(Greenfield, IA) — The 71st John J. Harris Boys Wrestling Tournament is this Friday and Saturday, coverage on KSOM and KS 95. Nodaway Valley will be one of those teams and one of the pre-tourney favorites. The Wolverines are led by two time state champ Ashton Honnold who has a 112 match win streak and has 181 career victories. So far, there have been 29 wrestlers in Iowa history who have achieved the 200 win milestone — Head Coach and Dada Brad Honnold says that is one goal of his
Honnold is currently 35-0 and ranked #1 at 285. Junior Caleb Christensen is also undefeated at 33-0 and ranked #7 at 190 pounds. Last year, he was 43-13 went to state but went 0-2 at the Well. Honnold says that Christensen really dedicated himself in the off-season to get better
Also for Nodaway Valley, Senior Matthew Nelson is 23-16, Senior Ty Strode is 29-4, Senior Keyin Steeve is battling injuries but is 14-5, Freshman Thomas Herrick is 26-10 and Sophomore Josh Nelson is 28-4 — he was 2nd at Creston, 2nd at Tri Center, 2nd at Riverside and won at the Coach Riley and Pride of Iowa meets. Nelson has wrestled most of the season at 113 but Honnold says he is moving down to 106
On Thursday, Nodaway Valley will compete in a quadrangular in Shenandoah with Creston and Denison Schleswig before the John J. Harris tournament in Corning begins on Friday night.
Complete Interview with Head Coach Brad Honnold
