Letter Winners/Participants McKenna Knock, Pedro Rodriguez, Aaron Neave, Nate Drummer, Colton Vest, Aiden Waseskuk, Kyle Kucera, Austin Elsbury, Kaylee Chyma and McKayla Babinat. Second Row: Adrian Nunez, Ruben Garcia, Dallas Horne, Drake Crawford, Ed Hemby, Tanner Probasco, Isaac Judge and Dalton Rosenburg. Third Row: Mitch Knock, Garrett Arp, Mario Moncada, Daniel Ochoa, Josh Thiessen, Cael Kellogg, Brady Fritz and Larry Werner. Chronicle Photo/Allison Graham

The South Tama Trojan wrestling team had plenty to celebrate at their annual end of the season banquet on Sunday, March 5.

Some of the season highlights included a conference champion (Colton Vest), six district qualifiers, a district team championship at Knoxville, six State qualifiers (Fritz, Probasco, Vest, Judge, Rosenburg and Kucera), three State medalists (Fritz, Vest and Judge) and one State Championship (Isaac Judge).

It was the first season in five years the Trojans had a State Champion. Junior Isaac Judge earned the Class 2A 152-pound championship at the State Tournament on Saturday, February 18. Judge is the 12th STC wrestler to win an individual championship.

Awards

Letter Winners

WaMaC All-Conference 138 - Colton Vest, 1st; 132 - Tanner Probasco, 2nd; 182 - Dalton Rosenburg, 5th; 160 - Josh Thiessen, 5th; 126 - Brady Fritz, 2nd; 152 - Isaac Judge, 2nd and 220 - Kyle Kucera, 5th Chronicle Photo/Allison Graham

Tanner Probasco, Colton Vest, Garrett Arp, Mitchell Knock, Adrian Nunez, Nate Drummer, Pedro Rodriguez, Dallas Horne, Larry Werner, Isaac Judge, Drake Crawford, Austin Elsbury, Aaron Neave, Ruben Garcia, Aiden Waseskuk, Tanner Walz, Dalton Rosenburg, Taylor Boldt, Cael Kellogg, Ed Hemby, Daniel Ochoa, Parker Noe, Mario Moncada, Dillon Graves and Kyle Kucera

WaMaC All-Conference Team

126 – Brady Fritz, 2nd

132 – Tanner Probasco, 2nd

138 – Colton Vest, 1st

Right - Academic All-Conference McKenna Knock, Brady Fritz, Isaac Judge and Daniel Ochoa Chronicle Photo/Allison Graham

152 – Isaac Judge, 2nd

160 – Josh Thiessen, 5th

182 – Dalton Rosenburg, 5th

220 – Kyle Kucera, 5th

Academic All-Conference (3.5 or higher)

State Qualifiers Colton Vest (138), Tanner Probasco (132), Dalton Rosenburg (182), Brady Fritz (126), Isaac Judge (152) and Kyle Kucera (220).

Brady Fritz, Isaac Judge, McKenna Knock and Daniel Ochoa

All-State Team

126 – Brady Fritz, 7th

132 – Tanner Probasco, Qualifier

138 – Colton Vest, 5th

152 – Isaac Judge, 1st

182 – Dalton Rosenburg, Qualifier

220 – Kyle Kucera, Qualifiers

Captains

Brady Fritz

Tanner Probasco

Colton Vest

Isaac Judge

Kyle Kucera

Individual Awards

Leadership – Isaac Judge

Most Valuable Wrestler – Colton Vest

Most Improved – Dalton Rosenburg

Peek Performer – Kyle Kucera

Young Buck – Mitch Knock and Garrett Arp

Teammate – Aide Waseskuk

Managers

McKenna Knock, Kaylee Chyma and McKayla Babinat

South Tama assistant coach Scott Bolen spoke about the importance of participating in upcoming opportunities throughout the spring. A big event coming up for STC’s State Champ, Isaac Judge will be the War at the West Gym on UNI’s campus. The event presented by IAWrestle will be a who’s who of Iowa wrestling. Judge will take on Cayd Lara (Fort Dodge). Lara is the brother of three time State Finalist Tristan Lara. He took second at this years Class 3A 152 bout to Nelson Brands. The meet up will be a rematch for Judge and Lara who met at the Independence Invite early in the 2016-17 season. Lara got the win by fall (1:12). The event will be on Saturday, March 11 at 6 p.m. at UNI’s west Gym. Tickets can be purchased online.

Another highlight for South Tama wrestling as a whole was the increased numbers at the middle school level. Travis Smith was present to recap the middle school season. This year the middle school team more than doubled their numbers from the 2015-16 season. They had 18 out for middles school wrestling, 13 7th graders and 5 8th graders.

Jason Arp was also present to discuss Trojan Warrior Elite wrestling club (TWE). Their numbers were good as well with 38 students out. Sixteen of those students were advanced wrestlers and the rest were beginners.