The two Greene County Rams state qualifying wrestlers had to wait until the late session to begin their tournament treks at Wells Fargo Arena Thursday night.

For senior Bryce Hoyle at 195-pounds, he started out with a tough opening draw with an undefeated opponent in Julian Broderson of Davenport Assumption. Hoyle lost by pinfall, but then Hoyle came back in the first round of consolations and won his bout against Reid Walters of Chariton by a 2-1 decision. Hoyle will wrestle in the second consolation round later today. Greene County’s other qualifier, Brock Wuebker at 170-pounds, saw his tournament run end after the first day. He lost both of his matches on Thursday.

The Ram duo was part of 20 area wrestlers that Raccoon Valley Radio provided live coverage of in Class 2A Thursday, along with 13 others in Class 1A and 3A. Our live coverage continues throughout the rest of the state tournament through Saturday. We are covering Perry, Dallas Center Grimes, Adel-DeSoto-Minburn, West Central Valley, Panorama, Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center, Van Meter/Earlham and Winterset. You can listen to our live coverage on KDLS, KGRA and KKRF and check out our website for results of each of the matches.