By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com
The Road to Wells Fargo Arena begins Saturday with sectional wrestling getting underway statewide.
FM 105.5 will deliver updates all throughout the day on Saturday, as well.
In Class 1A, area programs will travel to Sigourney and Mediapolis.
Sectional 10, at Sigourney, will feature:
- Cardinal
- Moravia
- New London
- North Mahaska
- Pekin
- Sigourney-Keota
- Van Buren County
- Wayne
Ranked wrestlers at Sigourney feature four New London Tigers, per the Predicament:
- No. 1 (120) Marcel Lopez, New London
- No. 2 (145) Dominic Lopez, New London
- No. 8 (152) Josh Glendening, New London
- No. 7 (160) Connor Golston, Moravia
- No. 8 (160) Jack Clarahan, Sigourney-Keota
- No. 8 (182) Mason Juhl, Pekin
- No. 8 (195) Currey Jacobs, New London
Sectional 16, wrestled at Mediapolis will have:
- Wapello
- Wilton
- Highland
- Louisa-Muscatine
- Iowa City Regina
- WACO
- Mediapolis
Ranked wrestlers at Mediapolis, Saturday include:
- No. 10 (106) Brody Brisker, Wilton
- No. 5 (113) Bryce Thompson, Highland
- No. 8 (132) Quinten Aney, Mediapolis
- No. 1 (138) Kael Brisker, Wilton
- No. 6 (170) Aidan Udell, Iowa City Regina
In Class 2A, regional teams will travel to Davenport Assumption in Sectional 10:
- Davenport Assumption
- Columbus Community/Winfield-Mount Union
- Keokuk
- Mount Pleasant
- Notre Dame/West Burlington/Danville
- Washington
Ranked wrestlers there include:
- No. 1 (106) Derrick Bass, Assumption
- No. 2 (113) Lane Scorpil, Columbus Community/Winfield-Mount Union
- No. 2 (120) Blaine Frazier, NDWB-Danville
- No. 4 (126) Tate O’Shea, Keokuk
- No. 10 (126) T.J. Fitzpatrick, Assumption
- No. 6 (132) Noah Gonzalez, Assumption
- No. 6 (138) Michael Macias, Assumption
- No. 7 (138) Isaiah Fenton, NDWB-Danville
- No. 2 (152) Grifen Molle, NDWB-Danville
- No. 5 (160) Allen Catour, Assumption
- No. 4 (170) C.J. Walrath, NDWB-Danville
- No. 9 (182) John Argo, Assumption
- No. 6 (195) Aiden Morgan, Assumption
- No. 9 (285) Chane Malone, Columbus Community/Winfield-Mount Union
And in Class 3A, area programs will compete at Iowa City West (District 5):
- Burlington
- Fort Madison
- Iowa City High
- Iowa City Liberty
- Iowa City West
- Oskaloosa
- Ottumwa
- Pella