Out of an initial field of 11 wrestlers from the KCII listening area, eight remain as the state wrestling tournament in Des Moines moves to day two. Four grapplers moved through Thursday’s day one with wins to stay in the championship bracket including Mid-Prairie’s Cael Garvey at 195lbs, Columbus’ Lane Scorpil at 113lbs and Chance Malone at 285lbs and Highland’s Bryce Thompson at 113lbs.

Four other wrestlers dropped their opening match on Thursday but rebounded to win a second match and stay alive in the tournament’s consolation bracket. They include Washington’s Ayden Frazer at 182lbs, Mid-Prairie’s Josh Wallington at 220lbs, Highland’s Easton Schlabaugh at 106lbs and Sigourney-Keota’s Cade Molyneux at 170lbs.

Three wrestlers, Mid-Prairie’s Ben Meader at 182lbs, Sigourney-Keota’s Cade Striegle at 195lbs and WACO’s Landon Provino at 285lbs were all eliminated Thursday. Listen to the KCII sports page for full results and throughout the day Friday and Saturday for hourly updated results from the state tournament.