The Papillion La Vista wrestling team qualified 10 individuals into the 2020 NSAA state wrestling tournament. Five out of the 10 state qualifiers were seniors, and current freshman Coleton Haggin was the only freshman to qualify for the state tournament for the monarchs. 

 Going into the state tournament senior Cody Niemiec (138) and Alek Abels (195) performed very well. Niemiec has been fighting a shoulder injury that has kept him out for most of the season, but eventually coming back and placing first at districts. Niemiec had only wrestled 6 times prior to the state tournament, but he still managed to work his way up into the state final, for the first time in his wrestling career. In the finals Niemiec lost 3-1 in overtime against Millard South’s Tyler Antoniak. Niemiec’s 2nd place finish was the highest for the Monarchs.  

Abels was ranked 4th by NE Wrestling coming into the state tournament, but he exceeded the expectations. At state Abels lost in the quarterfinals, but he was able to wrestle his way through his consolation matches to place 3rd over Chris Wortman of Millard South. Abels has improved greatly from the 2018-2019 season as it was his first-year wrestling.  

Overall, the monarchs performed very well, along with Niemiec and Abels, juniors Cole Price (152) and Ian Rudner (126) placed 3rd and 4th in their respective weight class. The monarchs placed 9th overall as a team and will have half of their state qualifiers come back for the 2020-2021 season.