It's going to come, so let's get it started with the 1A/2A vs 3A banter.
So - here are all the winners.. there were some upsets.. but these guys won, no no picking Anderson, Reaves, Baumler, etc...
My picks
Weight Wrestler
106
1A Donny Schmit (Wapsie Valley-Fairbank) 42-3, So.
2A Matthew Randone (Assumption-Davenport) 42-8, Sr.
3A Kyle Biscoglia (Waukee) 54-1, So.
Pick Randon's a SR and did beat Reaves, but I'm taking Biscoglia - 3A
113
1A Brock Henderson (North Linn-Troy Mill) 47-0, Jr.
2A Justin Portillo (Clarion-Goldfield-Dows) 39-2, Sr
3A Brody Teske (Fort Dodge) 43-0, So.
Pick Teske - 3A
120
1A Bryce West (Highland-Riverside) 55-0, Jr.
2A Josh Portillo (Clarion-Goldfield-Dows) 44-1, Sr.
3A Jack Wagner (Bettendorf) 31-0, Sr.
Pick A round robin here would be cool, gotta go with the future Hawkeye - Wagner 3A
126
1A Alex Thomsen (Underwood) 50-0, So.
2A Brock Rathbun (Center Point-Urbana) 48-0, Sr.
3A Triston Lara (Fort Dodge) 41-2, Jr.
Pick Love to see Thomsen vs healthy Rathbun - Thomsen - 1A
132
1A Briar Cochran (Moravia) 52-1, Sr.
2A Keaton Geerts (New Hampton) 50-1, Jr
3A Grant Stotts (Valley-West Des Moines) 40-3, So.
Pick Don’t know much about hese guys - read that someone likes the Geerts kid, so I’ll pick him - 2A
138
1A Nick Williams (Lisbon) 29-1, Sr.
2A Ryan Leisure (Clear Lake) 47-1, Jr
3A Nelson Brands (Iowa City-West) 54-3, So.
Pick Hmmmm….going to go with Leisure… good matchup with up and coming Brands - 2A
145
1A Carter Happel (Lisbon) 52-0, Sr.
2A Bryce Leshen (Albia) 33-1, Sr
3A Michael Zachary (Dowling Catholic-WDM) 40-0, Sr.
Pick Going with Happel - lots of experience, might be undersized compared to Zarchary - 1A
152
1A Conner Shulista (Alburnett) 53-1, Sr.
2A Matt Malcom (Glenwood) 52-1, Sr.
3A Colton Clingenpeel (Council Bluffs-Thomas Jefferson) 60-0, Sr.
Pick Clingenpeel beat Malcom this year, so going with him - 3A
160
1A Sal Arzani (Interstate 35) 51-1, Sr.
2A Zach Johnston (ADM) 50-3, Sr.
3A Shea Hartzler (Linn-Mar-Marion) 44-3, Sr.
Pick Honestly don't know anything about these guys, will pick Arzani and his stache - 1A
170
1A Tanner Sloan (Alburnett) 41-3, So.
2A Chase Shiltz (Creston/Orient-Macksburg) 43-1, Jr.
3A Marcus Coleman (Ames) 43-1, Jr.
Pick Shiltz vs Coleman - love to see that, I'll go with Intermat higher rated kid - Shiltz - 2A
182
1A Austin Lentz (Ogden) 44-0, Sr.
2A Luke Erickson (Mediapolis) 29-4, Sr.
3A Max Lyon (Epworth-Western Dubuque) 51-0, Jr.
Pick Lyon - Beast - 3A
195
1A Slade Sifuentes (Lake Mills) 56-0, Jr.
2A Izaak Shedenhelm (Denver/Tripoli) 53-2, Sr.
3A Sam Cook (Fort Dodge) 45-0, Sr.
Pick Cook, easy pick here. 3A
220
1A Colton Hansen (Newman Catholic-Mason City) 50-3, Sr
2A Gavin Dinsdale (Webster City) 44-1, Sr.
3A Wyatt Wriedt (North Scott-Eldridge) 46-3, Jr.
Pick Wriedt - call him "Butter" because he's on a roll - 3A
285
1A Jared Brinkman (Regina-Iowa City) 42-0, Jr.
2A Carter Isley (Albia) 41-0, Sr.
3A Gannon Gremmel (Dubuque-Hempstead) 46-0, Sr.
