CEDAR FALLS — Add nationwide folkstyle champion to the ever-expanding profile of Fort Dodge freshman Dreshaun Ross.

Ross, the Dodger phenom who captured state gold at 195 kilos lower than two months in the past, dominated the identical weight class on Saturday contained in the UNI-Dome to say the USA Wrestling 16U folkstyle title.

Ross is not any stranger to this specific highlight. He was a four-time youth folkstyle winner on the nationwide scene. This was his first USAW occasion, although, as a excessive schooler.

Ross, now the nation’s ninth-ranked 195-pounder no matter age in response to MatScouts, sliced his method by the bracket with a technical fall, a forfeit victory and a pin of Deangelo Sardina of Wisconsin within the finals.

“It was fun,” Ross stated of the occasion. “I want I had extra matches…it was a small bracket. But I can’t do something about that.

“I just go out every match and try to wrestle the same. It’s always (a positive) to win a tournament — especially one with ‘nationals’ behind it. But I have bigger goals ahead.”

The 6-foot-3¢ Ross went 44-2 in his inaugural prep marketing campaign for FDSH, turning into the primary large-class freshman within the illustrious historical past of Iowa highschool wrestling to earn a state championship at a weight class increased than 170 kilos. He was the 63rd Dodger gold medalist of all-time and simply the second freshman, becoming a member of Brody Teske (106 kilos in 2015).

The 15-year-old is a six-time AAU state champ, a six-time Tulsa Nationals title holder, a Fargo Nationals winner and a Greco-Roman and freestyle U-15 Pan-Am victor. Ross can also be a five-time Trinity Award honoree — a prestigious honor given when a competitor sweeps the Kickoff Classic, Tulsa Nationals and Reno World Championships.

Ross is twelfth nationally at 195 kilos in response to FloWrestling. In the previous few months, his talent and athleticism have additionally attracted main school consideration in soccer; Ross already owns Div. I affords from Iowa, Iowa State and Purdue.

“My mentality is always to just go out there and be as aggressive as possible,” Ross stated. “I have the same mindset for both sports: Just try my hardest.”

Ross’s brother, Damarion, was a USAW nationwide folkstyle runner-up in a 64-man junior bracket at 160 kilos. Another Fort Dodge junior, Dru Ayala, grabbed runner-up honors as nicely at 113 after being edged by Idaho’s Mack Mauger. Ayala is rated 14th nationally by FloWrestling; Mauger is eighth.

Luke Fierke (16U, 285) and Joe Constable (14U, 187) of Fort Dodge have been additionally silver medalists. Fierke is a Dodger freshman; Constable is an FDMS eighth grader.

In the youth brackets, Fort Dodge’s Owen Slinker positioned 2nd; Damien Yeoman was 4th; Louis Taylor earned fifth; Trace Rial was seventh and Lukas Benedict took eighth.

From the realm, Webster City freshman Linden Phetxoumphone was the 113-pound champ within the 16U division.

The subsequent main match would be the UWW World Team Trials in Las Vegas April 27-30.