Teams were voted on and assembled by the IAwrestle team members. Our #1 criteria was present and past finishes at the state tournament (Most emphasis on the 2018 tournament). The #2 criteria was head to head matches from this season, which were used to break any ties.
| 2018 IAwrestle Co-Most Valuable Wrestlers | |
| Alex Thomsen – Underwood – Senior | |
| Brody Teske – Fort Dodge – Senior | |
| First Team | |
| 106 | Cullan Schriever So (Mason City) |
| 113 | Nick Oldham Jr (WDM Valley) |
| 120 | Aden Reeves Jr (Albia) |
| 126 | Alex Thomsen Sr (Underwood) |
| 132 | Drew Bennett Sr (Fort Dodge) |
| 138 | Michael Blockhus Sr (New Hampton) |
| 145 | Cade DeVos Jr (Southeast Polk) |
| 152 | Harlan Steffensmeier Sr (Fort Madison) |
| 160 | Nelson Brands Sr (Iowa City West) |
| 170 | Ben Sarasin Sr (Cedar Rapids Kennedy) |
| 182 | Joel Shapiro Sr (WDM Valley) |
| 195 | Bryce Esmoil Sr (West Liberty) |
| 220 | Boone McDermott Sr (Dubuque Wahlert) |
| 285 | John McConkey Sr (Atlantic) |
| Second Team | |
| 106 | Drake Ayala Fr (Fort Dodge) |
| 113 | Adam Allard So (West Sioux) |
| 120 | Kyle Biscoglia Sr (Waukee) |
| 126 | Brody Teske Sr (Fort Dodge) |
| 132 | Zach Price Sr (Johnston) |
| 138 | Gable Fox Sr (Don Bosco) |
| 145 | Ryan Steffen Sr (Crestwood, Cresco) |
| 152 | Cayd Lara Sr (Fort Dodge) |
| 160 | John Henrich Jr (Akron-Westfield) |
| 170 | Lucas Roland Jr (PCM, Monroe) |
| 182 | Julien Broderson Jr (Davenport Assumption) |
| 195 | Tanner Sloan Sr (Alburnett) |
| 220 | Francis Duggan Sr (Iowa City West) |
| 285 | Caleb Sanders Sr (Glenwood) |
| Third Team | |
| 106 | Daniel Kimball Jr (Don Bosco) |
| 113 | Caleb Rathjen Fr (Ankeny) |
| 120 | Cael Happel So (Lisbon) |
| 126 | Shea Ruffridge Sr (Pocahontas Area) |
| 132 | Donny Schmit Sr (Wapsie Valley) |
| 138 | Zach Stewart Sr (Perry) |
| 145 | Cooper Siebrecht Sr (Lisbon) |
| 152 | Isaac Judge Sr (South Tama) |
| 160 | Josh Ramirez Sr (Dubuque Wahlert) |
| 170 | Gabe Pauley Jr (AHSTW) |
| 182 | Anthony Sherry Sr (Glenwood) |
| 195 | Jacob Dykes Sr (Iowa City High) |
| 220 | Jordan Baumler Sr (North Fayette Valley) |
| 285 | Spencer Trenary Jr (Clarion-Goldfield) |
| Fourth Team | |
| 106 | Matthew Lewis Fr (Centerville) |
| 113 | Andrew Flora Jr (ADM) |
| 120 | Kobey Pritchard Sr (Southeast Polk) |
| 126 | Eric Faught Jr (Clear Lake) |
| 132 | Matt Robertson Sr (Davenport Assumption) |
| 138 | Deville Denits Jr (Des Moines East) |
| 145 | Noah Fye Sr (New Hampton) |
| 152 | Trey Brisker Sr (Wilton) |
| 160 | Zane Mulder Sr (Dallas Center-Grimes) |
| 170 | Kolton Bartow Sr (Dubuque Wahlert) |
| 182 | Logan Schumacher Sr (Martensdale-St. Marys) |
| 195 | Cody Fisher So (Woodward-Granger) |
| 220 | Greg Hagan Jr (WDM Dowling) |
| 285 | Brian Sadler Sr (Jesup) |
| Fifth Team | |
| 106 | Jarod Kadel Jr (Columbus/WMU) |
| 113 | Grayson Kesterson Sr (Williamsburg) |
| 120 | Ben Monroe So (Ankeny Centennial) |
| 126 | Joey Pins Jr (Dubuque Hempstead) |
| 132 | Eli Loyd So (Pleasant Valley) |
| 138 | Jarret Miller Sr (Ballard) |
| 145 | Mason Hulse Sr (Boone) |
| 152 | Lance Runyon Jr (Southeast Polk) |
| 160 | Luke Hageman Sr (Beckman Catholic) |
| 170 | Anthony Zach Jr (Waukee) |
| 182 | Kyler Fisher Jr (Southeast Valley) |
| 195 | Hunter DeJong Sr (Sibley-Ocheyedan) |
| 220 | Cam Fulcher Sr (Hudson) |
| 285 | Tyler Linderbaum Sr (Solon) |
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Stotts did beat Lara twice and Runyon 3/4 times this year. I know he got 4th, but he lost to Steffensmeier who was on a mission that week and it is not easy on the backside, especially when you have never been there and are used to being in the finals.. Guessing there was some mental aspect effecting his ability to wrestle his best against Runyon when his fream of being a 4x finalist and 2x champ was crushed.
