Photos from the first day of the Class 3A Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024.

Xavier’s Adam Cook wrestles Clear Creek-Amana’s Ryker Jones in a 144 pound match during class 3A boys’ state wrestling at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Clear Creek-Amana’s Ryker Jones wrestles Xavier’s Adam Cook in a 144 pound match during class 3A boys’ state wrestling at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Prairie’s Alex Bumba looks up at the time remaining as he wrestles DCG’s Cayden Mayfield in a 144 pound match during class 3A boys’ state wrestling at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Prairie’s Alex Bumba wrestles DCG’s Cayden Mayfield in a 144 pound match during class 3A boys’ state wrestling at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa City High’s Edgar Mhoon-Lopez wrestles Sioux City East’s Danny Cleveland in a 126 pound match during class 3A boys’ state wrestling at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa City West’s Matthew Tran wrestles Indianola’s Stoney Wood in a 120 pound match during class 3A boys’ state wrestling at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier’s Jack Foster wrestles Marshalltown’s Lucas Bantz in a 126 pound match during class 3A boys’ state wrestling at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Clear Creek-Amana’s Cale Nash pins Newton’s Kaiden Rogers while wrestling in a 120 pound match during class 3A boys’ state wrestling at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Clear Creek-Amana’s Cale Nash looks up at the clock as he pins Newton’s Kaiden Rogers while wrestling in a 120 pound match during class 3A boys’ state wrestling at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Ankeny’s Isaac Wignall wrestles Kennedy’s Max Panosh in a 113 pound match during class 3A boys’ state wrestling at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Ankeny’s Isaac Wignall pins Kennedy’s Max Panosh while wrestling in a 113 pound match during class 3A boys’ state wrestling at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Bettendorf’s Aiden Lee wrestles Xavier’s Eddie Becu in a 285 pound match during class 3A boys’ state wrestling at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

CR Jefferson’s Colin Woods wrestles Clear Creek-Amana’s Carson Nash in a 215 pound match during class 3A boys’ state wrestling at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier’s Jean Ngoma pins Sioux City West’s Julio Santos in a 215 pound match during class 3A boys’ state wrestling at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier’s Jean Ngoma wrestles Sioux City West’s Julio Santos in a 215 pound match during class 3A boys’ state wrestling at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

CR Washington’s Wyatt Young takes down Clear Creek-Amana’s Ethan Williams in a 190 pound match during class 3A boys’ state wrestling at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Linn-Mar’s Phillip Jacobs reacts as he is pinned by Dubuque Hempstead’s Camden Smith in a 190 pound match during class 3A boys’ state wrestling at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Indianola’s Ethan McDonald throws down Prairie’s Ridley Koch in a 165 pound match during class 3A boys’ state wrestling at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Indianola’s Ethan McDonald tries to pull down Prairie’s Ridley Koch in a 165 pound match during class 3A boys’ state wrestling at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s David Theisen reacts as he is pinned by Waterloo East’s Maximus Magayna in a 175 pound match during class 3A boys’ state wrestling at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Waverly Shell-Rock’s Ethan Bibler wrestles Pella’s Logan Bruxvoort in a 165 pound match during class 3A boys’ state wrestling at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Ankeny Centennial’s Ari Ehlts wrestles Western Dubuque’s Drew Burds in a 165 pound match during class 3A boys’ state wrestling at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Linn-Mar’s Grant Kress wrestles Des Moines East’s Daniel Zeoh in a 157 pound match during class 3A boys’ state wrestling at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

West Des Moines Valley’s Jahkari Clark wrestles Iowa City High’s Jake Mitchell in a 144 pound match during class 3A boys’ state wrestling at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa City High’s Kendall Kurtz wrestles Carlisle’s Aiden Serrano in a 113 pound match during class 3A boys’ state wrestling at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa City West’s Alexander Pierce wrestles Dowling Catholic’s Kyler Simons in a 113 pound match during class 3A boys’ state wrestling at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

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