Creston/Orient-Macksburg, led by “pound for pound” state rankings leader Chase Shiltz from the junior class, is ranked No. 1 in Class 2A on the preseason wrestling rankings released Wednesday by IAwrestle.com, a statewide wrestling news site.
The Panthers have five ranked individual wrestlers, led by Shiltz — currently sidelined by a broken hand suffered in football — listed No. 1 at 170 pounds. Shiltz is also the “pound for pound” top wrestler from this year’s junior class. Ranked third in the sophomore pound for pound list is Anthony Sherry of Glenwood, who is ranked second at 170 pounds behind Shiltz.
Other Panthers in the rankings include Wyatt Thompson, Seth Maitlen and Kadon Hulett, all ranked No. 2 at 138, 195 and 220 pounds, respectively; along with senior Joey Huntington ranked seventh at 152 pounds.
Bedford/Lenox junior Jared Hensley is ranked sixth at 120 pounds in Class 2A.
(IAwrestle.com does not include freshmen in the preseason rankings.)
New Hampton, coached by former Creston/O-M assistant Nick Hemann, is ranked 10th in Class 2A.
The Class 1A rankings include Ben Freese of Nodaway Valley, sixth at 120 pounds; and East Union’s Kessler Tomas, 10th at 220 pounds.
Team rankings, individual leaders and ranked individuals from area conferences:
Class 1A
Team rankings — 1. Alburnett; 2. Sibley-Ocheyedan; 3. Logan-Magnolia; 4. Lisbon; 5. Wilton; 6. West Marshall; 7. Gilbertville Don Bosco; 8. (tie) Southeast Warren, Riverside (Highland), North Linn, Belmond-Klemme.
106 — 1. Tatern Bluml, Riverside (Oakland), Jr.; 5. Brayden Egli, Interstate 35 (Truro), So.
113 — 1. Brock Henderson, North Linn, Jr.; 2. Blake Bauer, Southeast Warren, So.
120 — 1. Bryce West, Highland-Riverside, Jr.; 2. Brady Kyner, Southeast Warren, Jr.; 6. Ben Freese, Nodaway Valley, Sr.
126 — 1. Alex Thomsen, Underwood, So.
132 — 1. Cole Needham, West Marshall, Sr.; 9. Austin Pontier, Interstate 35, Sr.
138 — 1. Nick Williams, Lisbon, Sr.; 8. Griffen McBride, Pleasantville, Jr.
145 — 1. Carter Happel, Lisbon, Sr.
152 — 1. Conner Shulista, Alburnett, Sr.
160 — 1. Bryce Paul, Alburnett, Sr.; 2. Sal Arzani, Interstate 35, Sr.; 7. TJ Dierking, Southeast Warren, So.; 10. Blayde Baker, Wayne, Sr.
170 — 1. Daniel Bishop, Hinton, Jr.
182 — 1. Landers Kuboushek, South Winn, Sr.
195 — 1. Drake Johnson, Logan-Magnolia, Jr.; 4. Lane Ring, Exira/EH-K, Sr.
220 — 1. Jared Brinkman, Iowa City Regina, Sr.; 10. Kessler Tomas, East Union, Jr.
285 — 1. Luke Worden, Belmond-Klemme, Sr.
Class 2A
Team rankings (rated wrestlers) — 1. Creston/O-M (5); 2. Clarion-Goldfield (6); 3. Glenwood (5); 4. Mediapolis (5); 5. Davenport Assumption (8); 6. Crestwood, Cresco (4); 7. Osage (4); 8. Albia (3); 9. ADM, Adel (4); 10. (tie) New Hampton (5) and Union, LaPorte City (4).
106 — 1. Shea Ruffridge, Pocahontas Area, So.; 4. Cole Hansen, Atlantic, So.
113 — 1. Justin Portillo, Clarion-Goldfield, Sr.; 6. Carter Cox, Atlantic, Jr.
