DES MOINES - Cedar Rapids Prairie junior Austin Gould wrestled in significant pain at the Class 3A state tournament in Des Moines this week, a harness keeping his right shoulder in place and a constant grimace on his face.
He hurt his shoulder three weeks ago during a dual meet against Waterloo West. He extended his right arm while making a move that night and something went wrong.
"I felt something pop," he recalled Friday after wrestling his third and final match at the state tournament.
"They think it's a torn labrum. They told me I probably shouldn't be wrestling, but they left it up to me. So I did the best I could with it."
Gould wrestled in the Mississippi Valley Conference tournament and in the Class 3A district tournament with the bad shoulder. He qualified for the state meet and decided to keep going, even though he was wrestling with one arm for the most part.
Gould got pinned in the first round Thursday in 1 minute and 29 seconds, something that probably wouldn't have happened had he been at full strength. He rallied for a 14-2 victory in his first wrestle-back on Thursday, but was pinned again Friday morning in 3:59 and eliminated at Wells Fargo Arena.
He began the state tournament ranked 10th with a 38-5 record at 182 pounds, but compiled a 1-2 record in Des Moines and will not place in the top-8.
"It was unfortunate," said Prairie Coach Blake Williams, who admired Gould's attitude and toughness. "The last few weeks, his shoulder has been very, very sore. He gutted it out as best he could these last couple of weeks.
"You feel bad for the kid, because I think he had higher goals than just getting down here. But the good thing is, he has another year."
Gould was hoping to fare well in the state tournament for himself and his team. The Hawks are competing for a top-5 spot in the standings and would have gotten a big boost from Gould if healthy.
"It sucked. I don't know what to say," he remarked after being ousted from the tournament. "You work so hard to control your mind, and your body tells you something different."
Nobody would have blamed Gould if he had stopped wrestling several weeks ago. He thinks he'll need an operation to repair the possibly torn labrum, an injury that sidelines baseball players for an extended period of time.
"I worked so hard I didn't want to give up," he said. "I tried wrestling mostly left-handed. Everyone's hurt. If you wait until you're 100 percent, you're not going to wrestle."
Gould competed at half-speed in Des Moines, which wasn't good enough in a state tournament.
"I know he won't use that as an excuse. He'll take this experience and get better," said Williams. "He wasn't going to let that hold him back. He did the best he could."
Prairie stood in fifth place in the team standings with 47 points heading into the semifinals Friday afternoon. The Hawks went 5-for-5 in the winner's bracket Friday morning and sent Josh Wenger (113), Chris Walters (120), Trey Blaha (126), Zach Witte (152) and Cameron Rathje (170) into the semifinals. The Hawks also have Andrew Netolicky (220) alive in the consolation bracket.
The Linn-Mar Lions were in third place in the team standings with 65 points heading into the semifinals. The Lions went 6-for-8 in the winner's bracket and sent Matt Wempen (106), Alijah Jeffery (113), Joel Northrup (132), Ross Lembeck (145), Mitch Wantock (170) and Mark Atwater (182) into the semifinals. They also have Damon Griffin (120) and A.J. Garcia (220) alive in the consolation bracket.
Luke Kremer of Kennedy won his quarterfinal match at 132 pounds Friday morning and had a date with Linn-Mar's Northrup in the semifinals Friday afternoon.
Washington heavyweight Tyler Burrell won his wrestle-back Friday morning and was still vying for high honors after losing in the first round on Thursday.
Jack Boland of Xavier lost twice at 195 pounds Friday morning and was eliminated. Trevor Berry of Linn-Mar, Ryan Rodriguez of Kennedy and Kaisar Herz of Washington were eliminated Friday morning and will not place in the tournament.
Bettendorf led the team standings heading into the semifinals with 78 points, followed by Southeast Polk (69.5), Linn-Mar (65), Iowa City West (60.5), Prairie (47), Waverly-Shell Rock (46.5), West Des Moines Valley (45), Pleasant Valley (37), Urbandale (33) and Mason City (31).
Bettendorf advanced 10 wrestlers to Friday afternoon's session, including five in the winner's bracket. Southeast Polk advanced seven wrestlers, with all of them in the winner's bracket. Linn-Mar advanced eight wrestlers, with six in the winner's bracket. Iowa City West advanced seven wrestlers, with four in the winner's bracket.
The tournament will end Saturday night with the championship matches.
STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT
At Des Moines
(Wells Fargo Arena)
CLASS 3A
Team Standings
(Through quarterfinals and second-round wrestlebacks)
1. Bettendorf 78.0
2. Southeast Polk 69.5
3. Linn Mar, Marion 65.0
4. Iowa City, West 60.5
5. Prairie, Cedar Rapids 47.0
6. Waverly-Shell Rock 46.5
7. Valley, West Des Moines 45.0
8. Pleasant Valley 37.0
9. Urbandale 33.0
10. Mason City 31.0
11. Lewis Central 28.0
12. Spencer 25.0
13. Ankeny 24.0
13. Burlington 24.0
13. Indianola 24.0
16. North Scott, Eldridge 19.5
17. Johnston 16.5
18. Cedar Falls 16.0
19. Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines 15.0
20. Fort Madison 14.5
21. Clinton 14.0
21. Keokuk 14.0
23. Epworth, Western Dubuque 13.0
23. Fort Dodge 13.0
25. Des Moines, Roosevelt 11.0
26. Cedar Rapids, Kennedy 10.0
27. Dubuque, Hempstead 9.5
28. Sioux City, East 9.0
28. Sioux City, North 9.0
30. Iowa City, City High 8.0
30. Knoxville 8.0
32. Des Moines, North-Hoover 7.0
32. Oskaloosa 7.0
34. Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 6.0
34. Davenport West 6.0
34. Muscatine 6.0
37. Decorah 5.0
38. Cedar Rapids, Washington 4.0
38. Davenport Central 4.0
38. Dubuque, Senior 4.0
38. Mount Pleasant 4.0
42. Ames 3.0
42. Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 3.0
44. Marshalltown 2.0
44. Xavier, Cedar Rapids 2.0
46. Boone 1.0
46. Davenport North 1.0
46. Des Moines, East 1.0
Championship Bracket
Quarterfinals
106
Tanner Rohweder (Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines) 34-4 won by major decision over Alex Lemus (Iowa City, City High) 25-18 (Maj 14-2)
Travis Willers (Pleasant Valley) 49-2 won by decision over Dan Kelly (Cedar Falls) 35-10 (Dec 9-6)
Bryce Meyer (Fort Madison) 36-4 won by decision over Kaz Onoo (Mason City) 39-8 (Dec 2-0)
Matt Wempen (Linn Mar, Marion) 46-2 won by decision over Alec Vogel (Muscatine) 27-5 (Dec 5-2)
113
Alijah Jeffery (Linn Mar, Marion) 43-5 won by pin over Chase Seaney (Fort Madison) 30-12 (Pin 1:27)
Fredy Stroker (Bettendorf) 41-1 won by pin over Randy Schultz (Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson) 33-19 (Pin 0:29)
Phillip Laux (Iowa City, West) 48-3 won by decision over Clayton Eicher (Valley, West Des Moines) 39-7 (Dec 9-2)
Josh Wenger (Prairie, Cedar Rapids) 44-4 won by decision over Hunter Genco (Clinton) 37-5 (Dec 9-3)
120
Chris Walters (Prairie, Cedar Rapids) 39-3 won by decision over Andrew Steiert (Waverly-Shell Rock) 40-9 (Dec 5-2)
Andres Gonzalez (Mason City) 39-1 won by decision over John Gioffredi (Indianola) 37-9 (Dec 5-3)
Colby Knight (Urbandale) 31-1 won by decision over Damon Griffin (Linn Mar, Marion) 41-9 (Dec 11-8)
Tyler Willers (Pleasant Valley) 49-2 won by major decision over Ernest Willis (Iowa City, West) 39-13 (Maj 11-1)
126
Cory Clark (Southeast Polk) 44-1 won by decision over Jack Hathaway (Iowa City, West) 47-5 (Dec 3-0)
John Christopherson (Spencer) 27-1 won by decision over Jacob Woodard (Bettendorf) 27-13 (Dec 10-8)
Trey Blaha (Prairie, Cedar Rapids) 35-5 won by decision over Tyler McWilliams (Sioux City, East) 43-7 (Dec 7-3)
Eric DeVos (Waverly-Shell Rock) 43-3 won by tech fall over Miles Bostic (Davenport Central) 33-10 (TF 16-0)
132
Luke Kremer (Cedar Rapids, Kennedy) 38-5 won by decision over Johnny Jaeger (Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines) 28-15 (Dec 9-3)
