Linn-Mar’s Kane Naaktgeboren ended is prep wrestling career with an undefeated championship season. He became the Lions’ 10th wrestler to win a state crown and the program’s seventh four-time state medalist.
A look at Saturday’s Class 2A Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling finals. Klayten Perreault pinned 41 of his 46 foes this season while being ranked No. 1 from start to finish. His stirring run helped the Mustangs cap a remarkable season with a second-place team trophy.
New Hampton/Turkey Valley’s Braden McShane will wrestle on the biggest stage of his life Saturday night after the Chickasaw senior earned a hard-fought decision in Friday’s semifinal round at the Class 2A state tournament.
West Delaware’s Jax Miller narrowly missed out on the boys’ state wrestling tournament in 2022 and qualified as a district runner-up in 2023. On Saturday, in his home gym, the junior Hawk found himself in uncharted territory and for good reason.
Each of his first two seasons, Alburnett’s Preston Klostermannwas forced to settle for second the opening weekend of the season. Not this time. Klostermann tallied four pins in the two-day competition, including a third-period fall over Clear Creek Amana’s Ryker Jones, to claim the 144-pound title Saturday at the Cliff Keen Independence Invitational.