It’s one of the best state tournaments in the country. Some of the best kids in the nation come from all over the state to compete in Des Moines. I’m going to use a few tools to see where the best kids come from and how old they are.

Undefeated State Champs

3A 138 - Ryder Block (Waverly-Shell Rock) 45-0

3A 152 - Jacob Helgeson (Johnston) 43-0 

3A 160 - Danny Diaz (Waverly-Shell Rock) 24-0

3A - 182 - Gabe Arnold (Iowa City, City High) 41-0

3A - 220 - Ben Kueter (Iowa City, City High) 39-0

3A 285 - Maddux Borcherding-Johnson (Norwalk) 33-0

2A 113 - Jace Hedeman (Union, LaPorte City) 48-0

2A 132 - Kale Petersen (Greene County) 42-0

2A 138 - McKinley Robbins (Greene County) 48-0

2A 145 - Tucker Stangel (Osage) 40-0

2A 152 - Isaiah Fenton (Notre Dame, Burlington) 39-0

2A 182 - CJ Walrath (Notre Dame, Burlington) 56-0

2A 220 - Nick Reinicke (Dike-New Hartford) 45-0

1A 120 - Brandon Paez (Lisbon) 53-0

1A 126 - Garret Rinken (Nashua-Plainfield) 51-0

1A 160 - Wyatt Reisz (Logan-Magnolia) 52-0

1A 195 - Jackson Dewald (Westwood, Sloan) 47-0

1A 285 - Wyatt Smith (Lisbon) 51-0

Who's On Track To Be A Four-Timer?

Now Junior 3X State Champs

Carter Freeman of Waukee Northwest

Max Magayna of Columbus Catholic

Now Sophomore 2X State Champ

Jace Hedeman of Union, LaPorte City

Now Freshmen State Champs

Alexander Pierce of Iowa City West

Jake Knight of Bettendorf

Dreshaun Ross of Fort Dodge

Blake Fox of Osage

Double Digit Seeds To Make The Finals

#15 at 1A-182 - Caden Ballou (Midland), 2nd place (largest seed to placement difference)

#14 at 2A-285 - Wil Textor (Dike-New Hartford), 2nd place (tied for second-largest seed to placement difference)

#10 at 3A-170 - Braylon Kammrad (Lewis Central), 2nd place

*Every champion was seeded 1-4

Quick Stats

Most Pins Least Amount Of Time: Logan Montgomery - 5 pins in 11:36

Fastest Pin: Ben Kueter in 12 seconds

Most Team Points: Ben Kueter, Max Magayna, and CJ Walrath with 31.5

Most Pins By Team: Don Bosco with 15

College Commits And How They Faired

Iowa

Ben Kueter - 1st (3A 220)

Gabe Arnold - 1st (3A 182)

Ryder Block - 1st (3A 138)

Kale Petersen - 1st (2A 132

Iowa State

Tate Naaktgeboren - 2nd (3A 182)

McCrae Hagarty - 6th (3A 195) *injured in semis

Blake Gioimo - 4th (3A 120)

UNI

CJ Walrath - 1st (2A 182)

Garret Rinken - 1st (1A 106)

Brandon Paez - 1st (1A 120)

Nicholas Fox - 1st (2A 170)

Carter Freeman - 1st (1A 132)

Oregon State 

McKinley Robbins - 1st (2A 132)

Virginia

Gable Porter - 1st (1A 132)

Air Force

Jackson Dewald - 1st (1A 195)

Nebraska

Ethan Deleon - 2nd (2A 170)

Grandview

Danny Diaz - 1st (3A 160)

Colorado School of Mines

Wyatt Reisz - 1st (1A 160)

Cornell College

Luke Spaur - 4th (2A 138)

Upper Iowa

Dawson Schmit - 2nd (1A 126)

Now, a wonderful piece of technology...heat maps! The first map represents all of the state placers combined across both classes. Hot spots are accumulated by mapping out team points. 

All 3 Classes Combined Team Points

Outside of the Des Moines metro area, most of the points are coming from the east side of the state.

1A Team Points

The main heat spot coming from the Waterloo area is mostly a combination of points from Don Bosco and Columbus Catholic.

2A Team Points

2A's points appear to be the most diverse and spread out with only one strong cluster coming from Osage, who won the team title with 175.5 points.

3A Team Points

Now let's break it down by grade.

Combined Champs By Grade

Freshmen - 4

Sophomores - 6

Juniors - 8

Seniors - 24

Combined Placers By Grade

Freshmen - 28

Sophomores - 66

Juniors - 93

Seniors - 149

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1A Champs By Grade

Freshmen - 0

Sophomores - 2

Juniors - 4

Seniors - 8

1A Placers By Grade

Freshmen - 9

Sophomores - 19

Juniors - 33

Seniors - 51

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2A Champs By Grade

Freshmen - 1

Sophomores - 2

Juniors - 1

Seniors - 10

2A Placers By Grade

Freshmen - 9

Sophomores - 20

Juniors - 30

Seniors - 53

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3A Champs By Grade

Freshmen - 3

Sophomores - 2

Juniors - 3

Seniors - 6

3A Placers By Grade

Freshmen - 10

Sophomores - 27

Juniors - 30

Seniors - 45

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How The 1A Team Title Was Won

How The 2A Team Title Was Won

How The 3A Team Title Was Won