You have some apologizing to do to Brody Teske. And the dual and traditional champs fort dodge. A win in regulation vs a SV OT should not be equal criteria.
Teske deserves 1st team.
A one exchange match is a one exchange match whether it’s in OT or the end of the 3rd. The ONLY reason we have Thomsen first team is he won the most recent meeting. These kids are virtually even.
Gary Steffensmeier must be on the selection committee. I think Runyon and Brisker both beats Harlan. Lara would beat him 9 of 10 tried. Number 10 just happened to be the state championship match. It’s all smoke and mirrors.
But he didn’t when it mattered most, so…
Put your Name here Anonymous. Should they ask you to be on the selection committee?
Gotta love the Harlan haters. All he did is beat Stotts twice, Judge once this year. Split with Lara. Check out his track profile, couple of other tough dudes he beat this year too. Don’t judge him on what he has done other years (which was pretty darn good by the way). Kid made a huge jump this year…give him a little credit. You sound like a poor loser.
Olejniczak over Pins at 126.
Interesting that third team Trenary at 285 barley beat Maravilla that placed fourth in a bracket that Sadler pinned his way through. Your criteria puts Sadler ahead of him. Once again IA wrestle blowing it. It’s a joke
Well Trenary is a Fargo national champ. He also was a takedown away from winning the toughest 285 bracket in the state. One close match isn’t enough to drop a kid below another. Especially considering you could find bad close wins from Sadler.
Bad close wins as in Farley a fifth place finisher or Pitman that was in a tough sectional but probably good enough in another sectional/district. But yes Sadler gave up one take down on the year.
So it’s better to have a close win over a 5th placer and a guy that didn’t make it out of sectionals than one close win against a 4th place finisher? Interesting logic. He has one loss to the best healthy 285 in the state by 1 point. I don’t know what this back room, kid refereed match at a team camp, in the summer you claim is because track has no record of it. Also Trenarys style could be a nightmare match up for Sadler. Im sure Trenary will be at plenty of freestyle and Greco tournaments this off season, can we count on seeing Sadler there to prove it? Also I’m out on any conversation that turns to discussing heavyweights takedown numbers.
so we are picking the all state folk style wrestling team on Greco and freestyle results interesting. Once agin didn’t see theat in critera.
This conversation is going nowhere. All of the non biased experts agree with me, a few of your friends agree with you and that’s that. We have guys all over that have watched 100’s of all these guys matches and not one put Sadler higher. He’s good, but he’s also right where he should be. Also freestyle and Greco absolutely matter when it comes to splitting hairs especially when there isn’t any legitimate head to head.
And was I reading criteria wrong. Maybe I just didn’t see Fargo results as Critera. Once again blown
Sadler also beat McConkey at Luther last year
I think that Brian Sadler should be on your 1st team at 285 lbs, He is a 3 time state placer with this year taking 1st, He pinned his way to state and pinned his way through state last weekend.He is a great young man and a Hella role model for all of the young kids that wrestle
He’s good. I’d love to see him match up with some of these other top place winners from other classes.
This is so jaded to central and eastern Iowa it’s not even funny. Why dont u just give your self a self proclaimed trophy.
You don’t get bumped up a spot or two at state just by being from eastern Iowa