Joel Northrup (Linn Mar, Marion) 43-5 won by decision over Logan Ryan (Bettendorf) 36-11 (Dec 3-2)
Kyle Larson (Valley, West Des Moines) 38-1 won by decision over Nick Steger (Epworth, Western Dubuque) 47-4 (Dec 4-1)
Dakota Bauer (Iowa City, West) 50-2 won by decision over Randy McPhee (Davenport West) 17-6 (Dec 8-6)
138
Connor Ryan (Bettendorf) 38-4 won by pin over Ryan Rodriguez (Cedar Rapids, Kennedy) 34-14 (Pin 1:01)
Nate Harms (Urbandale) 30-3 won by decision over Mikey Wallace (Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson) 41-9 (Dec 12-7)
Alex Caldwell (Clinton) 40-5 won by decision over Dylan Gansen (Epworth, Western Dubuque) 37-15 (Dec 5-3)
John Meeks (Des Moines, Roosevelt) 43-0 won by decision over Jack Randall (Spencer) 42-4 (Dec 9-2)
145
Kolton Rottink (Waverly-Shell Rock) 36-8 won by decision over Brayton Taylor (Fort Dodge) 10-2 (Dec 11-4)
Gabriel Moreno (Urbandale) 39-0 won by decision over Bubba Hernandez (Bettendorf) 35-8 (Dec 8-1)
Ross Lembeck (Linn Mar, Marion) 47-2 won by decision over Derrick Huber (Ankeny) 34-7 (Dec 10-4)
Gradey Gambrall (Iowa City, West) 39-11 won by decision over Brian Warren (Des Moines, North-Hoover) 36-4 (Dec 5-1)
152
Trey Lewis (Valley, West Des Moines) 22-4 won by decision over Ethan Lara (Sioux City, East) 40-5 (Dec 6-3)
Dylan Blackford (Southeast Polk) 43-3 won by major decision over Blake Letney (Pleasant Valley) 26-5 (Maj 12-1)
Tanner Schaefer (Spencer) 35-2 won by pin over Dalton Witte (Burlington) 34-9 (Pin 0:57)
Zach Witte (Prairie, Cedar Rapids) 21-0 won by major decision over Tyler Chatterton (Knoxville) 35-10 (Maj 13-1)
160
Nick Hagedorn (Cedar Falls) 18-7 won by decision over Max Krieger (Mason City) 40-6 (Dec 5-4)
Zeb Wahle (Lewis Central) 48-2 won by major decision over Mitch Bowman (North Scott, Eldridge) 43-6 (Maj 14-3)
Justin Koethe (Iowa City, West) 52-1 won by pin over Clint Underwood (Valley, West Des Moines) 37-11 (Pin 2:18)
Brady Letney (Pleasant Valley) 37-13 won by major decision over Gage Martin (Sioux City, North) 30-4 (Maj 13-5)
170
Cameron Rathje (Prairie, Cedar Rapids) 38-5 won by decision over Ben Schwery (Lewis Central) 47-2 (Dec 9-6)
Alex Meyer (Southeast Polk) 44-1 won by major decision over Parker Sturges (Mason City) 14-8 (Maj 19-7)
Mitch Wantock (Linn Mar, Marion) 26-2 won by decision over Matt Collins (Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines) 27-10 (Dec 4-2)
Colbey Vance (Bettendorf) 38-5 won by decision over Carson Powell (Ankeny) 34-5 (Dec 6-5)
182
Matt Seabold (Burlington) 35-3 won by decision over Brad Boden (Indianola) 21-4 (Dec 10-3)
Jared Bartel (Mason City) 47-0 won by decision over Bryan Levsen (Bettendorf) 36-5 (Dec 5-2)
Casey Marnin (Southeast Polk) 37-9 won by pin over Ryan Maxwell (Keokuk) 14-4 (Pin 1:42)
Mark Atwater (Linn Mar, Marion) 30-3 won by decision over Colin Kreiter (North Scott, Eldridge) 35-16 (Dec 7-3)
195
Ross Larson (Ankeny) 39-0 won by pin over Riley Demmer (Epworth, Western Dubuque) 33-8 (Pin 0:33)
Keaton Jurevitz (Bettendorf) 31-7 won by decision over Jack Boland (Xavier, Cedar Rapids) 37-9 (Dec 3-2)
Bud Smith (Southeast Polk) 36-4 won by pin over Justin Klinkel (Ames) 21-21 (Pin 1:13)
Cegan Long (North Scott, Eldridge) 44-9 won by decision over Ryan Maas (Iowa City, City High) 38-7 (Dec 8-7)
220
Jake Melik (Pleasant Valley) 36-9 won by decision over Jordan Rouse (Ankeny) 33-7 (Dec 11-6)
