Greene County’s high school wrestling program had its awards night on Thursday in Jefferson inside Clover Hall on the Greene County Fairgrounds. Head Coach Zach Beekman and his coaching staff talked about the wrestlers and handed out awards. The team went 9-10 in dual meets, finished second in the Heart of Iowa Activities Conference tournament, won a Class 2A Sectional in Woodward, was second in the Adel District, sending eight to the District and four to the 2021 State Tournament.

Sophomore McKinley Robbins went 34-0 this season and won the Class 2A State title at 120 lbs. Seniors Brady Stauffer (138) and Sawyer Schiltz (285), along with freshman Gavin Scheuermann (145) were State qualifiers.

Letter winners were seniors Isaac Louk, Stauffer and Schiltz. Juniors lettering were Brenner Gallagher, Nathan Black, Noble Hoyt, and John Sprague. Robbins was the lone sophomore letter winner. Letter winners as freshmen were Scheuermann, Jackson Turner, Broc Hamann. Managers lettering were Georgia Osterson and Kristin Wailes.

Louk and fellow senior Clay Peters earned HOIAC Academic honors.

Other awards and their recipients were:

Super Booster: Justin and Lacie Robbins, Stacy Schiltz, Shine On Designs (Jen Badger)

Most Improved JV Wrestler- Peters

Outstanding JV Wrestler- Cody Allen

Most Improved Varsity Wrestler- Hoyt and Hamann

Citizenship- Allen

Iron Heart- Scheuermann

Warrior Ethos- Stauffer

Most Valuable Wrestler- Robbins

Guts Club- Black, Stauffer, Robbins

The past met the present when Jefferson High School 1982 Class 2A 126 lbs. State Champion Erik Strawn was on hand and was introduced. Strawn was the second State Champ for the Rams, following 1979 grad Dave Hagedorn. Will Thomsen won a State title in 1994 for the Jefferson-Scranton/Paton-Churdan program, and Robbins is the fourth in the Jefferson-based program’s 55 year history, and the first in the nine years of Greene County High School.