wrestling tournament bedlam starts at Wells Fargo Arena on Wedneday, so now it’s time to cast your vote as to what teams you believe will take home the championship trophies on Saturday night.

Reminder: The defending champions are Waverly-Shell Rock in Class 3-A, Denver-Tripoli in Class 2-A and Don Bosco of Gilbertville in Class 1-A.

The teams listed in the poll questions represent the season’s final team rankings as determined by The Predicament.

* All 42 top-ranked wrestlers won their district championship. That should make for a strong field next week.

* Twenty state champions from 2010 earned their way back to the state meet.

*  Brick Imerman of Guthrie Center has 51 wins – most in the field of 672.

* Here’s the schools with the most qualifiers by class:

1-A: Logan-Magnolia 10, Don Bosco 6, Manson-NW Webster 6

2-A: Davenport Assumption 12, Ballard 9, Atlantic 8

3-A: Bettendorf 13, Waverly-Shell Rock 12, Iowa City West 11, Southeast Polk 11, West Des Moines Valley 10

* Sixty-eight freshman made it to state.

* Twenty-eight wrestlers enter the traditional state meet undefeated:  11 in Class 1-A, 12 in Class 2-A, and five in Class 3-A. Here’s the list:

It’s a disappointing start since many teams have scrambled their schedules all season to cope with Mother Nature.

DOT and local road crews deserve all-state honors. They’ve kept the roads passable under trying circumstances.

Please, if you’re traveling to basketball, bowling or swimming — or the state wrestling tournament, which starts Wednesday — please check the weather and roads reports. It’s much better to allow plenty of time and arrive safely than ending up in a ditch.

I traveled to Sioux City several weeks ago to interview some basketball players and counted about 80 cars stranded and stuck. Some were flip-flopped on their roofs.

I put a shovel and a bag of sand in my car every winter. Both have come in handy several times. I suggest you do the same, if you haven’t already, along with bottled water, a blanket or sleeping bag, emergency food and first aid supplies. (Part of that is the former Boy Scout in me.)

Watching a son or daughter compete is a wonderful thing. But let’s take it easy on the highways. No athlete should have to worry about a family member or friend’s safety during tournament time.

For postponement information, check the High School Insider. Here’s a list of today’s postponements:

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