Iowa Highschool Tournament
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One of the best 2-1 matches Ive seen. Both Gabe and Naak are going to be successful in college.
I like Ross. Fast at that size aswell. Crazy these guys are just freshman.
I thought someone said Spider was his nickname.
He’s a stud!! Big fan of that young man.
Ames Kid looks pretty short, but damn, I can see Ross being a monster Heavyweight in a couple years. Kid looks big at 195.
Winning state as a freshman at 195 3A is bananas
Gonna need a bigger trophy case for all the hardware that man’s gonna win on the mat!
Gabe trains with him and obviously knows him well. Gabe can be a pretty persuasive guy.😉
He should share a few muscles with his big brother.
Maybe I missed something but I saw little if any offense from Naak, backed up pretty much the entire match playing D and looking to counter. Did some nice work fighting off a couple good shots that got in, but that's about it. Close, tense match for sure but didn't seem like Gabe was really ever in danger of losing.
Kueter is going to work early! Up 8-2 with 30 sec left in the first
2nd period. Ben starts down. Reversal. Up 10-2. Escape Lewis 10-3. TD Ben. 12-3. Now 14-4 and Ben is getting swipes. 17-4 end of 2nd
Ben with a TD in the 3rd for TF win! Congrats!
4 time undefeated state champion! Legendary High School career!
2nd period. Ben starts down. Reversal. Up 10-2. Escape Lewis 10-3. TD Ben. 12-3. Now 14-4 and Ben is getting swipes. 17-4 end of 2nd
Ben with a TD in the 3rd for TF win! Congrats!
4 time undefeated state champion! Legendary High School career!
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I don’t know much about the Ross kid but he looked very impressive for a freshman wrestling at 195.
What’s his story? I know it’s a ways out but do we know if he’s an Iowa fan?
What’s his story? I know it’s a ways out but do we know if he’s an Iowa fan?
Dreshaun Ross, an incoming freshman wrestler at Fort Dodge, wins 16U men’s freestyle national title
The future of Iowa high school wrestling looks extremely bright — thanks, in large part, to a young phenom from Fort Dodge.
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Is Ross in football or does he go only wrestling? He looks so athletic with that size.
Exceptionally talented and has been on the radar for several years. His high school career is likely to resemble Kueter’s. Don’t think he’s one of those kids who grew up an Iowa fan but that could change.
Apparently an excellent player. Could be a dual threat type like Kueter.
And there it is. 3 champs. Wow. Had to be sweet getting the win at 220 over Bosco, who almost single handedly wrecked their program several years ago.
He had to cut weight to be 195 this year. He was well over 200 for football.
My guess is he will be 220, next year and then HWY depending on how he grows his Jr and Sr years.
Kueter is special, what a career. Have to think he'll have a limited Kyle Snyder-esque schedule his whole career. Bowl games usually run late december/early Jan. All that matters is him getting into top wrestling shape in time for B1Gs and NCAA's while being healthy. My guess is he might even have less chance for injuries if he's not going through the grind of an entire wrestling season. As long as he finds time in the off-season to get mat time, maybe wrestle some freestyle and improve, I think we'll be okay.
Between Drake, Teske, Fellers and many of his club friends like Kueter, Arnold, Block, Riggins etc having a connection I would think we got a good shot. Brands needs to earn his paycheck and make it happen.
Very few athletes could pull it off, but Ben is so uniquely talent and focused that I think he can. Maybe he ends up putting down the blue print for Dreshaun to follow in his footsteps.
DOBO should have to move up a class.
To recap...Three Iowa high school State Champs are future Hawks.
Actually, it's four if we count Borcherding Johnson who is gonna play football.
ISU gets one runner up and a fourth place kid from Prairie. And a sixth!
No one should ever question what program owns this State.
Naak always knew he could never beat Gabe straight up in a six minute match. His only chance was keeping it close and hoping for a miracle at the end.
Several Clone fans claimed after the first match this year that Naak would win all future matchups with GA.
Yeah...NO!
Actually, it's four if we count Borcherding Johnson who is gonna play football.
ISU gets one runner up and a fourth place kid from Prairie. And a sixth!
No one should ever question what program owns this State.
Naak always knew he could never beat Gabe straight up in a six minute match. His only chance was keeping it close and hoping for a miracle at the end.
Several Clone fans claimed after the first match this year that Naak would win all future matchups with GA.
Yeah...NO!
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Well, a tarantula is a spider, but he said on an interview his teammates call him the Tarantula.
Don’t want to rub any salt in the wounds, but it’s also worth noting that Gabe was basically wrestling up — not really cutting at all. Naak clearly was. Gabe will be hell on wheels at 74. He comin’ for ya, Carter!😉
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Kale is coached by the brother-in-law of a very close friend. By all reports an outstanding young man, on and off the mat — and easily won his state championship despite a significant lower body injury he has had most of the season.
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He looks like a giant Ed Ruth
As close as the score was, and admitting I’m biased in Gabe’s favor, I thought he controlled the action fairly decisively. He had more than a 1:00 RT advantage which would have been a point at the next level, he had Naak dead to rights on the only deep shot by either guy (hats off to Tate for an impressive leg pass when Gabe brought him down to avoid the 2), he escaped without any trouble in OT, and he rode him out in OT without any real threat of an escape.
All due respect to Tate — but let it suffice to say I think it’s pretty clear we got the better guy (his 4-0 record head-to-head obviously supports my thesis as much as anything that happened tonight).
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I have nothing but mad respect for Tate and his family!! If you knew them like I do you would understand. For them to keep focusing on his mom was a disgrace and feel for them. Wonderful family that know how to handle winning and losing. Wish we could have gotten them both and we would have been set at 174/184 for 4 years. With that being said I can’t express how happy I am about Gabe being a Hawk finally a gifted athlete that is a really really good wrestler. I suppose you could say Woods is like this as well but not too many Hawks are phenomenal athletes. Pretty damn good wrestlers yes but not to many that are this athletic.
He is a beast in football (already). I believe the word is he likes it more, as well
.However, he is as equally as good if not better (potentially much better) at wrestling, as seen tonight.
Does Gabe go as a freshman 174 next year if Brands doesn't return? Does he RS and Brands/Swafford go next year? Be interesting to see.
He did refer in an interview to being NCAA champ at 174 next year, but that may not mean much regarding how the lineup shakes out this fall.
