The 2016 Individual State Wrestling Tournament gets underway today at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.  Session 1 will run from 9:00am-12:00pm and will feature Class 1A 1st round and 1st round consolations.  The class 3A session will follow from 1:30pm-4:30pm and 2A from 6:00pm-9:00pm.

We will have reports on results throughout each day of the tournament and then live hold-by-hold coverage of the finals on Saturday night.  Our report schedule is as follows: Thursday, February 18th: 10:20am, 11:35am, 12:45pm, 2:30pm, 4:15pm, 5:30pm, 8:30pm, 9:45pm. Friday, February 19th: 10:20am, 11:35am, 1:15pm, 4:30pm, 6:30pm, 8:30pm, 9:30pm, 10:30pm. Saturday, February 20th: 10:35am, 11:35am, 12:45pm, 1:45pm, Finals starting at 6:15pm.

We will be following a large number of area wrestlers including in Class 1A: Marshall Rasmussen (Underwood), Tatem Bluml (Riverside), Remington Meeker (Logan-Magnolia), Michael Baker (Underwood), Connor Lange (Missouri Valley), Alex Thomsen (Underwood), Garret Thompson (Logan-Magnolia), Ben Freese (Nodaway Valley), Bo Geise (Logan-Magnolia), Jack Kyle (Missouri Valley), Tom Jennings (Underwood), Jay Heiny (AHSTW), Jake Mulford (Audubon), Luke Stortenbecker (East Mills), Josh Hopkins (East Mills), Brady Wilson (Logan-Magnolia), Dustin Engel (AHSTW), Nathan Haynes (Missouri Valley), Sam Gregory (Treynor), Tim Barr (AHSTW), Steven Gregory (Treynor), Lane Ring (Exira/EHK), Drake Johnson (Logan-Magnolia), Tom Rief (Missouri Valley), Nick Perkins (East Mills), Anthony Ossman (East Mills), Coy Maher (Riverside). In Class 2A: Kole Hansen (Atlantic), Carter Cox (Atlantic), Jacob Goodson (Creston/OM), Chase McLaren (Atlantic), Jared Hensley (Bedford/Lenox), Trevor Marlin (Creston/OM), Trevor Anderson (Glenwood), Elias Shaeffer (Harlan), Austin Gutknecht (Clarinda), Tim Sibbel (Kuemper Catholic), Wyatt Thompson (Creston/OM), Jordan Renshaw (Glenwood), Mitchel Swank (Creston/OM), Matt Malcom (Glenwood), Cameron Leith (Creston/OM), Jacob Wingert (Harlan), Chase Shiltz (Creston/OM), Anthony Sherry (Glenwood), JJ Clark (Clarinda), Zac Stork (Atlantic), Zach Haggstrom (Glenwood), Seth Maitlen (Creston/OM), Kadon Hulett (Creston/OM), Keagan Hosfelt (Atlantic), John McConkey (Atlantic), Caleb Sanders (Glenwood).  In Class 3A: Anthony Humpal (Thomas Jefferson), Paxton Whiteaker (Lewis Central), McGwire Midkiff (Thomas Jefferson), Brandon Wieland (Lewis Central), Jackson Sharp (Thomas Jefferson), Gabriel Kjeldgaard (Lewis Central), Jacob Jones (Thomas Jefferson), Kyle Kuckta (Lewis Central), Lanny Herzog (Abraham Lincoln), Caleb Kingery (Lewis Central), Mac Southard (Lewis Central), Colton Clingenpeel (Thomas Jefferson), Parker Preul (Denison-Schleswig), Cory Lear (Lewis Central), Colton Lear (Lewis Central), Damon Deyo (Lewis Central), Hayden Waldstein (Lewis Central), Cameron Baker (Thomas Jefferson), Tanner Miller (Lewis Central), Nick Mitchell (Thomas Jefferson).