High School State Championship

You can rewind the feed. Either Mat 3 or 4. I can't remember.

But Clark got screwed. That was definitely a takedown. Coach Wheelen of Valley should be pissed.
Was Wheelen the one that lost his sh*t?
 
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Clark is a guy ISU should get after. He’s good, and I think high upside. Davidson is a d1 commit and Clark already beat him once this year.

Just going to preemptively mention the potential roster cap so @buf87 doesn’t have to.
His brother is at Indian Hills maybe he’ll go there.
 
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He was rightfully ticked, but berated the official and appeared to get into it with opposing coach behind the scoring bench. Complete loss of temper. Just not a good look. Clark should’ve even in the finals, though.
Got to see him in action in Carlisle last Saturday....He gets after it for sure. Every match is life or death.

Mac Crosson, I went to school with his dad and we were pretty good friends. Last spoke with him about a year ago. Dad will be heavily involved if there is any recruitment and likes front runners. Think jumping from team to team because they win. Was a Packers fan and then Patriots and now Chiefs. All about winning. Mac puts in the work for real.

*Mac has a brother named Cain. Their dad named them after our high school wrestling coach McCain.
 
3A Finalists

Wt.NameSchoolClassNameSchoolClass
106E. WoodySEPFRC. GannonDOWLFR
113N. DeSalvoSEPSOA. PierceICWJR
120J. KnightBETTJRC. VandermarkCENTJR
126C. CastilloAMESSRM. RigginsSEPSR
132C. PearsonSEPSRT.J. KoesterBETTSR
138M. CrossonINDSOW. OberbroecklingSEPJR
144J. JesurogaSEPJRK. DavidsonFDSR
150J. HinsonAMESSRJ. AvilaICWSR
157M. DhaboltCENTSOB. DiazWSRSR
165X. AndersonMRSHSRJ. MillerCARLJR
175J. HelgesonJOHNSRL. JippBETTJR
190A. HemstedCARLSRC. TiggesURBSR
215D. RossFDJRJ. NgomaXAVSR
285C. MartinsonSEPSRB. HaganDOWLSO
 
Got to see him in action in Carlisle last Saturday....He gets after it for sure. Every match is life or death.

Mac Crosson, I went to school with his dad and we were pretty good friends. Last spoke with him about a year ago. Dad will be heavily involved if there is any recruitment and likes front runners. Think jumping from team to team because they win. Was a Packers fan and then Patriots and now Chiefs. All about winning. Mac puts in the work for real.

*Mac has a brother named Cain. Their dad named them after our high school wrestling coach McCain.
Carlisle has quite the team. Serrano, Rider, Hemsted, Lucas, Miller and Soto. All are homegrown except Soto and most are seniors? Have grandkids at Carlisle and one wrestled for them
 
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Carlisle has quite the team. Serrano, Rider, Hemsted, Lucas, Miller and Soto. All are homegrown except Soto and most are seniors? Have grandkids at Carlisle and one wrestled for them
Yep, all seniors with the exception of Miller who is a Junior. Miller and Hemsted go for first tomorrow night. The kids you mentioned have been the bricks in the wall of turning the program around. Finished 7th at state too. Pretty proud of them.
 
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Amazing how the top guys have run through their brackets. Tons of pins & techs, even in the semis. There's lots of talent in Iowa, but it's spread pretty thin. Can't help but wonder if we'd be better off with one fewer class or go to single class. Or it would be great to wrestle off the class champs but that will never happen.
 
What the heck does being “home grown” even mean with regards to the Central Iowa area? It’s not like these kids stay within the confines of their school district their entire life. Half of them probably go to Jefferson 3x a week for their primary wrestling training.
 
What the heck does being “home grown” even mean with regards to the Central Iowa area? It’s not like these kids stay within the confines of their school district their entire life. Half of them probably go to Jefferson 3x a week for their primary wrestling training.
I was actually going to ask the same question.
 
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What the heck does being “home grown” even mean with regards to the Central Iowa area? It’s not like these kids stay within the confines of their school district their entire life. Half of them probably go to Jefferson 3x a week for their primary wrestling training.
What/who program is an option in Jefferson?

I grew up in the area/have lived out of state for 20+ yrs. I’m assuming it’s a club but I have no idea what prominent name would start a club in Jefferson.

TIA
 
What the heck does being “home grown” even mean with regards to the Central Iowa area? It’s not like these kids stay within the confines of their school district their entire life. Half of them probably go to Jefferson 3x a week for their primary wrestling training.
It’s a weird comment to make, for sure. My daughter knows all these kids except Woody, and part of that is because he’s a freshman who’s not even in the same building as her.
 
1A Finalists

Wt.NameSchoolClassNameSchoolClass
106K. BelinskyDONBJRI. MaizeWACOFR
113He. SchwabDONBFRA. EtzelWILTSR
120L. AdlfingerWILTJRHa. SchwabDONBSO
126G. LandersDENVSOR. NeighborALBUSR
132J. RinkenN-PSRD. AndersonRIVSO
138D. YoungblutDONBSOP. KlostermannALBUSR
144B. FoxOSAGEJRS. BrandenburgLK MLSJR
150C. ReiszLO-MASRT. BootsLISBSR
157B. WhiteDENVJRE. ChristofferDONBSO
165K. KnaackDONBSRJ. McCargillSHENJR
175K. DeckerWAPSRC. KellyW HANSR
190L. HuisengaWACOSRG. RogersWILTJR
215A. HonnoldNODJRN. BeitzMAQ VSR
285T. WarnerNODSRW. HannaLK MLSSR