(Sioux City, IA) Morningside College head wrestling coach Tim Jager has announced the names of eight high school recruits who will join the Mustangs for the 2010-11 season.

The recruits are:

Pablo De La Cruz, a heavyweight from Santa Ana, Calif. De La Cruz is a senior at Santa Ana High School, where he had a 46-19 record during his varsity career. He had a 22-8 record with 13 falls this past season. De La Cruz was the Golden West League champion and finished fourth at the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Championships. De La Cruz had a 24-11 record with 14 falls as a junior.

Dalton Fletcher, a 157/165 pounder from Scribner, Neb. Fletcher is a senior at Scribner-Snyder High School, where he won a school-record 125 matches and was a two-time state tournament place winner during his career. He also set Scribner-Snyder records with 229 career takedowns and with 38 victories and 88 takedowns during the 2008-09 campaign. Fletcher had a 34-3 record and was Nebraska’s Class D 160 lb. state tournament runner-up this past season. Fletcher logged a 38-5 record and placed fifth at the state tournament in the Class D 152 lb. division as a junior and had a 32-13 record and was a Class D 152 lb. state qualifier as a sophomore.

Harrison Johnson, a 133/141 pounder from Sterling, Colo. Johnson is a senior at Fleming High School, where he was a three-time state tournament qualifier and a two-time state tournament place winner. He had a 39-5 record this past season en route to a fifth place finish in the Class 2A 135 lb. division of the state tournament. Johnson finished fifth at the state tournament in the Class 2A 140 lb. division to cap a 35-8 season as a junior. He had a 25-18 record and was a Class 2A 135 lb. state qualifier as a sophomore.

Jordan Langley, a 149/157 pounder from Sioux City. Langley is a senior at Sergeant Bluff-Luton High School, where he won 89 matches, including 50 by fall, in two seasons with the Warriors for the second highest career victory total in Sergeant Bluff-Luton history. Langley, who wrestled at Sioux City Bishop Heelan Catholic High School as a freshman and sophomore, had a 157-34 record during his prep career. He had a 49-6 record with a school-record 25 two-point near falls and was a Class 2A 145 lb. state tournament qualifier this past season. Langley had a 40-7 record and finished eighth at the state tournament in the Class 2A 145 lb. division as a junior.

Rulin Pederson, a 149/157 pounder from Sioux City. Pederson is a senior at Sioux City East High School, where he is the all-time winningest wrestler in Black Raider history with a career record of 151-37 with 62 falls. He was a three-time state tournament qualifier and a three-time Missouri River Activities Conference champion. Pederson had a 45-5 record with a career-high 24 falls and was a Class 3A 145 lb. state tournament qualifier this past season. He had a 44-6 record with 19 falls and was a Class 3A 135 lb. state qualifier as a junior and went 31-14 with 11 falls and was a 3A 119 lb. state qualifier as a sophomore. Pederson had a 31-12 record with eight falls as a freshman.

Taylor Phipps, a 141/149 pounder from Crete, Neb. Phipps is a senior at Crete High School, where he is the all-time winningest wrestler in the school’s history with 123 career victories, including 52 by fall. Phipps set a Crete single-season record for victories this past season when he had a 39-3 record with 21 falls and finished third at the state tournament in the Class B 140 lb. division. Phipps placed fifth at the state tournament in the Class B 140 lb. division as a junior to cap a season where he had a 36-8 record with 15 falls. He had a 28-15 record with nine falls as a sophomore.

Blayne Richards, a 141/149 pounder from Julesburg, Colo. Richards is a senior at Julesburg High School who competed for Sedgwick County High School’s wrestling team. Richards had a 106-40 record over the past four seasons, including a 34-5 mark this past season when he was a Class 2A 130 lb. state qualifier. Richards’ best season came as a junior when he went 33-4 and was Colorado’s Class 2A 130 lb. state champion. He had a 25-13 record and was a Class 2A 125 lb. state qualifier as a sophomore and had a 14-18 record and was a Class 2A 103 lb. state qualifier as a freshman.

Tyler Thompson, a heavyweight from Norwalk, Iowa. Thompson is a senior at Norwalk Community High School, where he had a 74-8 record over the past two seasons. Thompson had a 37-5 record this past season and placed fifth at the state tournament in the Class 3A heavyweight division. He had a 37-3 record and was a Class 3A heavyweight state qualifier as a junior.

Morningside posted a 7-2-1 dual record and finished second at the Great Plains Athletic Conference Championships during the 2009-10 season.