Wrestling runs in the family for Lisbon’s Cade Siebrecht

LISBON — For Lisbon senior wrestler Cade Siebrecht, wrestling runs in the family. His older brothers, Cooper and Cobe, also wrestled for Lisbon. All three have been state champions for the Lions.

The third “C” of the brothers, Cade won last year’s Class 1A 126-pound state title. He came in as the seventh seed and made a Cinderella run to take home gold. Cooper, the oldest Siebrecht, wrestles for Minnesota State-Mankato at the NCAA Division II level.

Cobe wrestles Division I for Iowa. Cade is continuing the Siebrecht tradition at Lisbon and also wants to wrestle in college next year. He has looked up to his two older brothers over the years.

“It is really fun to be surrounded by a family of wrestlers,” Cade said. “It is also tough, though. You have to push through a lot of things and push through hard times. I have big steps to follow right now.”

He knows his older brothers will always be in his corner.

“Cobe and Cooper push me, just as much as I push them when it comes to wrestling,” Cade said. “I have had a lot of great opportunities of continuing to learn more about wrestling from them. I am planning on wrestling in college somewhere, but I just have to wait and see my entire offers. I have visited a few universities and still looking around.”

Cade lost in a heartbreaker, 6-5, in the final seconds against North Linn junior Cael Bridgewater in Saturday’s Tri-Rivers Conference 138-pound final. The Lions won the conference team title with 216.5 points.

Cade Siebrecht made history by notching his 150th career win last Thursday. Lisbon head coach Brad Smith is proud of all the accomplishments Cade has achieved.

“He is a very coachable kid,” Smith said. “He has a lot of talent. In practice he handles anyone he wrestles. Even the bigger weight classes on our team. He is a very physical wrestler and that is how he wants his style to be. He had a great tournament last year as a seventh seed.”

Smith knows he can get Cade better during every practice and meet. Smith has the resume to back it up. He holds the career Iowa high school record for dual meet victories.

“Cade just needs to keep pushing forward and he will be in great shape,” Smith said. “That is the neat thing about being a coach. It is cool to see Cade’s older brothers Cooper and Cobe wrestling at the Division I level. Those guys are all great kids. Cooper and Cade were guys of few words. On the other hand, Cobe was very talkative and always liked to mess around and have a good time in practice.

“All three have been an absolute pleasure to coach. They all work hard in the practice room and are very well-focused individuals. It has definitely been a lot of fun coaching all three of them over the past few years.”

Cade knows he can bounce back from Saturday’s loss and make another at state before having a little more time for his offseason hobbies of boating and golfing.

“My end goal every season is to be on top of the podium,” Cade said. “One-hundred fifty wins is just another win in my mind. I did not even hear about the significance of the win until the next day. Our team goal is to win dual and traditional events, which I believe we can win. If everyone performs the way we should, nothing can stop us.”