A number of area wrestlers were in action Friday at the Iowa State Wrestling Tournament at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Class 1A:

At 103 pounds: 10^th seeded Treyton Virtue of Central Lyon/George-Little Rock lost his wrestleback match by pinfall in 2:48 to top seeded Ryan Szalat of Fort Dodge St. Edmond and has been eliminated from tournament.

At 126 pounds: 6^th seeded Colby McIntire of Central Lyon/George-Little Rock won by pinfall in 1:41 over 5^th seeded Shane Poppins of Aplington-Parkersburg in the 2^nd round of wrestlebacks.  McIntire won by pinfall in 4:29 against 9^th seeded Jared Eischeid of Carroll Kuemper Catholic in the 3^rd round of wrestlebacks.  McIntire will now wrestle 10^th seeded Nathan Schmitz of Don Bosco, Gilbertville in the wrestlebacks Saturday.  If McIntire wins, will wrestle for 3^rd place later in the day on Saturday.

At 182 pounds: 6^th seeded Dylan Brockshus of Sibley-Ocheyedan lost by pinfall in 1:44 to 3^rd seeded Jesse Svoboda of Audubon in a State Quarterfinal.  Brockshus lost his wrestleback match to 12^th seeded Dillon Nelson of Fort Dodge St. Edmond by a 5-1 decision and has been eliminated from the tournament.

Class 2A:
At 120 pounds: 5^th seeded Doug Miner of Spirit Lake Park won his State Quartefinal by a 7-3 decision over 14^th seeded Charlie Jones of Waterloo Columbus Catholic.  In the State Semifinals, Miner picked up a 7-4 decision over 9^th seeded Brady Jennings of Osage.  Doug Miner will wrestle for a State Title, facing 15^th seeded Shadow Leshen of Albia on Saturday night

At 138 pounds: 3^rd seeded Zach Skopec of Spirit Lake Park won his State Quarterfinal by a 11-3  Major Decision over 6^th seeded Eric Clarke of Davenport Assumption.  In the State Semifinals, Skopec fell by pinfall in 5:39 to 15^th seeded Adam Staudt of Charles City.  Skopec will now face 11^th seeded Steven Garcia of Sergeant Bluff-Luton in a wrestleback match on Saturday.  If Skopec wins, he will wrestle for 3^rd place later in the day.

At 170 pounds: 10^th seeded Toby Maggert of Sheldon/South O’Brien lost his wrestleback match against 16^th seeded Seth Davisson of Knoxville by a 8-3 decision and was eliminated from the tournament

At 220 pounds: 3^rd seeded Bryce Kelleher of Sheldon/South O’Brien won his State Quarterfinal by pinfall in 3:25 over 11^th seeded Tyler Nguyen of Sergeant Bluff-Luton.  In the State Semifinals, Kelleher lost an 8-5 decision to 7^th seeded Adam Reth of West Delaware, Manchester.  Kelleher will now wrestle 12^th seeded Andy Hovden of Decorah in a wrestleback match on Saturday.  If Kelleher wins, he will wrestle for 3^rd place later in the day.