The Predicament's Class 2A preseason rankings

The Predicament's Class 2A preseason rankings have been released and it appears this season will have the same cast of characters at the top of the team race. Davenport Assumption, Denver-Tripoli and Ballard are in the top three spots. Denver won last season and has one of the top wrestlers in the state, regardless of class, in top-ranked 130-pounder Brandon Sorenson.Among the top-ranked wrestlers is Williamsburg heavyweight Austin Blythe. He is attempting to become a 4-time state finalist and 3-time state champion. Blythe, who was voted as the captain of the Class 3A all-state football team by the Iowa Newspaper Association, is believed to be the first freshman heavyweight to reach the finals. Fellow Wamac wrestler Blaize Cabell, of Independence, is ranked #1 at 215.See the entire list:

CLASS 2A

Top 10 State Tournament Teams (# of ranked wrestlers):1. Davenport Assumption (8); 2. Denver-Tripoli (7); 3. Ballard Huxley (6); 4. Sergeant Bluff Luton (4); 5. Perry (4); 6. Williamsburg (4); 7. Creston-OM (2); 8. East Marshall (3); 9. Independence (4); 10. New London-WMU (2)

Individual Rankings

1031. Pryce Creighton (Sr.) Dallas Center Grimes; 2. Tyler Devriese (So.) Davenport Assumption; 3. Tanner Cowan (So.) Centerville ; 4. Tyler Bartels (Sr.) St. Ansgar-Riceville; 5. Cole Parmely (So.) Oelwein; 6. Quinn Tonne (Jr.) Denver-Tripoli; 7. Zach Skopec (Fr.) Spirit Lake Park; 8. Eddie Frye (Sr.) Benton Community; 9. Leighton Gaul (So.) New Hampton; 10. Ray Quiroz (Jr.) Columbus Junction.

1121. Dylan Peters (Jr.) Denver-Tripoli; 2. Colton McCrystal (So.) Sgt. Bluff Luton; 3. Mitch Funk (Sr.) MFL Central; 4. Kyle Springer (So.) Davenport Assumption; 5. Landon Felton (Jr.) Monticello; 6. Jimmy Scieszinski (Jr.) Van Meter; 7. Doug Miner (So.) Spirit Lake; 8. Austin Evens (Jr.) Independence; 9. Patrick Rooney (So.) Bondurant Farrar; 10. Brett Marcum (So.) Missouri Valley

1191. Topher Carton (Jr.) Davenport Assumption; 2. Sawyer Farris (Jr.) New London-WMU; 3. Chase Flack (Sr.) JSPCEG; 4. Matt Paulus (Sr.) New Hampton; 5. Jobe Goodale (Sr.) Osage; 6. Dalton Kingery (Jr.) PCM Monroe; 7. Walker Marshall (Jr.) Missouri Valley; 8. Alex Brown (Sr.) Hampton Dumont; 9. Alex Rust (Sr.) CLGLR; 10. Dillon Hanson (So.) Ballard

1251. Gunnar Wolfensperger (Jr.) Denver-Tripoli; 2. Tyler Patten (Sr.) Webster City; 3. Jacob Colon (Sr.) Clear Lake; 4. Cole Anderson (Sr.) Forest City; 5. Kyle Blocker (So.) East Marshall; 6. Dakota Simmons (Sr.) Fairfield; 7. Zach Henning (Jr.) Decorah; 8. Hunter Langley (Jr.) Sgt. Bluff Luton; 9. Ryan Matherly (Sr.) Grinnell; 10. Isaac Lundgren (Jr.) Spirit Lake Park

1301. Brandon Sorensen (So.) Denver-Tripoli; 2. Jesse Etherington (So.) Charles City; 3. Logan Thomsen (So.) Union; 4. Tre Rutz (Sr.) Humboldt; 5. Josh Perkins (Sr.) Atlantic; 6. Brandon Silbaugh (Jr.) JSPCEG; 7. JC Vercande (Jr.) Williamsburg; 8. Toby Rains (Sr.) Perry; 9. Jason Bowers (Jr.) Anamosa; 10. Jerad Hoefer (Sr.) West Delaware

1351. Jake Marlin (So.) Creston/O-M; 2. Jake Kadel (Sr.) New London-WMU; 3. Matt White (Sr.) Albia; 4. Kyler Risher (Sr.) Centerville; 5. Keegan Mumma (Jr.) ADM Adel; 6. Dustin Harberts (Sr.) Chariton; 7. Ben King (Sr.) SH-BCLUW; 8. Cory Chapin (Jr.) Denver-Tripoli; 9. Shiloh Snyder (Sr.) Maquoketa; 10. Jacob England (Sr.) Winterset

