All-area wrestling team

With the abundance of talent in Eastern Iowa, especially The Gazette distribution area, it is hard to pare the talent to a select few. Here are my choices for the top three individuals at each weight.

106 pounds - 1. Hunter Washburn (Alburnett, fr.), 2. Matt Wempen (Linn-Mar, fr.), 3. Pat Woods (West Delaware, so.)

113 - 1. Phillip Laux (Iowa City West, sr.), 2. Max Thomsen (Union Community, fr.), 3. Alijah Jeffery (Linn-Mar, so.)

120 - 1. Chris Walters (C.R. Prairie), 2. Damon Griffin (Linn-Mar, so.), 3. Ernest Willis (Iowa City West, sr.)

126 - 1. Jack Hathaway (Iowa City West. sr.), 2. Tyler Shulista (Alburnett, sr.), 3. Trey Blaha (C.R. Prairie, so.)

132 - 1. Dakota Bauer (Iowa City West, sr.), 2. Luke Kremer (C.R. Kennedy), 3. Joel Northrup (Linn-Mar, jr.)

138 - 1. Logan Mulnix (North Linn, sr.), 2. Logan Thomsen (Union Community, jr.), 3. Kegan Wakefield (Iowa City West, jr.)

145 - 1. J.C. Vercande (Williamsburg, sr.), 2. Ross Lembeck (Linn-Mar, so.), 3. Jake Slocum (West Branch, sr.)

152 - 1. Zach Witte (C.R. Prairie, sr.), 2. Cody Fritz (Solon, sr.), 3. Tait Simpson (Lisbon, sr.)

160 - 1. Justin Koethe (Iowa City West, sr.), 2. Erik Lux (South Tama, jr.), 3. Shane Williams (C.R. Kennedy, sr.)

170 - 1. Brendan Schott (North Linn, jr.), 2. Nick Fuller (Independence), 3. (tie) Mitch Wantock (Linn-Mar, sr.) and Cameron Rathje (C.R. Prairie, jr.)

182 - 1. (tie) Mark Atwater (Linn-Mar, sr.) and Austin Gould (C.R. Prairie, jr.), 3.

195 - 1. Adam Reth (West Delaware. jr.), 2. Cade Jones (West Branch, jr.), 3. Ryan Parmely (Maquoketa Valley, fr.)

220 - 1. Nick Schmelzer (South Winneshiek, sr.), 2. , 3.

285 - 1. Dean Broghammer (West Delaware, jr.), 2. Tyler Burrell (C.R. Washington, sr.), 3. Tyler Smith (Lisbon, sr.)