Iowa football and wrestling signee Ben Kueter will look to make history this weekend at the Wells Fargo Arena. The Iowa City senior will look to end his illustrious high school career with an exclamation mark, becoming the 32nd wrestler in Iowa history to win four state championships.
As they have been the past few years, all eyes will be on the Class 3A 220 pound bracket. Iowa City’s Ben Kueter enters in as the top seed and heavy presumptive favorite en route to a historic undefeated career. Few have been as untouchable as Kueter over the past year, nor as fun. The 220-pounder is currently undefeated at 35-0 with no matches going to a decision.
That’s right, 31 of Kueter’s 35 wins have come via pin fall. He is more likely to win by forfeit (which he has twice) than by a decision. This has been the story over the past few years, with 51 pin falls in the last two years.
The World Champion does not simply look to win, he looks to dominate.
Kueter is not the only Hawkeye looking to win a state championship this weekend though. Fellow three-star 2023 recruit Maddux Borcherding-Johnson is the top ranked heavyweight in Class 3A as well. Looking at the 220 pound bracket that Kueter is in, two preferred walk-ons in Rusty VanWetzinga and Cael Winter are ranked sixth and seventh respectively.
Looking outside of Class 3A, 2024 recruit Cody Fox is the second-ranked heavyweight in Class 1A. The four-star went 33-1 this season as a junior, and placed fourth at state as a sophomore last year.
The action at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines will start on Wednesday and conclude on Saturday.
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