Sports Calendar: Area wrestlers set to compete at state tournament

The 2015 State Wrestling Championship tournament kicks off Thursday at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Here is the schedule for Thursday's opening day:

The Class 2A 1st round and 1st round consolations begins at 1:30 p.m. Red Oak wrestler Tanner Mertz (39-7) will be in action as he faces Keagan Putnam (42-21) of Sergeant Bluff-Luton. They'll be wrestling in the 145 lbs. bracket.

The other wrestlers facing off in Mertz's section of the bracket is Adam Benzing (29-9) of Waukon taking on Kade Steuhm (38-4) of Solon.

The 1A tournament will begin at 6 p.m. with the first round and 1st round consolations.

Hadley Ogg (46-5) of Griswold will be one of the first to wrestle in the evening as he wrestles at 120 lbs. and takes on Lisbon's Chase McLaughlin (39-6).

The other match-up in Ogg's section of the bracket features Cole Needham of West Marshall (42-4) versus Shane Funk (37-18) of Woodbury Central.

At 132 lbs., East Mills' Alec Moorman will be the first for the Wolverines to compete. Moorman (27-6) will take on Trent Johnson (48-1) of Dike-New Hartford. The other match-up in Moorman's section features Dylan Schuck (49-0) of Sibley-Ocheyedan versus Tucker Bluml (49-6) of Riverside.

At 152 lbs., East Mills' Josh Hopkins (51-1) will face Alburnett's Bryce Paul (43-4) in the first round. The other match-up in Hopkins' section features Jared Johnson (39-7) of West Marshall taking on Logan Schumacher (47-2) of Martensdale-St. Marys.