120 — 1. Josh Portillo, Clarion-Goldfield, Sr.; 6. Jared Hensley, Bedford/Lenox, Jr.
126 — 1. Brock Rathbun, Center Point-Urbana, Sr.; 5. Trevor Anderson, Glenwood, So.
132 — 1. Brice Everson, Camanche, Sr.
138 — 1. Ryan Leisure, Clear Lake, Jr.; 2. Wyatt Thompson, Creston/O-M, Sr.
145 — 1. Mason Buster, Mediapolis, Sr.
152 — 1. Matt Malcom, Glenwood, Sr.; 7. Joey Huntington, Creston/O-M, Sr.
160 — 1. Tristan Johnson, Osage, Sr.
170 — 1. Chase Shiltz, Creston/O-M, Jr.; 2. Anthony Sherry, Glenwood, So.
182 — 1. Nick Baumier, North Fayette, Sr.; 2. JJ Clark, Clarinda, Sr.
195 — 1. Izaak Shedenhelm, Denver-Tripoli, Sr.; 2. Seth Maitlen, Creston/O-M, Sr.; 5. Zach Haggstrom, Glenwood, Jr.; 10. Zac Stork, Atlantic, Jr.
220 — 1. Alex Paulson, Forest City, Sr.; 2. Kadon Hulett, Creston/O-M, Jr.; 9. Seth Gehling, Carroll Kuemper, Sr.
285 — 1. Carter Isley, Albia, Sr.; 9. Caleb Sanders, Glenwood, So.
Class 3A
Team rankings (ranked wrestlers) — 1. Fort Dodge (9); 2. Southeast Polk (10); 3. West Des Moines Valley (6); 4. Pleasant Valley (5); 5. Dubuque Hempstead (5); 6. Cedar Rapids Prairie (5); 7. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (5); 8. Cedar Rapids Jefferson (5); 9. Bettendorf (3); 10. Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson (3).
106 — 1. Kyle Biscoglia, Waukee, So.; 3. Paxton Whiteaker, Lewis Central, Sr.
113 — 1. Brody Teske, Fort Dodge, So.
120 — 1. Jack Wagner, Bettendorf, Sr..
126 — 1. Grant Stotts, WDM Valley, So.
132 — 1. Sam Uthoff, Cedar Rapids Prairie, Sr.
138 — 1. Clint Lembeck, Cedar Rapids Xavier, Sr.
145 — 1. Michael Zachary, WDM Dowling Catholic, Sr.
152 — 1. Colton Clingenpeel, C.B. Thomas Jefferson, Sr.; 2. Mac Southard, Lewis Central, Jr.
160 — 1. Shea Hartzler, Linn-Mar, Sr.
170 — 1. Marcus Coleman, Ames, Jr.
182 — 1. Max Lyon, Western Dubuque, Jr.
195 — 1. Sam Cook, Fort Dodge, Sr.; 10. Hayden Waldstein, Lewis Central, Sr.
220 — 1. Ethan Andersen, Southeast Polk, Sr.
285 — 1. Gannon Gremmel, Dubuque Hempstead, Sr.
“Pound for Pound”
Juniors — 1. Chase Shiltz, Creston/O-M; 2. Marcus Coleman, Ames; 3. Bryce West, Highland; 4. Drew West, Highland; 5. Ryan Leisiure, Clear Lake; 6. Max Lyon, Epworth; 7. Tristan Lara, Fort Dodge; 8. Brayen Curry, Sergeant Bluff-Luton; 9. Derek Holschag, Union; 10. Brock Henderson, North Linn.
Sophomores — 1. Alex Thomsen, Underwood; 2. Brody Teske, Fort Dodge; 3. Anthony Sherry, Glenwood; 4. Michael Millage, Crestwood; 5. Noah Fye, New Hampton; 6. Kyle Biscoglia, Waukee; 7. Trey Brisker, Wilton; 8. Grant Stotts, WDM Valley; 9. Bryce Esmoil, West Liberty; 10. Nathan Lendt, Southeast Polk.