Zach Renshaw (Lewis Central) 47-2 won by major decision over Steve Ferentz (Iowa City, City High) 42-5 (Maj 13-3)
Willie Miklus (Southeast Polk) 45-0 won by pin over AJ Garcia (Linn Mar, Marion) 39-11 (Pin 2:57)
Joe Scanlan (Johnston) 33-4 won by decision over Ben Schnurr (Fort Dodge) 28-11 (Dec 1-0)
285
Bryce Fisher (Southeast Polk) 40-6 won by pin over Nick Terpstra (Cedar Falls) 35-15 (Pin 0:39)
Nate Shaw (Bettendorf) 29-1 won by decision over Jake Scanlan (Johnston) 31-6 (Dec 4-2)
Don Dawson (Indianola) 36-2 won by decision over Kaleb Staack (Waverly-Shell Rock) 35-15 (Dec 3-1)
Shaquille Wells (Urbandale) 31-13 won by decision over Alex Goss (Keokuk) 18-7 (Dec 4-2)
Consolation Bracket
Second round
106
Alec Vogel (Muscatine) 27-5 won by pin over Dalton Mourlam (Boone) 35-9 (Pin 1:32)
Kaz Onoo (Mason City) 39-8 won by decision over Austin Anderson (Ankeny) 39-5 (Dec 7-5)
Jake Koethe (Valley, West Des Moines) 43-4 won by decision over Dan Kelly (Cedar Falls) 35-10 (Dec 8-2)
Chase Lynn (Dubuque, Senior) 34-6 won by major decision over Alex Lemus (Iowa City, City High) 25-18 (Maj 8-0)
113
Hunter Genco (Clinton) 37-5 won by pin over Jake Kristensen (Des Moines, Roosevelt) 33-12 (Pin 4:36)
Jay Fresh (Knoxville) 33-8 won by decision over Clayton Eicher (Valley, West Des Moines) 39-7 (Dec 7-1)
Bryce Steiert (Waverly-Shell Rock) 34-13 won by pin over Randy Schultz (Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson) 33-19 (Pin 3:06)
Joe McGinnis (Indianola) 38-10 won by decision over Chase Seaney (Fort Madison) 30-12 (Dec 9-3)
120
Ernest Willis (Iowa City, West) 39-13 won by pin over Eli Johnson (Valley, West Des Moines) 38-9 (Pin 5:07)
Damon Griffin (Linn Mar, Marion) 41-9 won by decision over Christian Dunn (Fort Madison) 29-10 (Dec 5-2)
John Gioffredi (Indianola) 37-9 won by pin over Jordan Easton (Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln) 33-19 (Pin 3:35)
Andrew Steiert (Waverly-Shell Rock) 40-9 won by pin over Sam Reichenbacker (Ankeny) 29-17 (Pin 1:16)
126
Miles Bostic (Davenport Central) 33-10 won by decision over Jonathan Lozano (Sioux City, North) 38-8 (Dec 7-4)
Tyler McWilliams (Sioux City, East) 43-7 won by major decision over Trevor Berry (Linn Mar, Marion) 38-15 (Maj 10-2)
Jacob Woodard (Bettendorf) 27-13 won by major decision over Chase Helenthal (Keokuk) 31-10 (Maj 13-3)
Jack Hathaway (Iowa City, West) 48-4 won by pin over Nathan Twito (Ames) 32-12 (Pin 0:28)
132
Randy McPhee (Davenport West) 17-6 won by pin over Dylan Buchheit (Southeast Polk) 36-11 (Pin 4:38)
Nick Steger (Epworth, Western Dubuque) 47-4 won by decision over Damone Manning (Burlington) 32-10 (Dec 1-0)
Logan Ryan (Bettendorf) 36-11 won by decision over Levi Gilmore (Spencer) 40-5 (Dec 5-2)
Zach Henning (Decorah) 33-8 won by decision over Johnny Jaeger (Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines) 28-15 (Dec 5-4)
138
Jack Randall (Spencer) 42-4 won by major decision over Sam Dagit (Cedar Falls) 32-19 (Maj 8-0)
Kegan Wakefield (Iowa City, West) 25-7 won by pin over Dylan Gansen (Epworth, Western Dubuque) 37-15 (Pin 0:18)
Spencer Derifield (Waverly-Shell Rock) 35-14 won by decision over Mikey Wallace (Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson) 41-9 (Dec 9-6)
Dakota Gray (Fort Madison) 34-5 won by decision over Ryan Rodriguez (Cedar Rapids, Kennedy) 34-14 (Dec 12-9)
145
Brian Warren (Des Moines, North-Hoover) 36-4 won by pin over Lane Colwell (Knoxville) 39-5 (Pin 5:09)
