Blake Williams has been blessed with all three as a competitor at Decorah and Wartburg, and a 400-plus win head coaching career at Solon and Cedar Rapids Prairie.
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Blake Williams has been blessed with all three as a competitor at Decorah and Wartburg, and a 400-plus win head coaching career at Solon and Cedar Rapids Prairie.
Photos from the Class 1A, 2A and 3A semifinals during the 2026 IHSAA boys’ state wrestling tournament at the Casey’s Center in Des Moines, Iowa on Friday, February 20, 2026.
These wounds matter. These nicks, cuts and abrasions are fully earned. And all Mount Vernon’s top-ranked and unbeaten 157-pound senior needed to do to reveal their deeper meaning was calmly raise his forefinger to indicate there’s merely one more match to win to finally join two of his older brothers as a state champion.
Iowa City West Diego Robertty and Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Louden Bloxham were victorious in semifinal bouts at the Class 3A state wrestling tournament Friday night at Casey’s Center in Des Moines.
Jesup’s Cooper Hinz waited a whole year to overturn an obstacle that turned him away a year ago. The four-time state medalist advanced to his first finals match, beating West Lyon’s Ryan Bahnson in the 132 semifinal of the Class 1A state tournament Friday at Casey’s Center.
Fortune favors the bold, after all, and by starting off his medal-worthy run at the Iowa High School Athletic Association Class 2A state wrestling tournament with three consecutive pins, the 11th-seeded McGonegle’s earned the right to exude the utmost confidence.v
Cascade’s Bryce Carroll beat Fort Dodge St. Edmond’s Matthew Crimmins in the 144-pound quarterfinal to earn his first medal Friday at the Class 1A state wrestling tournament. He has been inspired by his dad, Bob, who was diagnosed with cancer last year.
Lisbon senior advanced to the 126-pound semifinals, securing his first top-six finish at the Class 1A state wrestling tournament Friday at Casey’s Center.
Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Louden Bloxham suffered a leg injury that kept him off the mat up to a month of the state tournament. He turned the hurt into hardware with a win in the 190-pound quarterfinal of the Class 3A state wrestling tournament Thursday at Casey’s Center ini Des Moines.
Photos from the Class 2A first and second rounds of the IHSAA Boys’ State wrestling tournament at the Casey’s Center in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, February 19, 2026.
Photos from the Class 1A first and second rounds of the IHSAA Boys’ State wrestling tournament at the Casey’s Center in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, February 19, 2026.
Action and reaction of the 3A quarterfinal matches at the boy’s state wrestling championships in Des Moines
The 132-pound senior’s intense. He’s relentless. He could join an elite club by becoming a four-time medalist this week at the Iowa High School Athletic Association Class 2A state wrestling meet, but after his first match at Casey’s Center, he often feels his tank’s not fully topped off — not yet, anyway.
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