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Wrestling mailbag: Summing up girls' state, plus extra matches, Spencer Lee, Abe Assad, Iowa State

There were so many great stories that came out of the girls' state wrestling tournament last weekend, and I wish we could've gotten to more than we did.

There was Charles City's Lilly Luft, of course, and her remarkable story of winning a state championship in honor of her late brother. The Diaz sisters moved to Waverly-Shell Rock from Florida and both won titles. Their teammate, Annika Behrends, won two thrilling matches to return to the top of the podium.

There were more — Ella Schmit, Abby McIntyre and Millie Peach all repeated; Independence's Rachel Eddy took second last year, then won it this year; Naomi Simon, just a freshman from Decorah, pinned her way through the tournament; and Samantha Spielbauer became Clayton Ridge's first state wrestling champ, boy or girl.