According to reports, University of Iowa All-American Sam Stoll has been hospitalized due to an accidental gunshot early Tuesday morning. The call to police was made around 4:30 a.m. and shortly after Stoll arrived at the University of Iowa Hospital. Reports indicate the gunshot is a non-life threatening injury. A preliminary investigation led them to…
The Hawkeyes haven’t even begun to fill out their 2019 recruiting class, but have already struck gold in the class of 2020. Minnesota prep Patrick Kennedy has given his verbal commitment to wrestle for the Hawkeyes according to our own Tony Hager. “I’m committing early to help build a team of recruits before I get…
4 time state champion Josh Ramirez of Dubuque Wahlert has verbally committed to West Virginia and new coach Tim Flynn. Ramirez had committed to Ohio State back in December before having a recent change of heart. “I didn’t change my mind but God led me here to this program for a reason.” Ramirez told IAwrestle…
Below is the *tentative* roster Team Iowa will put out this week for USA Wrestling Junior National Duals. Lineup and wrestlers are subject to change. 100 Cole Nelson 106 Austin Kegley Ethan Wood-Finley 113 Grant Harbour Thurman Christensen 120 Aden Reeves Kyle Biscoglia Daniel Kimball 126 Duncan Delzell Dylan Albrecht Kaden Anderlik 132 Drew Bennett…
The Hawkeyes have landed another big time transfer with former Nebraska Husker Jason Renteria announcing on his social media account that he is headed to Iowa City. Happy Father’s Day to the old man that’s made everything possible for me today. His surprise gift was seeing his son will be continuing his career at the…
C Pool – Iowa Guaranteed 2nd place Match #1 Quarterfinal Iowa defeated Idaho Red 69-6 145 – Adam Ahrendson (Iowa) over Nolan Randles (Idaho Red) Fall 2:13 152 – Matthew Doyle (Iowa) over Kaleb Smith (Idaho Red) Fall 1:05 160 – Spencer Mooberry (Iowa) over Easton Millward (Idaho Red) TF 10-0 170 – Will Hoeft…
B Pool – Iowa Guaranteed 2nd place Match #1 Quarterfinal Iowa defeated Colorado 2 71-11 120 – Caleb Rathjen (Iowa) over Airiel Siegel (Colorado 2) TF 10-0 126 – Jack Thomsen (Iowa) over Vincent Fortin- Munoz (Colorado 2) Fall 5:46 132 – Ben Monroe (Iowa) over Gabriel Trejo (Colorado 2) TF 16-5 138 – Cael…
Southeast Polk alum Willie Miklus will finish his sixth year at Iowa State University. Last March, the NCAA granted Miklus a sixth year after missing the majority of 2014 and 2017 seasons due to injuries. “I’m excited to be moving back to Iowa and be closer to my family. I’m moving into a great program…
Buena Vista University (BVU) Director of Athletics, Jack Denholm, has announced the hiring of Mark Rial, as the University’s next head wrestling coach, pending the completion of a standard background check. Rial has been employed by Royal Flooring in Urbandale, Iowa, since 2017 where he works with builders and home owners on new construction and…
Team Iowa is headed west this weekend to Spokane, Washington as Iowa’s USA Wrestling Cadet team gets ready to compete in the National Duals. The tournament will take place over four days beginning with Greco-Roman on June 13th through the 14th before ending in with the freestyle competition on June 15th and 16th. The action…
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Break out senior star, Boone McDermott has decided to stay in-state to wrestle for Iowa Central Community College. Boone McDermott was this years class 2A state champion at 220 pounds and ended the year ranked tenth in the country by FloWrestling. “Being a part of a program that has produced some absolute beasts is exciting.…
In case you haven’t heard, Iowa State is in rebuild mode. The program that once produced some of our sports biggest stars has fallen out of the conversation of an annual title contender to a point where Head Coach Kevin Dresser would probably be happy putting a couple guys on the podium in 2019. But…
Six more spots on Team USA will be decided this weekend in Pennsylvania as USA Wrestling moves to the second leg of their “Final X” series. The three week long event kicked off last weekend in Lincoln, Nebraska with a pair of wrestlers with Iowa ties each clinching their spots on the 2018 World Team.…
Team iowa capped off the Schoolboy National duals by scoring a pair of top 20 finishes in both freestyle and Greco-Roman. No wrestler managed an undefeated in record in Greco-Roman, though four wrestlers nearly missed a perfect record going 9-1 in the first style. Kale Petersen (83), Ryder Block (87), Gable Porter (90), and Aiden…
University of Iowa press release: LINCOLN, Nebraska — Thomas Gilman and Alli Ragan swept their best-of-three series at Final X series in Lincoln, Nebraska, to earn spots on the United States world team at the 2018 UWW World Championships in Budapest, Hungary on Oct. 20-28. Gilman defeated Daton Fix, 6-3, 2-1, to sweep the 57 kg…
For the last 27 years North Tama has been combined with Gladbrook/Reinbeck for the wrestling program.This coming season, North Tama will once again be split and they have brought back alum, Andrew Knaack to lead the program. “This is a very exciting opportunity for me and this community. For this community, it will mean supporting…
Last week IAwrestle was among the first to report that Alex Kanellis had accepted the Strength and Conditioning coaching position with the Iowa wrestling program. Now less than a week after the official announcement was made by the university reports are that Kanellis will remain at Iowa City Regina where he serves on the high…
The final step in making the 2018 World Team will begin this weekend in Lincoln, Nebraska. The event titled “Final X” is spread out over the course of three weekends, with seven Men’s and Women’s spots being contested this weekend. The state of Iowa will be represented in three of the seven matches as Thomas…
The West Liberty Comets have been a program on the rise and in contention in the 2A team race for the last few years. Coach Jeff Wiele was named the class 2A coach of the year last season but decided after the season to step down from his head coaching position. The move makes way…
The third Moore brother is coming “home” as IAwrestle has learned 184-pound Keegan Moore will transfer to the University of Northern Iowa. Moore joins the Panthers after spending the previous two seasons as a member of the Oklahoma State wrestling program. Moore recently wrapped up his freshman season with the Cowboys where he compiled a…
Age level national dual season is here! This week in Indianapolis, Indiana 18 wrestlers will represent the state of Iowa at USA Wrestling’s Schoolboy National Duals. The Schoolboy age division features wrestlers in sixth, seventh, and eighth grade. The competition will begin on June 7th and conclude on the 10th. Team Iowa will compete first…
FREESTYLE Schoolboy 83 Matthew Beem’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points. Quarterfinal – Sam Ewing (Missouri) won by decision over Matthew Beem (Iowa) (Dec 11-2) Cons. Round 1 – Matthew Beem (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye) Cons. Semi – Logan Smith (Nebraska) won by fall over Matthew Beem (Iowa) (Fall 1:35)…
Six wrestlers from the state of Iowa are coming home with some hardware, as each earned All-American status at UWW’s Cadet freestyle nationals in Akron, Ohio. Finishing on the podium for Iowa was a trio of wrestlers from Southeast Polk, Mason City star Cullan Schriever, Logan Magnolia’s Logan Thompson and freshman phenom Drake Ayala of…
Five wrestlers with ties to the state of Iowa will be coming home All-Americans after the UWW U23 World Team Trials concluded competition today in Akron, Ohio. The University of Iowa led the way placing three of their wrestlers on the podium, while Iowa State also got an All-American and former Iowa high school prep…
