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THE MADNESS BEGINS: State wrestling tourney brackets announced by IHSAA

February 16, 2026 by Dan Holm

Ankeny Centennial’s Max Dhabolt, shown here during last year’s Class 3A state tournament, will try to win a second straight title this week at the Casey’s Center in Des Moines. He is the No. 2 seed at 175 pounds. (Photo by Evan Reiter)

The Class 3A state wrestling tournament brackets have been announced by the Iowa High School Athletic Association.

Four of Ankeny Centennial’s 10 qualifiers earned a top-eight seed and will receive a first-round bye. Two of Ankeny’s nine qualifiers earned a No. 3 seed and will also receive a first-round bye.

The Class 3A tournament begins on Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the Casey’s Center in Des Moines.

Here are all of Ankeny and Centennial’s first- and second-round matchups:

106: No. 13 Eddie Salgado (A) vs. No. 20 Cole Dunkel (W. Dubuque), with the winner to face No. 4 Knox Ayala (Fort Dodge); No. 18 Brenden Harless (AC) vs. No. 15 Anakin Deppe (C.R. Xavier), with the winner to face No. 2 Cruz Gannon (Dowling Catholic).

113: No. 24 Cameron Moeckly (AC) vs. No. 9 Austen Fry (Valley), with the winner to face No. 8 Chase Williams (Iowa City High).

120: No. 3 Ben Walsh (A) vs. No. 14 Zayd Igram (C.R. Jefferson) or No. 19 Isaiah Greer (S.C. East) in the second round.

126: No. 4 Cale Vandermark (AC) vs. No. 13 Aidan Johnson (Linn-Mar) or No. 20 DeForrest Snow (Mason City) in the second round; No. 19 Eli Perez (A) vs. No. 14 Parker Johns (Dub. Hempstead), with the winner to face No. 3 Weston Porter (Council Bluffs Lewis Central).

132: No. 21 Will Sloan (AC) vs. No. 12 Brody Harrington (Clinton), with the winner to face No. 5 Elijah Hyet (Dub. Hempstead).

138: No. 15 Aiden Winkie (A) vs. No. 18 Braxton Wade (Muscatine), with the winner to face No. 2 Nico DeSalvo (S.E. Polk).

144: No.  20 Noah Kauffman (A) vs. No. 13 Henry Bagby (Urbandale), with the winner to face No. 4 Jaimon Mogard (Ames); No. 3 Ethan Sodergren (AC) vs. No. 19 Ricky Titus (Cedar Falls) or No. 14 Matthias Thornburg (Dav. North) in the second round.

150: No. 24 Kaden Conley (AC) vs. No. 9 Isaiah Madison (Johnston), with the winner to face No. 8 Jayden Zachary (Dowling Catholic); No. 20 Jacob Haase (A) vs. No. 13 Owen Thomas (Boone), with the winner to face No. 4 Ethan Johnson (ADM).

157: No. 23 Dean Landis (AC) vs. No. 10 Benjamin Lightle (North Scott), with the winner to face No. 7 Brogan Ganshert (Dav. Central).

165: No. 20 Ben Rotert (AC) vs. No. 13 Campbell Janis (Iowa City West), with the winner to face No. 4 Cole Green (North Scott); No. 3 Calvin Rathjen (A) vs. No. 19 Isaiah Shepard (Wat. West) or No. 14 Kayden Crispin (Waukee) in the second round.

175: No. 2 Max Dhabolt (AC) vs. No. 15 Grant Touney (Dowling Catholic) or No. 18 Eli Cox (Indianola) in the second round.

190: No. 13 Ryleigh Egeberg (A) vs. No. 20 Kade Kelly (North Scott), with the winner to face No. 4 Philip Jacobs (Linn-Mar).

215: No. 11 Ryne Dobson (A) vs. No. 22 LaFoy Hall (S.E. Polk), with the winner to face No. 6 Ethan Miller (Urbandale); No. 7 Brandon Bogseth (AC) vs. No. 23 Kael Moore (Cedar Falls) or No. 10 Nick Milburn (Newton) in the second round.

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