On the top half No. 3 Tyler Willers of Pleasant Valley could face fourth-ranked Juan Coulter of Muscatine. That's if he can get by Colin Strickland of Southeast Polk. In the other quarter bracket No. 7 Joel Northrup of Linn-Mar could meet No. 9 Alonzo Henderson of Waterloo West. Northrup won the last match between the two Mississippi Valley Conference wrestlers.

On the bottom half we start right off with No. 1 Colby Knight of Urbandale facing No. 5 Drake Swarm of Bettendorf. The winner of that match will meet Evan Reynolds of Norwalk or Jake Gotto of Western Dubuque. In the other quarter bracket is No. 6 Matt Birnbaum of Ft. Dodge and Adrian Lozano of Sioux City North.

Finals Predications: WS - Tyler Willers (Pleasant Valley) vs. Colby Knight (Urbandale); MP - Willers vs. Knight; JT - Willers vs. Knight.

112
With another weight that is evenly spread out no one gets a break here.

On the top half of the bracket is returning state champ Cory Clark of Southeast Polk. He will face a tough senior Dan Adair of Sioux City East in the first round with the winner likely to meet Brandon Thomas of WDM Valley. The other quarter bracket has Richie Eikenberry of Bettendorf against Bryce Lynn of Dubuque Senior and Jack Hathaway of Iowa City West against D.J. Robertson of Waterloo East.

On the bottom is Connor Ryan of North Scott against Chase Helenthal of Keokuk. Ryan was a runner-up to Clark at 103 last year. But he will have to get by Tanner Werner of Waverly-Shell Rock and Nick Sulentic of Lewis Central. Also on this half is Jake Agnitsch of Ames and Stephen Schaffer of Johnston.

Finals Predications: WS - Cory Clark (Southeast Polk) vs. Connor Ryan (North Scott); MP - Clark vs. Ryan; JT - Clark vs. Ryan.

119
On the top half of this bracket is four of the eight ranked wrestlers. Two of them face off in the first round. Tyler Feller of Lewis Central takes on Josh Perkins of Atlantic. Feller pinned Perkins in the finals of the Hawkeye 10 Conference tourney. Also on the top half is Ethan Cooper of Keokuk and Kirk Sallis of Waterloo East. Another good first round match will be Jon Skarda of Iowa City West and Ronald Genco III of Clinton.

The bottom half has last year's 112-pound State finalists in champ Brandon Jones of WDM Valley and runner-up Eric DeVos of Waverly-Shell Rock. They could meet in the semifinals if they can get by Taylor Wickett of Bettendorf and Marcus Breeden of Maquoketa.

Finals Predications: WS - Tyler Feller (Lewis Central) vs. Brandon Jones (WDM Valley); MP - Kirk Sallis (Waterloo East) vs. Eric DeVos (Waverly-Shell Rock); JT - Sallis vs. DeVos.

125
With all 10 ranked wrestlers here, and five on each half of the bracket, it could be a dogfight.

On the top half is top-ranked and returning undefeated State champion John Meeks of Des Moines Roosevelt. Also on this half are Peter Stewart of Sioux City North and Jim Gotto of Western Dubuque. Bubba Hernandez of Bettendorf will have to face Austin Weisinger of Marion.

The bottom half has No. 2 Kyle Larson of West Des Moines Valley against No. 8 Wade Edgington of Indianola in the first round. Also on the bottom is Nate Harms of Glenwood, former State champ Adam Perrin of North Scott and Luke Dremer of Cedar Rapids Kennedy.

Finals Predications: WS - John Meeks (Des Moines Roosevelt) vs. Adam Perrin (North Scott); MP - Meeks vs. Kyle Larson (West Des Moines Valley); JT - Meeks vs. Larson.

130
The top half of this bracket has six of the nine ranked wrestlers that made the field. We start of with No. 7 Matt Fontana of Ankeny vs. No. 10 Vinny Gomez of Indianola. The winner faces either No. 8 Shiloh Snyder of Maquoketa or No. 3 Chad Ryan of Sioux City North. Then we have No. 9 David Lewis of Bettendorf vs No. 4 Demetrious Taylor of Waterloo East. They will face the winner of Alex Richards of Johnston and Shane Williams of CR Kennedy.

On the bottom half, it looks like we should have a semifinal between No. 1 Jordan Rinken of Waverly-Shell Rock and No. 2 Jay Hildreth of Lewis Central. But Hildreth may have to get past No. 5 freshman Dylan Blackford of Southeast Polk in the quarters.

