Waverly-Shell Rock, Don Bosco, Osage stand victorious at Iowa state duals

By Dana Becker | Photos by Matthew Putney

Two kings reigned supreme, while a new one finally claimed a state duals championship on Saturday night in Coralville from the Xtream Arena at the Iowa State Dual Tournament.

Waverly-Shell Rock in Class 3A and Don Bosco in 1A each won their third consecutive titles, while Osage finally earned the 2A crown. Twenty-four teams comprised the three-class event, which took place over two days.

In the 3A final, the Go-Hawks once again triumphed over perennial rival Southeast Polk, pulling out a 36-33 decision. The two, along with Bettendorf, will be fighting it out next weekend for the traditional team championship at state.

The third-seed, Waverly-Shell Rock needed to fight past Ankeny Centennial and Bettendorf to reach the finals. From there, the big guns of the lineup took care of business, as Ryder Block, Bas Diaz, Ethan Bibler, McCrae Hagarty and Jake Walker all scored bonus points.

Block started the dual with the Rams off by earning a third period fall over Trevor Oberbroeckling. From there, Bas Diaz followed with a pin, Bibler earned a technical fall and Danny Diaz it made it 20-0 Waverly-Shell Rock with a decision.

Southeast Polk finally got on the board with a fall in 58 seconds by Brent Slade, while Holden Hansen followed with a major decision. Hagarty, Caden Wetherell and Walker scored their wins, Carter Pearson earned a fall for the Rams and Ryker Graff finished off the night with a 3-2 decision at 113 pounds.

Don Bosco showed why they are the top 1A team in the state, dominating Hinton and Nashua-Plainfield before topping Wilton, 36-25. Myles McMahon, Kaiden Knaack, Kyler Knaack, Andrew Kimball, Jacob Thiry, Landon Fernandez, Jared Thiry and Mack Ortner were all winners, as the Dons claimed eight of the first nine matches.

Wilton’s Kaden Shirk, Mason Shirk, Austin Etzel, Gabriel Brisker, Brody Brisker and Jordan Dusenberry earned wins.

Osage ended the four-year reign of West Delaware in the finals, 37-28, as Tucker Stangel, Chase Thomas, Max Gast, Nicholas Fox, Barrett Muller, Tysen Stangel, Blake Fox and Anders Kittelson were all victorious.

For West Delaware, Carson Tunis, Garrison Gillihan, Cameron Geuther, Brayden Maury and Carson Less picked up wins.

Bettendorf finished third in 3A with a win over Ankeny, while Fort Dodge bested West Des Moines Valley for fifth. Sergeant Bluff-Luton finished third in 2A with a win over Mount Vernon, as Creston downed Webster City.

Nashua-Plainfield got by Alburnett for third in 1A with Wapsie Valley taking out Logan-Magnolia for fifth.

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