From small towns to big cities, every wrestler brings a story to the mat and carries it with them. Win or Lose. The Des Moines Register
The state championships are a wild, emotional exercise where dreams are fulfilled and crushed at the same time and anybody inside Wells Fargo Arena experience the highest highs and the lowest of lows — sometimes on the same day, sometimes in the same session. It showcases everything great about wrestling crammed into four days (duals plus the tournament).
It was also only the start of what’s going to be an incredible postseason.