West Delaware took on Mount Vernon in a boys’ wrestling match at Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Iowa on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023.

West Delaware’s Jeryn Funke wrestles Mount Vernon’s Caysen Curran in a 190 pound match at Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Iowa on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

West Delaware’s Brent Yonkovic wrestles Mount Vernon’s Cooper Hird in a 175 pound match at Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Iowa on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

West Delaware’s Blake Mather wrestles Mount Vernon’s Will Goodlove in a 157 pound match at Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Iowa on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

West Delaware’s Liam Weber celebrates after defeating Mount Vernon’s Michael Ryan in a 150 pound match at Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Iowa on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

West Delaware’s Liam Weber wrestles Mount Vernon’s Michael Ryan in a 150 pound match at Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Iowa on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mount Vernon’s Michael Ryan wrestles West Delaware’s Liam Weber in a 150 pound match at Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Iowa on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mount Vernon’s Jackson Jaspers wrestles West Delaware’s Ryan Hilby in a 144 pound match at Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Iowa on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mount Vernon’s Jase Jaspers wrestles West Delaware’s Jax Miller in a 138 pound match at Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Iowa on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

The Mount Vernon sideline celebrates as Caleb Keegan wrestles West Delaware’s Rylan Gaul in a 132 pound match at Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Iowa on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mount Vernon’s Caleb Keegan wrestles West Delaware’s Rylan Gaul in a 132 pound match at Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Iowa on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

West Delaware’s Rylan Gaul wrestles Mount Vernon’s Caleb Keegan in a 132 pound match at Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Iowa on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mount Vernon’s Drew Thurn wrestles West Delaware’s Kooper Waugh in a 126 pound match at Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Iowa on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

West Delaware’s Brayden Maury wrestles Mount Vernon’s Jake Haugse in a 120 pound match at Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Iowa on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

West Delaware’s Jarett Engel wrestles Mount Vernon’s CJ Martin in a 113 pound match at Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Iowa on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

West Delaware’s Jarett Engel picks up Mount Vernon’s CJ Martin while wrestling in a 113 pound match at Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Iowa on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mount Vernon’s Kleyten Perreault wrestles West Delaware’s Lucas Peters in a 106 pound match at Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Iowa on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mount Vernon’s Ethan Wood wrestles West Delaware’s Wes Devaney in a 285 pound match at Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Iowa on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

West Delaware’s Owen Pettlon wrestles Mount Vernon’s Kael Riniker in a 215 pound match at Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Iowa on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

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