March 29, 2024

Youth wrestlers going to state

Here’s six of the 10 youth wrestlers from Newton’s Big Game Hunters Wrestling Club who qualified for the 2019 Iowa AAU Kids State Wrestling Championships.

They are, from the left, front row, Jacob Nichols, Malcom Hay and Maxwell Mintle, back row, Kent Montgomery, Lane Rozendaal and Dayton Petithory. Nichols, Hay, Mintle, Petithory and Montgomery were AAU district champions and Rozendaal was a district runner-up. The state tournament is Saturday and Sunday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. The Big Game Hunters’ wrestlers competed in the district meet two weeks ago. Other state qualifiers are Riley Hanford, Shane Hanford, Skyler Stoll — all district champions — and Matthew Mintle.