Iowa Boys State Wrestling Tournament

11 KMAQ area wrestlers competed at the 2025 Iowa High School Wrestling Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines February 19-22. 5 area schools were represented, with 5 different wrestlers placing! Below are the full results from the 4 days of action. 

In Class 1A, at 132 lbs, Cascade senior Brock Morris placed 4th in his weight class. After receiving a first-round bye, the rest of his tournament looked like this… 

2nd round: Matthew Crimmins (St. Edmond) … (W, Major Dec, 12-4) Quarterfinals: Easton Sonberg (Osage) … (W, Fall, 0:46) 

Semifinals: Drew Anderson (Riverside, Oakland) … (L, Fall, 5:10) Consolation Semis: Aydan Groom (North Mahaska) … (W, Tech Fall, 17-1) 3rd/4th place match: Brayden Scheffers (Interstate 35) … (L, Dec, 5-0) 

At 138 lbs, Cascade sophomore Bryce Carroll went 2-2 in the tournament… 

1st round: Dane DeVault (Underwood) … (W, Dec, 7-0) … 

2nd round: Dustin Van Oort (West Sioux) … (L, Dec, 5-1) 

Consolation 1st rd: Jariyah Bowles (AGWSR) … (W, Dec, 3-0) 

Consolation 2nd rd: Landon Price (GTRA) … (L, Fall, 3:51) 

At 150 lbs, Cascade junior Kalvin Manternach went 0-2… 

1st round: Preston Hunter (Dyersville Beckman Catholic) … (L, Dec, 6-2) Consolation 1st rd: Jase Tommasin (Starmont) … (L, Major Dec, 12-1) 

At 157 lbs, Bellevue senior Jake Hiland wrestled seven matches and placed 6th in his weight class. Here are his match results over the 4 days… 

1st round: Landon Alexander (Ogden) … (W, Fall, 1:25) 

2nd round: Will Aitchison (Iowa City Regina) … (W, Major Dec, 17-3) Quarterfinals: Boden White (Denver) … (L, Major Dec, 14-3)

Consolation 2nd rd: Conner Jacobson (Ridge View) … (W, Fall, 5:28) Consolation 3rd rd: Will Aitchison (Iowa City Regina) … (W, Dec, 10-4) Consolation Semis: Zane Mullenix (Pleasantville) … (L, Dec, 10-5) 5th/6th place match: Holden Koele (Woodbury Central) … (L, Major Dec, 10-2) 

Closing things out in Class 1A, at 285 lbs, Northeast senior Grant Gray, who placed 7th in his weight class. After receiving a first-round bye, Grant’s tournament went like this… 

2nd round: Teagan Dybevik (Colfax Mingo) … (W, OT Sudden Victory, 9-6) Quarterfinals: Wyatt Hanna (Lake Mills) … (L, Dec, 8-4) 

Consolation 2nd rd: Brennan Bollinger (North Union) … (W, Fall, 2:57) Consolation 3rd rd: Ledger Nehls (Osage) … (L, Fall, 0:34) 

7th/8th place match: Zach Teague (West Central Valley) Sr 39-4 … (W, Forfeit) 

Moving to Class 2A, starting things off, at 106 lbs, Maquoketa sophomore Tayden Howell. Here is how his tournament run looked… 

1st round: Madox Strother (Hampton-Dumont-Cal) … (W, Fall, 2:18) 2nd round: Kline Kiburz (Winterset) … (W, Fall, 5:26) 

Quarterfinals: Dylan Williamson (Van Meter) … (L, Tech Fall, 19-3) Consolation 2nd rd: Jackson Parmater (Vinton-Shellsburg) … (L, Tech Fall, 17-2) 

At 113 lbs, Central DeWitt sophomore Cale Johnson fell early due to two upset decisions after receiving a first-round bye… 

2nd round: Lucas Anderson (Chariton) … (W, Fall, 3:43) 

Quarterfinals: Bryce Oostenink (Sioux Center) … (L, Dec, 8-7)

Consolation 2nd rd: Carl Shew (North Butler-Clarksville) … (L, Dec, 17-15) 

At 120 lbs, our youngest area wrestler, Central DeWitt freshman Eli Edfors, took home 7th place in his weight class. Here is how the freshman earned his medal after receiving a first-round bye… 

2nd round: Zach Homan (Independence) … (W, Fall, 1:17) 

Quarterfinals: Brayden Bohnsack (Union) … (L, Dec, 8-2) 

Consolation 2nd rd: Braxton Hass (Atlantic) … (W, Fall, 3:24) 

Consolation 3rd rd: Jon Gonzalez (West Marshall) … (L, Dec, 7-4) 7th/8th place match: Judah Gurwell (Winterset) … (W, Major Dec, 10-1) 

At 132 lbs, Central DeWitt senior Dolan Theisen wrapped up his high school career going 1-2 at the state tournament… 

1st round: Jayse Jensen (Winterset) … (W, Dec, 12-7) 

2nd round: Jace Hedeman (Union) … (L, Fall, 0:38) 

Consolation 1st rd: Wyatt Johnson (Cherokee) … (L, Dec, 8-2) 

At 215 lbs, Maquoketa junior Ryker Henderson had a tough tournament, only wrestling twice… 

1st round: Carson Grier (Williamsburg) … (L, Fall, 1:00) 

Consolation 1st rd: Mason Nally (Clarinda) … (L, Fall, 2:58)

Closing things out, at 215 lbs, Central DeWitt senior Chris Wrage earned 4th place in his weight class. After receiving a first-round bye, here is how Chris closed his high school career. 

2nd round: Will Welbes (Dubuque Wahlert Catholic) … (W, Tech Fall, 19-4) Quarterfinals: Trevor Bailey (Iowa Falls-Alden) … (W, Fall, 5:18) Semifinals: Mason Koehler (Glenwood) … (L, Fall, 4:55) 

Consolation Semis: Jeryn Funke (West Delaware) … (W, Dec, 7-2) 3rd/4th place match: Henry Christensen (North Polk) … (L, Major Dec, 21-12)