Asa Hemsted Upsets 3-time 1A Iowa State Champ Maximus Magayna 

This is why wrestling is so damn great. EVERYONE has a chance to win once they step on the mat. The sport rewards the guys who work hard and show some grit in these matches. The sport doesn’t care what you accomplished in the past it only cares if you can rise to the occasion right here, right now.

"The first period is won by the wrestler with the best technique; the second period by the wrestler with the best conditioning; the third by the wrestler with the biggest heart." Dan Gable.

Glad to see the handshake at the end still

"...regroup from that out of body experience" 🤣

Asa is on a Vision Quest!

Never give up. Nice job Asa!

That should have been 10-5 anyways, he had him in a honeymooner then release and arm bar for more back points then at the end with the half...great job

Great Wrestling Never Give Up Congrats 👏

God I love wrestling.

he should have stayed in 1A if he wanted to be a 4 timer. 3A is no joke

Heart won that match. You can tell he was overmatched there, but caught the #1 seed in a step over to his back. After it was tied he was tired and just gave up.

Thats what you call MAN strength vs teenager strength. Dude big brotherd this top guy in the 3rd letting everyone know who thr big bro really is

That step over by Hemsted at 1:28 of the third was huge. Magayna got lazy with his right leg, needed it to be further back when pulling Hemstead in for that double. The shift in balance was so instant.

The crazy thing is that Magayna beat Hemstead by fall at the cliff keen invitational on December 2

Pure heart.

Tough, talented wrestlers right there

Great commentary!!

Never ever give up

Wow! Never surrender!

That was great

I have to wonder ..was he gassed..?.did he stay up too late with the gfnight before...anyways, i dont k ow chit about wrestling but it sure captivates me!! Love the sportt...congrats to the Underdog! Everyone loves an underdog

what a sick match!!

Man handles the old champ like it was peanuts totally AWESOME KID TOTALLY AWESOME BRO!!!

Dude is a beast! Went out and took it

Great sportsmanship, better learning experience

It appears that Hemsted took 2nd and Magayna took 3rd. Super tough wrestlers in Iowa!!

Oh, he used to be in the private school division? Welcome to the real world.

I didn't see an upset. Any time a 3A wrestler with a great record goes against anyone there's a danger. 3A schools have about 700 students to pull from and form a team. 6A and 7A teams have thousands and are 3-4 wrestlers deep in some weight classes. With good coaching and a team that size wrestlers at larger schools can hone their skills at practices and not have to depend on exposure to other schools to improve. You will almost always see better wrestlers come from larger schools. Nick Suriano had an excellent record in a soft high school competition but when he got to college freshman Thomas Gilman beat him easily. There's almost always a tougher guy out there somewhere.

Anyone use a Granby Roll?

Visions of Wade Schalles.

He never quit......well done..........is 3A the biggest schools in Iowa?

Carlisle ROCKS!!

He flipped him over pretty easy?? Hard to believe this guy was a 3 time state champ!?? 😮

Best sport there is!

A good humbling is a great way to improve.

Hey I was there

Ow wow

NJ has 1 State Champion Per Weight Class. I placed 5th at 158 in 1980. The State Champion that beat me in the quarterfinals was Bill Dykeman who went on to be a 3 Time AA at Oklahoma State. The runner up was Tom Gibble who went on to be a 2Time AA at Bloomsburg.

I'm glad Max's mom made it through the match. It looks touch and go there for a bit. I can imagine the stress is tough.

Frustrating when you are so good and your just lost. Mentally your brain says I need more time but my time is almost gone

9:20 The elbow to the back of the head is crazyyy

Another 3x upset back to back. 😮

Looks like Max ran out of gas. Dominating for most of the match then...Wham!! It ain't over till it's over!!

Mental toughness exhibited

maximus got tired bc most of his matches never go past the first period

wow

Wow

I thought he was pinned…

7:18 Is what you call Man vs child stregnth big bro vs little bro

I guess 3 time in 1A isn't the same as 3A. To be the best, you gotta beat the best.

Universe hates 4-timers

How can you call this an upset? Any time a 1A or 2A wrestler moves to 3A and 4A they face real wrestlers that have to work every week to maintain their first string slot. The exposure a 4A or 5A wrestler gets makes it unfair when they wrestle the sheltered 1A and 2A wrestlers. A typical 1A school might pull it's entire wrestling team from less than 500 students grades 9-12. A 5A or 6A school could have up to 100K students to pick from. Many top wrestlers in 1A, 2A and 3A schools would never get to wrestle at a 6A or 7A school because the talent is so deep. There are schools in Pennsylvania with over 100,000 students in one high school. Ohio has several with close to 20K students. It makes their wrestling programs far tougher than any 1A school ever could.

Stalling on top just hanging on

8:20

Dude, find some headgear that you can keep on.

i love the trolls that talk about things they know nothing about. he ended his career 184-5 with 151 pins . averaging 64 seconds a per pin. he chased the toughest competition, bunping up and down. he messed up and he paid for it. he stopped training like he should have and he stopped preparing the way he was trained. wininng state championship 1st grade-11th. this will haunt our family for the rest of our life. did a simular thing in 8th grade finals of super 32. kids dont always listen and he could care less about titles and records. being his dad i like the records and numbers. outside of the one match he set himself up to lose in the semis. he was 8-1 @state with 6 pins amd 2 techfalls without giving up a single point. so if you think he can't wrestle, you need to find a new sport to watch.

That did not look like any 3-timer I’ve ever watched. The 3-timers going to become 4-timers in Oklahoma such as Dallas Bailey, Ian Fish, and many others were DOMINANT.

is a 3A guy beating a 1A guy really an upset? Not really

You could have a headline that's a little less revealing....

1A LOL

Poor match management

Head butting and elbowing him in the back of the head seemed a little insult to injury

The winner was kind of a poor sport. Dude tried to shake your hand and you could not have been a terrible winner.

Kinda looked dirty

3 x state champ…. Not impressed

This looked like a JV match

Dude folded like a pretzel in the 3rd. Even after fighting off his back to tie the match, he just laid over. Pathetic effort.

Magayna out of shape. Maybe shudda got a haircut and gone down a weight.

3 time state champs don’t get tired trust me I know

That kid is a 3 timer no way

BS, I used to wrestle back in the 1960ties, and I never seen such bad scoring until this 21st. century. Maximus was up 9 to zero after the second period. All scoring is so horrific these days it is turning me off from watching wrestling.

Bad miss. MM was stuck. This was NOT “unbelievable “!!! MM is and has been over rated.

Moi? 3-6.junior high.