Finals Predications: WS - Chad Ryan (Sioux City North) vs. Jordan Rinken (Waverly-Shell Rock); MP - Demetrious Taylor (Waterloo East) vs. Rinken; JT - Ryan vs. Rinken.

135
With 10 ranked wrestlers at this weight and 5 in each half, this is a very balanced weight.

Chris Avery of Des Moines East against Blake Letney of Pleasant Valley with the winner facing either No. 6 Gradey Gambrall of Iowa City West or Duane Richardson of CB Thomas Jefferson. Richardson is ranked No. 6 at 130. The other quarter bracket has Valentine Flores of Mason City and Paul Schumaker of Davenport Central. Both have been ranked at one time this year. Then we have No. 7 Bran Warren of DM North/Hoover against No. 8 Trent Brown of Oskaloosa.

The bottom half has the No. 1 and 2 ranked wrestlers. They would meet in the quarterfinal round. No. 2 Josh Greiner has to get by No. 5 Jake Rizzio of Cedar Rapids Prairie and No. 1 Bo Schlosser of Bettendorf has to get by Devin Becraft of Ames. The other half has No. 9 Tim O'Connell of Maquoketa and No. 10 Zeb Wahle of Lewis Central.

Finals Predications: WS - Chris Avery (Des Moines East) vs. Josh Greiner (Ottumwa); MP - Avery vs. Greiner; JT - Gradey Gambrall (Iowa City West) vs. Greiner.

140
With all 10 ranked wrestlers this could be an outstanding weight.

On the top half we have No. 1 Jake Ballweg of Waverly-Shell Rock, going after his third State title. But he will have to get by Brad Schwenke of Atlantic first. Also we have unbeaten No. 4 Julian Feikert of Keokuk and No. 8 Mike Otto of Sioux City East. The winner gets the winner of No. 5 Luke Swalla of Ames and Kevin Brimeyer of Dubuque Hempstead.

The bottom half has No. 2 and unbeaten Gabriel Moreno of Urbandale and No. 3 Elijah Sullivan of Lewis Central. They could meet in the semifinals if they can get through a side that includes No. 7 Garrett Hathaway of Iowa City West, No. 6 Chase Eggers of Newton and No. 9 Dominic Chase of Bettendorf.

Finals Predications: WS - Jake Ballweg (Waverly-Shell Rock) vs. Gabriel Moreno (Urbandale); MP - Ballweg vs. Elijah Sullivan (Lewis Central); JT - Ballweg vs. Sullivan.

145
With 8 ranked wrestler and 4 in each half, this should make for an interesting weight.

On the top we start off with top-ranked Cody Caldwell of Waverly-Shell Rock against No. 9 Tyler Maxwell of Glenwood. No. 4 Brett Sams of Oskaloosa faces Colbey Vance of Pleasant Valley. That winner gets the winner of No. 6 Trevor Duke of Burlington and Sean DeGoey of Des Moines East.

On the bottom half No. 3 Cody Swim of Indianola could face No. 2 Cole Clarken of Ft. Dodge in the semifinals. Clarken would have to first meet the winner of No. 7 Rulin Pederson of Sioux City East and the always dangerous No. 8 Gustavo Martinez of Marshalltown.

Finals Predications: WS - Cody Caldwell (Waverly-Shell Rock) vs. Cody Swim (Indianola); MP - Caldwell vs. Swim; JT - Caldwell vs. Swim.

152
No. 1 Justin Koethe of Iowa City West will have to get by No. 5 Peyton Wagner of Cedar Rapids Prairie if he wants a shot at No. 3 Joey Trizzino of Bettendorf in the quarterfinals. Also on the top we have No. 9 Alex Meyer of Southeast Polk and No. 10 Matt Wilkerson of Spencer.

The bottom half we have returning State champion and No. 2 Michael Kelly of Cedar Falls. If he gets by Ryan Sheldon of Cedar Rapids Kennedy he would face the winner of No. 4 Andrew Cartwright of Ft. Madison and No. 8 Ryan Flagel of Maquoketa. Also on the bottom is No. 6 Ben Swalla of Ames.

Finals Predications: WS - Justin Koethe (Iowa City West) vs. Michael Kelly (Cedar Falls); MP - Koethe vs. Kelly; JT - Koethe vs. Kelly.

160
No. 1 Nick Moore of Iowa City West will be going for his fourth State title. Also on his side of the bracket is No. 9 Nick Vasey of DM North/Hoover. Meeting in the first round are No. 5 Kyle Putnam of Lewis Central and Nik Pappas of WDM Valley.

