I want to make this an annual thing and try to do this for every sport. I feel that when a wrestler succeeds in other sports or off the mat in general, that it is a good look for wrestling (as well as the other sports), for it is likely that some of the skills picked up in wrestling were beneficial for them in their “off-mat” accolades and vise-versa. PLEASE… If I am forgetting someone or have a typo, let me know and I will make up for it in a future post. This is my first try at this. Thank you and congratulations to all these guys!
HS Wrestlers from Iowa who were named 1st team all-state in football in 2019:
DB T.J. Lau- East Buchanan
OL Andrew Hamilton- Algona (I’m pretty sure this is correct… the paper lists him as being from Nevada, but I’m pretty sure that is a typo. Andrew Hamilton wrestles 220 for Algona… correct me if I’m wrong, though).
QB Cael Frost, Don Bosco
RB Caleb Swalla, Earlham
LB Cole Spyksma, Waukee
DB Ethan Stubbs, MFL MarMac
OL Charlie Nank, West Des Moines Dowling
LB Cole Lewis, Algona on left
RB Tommy Even, Don Bosco. He was named the 8-Man 1st Team All-State Captain
RB Tate Hagen, West Hancock was named Captain of the 1st Team All-State 1A team
DL Kaden Sutton, A-D-M
DL Collin Bohnenkamp, Cedar Falls
WR Jake Nieman, OABCIG
LB Cade Parker, CR Kennedy and on his way to play at South Dakota University next year
OL Griffin Liddle, Bettendorf and Hawkeye commit.
LB Will Esmoil, West Liberty
LB Wade Mitchell. Woodbury Central
