State Wrestling

Ballard will destroy evryone especially the Weatherman's

Denver/Tripoli will give Ballard all they can handle in 2A. There's lots of star power on those two teams and there will be some head to heads between them that could decide it. I don't think anybody will touch either of the Weathermans. Hiatt getting through Noble early on will be huge for Ballard's team chances.
 
I go to Lewis Central. We are sending 8 wrestlers:

Nick Sulentic Fr. 112 lbs.
Tyler Feller Jr. 119 lbs.
Jay Hildreth Jr. 130 lbs.
Zeb Wahle Jr. 135 lbs.
Elijah Sullivan Jr. 140 lbs.
Kyle Putnam Jr. 160 lbs.
James Jorgensen Sr. 189 lbs.
Zach Renshaw Fr. 215 lbs.
 
Denver/Tripoli will give Ballard all they can handle in 2A. There's lots of star power on those two teams and there will be some head to heads between them that could decide it. I don't think anybody will touch either of the Weathermans. Hiatt getting through Noble early on will be huge for Ballard's team chances.

All they can handle and more. I would be willing to bet on DT this year. It is definitely going to be interesting.
 
All they can handle and more. I would be willing to bet on DT this year. It is definitely going to be interesting.

I actually favor D/T as well. They know this is "THEIR YEAR" and I think they'll wrestle with urgency. They have some absolute hammers in their lineup. The younger Sorenson is one of the better freshman to come along in awhile.
 
Anybody know if Knight and Gadson have met before? I was hoping we'd get Knight buy maybe Gadson is the better wrestler. I love the way the older Moreno wrestles and the younger one may be as good or better. Is Voelker considered an elite high schooler? Looks like we've got some great young legacy wrestlers coming up.
 
Anybody know if Knight and Gadson have met before? I was hoping we'd get Knight buy maybe Gadson is the better wrestler. I love the way the older Moreno wrestles and the younger one may be as good or better. Is Voelker considered an elite high schooler? Looks like we've got some great young legacy wrestlers coming up.

Knight has had some injury problems. Gadson has not and has an impressive two years. Id look for some great things from him. Its unfortunate they will likely meet so early in Des Moines.
 
Anybody know if Knight and Gadson have met before? I was hoping we'd get Knight buy maybe Gadson is the better wrestler. I love the way the older Moreno wrestles and the younger one may be as good or better. Is Voelker considered an elite high schooler? Looks like we've got some great young legacy wrestlers coming up.

The younger Knight for Urbandale looks really good for a freshman and the Moreno bros both look extremely tough. Hopefully ISU can snag these Urbandale kids and bring them into the program.
 
Is Voelker considered an elite high schooler?

I wouldn't call him elite but I will say he's really good. I don't know if anyone will beat him at state. When I think elite I think of Jay Borschel, Ryan Morningstar, etc.
 
Anybody know if Knight and Gadson have met before? I was hoping we'd get Knight buy maybe Gadson is the better wrestler. I love the way the older Moreno wrestles and the younger one may be as good or better. Is Voelker considered an elite high schooler? Looks like we've got some great young legacy wrestlers coming up.

Voelker has great upside potential. I think 151 wins and counting puts you in the elite category even though he has no state championships. A part of this is because he is very aggressive and shoots alot forcing the action. All of his loses have come from getting caught while shooting. As he matures and his experience increases he will only get better.

He also won the class 3A 400 meter run in 2009. How many 200 lbs wrestlers can do that? He is a good athlete and a good student who turned down several football and track schollies.
 
Voelker has great upside potential. I think 151 wins and counting puts you in the elite category even though he has no state championships. A part of this is because he is very aggressive and shoots alot forcing the action. All of his loses have come from getting caught while shooting. As he matures and his experience increases he will only get better.

He also won the class 3A 400 meter run in 2009. How many 200 lbs wrestlers can do that? He is a good athlete and a good student who turned down several football and track schollies.

as a dcg alum, i love to hear when our athletes succeed ... i was very happy when he decided to continue his wrestling career at isu ...
 
My school sent 3 out of 5
Goodman 112 (lost)
Kraft 130 (pinned in 3rd period was up 6-2 at one point)
DeLance 215 (has to wrestle number 7 kid in state opening round)
 
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My high school used to be a good wrestling school but now they only send like 2 a year. one of my friends' sons will be wrestling there this week though and I hope to get over there on Thursday and watch him compete.
 
My high school used to be a good wrestling school but now they only send like 2 a year. one of my friends' sons will be wrestling there this week though and I hope to get over there on Thursday and watch him compete.

Sounds like Marshalltown. Henning stayed on way too long and killed our program.
 
1. Bettendorf 35.00
2. Waverly-Shell Rock 26.00
3. Indianola 25.00
4. Iowa City West 21.00
5. North Scott Eldridge 20.00

1. Denver-Tripoli 28.00
2. Assumption Davenport 21.00
3. Ballard 19.00
4. East Marshall/GMG 15.50
5. Independence 14.50
 
ISU commits:
Gadsen won by fall in 27 seconds
Moreno won by fall in 4:17
Jones won by major decisioin 9-1
England won by fall in 1:52
Voelker won by fall in 2:17
 

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