If the last two weekends are any indication of what’s to come for Drake Ayala, the Fort Dodge sophomore is in for a big season on the mat. Last weekend, Ayala competed at the Agony in Ames, where he ...

A fourth Ram wrestler, Devin Harmison, reached Saturday night’s finals as well, but lost to perhaps one of the best pound-for-pound wrestlers in the state in Fort Dodge’s Drake Ayala. Before the ...

Drake Ayala staked his claim, emphatically, as one of the country's best pound-for-pound wrestlers on Saturday night. Ayala beat California standout Richie Figueroa, 5-3 in sudden victory, at ...

FARGO, N.D. — Drake Ayala loves the FargoDome. Loves the smell of the roasted nuts up on the concourse. Loves the brackets that hang on the walls nearby. The 25 mats that cover the turf field each ...

Then two more takedowns in the second and another in the third to win a state championship. It's Drake Ayala, one of the best Iowa's ever seen, challenging himself, and delivering on that chase with a ...