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    Illinois state champion Spangler signs with Iowa State

    AMES, Iowa -- Iowa State head wrestling coach Cael Sanderson announced Tuesday that four-time Illinois high school state qualifier and state champ Chris Spangler (Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley HS) will join the Cyclone squad for the 2008-09 season. Spangler is currently ranked fourth among preps nationally at 171 pounds by W.I.N. Magazine and is projected to wrestle at 174 or 184 pounds collegiately.

    Spangler closed out his prep career with a third-place finish at 171 pounds in the Illinois high school state tournament in February. He pinned two opponents and registered a major decision en route to the third-place finish while wrestling. He finished his senior season with a 44-1 record and was selected to wrestle for Team USA at the Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic against a squad of Pennsylvania grapplers.

    As a freshman in 2005, Spangler was a qualifier at 103 pounds and followed with a state title in the same weight class as a sophomore in 2006. Spangler jumped up two weight class for his junior season to 119 pounds where he was a state qualifier and posted a mark of 2-2.

    Spangler joins Sanderson's list for 2008-09 with Andrew Long (Creston, Iowa), Nate Carr Jr. (Gray, Ga.), Eric Thompson (Waverly, Iowa), Matt Brown (West Valley City, Utah) and Ridge Kiley (Eagle Grove, Iowa).

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