Austin Boyd (Burlington) 34-8 won by pin over Derrick Huber (Ankeny) 34-7 (Pin 3:03)
Bubba Hernandez (Bettendorf) 35-8 won by pin over Dillon Coe (Mason City) 36-14 (Pin 2:29)
Brayton Taylor (Fort Dodge) 10-2 won by decision over Kenry Trowers (Davenport North) 30-13 (Dec 7-2)
152
Derek Rose (Keokuk) 30-5 won by decision over Tyler Chatterton (Knoxville) 35-10 (Dec 6-3)
Dalton Witte (Burlington) 34-9 won by pin over Kaiser Herz (Cedar Rapids, Washington) 27-15 (Pin 2:50)
Dustin Fuller (Sioux City, North) 39-8 won by decision over Blake Letney (Pleasant Valley) 26-5 (Dec 6-3)
Drake Chase (Bettendorf) 18-10 won by decision over Ethan Lara (Sioux City, East) 40-5 (Dec 8-2)
160
Isaiah Patton (Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines) 23-21 won by decision over Gage Martin (Sioux City, North) 30-4 (Dec 3-2)
Clint Underwood (Valley, West Des Moines) 38-11 won by major decision over Josh Davis (Des Moines, East) 27-12 (Maj 17-7)
Duke Egli (Fort Dodge) 33-7 won by pin over Mitch Bowman (North Scott, Eldridge) 43-6 (Pin 4:45)
Max Krieger (Mason City) 41-6 won in the ultimate tie breaker over Tim Miklus (Southeast Polk) 39-7 (UTB 3-2)
170
Carson Powell (Ankeny) 35-5 won by decision over Jacob Bell (Valley, West Des Moines) 30-16 (Dec 3-0)
Justin Kreiter (North Scott, Eldridge) 37-14 won by decision over Matt Collins (Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines) 27-11 (Dec 8-1)
Parker Sturges (Mason City) 15-8 won by decision over David Hughes (Marshalltown) 34-10 (Dec 8-3)
Ben Schwery (Lewis Central) 48-2 won by pin over Mike Watkins (Iowa City, West) 40-17 (Pin 4:22)
182
Layton Fritsch (Dubuque, Hempstead) 29-6 won by pin over Colin Kreiter (North Scott, Eldridge) 35-17 (Pin 3:45)
Adam Walther (Waverly-Shell Rock) 38-10 won by pin over Ryan Maxwell (Keokuk) 14-4 (Pin 0:33)
Bryan Levsen (Bettendorf) 37-5 won by pin over Austin Gould (Prairie, Cedar Rapids) 39-7 (Pin 3:59)
Brad Boden (Indianola) 22-4 won by decision over Mitch Monahan (Valley, West Des Moines) 34-10 (Dec 10-5)
195
Nick Jepsen (Urbandale) 33-13 won by decision over Ryan Maas (Iowa City, City High) 38-8 (Dec 5-1)
Dane Jones (Oskaloosa) 33-7 won by pin over Justin Klinkel (Ames) 21-21 (Pin 0:24)
Tarin Phillips (Valley, West Des Moines) 41-2 won by pin over Jack Boland (Xavier, Cedar Rapids) 37-10 (Pin 1:27)
Austin Lear (Lewis Central) 35-18 won by decision over Riley Demmer (Epworth, Western Dubuque) 33-9 (Dec 4-3)
220
Brett Haas (Dubuque, Hempstead) 27-2 won by tech fall over Ben Schnurr (Fort Dodge) 28-12 (TF 19-3)
AJ Garcia (Linn Mar, Marion) 40-11 won by pin over Louis Gutierrez (Valley, West Des Moines) 20-12 (Pin 1:46)
Andrew Netolicky (Prairie, Cedar Rapids) 40-7 won by pin over Steve Ferentz (Iowa City, City High) 42-6 (Pin 2:37)
Colton Aplara (Mount Pleasant) 28-10 won by decision over Jordan Rouse (Ankeny) 33-8 (Dec 4-3)
285
Tyler Burrell (Cedar Rapids, Washington) 38-3 won by decision over Alex Goss (Keokuk) 18-8 (Dec 3-0)
Colin Foerstner (Iowa City, West) 29-23 won by decision over Kaleb Staack (Waverly-Shell Rock) 35-16 (Dec 4-3)
Jake Scanlan (Johnston) 32-6 won by pin over Dakoda Elledge (Epworth, Western Dubuque) 33-17 (Pin 3:18)
Nick Terpstra (Cedar Falls) 36-15 won in overtime over Jake Oldaker (Clinton) 37-8 (OT 3-1)
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