On the bottom half we start right off with No. 4 Thomas Mayberry of Maquoketa and No. 10 Zach Parson of Cedar Rapids Kennedy. No. 3 Anthony Walther of Waverly-Shell Rock could face the winner there. The bottom quarter has No. 2 Spencer BeLieu of Indianola. He could meet No. 7 Beau Gill of Sioux City North in the quarterfinals.

Finals Predications: WS - Nick Moore (Iowa City West) vs. Spencer BeLieu (Indianola); MP - Moore vs. BeLieu; JT - Moore vs. BeLieu.

171
With all 10 ranked wrestlers here and evenly split, this could be an interesting weight to see how it comes out.

On the top half we have returning finalist and top-ranked Mike Moreno of Urbandale facing No. 6 A.J. McBroom of Southeast Polk, with the winner possibly meeting No. 7 Bobby Bradham of Sioux City East. Also for a possible quarterfinal match would be No. 4 Nate Shaw of Bettendorf and No. 9 Evan Rethmeier of Newton.

The bottom half has a great first-round matchup with No. 8 Derick Minch of Muscatine and No. 10 David Solis of Iowa City West. The winner could face No. 2 Walt Gillmor of North Scott. The other possible quarterfinals matchup would be No. 3 Trey Henderson of Indianola and No. 5 Travis Mallo of Mason City.

Finals Predications: WS - Mike Moreno (Urbandale) vs. Walt Gillmor (North Scott); MP - Moreno vs. Gillmor; JT - Moreno vs. Gillmor.

189
On the top half we have a two top 10 match-ups right away, with No. 6 A.J. Arrendell of Pella and No. 8 Jared Bartel of Mason City. Then we have No. 2 Matt Riley of DM Roosevelt against No. 9 Dexter Curry of Iowa City High. Throw in No. 5 Bryce Sellers of North Scott and the winner gets a trip to the finals.

On the bottom half of this bracket we have No. 4 Brandon Abernathy of Indianola and No. 7 Eric Rasmussen of Ankeny. The winner likely to get to the semifinals. The other quarterfinal matchup could possibly be between two defending State champions. If No. 1 Kyven Gadson of Waterloo East and third-ranked Evan Knight of Urbandale win their first-round matches as expected, we will get that match.

Finals Predications: WS - Matt Riley (Des Moines Roosevelt) vs. Kyven Gadson (Waterloo East); MP - Riley vs. Evan Knight (Urbandale); JT - Riley vs.Gadson.

215
With eight ranked wrestler we should hope to get a great bracket.

We start off with No. 7 Grant Riesberg of Dowling Catholic against No. 10 Ben Nagle of North Scott. That winner could possibly face No. 3 Mickey Pelfrey of Iowa City West. The winner of this could meet No. 1 returning champ Cody Krumwiede of Waverly-Shell Rock in the semifinals.

The lower half of the bracket has No. 3 Brock Haas of Dubuque Hempstead against No. 8 Jesse South of Urbandale. The winner there should get to the semifinals against either No. 5 Josh Behrendt of Davenport Central or No. 2 Josh Lambrecht of Cedar Rapids Prairie.

Finals Predications: WS - Cody Krumwiede (Waverly-Shell Rock) vs. Josh Lambrecht (Cedar Rapids Prairie); MP - Krumwiede vs. Brock Haas (Dubuque Hempstead); JT - Krumwiede vs. Lambrecht.

285
The top half has No. 1 Brodie Berry of Bettendorf likely to meet the winner of a quarter between No. 7 Tyler Thompson of Norwalk, No. 9 Josh McDonald of Cedar Rapids Xavier and No. 10 Dakota Tennant of Des Moines Roosevelt.

The bottom half pits the number 2 and 3 wrestlers against each other in the first round. Either No. 3 Colin White of Glenwood or second-ranked Nolan Proehl of Davenport Central will have a huge first-day victory. The winner will likely get a shot at No. 6 Thomas Heidersheit of Ankeny. No. 4 Conner Herman of Cedar Rapids Jefferson would likely meet No. 5 Joe Scanlon of Johnston in the quarters.

Finals Predications: WS - Brodie Berrie (Bettendorf) vs. Conner Herman (Cedar Rapids Jefferson); MP - Berrie vs. Colin White (Glenwood); JT - Berrie vs. Nolan Proehl (Davenport Central).