Pick Combined 129-0 - Going with Isley - 2A
PickS
1A - 3
2A - 4
3A - 7
Thoughts
So - here are all the winners.. there were some upsets.. but these guys won, no no picking Anderson, Reaves, Baumler, etc...
My picks
Weight Wrestler
106
1A Donny Schmit (Wapsie Valley-Fairbank) 42-3, So.
2A Matthew Randone (Assumption-Davenport) 42-8, Sr.
3A Kyle Biscoglia (Waukee) 54-1, So.
Pick Randon's a SR and did beat Reaves, but I'm taking Biscoglia - 3A
113
1A Brock Henderson (North Linn-Troy Mill) 47-0, Jr.
2A Justin Portillo (Clarion-Goldfield-Dows) 39-2, Sr
3A Brody Teske (Fort Dodge) 43-0, So.
Pick Teske - 3A
120
1A Bryce West (Highland-Riverside) 55-0, Jr.
2A Josh Portillo (Clarion-Goldfield-Dows) 44-1, Sr.
3A Jack Wagner (Bettendorf) 31-0, Sr.
Pick A round robin here would be cool, gotta go with the future Hawkeye - Wagner 3A
126
1A Alex Thomsen (Underwood) 50-0, So.
2A Brock Rathbun (Center Point-Urbana) 48-0, Sr.
3A Triston Lara (Fort Dodge) 41-2, Jr.
Pick Love to see Thomsen vs healthy Rathbun - Thomsen - 1A
132
1A Briar Cochran (Moravia) 52-1, Sr.
2A Keaton Geerts (New Hampton) 50-1, Jr
3A Grant Stotts (Valley-West Des Moines) 40-3, So.
Pick Don’t know much about hese guys - read that someone likes the Geerts kid, so I’ll pick him - 2A
138
1A Nick Williams (Lisbon) 29-1, Sr.
2A Ryan Leisure (Clear Lake) 47-1, Jr
3A Nelson Brands (Iowa City-West) 54-3, So.
Pick Hmmmm….going to go with Leisure… good matchup with up and coming Brands - 2A
145
1A Carter Happel (Lisbon) 52-0, Sr.
2A Bryce Leshen (Albia) 33-1, Sr
3A Michael Zachary (Dowling Catholic-WDM) 40-0, Sr.
Pick Going with Happel - lots of experience, might be undersized compared to Zarchary - 1A
152
1A Conner Shulista (Alburnett) 53-1, Sr.
2A Matt Malcom (Glenwood) 52-1, Sr.
3A Colton Clingenpeel (Council Bluffs-Thomas Jefferson) 60-0, Sr.
Pick Clingenpeel beat Malcom this year, so going with him - 3A
160
1A Sal Arzani (Interstate 35) 51-1, Sr.
2A Zach Johnston (ADM) 50-3, Sr.
3A Shea Hartzler (Linn-Mar-Marion) 44-3, Sr.
Pick Honestly don't know anything about these guys, will pick Arzani and his stache - 1A
170
1A Tanner Sloan (Alburnett) 41-3, So.
2A Chase Shiltz (Creston/Orient-Macksburg) 43-1, Jr.
3A Marcus Coleman (Ames) 43-1, Jr.
Pick Shiltz vs Coleman - love to see that, I'll go with Intermat higher rated kid - Shiltz - 2A
182
1A Austin Lentz (Ogden) 44-0, Sr.
2A Luke Erickson (Mediapolis) 29-4, Sr.
3A Max Lyon (Epworth-Western Dubuque) 51-0, Jr.
Pick Lyon - Beast - 3A
195
1A Slade Sifuentes (Lake Mills) 56-0, Jr.
2A Izaak Shedenhelm (Denver/Tripoli) 53-2, Sr.
3A Sam Cook (Fort Dodge) 45-0, Sr.
Pick Cook, easy pick here. 3A
220
1A Colton Hansen (Newman Catholic-Mason City) 50-3, Sr
2A Gavin Dinsdale (Webster City) 44-1, Sr.
3A Wyatt Wriedt (North Scott-Eldridge) 46-3, Jr.
Pick Wriedt - call him "Butter" because he's on a roll - 3A
285
1A Jared Brinkman (Regina-Iowa City) 42-0, Jr.
2A Carter Isley (Albia) 41-0, Sr.
3A Gannon Gremmel (Dubuque-Hempstead) 46-0, Sr.
Pick Combined 129-0 - Going with Isley - 2A
PickS
1A - 3
2A - 4
3A - 7
Thoughts
