It was a perfect Saturday night for the Northwest Wrestling team. The Wolves sent four wrestlers to the championship round of the Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament. All four claimed state titles! Click here to see the state tournament brackets. Northwest also finished as Class 3A’s runner-up in the team portion of the tournament. The Wolves sent 12 wresters to the state tournament, nine of them finished in the top eight of their respective weight classes. Great job Wolves!

Northwest State Champions

• 113 – Koufax Christensen
• 120 – Carter Freeman
• 182 – Griffin Gammell
• 285 – Ben Reiland

Northwest State Place Winners

• 113 – Koufax Christensen – 1st Place
• 120 – Carter Freeman – 1st Place
• 126 – Ethan Mahoney – 6th Place
• 145 – Dom Rubino – 8th Place
• 160 – Brayden Broderick – 5th Place
• 182 – Griffin Gammell – 1st Place
• 195 – Tanner Spyksma – 5th Place
• 220 – Cael Winter – 5th Place
• 285 – Ben Reiland – 1st Place

Waukee Northwest, the 2022 Class 3A state team runner up. 12 qualifiers, 9 place winners, 4 state champions. pic.twitter.com/ctgUt2lgQ2

— NWWolvesAD (@NWWolvesAD) February 20, 2022

WOW. Waukee NW goes 4-for-4 in the finals after Ben Reiland pins W-SR's Jake Walker in the 285 final.

Walker scored a late takedown for a 3-1 lead late in the third, then Reiland reversed him and pinned him with one second left on the clock. #iahswr

— Cody Goodwin (@codygoodwin) February 20, 2022

Pretty magnificent ending for @WrestlingNWHS tonight. Congratulations to these four State Champions! pic.twitter.com/jeC9wgzjMW

— Ginnie Coleman (@Photographygcp) February 20, 2022