Even before the Mark Perry news became official, fans in Iowa City began to wonder if the University of Illinois star wrestler Isaiah Martinez would transfer to Iowa to follow one of his coaches. Once the Perry hiring became official, the speculation ratcheted up a notch as the Hawkeyes continue to search for ways to…
FREESTYLE – Schoolboy 98 – Hunter Garvin’s place is 1st and has scored 30.00 team points. Champ. Round 1 – Hunter Garvin (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye) Champ. Round 2 – Hunter Garvin (Iowa) won by tech fall over James Latona (Alabama) (TF 13-2) Quarterfinal – Hunter Garvin (Iowa) won by tech fall over…
Ranking: #44 overall, #6 at 138 Where he fits in: 141/149 pounds What you need to know – Murin is Iowa’s third and final top 50 recruit in the class of 2017, and is the fourth wrestlers from the Young Guns Wrestling Club in Pennsylvania to join the Hawkeye program. Murin is a climber, finishing…
What: 2017 Southeast Regional When: Saturday May 25, 2017 and Sunday May 26, 2017 Where: Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA At Stake: Top 4 finishers at each weight class will qualify for 2017 Vaughan Junior & Cadet Nationals in Fargo, North Dakota, July 14-22. Iowa Entries: Cadet Freestyle and Greco Roman 113 – Jacob Whitinger…
Sebolt Wrestling Academy (SWA) announced today that it plans to expand and offer an additional world class wrestling academy location beginning September 2017 in Ames, Iowa. SWA will add the Ames location in addition to its existing Mason City, Iowa location as an opportunity for central Iowa wrestlers to maximize their potential. SWA is lead by four-time Iowa state wrestling champion TJ Sebolt from…
Ranking: #91 overall, #15 at 138 pounds Where he fits in: 141 pounds What you need to know – If there one thing you need to know about incoming New Hampton wrestler Keaton Geerts it’s that he is tough as nails. Not only did the 2A stand out capture his second state title in February,…
125kg f, Blaize Cabell, Valley RTC vs Braden Atwood, Sunkist Kids WC – 2017 Last Chance World Team Trials Qualifier held in Rochester, Minn. Cover photo by David Peterson
What: NHSCA National Duals – High School Division When: Saturday May 27, 2017 – Monday May 29, 2017 Where: Virginia Beach Convention Center, Virginia Beach, VA Schedule: Saturday – 7AM (Iowa time) Wrestling begins – Pool Competition Sunday – 7AM (Iowa time) Wrestling begins – Pool Competition Monday – 7AM (Iowa time) Wrestling begins – Bracketed…
Mack Reiter and Eric Schares introduce their new show on the IAwrestle Podcast Network – The Shots Fired Wrestling Podcast. They recap the Last Chance Qualifier and Beat the Streets. Other topics include Mark Perry, Jordan Burroughs stock, Dan Gable vs James Green and animal wrestling fantasy draft. Show Description: The Shots Fired Podcast is part…
Thomas Gilman (Titan Mercury WC) defeats Daniel Deshazer (Minnesota Storm) 7-6 in the 57 kg men’s freestyle final at the Last Chance World Team Trials Qualifier held in Rochester, Minn., May 20, 2017. Cover photo by David Peterson Video: Last Chance World Team Trials Qualifier Matches
Ranking: #78 overall, #7 at 170 pounds Where he fits in: 174..maybe 184 pounds What you need to know – If Iowa State is lacking in anything, it’s depth in their upperweights, specifically the 174 and 184-pound weight-classes. It is for that reason that the Cyclones landing Marcus Coleman so much more important than the…
Rachel Watters (Ankeny, Iowa/Aries WC) won the 72 kg bracket of the UWW Junior World Team Trials at the 2017 Women’s Nationals in Irving, Texas.
You read that correctly, in addition to Travis Paulson taking a position with the University of Virginia, former Iowa State assistant coach Trent Paulson will be joining his brother in Charlottesville, Virginia. The move comes after former Virginia assistant coach, Jordan Leen, left to take a job with the Pittsburgh wrestling program. Travis and I…
Ranking: #11 overall, #3 at 138 pounds Where he fits in: 133 What you need to know – When Kevin Dresser took over as head coach of the Iowa State program one of the first things he did was drive to Illinois to reaffirm the commitment of Austin Gomez, which tells you everything you need…
It was all smiles Friday night at the Hawkeye Wrestling Club’s banquet held at the Kirkwood Convention Center in Cedar Rapids. Among the many reasons for the upbeat attitude, Mark Perry’s introduction as head coach might have been the biggest. “We’re excited to have him,” Iowa head coach Tom Brands commented on the addition of…
Iowa’s premier site for youth, high school, college and international wrestling. Potentially Dangerous is broadcast live on Facebook Monday nights at 8 PM with show hosts Tony Hager and Ross Bartachek. Listen in as they discuss this past weekend where the guys attended the HWC banquet. Ross and Tony discuss the latest transfer news regarding Edinboro’s Pat…
The state’s top junior, Alex Thomsen of Underwood high school, has informed IAwrestle that he will be heading to Nebraska after he wraps up his high school career. An undefeated three-time state champion, Thomsen’s stock exploded as a freshman when he defeated Drew West at the state tournament, and would go on to reach the…
Ranking: #7 overall, #1 at 195 pounds Where he fits in: 197 pounds What you need to know – Warner is anvil to Lee’s hammer in this class. Iowa has struggled to bring in elite upperweights relative to the volume of lightweights they bring in of the same caliber. That is not the case here…
Iowa’s premier site for youth, high school, college and international wrestling. This weeks episode of Potentially Dangerous is hosted by Tony Hager and Ross Bartachek. You can now listen and watch LIVE by viewing the link tonight at 8:00 PM (CT). As always the show will be available on all your podcast friendly apps but…
Ranking: #2 overall, #1 at 126 pounds Where he fits in: 125 pounds What you need to know – Lee comes into the Hawkeyes the highest ranked high school wrestler since Mark Perry (who now coaches the Hawkeye Wrestling Club by the way). For most of his career, Lee was the #1 wrestler in his…
Iowa native Rachel Watters will return to her third Junior World Championship. Watters defeated Andrea Sennett (McKendree Bearcat WR) in a two-straight finals matchup, securing gold with a 10-0 techincal fall and 12-3 decision. Watters will serve as the Junior representative at 72kg in Finland this summer. On her path to the finals, Watters defeated…
Another former college standout from Iowa has punched their ticket to USA Wrestling Senior Men’s Freestyle World Team Trials, with Blaze Cabell winning the 125 kg bracket this weekend in Rochester, Minnesota. The former UNI standout entered today’s competition as the top seed at 125 kg. Cabell was up from where he competed at the…
Western Dubuque’s Bradan Birt will join his father Ryan Birt at Millikin University next fall. The 2017 Class 3A Iowa High School state champion finished his career with a 129-35 record. Coach Birt was hired to take over the program that was dormant since 2008. I knew it was a good decision. My brothers go…
Wrestling will resume this morning. Watch live on Trackwrestling. 2017 Northern Plains Regional Freestyle Results for Iowa Bantam 50 – Weston Porter’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points. Bantam 60 – Coy Mehlert’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points. Bantam 70 – Brett Johnson’s place is unknown and has…
Iowa head wrestling coach Tom Brands discussed the recent hiring of Mark Perry as Hawkeye Wrestling Club coach at last night’s HWC banquet. In the interview Brands stressed how family, faith, and wrestling played a key role in the reasoning why Tom wanted to bring Perry back to Iowa City.
