2007 State Tournament
Class 2A Championship Finals
Feb. 24, 2007 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines
Photos by Brent Proctor
103 - Joe Colon of Clear Lake (black) won 11-9 over Levi Wolfensperger of Denver-Tripoli, in a battle between undefeated wrestlers. |
112 - Andrew Long of Creston (gold) won 21-7 over freshman Blake Sorensen of Denver-Tripoli. It was the second State title for the junior, who won at 103 last season. |
119 - Dillon Miner of Spirit Lake Park (black) pinned Tannor Burke of Crestwood (Cresco) in 3:50. |
125 - In a battle between 2006 State champs, Kyle Pedretti (gold) won 6-5 in overtime against J.J. Krutsinger of Waterloo Columbus. The two wrestlers met four times this season, with each winning twice. Pedretti was named the Class 2A Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament. |
130 - Brandon Ball of Columbus Junction (black) scored a big five-point move in the first period and made it hold up in an 8-6 victory over Bret Kautz of Creston. |
135 - After scoring a wild come-from-behind victory in the semifinals, Blake Hilmer of Denver-Tripoli (orange) did the same in the title bout and scored a 10-7 victory over Matt Stillman of Emmetsburg. |
140 - Cody Stanley of Wilton (yellow) capped off a perfect 39-0 season with a 4-1 victory over Ben Knight of Sergeant Bluff-Luton. It was the third runner-up finish at State in four years for Knight. It was the first time Stanley placed at State. |
145 - T.J. Moen of Saydel (white) avenged his only loss of the season and became the first wrestler in Saydel school history to win two State wrestling championships, with a thrilling 6-5 win over sophomore Trent Weatherman of Ballard. It was the second consecutive runner-up finish at State for Weatherman. Moen reached the finals in three of his four seasons. |
152 - Forest City senior Andrew Sorenson (red) capped off a perfect season with a pin in 4:53 over Jared Ramsey of Ballard. |
160 - Kalab Evans of Creston (gold) won 9-3 over Jacob Ryan of Mount Vernon. Evans added the gold medal to the silver and bronze ones he claimed his first two high school seasons at Lenox. |
171 - Ryan Ketelsen of Osage (green) handed Josh Ihnen of Sheldon-South O'Brien his first loss of the season with a 3-2 victory. |
189 - Vinnie Wagner of Osage (green) followed up his teammate's title performance with a 5-2 win over Luke Stika of Crestwood (Cresco). Wagner finished on top of the award stand after a pair of third-place finishes and a runner-up effort last season. |
215 - Kyle Simonson of Algona (black) scored a 6-5 victory over John Helgerson of North Fayette. |
285 - Blake Rasing of New Hampton (black) moved to a perfect 37-0 on the season with a 3-2 win over Brian Rodas of MFL MarMac. |