It’s Championship Saturday at the Iowa State High School Wrestling Tournament at the Caseys Center in Des Moines beginning at 9 this morning with the consolation semi-finals and then finals in all three classes. The State championship matches will be this evening starting at 5:15pm with awards, the Grand March, and then the finals. Area wrestlers competing today:
CLASS 3A
Hempstead
215-Camden Smith
Last night Smith defeated Brandon Bogseth of Ankeny Centennial in the semis 13-1 to advance to the state championship match. Smith faces Lincoln Jipp of Bettendorf for a state championship tonight.
106-Abe Heysinger
Heysinger meets Lucas Reeder of Pleasant Valley in the consolation semis today.
120-Landon Gottschalk
Gottschalk wrestles for 7th place against Liam Fitzgibbon of Pleasant Valley.
132- Elijah Hyet
Hyet meets Avery Van Zelderen of Dallas Center Grimes in the consolation semi-finals
Western Dubuque
157-Joe Hirsch
Hirsch wrestles in the consolation semis against Rylan Hilton of Indianola
Class 1A
Beckman Catholic
150-Preston Hunter
Preston in Consolation semifinal vs Aydan Groom of North Mahaska
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Cascade
144-Bryce Carroll
Lost in the semi-finals to Dawson Youngblut of Don Bosco 3-0
Carroll in the consolation semi-finals against Aidan Timm of Belle Plaine
126-Tatum Honda
Honda in 7TH place match on Saturday against Walker Riggan of Louisa Muscatine