1401. Wil Stetzel (Sr.) Perry; 2. Tyler Walz (Jr.) South Tama; 3. Bo Cosens (Sr.) Ballard; 4. Brad Schwenke (Sr.) Atlantic; 5. Tom Mahoney (Sr.) New Hampton; 6. Jed Siegwarth (Sr.) MFL Central; 7. Dakota Snyder (Sr.) Maquoketa; 8. Brady Horner (Sr.) Clear Lake; 9. John Even (Sr.) Denver-Tripoli; 10. Logan Hewitt (So.) Anamosa

1451. Tanner Hiatt (Sr.) Ballard; 2. Aaron Sorenson (Sr.) Forest City; 3. Brody Grothus (Sr.) Davenport Assumption; 4. Blake Meling (Jr.) East Marshall; 5. Josh Schaefer (Sr.) BCIG-OA; 6. Gayge Samuelson (Jr.) Decorah; 7. Brady Milder (Sr.) Columbus Junction; 8. Zach Fligg (Sr.) Davis County; 9. Rob Nichols (Jr.) Atlantic; 10. Hunter St. John (Sr.) Williamsburg

1521. Nick Georgean (So.) Davenport Assumption; 2. Ryan Valline (Sr.) East Marshall; 3. Dakotah Poe (Sr.) Albia; 4. Nick Winter (Sr.) MFL Central; 5. Ryan Cox (Sr.) Mount Vernon; 6. Royce Byrnes (Sr.) Lake Mills-NK; 7. Cody Fritz (Jr.) Solon; 8. Josh King (Jr.) Sgt. Bluff Luton; 9. Dallas Rozeboom (So.) BHRV ; 10. Chris Johnson (Sr.) Independence

1601. Cody Solari (Sr.) Sgt. Bluff Luton; 2. Garrett Smith (Jr.) Denver-Tripoli; 3. Taimon Wehr (Sr.) Harlan; 4. Collin Ascherl (Jr.) MOC Floyd Valley; 5. Chase Skoneczka (Sr.) Benton Community; 6. Brad Mickelson (Sr.) Ballard; 7. Keegan Davis (Jr.) Perry; 8. Erik Lux (So.) South Tama; 9. Nick Fuller (Jr.) Independence; 10. Cody Morris (Jr.) Bedford-Lenox

1711. Tanner Weatherman (Sr.) Ballard; 2. Colton Van't Hof (Sr.) Sioux Center; 3. Kyle Lux (Sr.) South Tama; 4. Drew Cox (Sr.) Clear Creek Amana; 5. Seth Esaias (Jr.) Red Oak; 6. Sam Lahr (Jr.) West Delaware; 7. JJ Hanus (Jr.) Solon; 8. Tommy Argo (Sr.) Davenport Assumption; 9. Willie Lawrence (Sr.) Bedford-Lenox; 10. Devin Mitchell (Sr.) Bondurant Farrar

1891. Blaize Cabell (Sr.) Independence; 2. Noah Pickard (Jr.) North Polk; 3. Jack Manning (Sr.) Woodward Granger; 4. Bruce McWilliams (Jr.) Sheldon-SO; 5. Colten Riley (Jr.) South Calhoun; 6. Adam Reth (So.) West Delaware; 7. Tyler Walls (Sr.) Clear Creak Amana; 8. Ross Larson (Jr.) Ballard; 9. Logan Kellogg (Jr.) Clear Lake; 10. Bradley Grothus (Jr.) Davenport Assumption

2151. Collin Bevins (Jr.) Creston/O-M ; 2. Kane Seeley (Jr.) Perry; 3. Devin Lemke (Sr.) Iowa Falls; 4. Tom Malloy (Sr.) Williamsburg; 5. Troy Brown (Sr.) Carlisle; 6. Dustin Moore (Sr.) PCM Monroe; 7. Jake Boehme (Sr.) West Liberty; 8. Bryce Kelleher (So.) Sheldon-SO; 9. Brian Halligan (Jr.) Charles City; 10. Alex Rans (Sr.) West Delaware

2851. Austin Blythe (Sr.) Williamsburg; 2. Tyler Swope (Sr.) Davenport Assumption; 3. Bret Johnson (Sr.) Roland Story; 4. Zach Bauer (Sr.) Dallas Center-Grimes; 5. Tony Saucedo (Sr.) Clarke (Osceola); 6. Jake Tool (Jr.) PCM Monroe; 7. Mike Smithburg (Sr.) Fairfield; 8. Logan Schafer (Jr.) Ridge View; 9. Logan Hopp (Sr.) New Hampton; 10. Creighton Fox (Jr.) DeWitt Central