Ryan Murken

Your Prep Sports

The state wrestling tournament is ready to roll in Des Moines.

Action gets underway with Class 3A on Wednesday with Classes 2A and 1A hitting the mats at the Casey’s Center on Thursday.

There are 39 wrestlers from the Your Prep Sports area competing in the four-day tournament this week including three Regina wrestlers in the Class 1A field that gets underway on Thursday at 9 a.m.

Before the action gets underway in Des Moines here is a quick look at the Class 1A state tournament with a focus on Your Prep Sports area athletes.

The Wrestlers

Area qualifiers/opening round opponents

190 – Dawson Boileau (45-12) Jr., Regina vs. Luke Malm (40-9) Sr., GTRA

215 – Porter Shetler (37-16) Jr., Regina vs. Cordell Clemens (37-19) Soph., Mount Ayr

285 – Simon Shetler (40-13) Jr., Regina vs. Hayden Cantrell (41-14) Sr., Louisa-Muscatine

Undefeated Wrestlers

113 – Brady Burton (29-0) Fr., Westwood

120 – Jesse Burton (36-0) Sr., Westwood

126 – Hayden Schwab (30-0) Jr., Don Bosco

132 – Braylon Peters (36-0) Fr., Westwood

144 – Dawson Youngblut (45-0) Jr., Don Bosco

150 – Dustin Van Oort (44-0) Sr., West Sioux

157 – Boston Peters (38-0) Soph., Westwood

165 – Ryan Groom (33-0) Sr., North Mahaska

175 – Alex Tiedemann (39-0) Sr., Northwood-Kensett

175 – Brock Mulder (32-0) Sr., Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley

190 – Keaton Moeller (39-0) Sr., Starmont

190 – Caleb Christensen (51-0) Jr., Nodaway Valley

215 – Kyler Sallis (41-0) Jr., Don Bosco

285 – Ashton Honnold (51-0) Sr., Nodaway Valley

Returning State Champions

Current weight class, Wrestler, School, 2025 Championship weight

113 – Kaiden Belinsky, Don Bosco, 106

120 – Hendrix Schwab, Don Bosco, 113

126 – Hayden Schwab, Don Bosco, 120

144 – Dawson Youngblut, Don Bosco, 138

285 – Ashton Honnold, Nodaway Valley, 215

First Round Match to Watch

Regina junior Porter Shetler will be seeking his first state tournament win in his second consecutive appearance at the state meet.

Shetler (37-16) went 0-2 in his state meet debut last season at 215 pounds and will face Mount Ayr sophomore Cordell Clemens (37-19) in his opening-round match on Thursday.

Shetler has already surpassed his season win total from last season and is coming off a runner-up finish at the District 5 meet last week with a loss to fifth-ranked Kamdyn Kraklio of Durant in the title match.

Of the 16 losses for Shetler this season six have come to opponents ranked in the top eight in their class and seven addition losses have come to state qualifiers.

Wrestler to Watch

While his brother Porter Shetler made his state debut a year ago Simon Shetler secured his first trip to the state meet last week by winning the 285-pound title at the District 5 meet.

Shetler (40-13) will face Louisa-Muscatine senior Hayden Cantrell (41-14) in his opening-round match at the state meet on Thursday.

Shetler is the No. 14 seed and with an opening-round win would face third-seeded Keegan Long of Earlham in the second round.

Look for a strong state meet showing from Shetler who has seven consecutive wins entering the state tournament.

Weight Class to Watch

One of only five brackets in all three classes with two undefeated wrestlers the 190-pound bracket in Class 1A should be a blast to watch over the next several days.

Starmont senior Keaton Moeller (39-0) is top-ranked and joins Nodaway Valley junior Caleb Christensen (51-0) as unbeaten wrestlers in the 1A, 190-pound field.

The 150-pound champion two seasons ago as a sophomore, Moeller enters as the fifth seed in the 190-pound bracket.

Regina junior Dawson Boileau (45-12) will face Luke Malm (40-9) of GTRA in the opening round with the winner getting a second-round matchup with top-seed Ryan Wirtz of Emmetsburg.

A qualifier at 190 pounds last season Christensen is the second seed in a bracket that also features second-ranked Blake Myrtue of Ridge View, third-ranked Jackson Verschoor of Woodbury Central who was fifth at 190 pounds last season and fifth-ranked Lincoln Blickenderfer of Central Springs who was a 190-pound qualifier last season.

The Teams

District Champions (state qualifiers)

Nashua-Plainfield (8); AC/GC (6); Earlham (8); Lake Mills (7); Lisbon (9); Don Bosco (11); West Hancock (5); Lawton-Bronson (5); Riverside (7); Jesup (9); Woodbury Central (5); Hinton (7)

Area Teams (State qualifiers)

Regina (3)

2025 Top Five Team Finishers – 1. Don Bosco 225.5; 2. Alburnett 144.5; 3. Wilton 109; 4. Osage 100.5; 5. Woodbury Central 93

Last Five Team Champs

2025 – Don Bosco

2024 – Don Bosco

2023 – Don Bosco

2022 – Don Bosco

2021 – Don Bosco

What to Watch in the Team Race

Don Bosco has won the last seven Class 1A titles and is a heavy favorite to add another title to its streak this season.

The Dons have a Class 1A-best 11 qualifiers that includes four returning state champions and six top-ranked wrestlers.

Last years second, third and fourth place finishers, Alburnett, Wilton and Osage, all moved up to Class 2A this season leaving an opening for teams to jump into the race for a top-three finish behind Don Bosco.

Jesup, Woodbury Central and Westwood appear to be the top teams poised to challenge for those spots.

Second-ranked Jesup matches perennial power and seventh-ranked Lisbon with nine qualifiers, second most among 1A teams while Woodbury Central has four of its five qualifiers ranked in the top six.

Third-ranked Westwood has six qualifiers including four ranked in the top five.

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