Prep Wrestling- IAwrestle has updated their rankings with the girls getting ready to compete in their state tournament, while the boys are finishing up their regular season and districts scheduled to start on February 10th.
On the girls’ side, Tatum Wolford of Wapello is ranked 8th in the 155-pound weight class. The senior enters the tournament with a perfect 37-0 record on the season.
For Class 1A on the boys’ side, WACO has two wrestlers ranked in the top 12 with Gage Samo ranked 11th in the 113-pound weight class and Louden Huisegna is ranked 3rd in the 190-pound weight class after claiming the conference title last Saturday.
New London also has two wrestlers ranked in the top 10 with Kane Foreseen and Michael Raines both ranked 9th in their respective weight classes.
Zach Harbison of Wapello is ranked 10th in the 138-pound weight class.
In Class 2A, Burlington Notre Dame is ranked 4th as a team with 7 ranked wrestlers, which is the most in Class 2A.
The 106-pound weight class features a lot of local talent with Cael McCabe of Fairfield ranked 2nd followed by Colt Boyles of Burlington Notre Dame in 5th, and Dakota Aney of Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union rounding out the top 12.
For the Nikes, Carter West is ranked 5th in the 113-pound weight class. CJ Davis is ranked 4th in the 126-pound weight class. Kaiden Dietzenbach held on to the #2 slot for the 132-pound weight class. Kael Cook rounds out the list for the 138-pound weight class. Blake Wilson is ranked 8th in the 144-pound weight class, while Dirk Boyles enters at the #10 spot in the 150-pound weight class.
Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union has Ty Scorpil ranked 9th in the 126-pound weight class and Russel Coil ranked 3rd in the 285-pound weight class after he grabbed the conference championship.
For the Southeast Conference, Washington has two wrestlers ranked as Aaron Boone is ranked 6th in the 132-pound weight class and Chase Greiner has the 10th in the 157-pound weight class. Fairfield also has Cason Miller ranked in the 157-pound weight class as the 7th best wrestler.
For Class 3A, Burlington is led by Braxton Hutchinson in the 106-pound weight class as he is ranked 4th.
Fort Madison has two wrestlers ranked in Nolan Riddle and Issac Thacher. Riddle is 9th in the 157-pound weight class and Thacher ranks 7th in the 190-pound weight class.