DES MOINES — One wrong move.

That was all that separated Notre Dame-West Burlington/Danville junior Kaiden Dietzenbach from a possible state championship Saturday night at Wells Fargo Arena.

Leading Kade Blume of Roland-Story 1-0 midway through the second period of their Class 2A 132-pound state wrestling championship match, Dietzenbach got in on a leg, but turned the wrong way.

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Instead of scoring the first takedown, Dietzenbach found himself on his back in peril.

The five-point move proved to be the difference as Blume went on to a 10-3 decision.

Dietzenbach ends the season with a 30-2 record.

Blume, a senior, finishes with a 40-0 record. Two of those wins coming against Dietzenbach.

“I gave up five points early and came up two inches short,” Dietzenbach said. “I tried to chip into it, but I came up short.”

“That was a situation where we just turned the wrong way,” ND-WB/Danville coach Bill Plein said. “He had the right idea. That can happen when you get into scrambles.”

Dietzenbach was in on a couple shots in the first period.

“I went out there and wanted to get the first score,” Dietzenbach said. “I wanted to get it in the first to push him to wrestle a little more. I thought I wrestled pretty well in the first period. I just wish I could have gotten the first takedown and set the pace.”

Yet there was no score until Dietzenbach used a roll to escape early in the second period for a 1-0 lead.

“We’ve wrestled this kid before,” Plein said. “They are both good scramblers. They’ve both been in a lot of big matches, and they know what they’re doing.”

In the final minute of the second period, Dietzenbach made an attack and got to Blume’s leg. But the deciding scramble ensued, and Blume capitalized.

“I was good until I wasn’t,” Dietzenbach said. “I had the leg ... and gave up some big points.”

Once he got behind, Dietzenbach knew he had a steep mountain to climb.

“You give up five, it’s not going to be an easy comeback,” Dietzenbach said.

Dietzenbach managed a reversal before the period ended to cut the deficit to 5-3.

Blume, who beat Dietzenbach 9-2 in the finals of the Cliff Keen Invitational at Independence in early December, got an escape to start the third period to make it 6-3.

With time running out, Dietzenbach was forced into desperation mode. He tried to score a takedown, but he got caught for a four-point move to make the final score 10-3.

“I went for something and didn’t get it,” Dietzenbach said.

Dietzenbach, the tournament’s top seed, vows to come back to take his final shot at winning a state championship.

“I knew it was going to be a battle, it was going to be a fight,” Dietzenbach said. “I’m going to do the things I did this year and carry over. I need to work on my conditioning. I am going to get back into the practice room (Monday). I can’t afford to take time off. We’ll be back next year.”

“He obviously has the talent to be at this level,” Plein said. “We put the mantle of leadership on him. We’re going to be a young team, but we have a good chance to be a pretty respectable team next year.”

The Nikes finished fourth in the Class 2A team race.