They’re seniors, but Brock Wuebker and Bryce Hoyle will both be making their first appearance at the State Wrestling Tournament in Des Moines at Wells Fargo Arena. The two Greene County High School wrestlers both qualified as second place finishers at the Harlan Class 2A District 4 on Saturday. Class 2A wrestling begins at 6 p.m. Thursday with first round matches followed immediately by first round consolation matches.

This is the first year the tournament has been seeded. The top eight seeds in each weight class will wrestle a first round match against someone not seeded in the top eight. Neither Hoyle or Wuebker are seeded, but both drew highly seeded opponents in round one. Hoyle at 195 lbs. will face two-time and undefeated State champion Julian Brodersen of Assumption of Davenport. Wuebker will face the number two seed at 170 lbs. in Colter Dye of Crestwood (Cresco).

All three Raccoon Valley Radio stations will have extensive play-by-play in all three classes for all three days (Feb. 14-15-16).