Boys State Wrestling Results and Interviews

Boys State Wrestling Results and Interviews

February 22, 2026Updated: February 22, 2026
By Michael Shively

OMAHA — 56 wrestlers and four teams are celebrating state wrestling championships.

The winners were crowned Saturday night at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, wrapping up three days of state tournament competition. Here are our top interviews from championship night.

Cody Wintz, Battle Creek head coach

Corbin Hoefer, Neligh-Oakdale

Brenden Bolling, Pierce

Levi Gall, Clarkson/Leigh

Grady Welke, O’Neill

Here are the team title winners.

Class A - Creighton Prep

Class B - Omaha Skutt

Class C - Battle Creek

Class D - Plainview

Here are the individual winners.

106 pounds:

Class A - Terrence Crawford, Omaha North

Class B - Colton Strange, Omaha Skutt

Class C - Ace Schweitzer, Central City

Class D - Kamden Robinson, Elm Creek

113 pounds:

Class A - Khy’Ree Thomas-Calloway, Omaha Bryan

Class B - Noah Boyer, Nebraska City

Class C - Erik Prado, Johnson County Central

Class D - Wyatt Forney, Southern

120 pounds:

Class A - Cruzer Dominguez, Creighton Prep

Class B - Carsen Hanshaw, Beatrice

Class C - Philip Streff, North Bend Central

Class D - Brett Larson, Elm Creek

126 pounds:

Class A - Zaiyahn Ornelas, Creighton Prep

Class B - Cole Karlin, Beatrice

Class C - Draydin Grossman, Pierce

Class D - Zach Held, Twin River

132 pounds:

Class A - Creighton Lassen, Millard West

Class B - Coy Childers, Alliance

Class C - Cash Stanek, North Bend Central

Class D - Brody Jensen, Burwell

138 pounds:

Class A - Kiernan Meink, Millard South

Class B - Odin Anschutz, Plattsmouth

Class C - Hayden Schmit, David City

Class D - Drew Dawe, Burwell

144 pounds:

Class A - Kameron Green, Creighton Prep

Class B - Brayden Kreikemeier, Bennington

Class C - Drake Hasbrouck, Cozad

Class D - Corbin Hoefer, Neligh-Oakdale

150 pounds:

Class A - Brady Danze, Millard South

Class B - Ben Ziola, Omaha Skutt

Class C - Easton Hochstein, Cedar Catholic

Class D - Drake Troxel, Southern

157 pounds:

Class A - Mason Petersen, Columbus

Class B - Isaac Christo, Omaha Skutt

Class C - Brenden Bolling, Pierce

Class D - Jason Kraus, Mullen

165 pounds:

Class A - Ryder Kruse, Lincoln East

Class B - Tyler Harrill, Omaha Skutt

Class C - Brady Hochstein, Cedar Catholic

Class D - William Pokorny, Central Valley

175 pounds:

Class A - Jaeston Delano, Columbus

Class B - Nikolas Rotella, Omaha Skutt

Class C - Alex Meinecke, St. Paul

Class D - Griffin Bergen, Sutton

190 pounds:

Class A - JT Smith, Creighton Prep

Class B - Riley Johnson, Omaha Skutt

Class C - Kyler Boyles, Superior

Class D - Elijah Fjell, Shelby-Rising City

215 pounds:

Class A - Colton Tucker, Lincoln East

Class B - Blaise Baughman, Blair

Class C - Grady Welke, O’Neill

Class D - Coy Vrbka, Shelby-Rising City

285 pounds:

Class A - Preston Wagner, Fremont

Class B - Daylon Adams, Scottsbluff

Class C - Jared Doxey, Winnebago

Class D - Levi Gall, Clarkson/Leigh

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