As the season has gotten underway around the country on the mats, several Iowans find themselves still in the Top 30 at their respective weights in the latest National High School Wrestling Rankings from High School Sports on SI.
Don Bosco sophomore Hayden Schwab is second at 106 pounds, Carson Castillo of Ames is No. 2 at 120 while Fort Dodge junior Dreshaun Ross is second at 215 pounds.
Ross is currently injured, with his timetable for a return to action expected to be early-2025. Schwab is the second of University of Northern Iowa head coach Doug Schwab and Castillo moved to Iowa from Arizona after committing to Iowa State University.
Carter Pearson of Southeast Polk and Kyler Knaack from Don Bosco are both in the Top 10 while Pearson’s teammates Eddie Woody, Nico DeSalvo, Maximus Riggins and Cooper Martinson join him.
Bettendorf has four either ranked or listed among the honorable mention including Jake Knight, Timothy Koester, Lincoln Jipp and Brayden Koester.
Dana Becker has been a sports writer in Iowa since 2000, writing for The Fort Dodge Messenger, Mason City Globe-Gazette, Cedar Rapids Gazette and others. Dana resides in northcentral Iowa and started as a writer with SB Live Sports in 2022 focused on the state of Iowa. Along with providing coverage of football and wrestling, Dana also spotlights cross country, swimming, basketball, track and field, soccer, tennis, golf, baseball and softball. He began writing for High School on SI in 2023.
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