IA Wrestle’s third #1 ranked team leads their respective class as Alburnett picked up eight bonus point wins on the first day to give the Pirates eight quarterfinalists for tomorrow afternoon’s session. #5 Ben Moyer (113), #9 Tucker Franklin (120), #7 Drake Halblom (126), Tanner Sloan (138), and #1 Conner Shulista (145) all earned falls and two time state champion Hunter Washburn (132), 152 Bryce Paul, and 170 #10 Austin Hoyle added major decisions. Alburnett finished with 28 points to close out the night session.
| 1A | ||
| 1. | #1 Alburnett (8 wrestlers remaining) | 28 |
| 2. | #5 Don Bosco, Gilbertville (7) | 21 |
| 3. | #2 Southeast Warren, Liberty Center (6) | 20 |
| 4. | #3 Clarion-Goldfield-Dows (6) | 19.5 |
| 5. | Sibley-Ocheyedan (5) | 16 |
The #5 Dons of Don Bosco also used bonus points to propel them to #2 in the team scores. Four Dons will wrestle in tomorrow’s quarterfinals, including #5 Gable Fox (106), #3 Nick Mangrich (126), #7 Chris Paulsen (152), and #3 Zach Hickson (195). Fox, Paulsen, and Hickson all earned falls in their first round matches, and #8 Cole Fox (138) and TJ Even picked up falls in the consolation bracket to finish 21 points.
#2 Southeast Warren sits in third place with 20 points after the first round of wrestling, sending five wrestlers to the quarterfinals and getting a fall from Gabe Henderson (145) on the backside to keep six of their eight state qualifiers alive. Warren also got falls from #3 Brady Kyner (113), #4 Jake Hunerdosse (132, and #4 Ty Schneider (195).
State dual champion Clarion-Goldfield-Dows sits fourth with 19.5 points and have all six of their qualifiers alive. Twin #1 ranked brothers Justin (106) and Josh (126) won by technical fall and major decision respectively, and they also got falls from #5 Joel Haberman (32) and #6 Brady Brott (145).
Sibley-Ocheyedan sits 5th with 16 points as they sent five of their seven state qualifiers to tomorrow’s quarterfinals. #6 Dylan Schuck (132) and Trent Kruger (160) picked up a major, and #8 Garret Saylor added a fall at 145 for bonus point wins for Sibley. Heavyweight Houston Coleman won by injury default.
IA Wrestle #1 ranked wrestler quarterfinals:
106- #1 Justin Portillo (Clarion) vs #3 Cooper Siebrecht (Alta/Aurelia)
113- #1 Drew West (Highland) vs Alex Thomsen (Underwood)
120- #1 Bryce West (Highland) vs #2 Zach Ulven (Westwood)
126- #1 Josh Portillo (Clarion) vs #8 Jake Krakow (Iowa Valley)
132- #1 Hunter Washburn (Alburnett) vs JD Rader (South Hamilton)
138- #1 Carter Happel (Lisbon) vs Tanner Sloan (Alburnett)
145- #1 Conner Shulista (Alburnett) vs Alex Yedlik (Lone Tree)
152- #1 Sawyer Amling (Ed-Co) vs Lane Boender (Sigourney-Keota)
160- #1 Kegan Fingalsen (Central Springs) vs Trent Krueger (H-L-V, Victor)
170- #1 Dale Hilleman (West Marshall) vs Jordan Woodward (Lisbon)
182- #1 Evan Hansen (Exira) vs #4 Jordan Challis (Tipton)
195- #1 Cash Wilcke (OABCIG) vs Ty Schneider (Southeast Warren)
220- #1 Ryan Parmley (Maq Valley) vs #10 Dustin Brown (West Lyon)
285- #1 Levi Paulsen (Woodbury) vs #9 Luke Worden (Belmond-Klemme)