For the first time in 2026, the Fort Dodge wrestling teams will showcase their talents in the FDSH gym.

The 14th-ranked Dodgers will face Ames on Thursday, while the Fort Dodge girls will compete against Ames and Boone.

The matches will begin at 5:30 p.m., with the Ames vs. Boone girls and Dodger junior varsity matches against Ames.

The Fort Dodge girls will hit the mat at 5:30 p.m. against Ames, while the Ames and Boone boys will wrestle at the same.

The FDSH girls will face Boone at 6:30 p.m., and the Dodger boys will wrestle Ames as well.

The Fort Dodge girls then finish the night against Ames at 7:30 p.m.

Following those matches, the Dodger boys will compete against Ames and the Dodger girls will face Boone.

The Fort Dodge boys are coming off the Mendenhall Invitational where top-ranked Dreshaun Ross (285) was crowned a champion.

Knox Ayala (106), Damien Yeoman (113), Rylee Brown (165) and Jesse Egli (190) placed third.Trace Rial (120) finished fourth.

Ross is now 128-2 in his career and 17-0 this season. The Oklahoma State University commit has now won 119 consecutive high school matches.

Brown reached the 100 career win mark earlier in the week and sits at 104-68. Classmate Jesse Egli did the same and is at 103-66.

The Dodger girls are coming off a sixth-place finish at the Ogden Invitational. Senior Mariaha Benedict (135) picked up her 150th career victory in the championship round.

Freshman Ava Potter (235) was a runner-up. Shayley Butrick (110) and Brooklyn Nelson (115) both took fourth.

PROBABLE DODGER BOYS LINEUP

106 — Knox Ayala, fr., (14-4); 113 — Damien Yeoman, so., (13-7); 120 — Trace Rial, jr., (12-6); 132 — Hunter Kasperbauer, sr., (3-11); 138 — Angel Sandoval, sr., (0-9); 150 — Amari McCaleb, so., (4-8); 157 — Caidel Fraher, sr., (9-8); 165 — Rylee Brown, sr., (13-5); 175 — Jayce Skow, jr., (2-4); 190 — Jesse Egli, sr., (14-5); 215 — Cael Adams, so., (4-12); 285 — Dreshaun Ross, sr., (17-0).