Girls Team Roster previously released here. Iowa Black Team Weight Class Name 106 Frazier, Blaine 113 Crawford, Kolten 120 Lillegard, Colby 126 Jordan, Matthew 132 Schropp, Jalen 138 Loyd, Eli 145 Mitchell, Wade 152 Schmidt, Carter 160 Zach, Anthony 170 Venteicher, Drew 182 Westphal-Edwards, Tristin 195 Neuhaus, Jack 220 Sims, Garet 285 #19 Vis, Joshua…
D Pool – Iowa Guaranteed 1st place Match #1 Quarterfinal Iowa received a Bye Match #2 Semifinal Iowa defeated Team Florida 63-15 285 – Ryley Snell (Iowa) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 88 – Benjamin Guilliam (Team Florida) over J.D. Downs (Iowa) Dec 13-6 94 – Garret Rinken (Iowa) over Vincent Biondoletti (Team Florida) TF 10-0 100 – Camron Phetxoumphone (Iowa) over Kai Owen (Team Florida) Fall 3:43 106 – Gable Porter (Iowa) over Cooper Davidson-haase (Team Florida) TF 12-2…
Tony Rotundo – Wrestlers Are Warriors Photo In the battle of Hawkeye Wrestling Club teammates at 59 kg it was Alli Ragan who proved victorious, as she defeated her fellow club wrestler in two straight matches over Lauren Louvie to claim her sixth World Team bid. Ragan wasted little time in the best-of-three series, winning…
D Pool – Iowa Guaranteed 1st place Match #2 Semifinal Iowa defeated Team Florida 63-15 285 – Ryley Snell (Iowa) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 88 – Benjamin Guilliam (Team Florida) over J.D. Downs (Iowa) Dec 13-6 94 – Garret Rinken (Iowa) over Vincent Biondoletti (Team Florida) TF 10-0 100 – Camron Phetxoumphone (Iowa) over Kai…
Pool A – Team Iowa Match #1 Champ. Round 1 New Jersey Red defeated Team Iowa 55-23 130 – John Quinonez (New Jersey Red) over Damarion Ross (Team Iowa) Dec 5-1 136 – Austin Quandt (New Jersey Red) over Brent Slade (Team Iowa) Dec 5-4 149 – Jared Schoppe (New Jersey Red) over Ian Kohnen…
Loaded Iowa Girl’s team ready for Disney Duals
Iowa’s 16U team got off to a strong start by earning a fourth place finish in Greco-Roman, yesterday in Spokane, Washington. All of Iowa’s losses came to teams that placed directly ahead of them in the competition. Yesterday, the dropped their Pool final to Minnesota Blue, who went on to win the tournament by defeating…
Panther fans got a sneak peak into their future schedule today, as the head coach himself took to social media to announce a four year scheduling agreement between his team and the University of Wisconsin. It seems fitting that Schwab would announce the agreement with Wisconsin on Twitter when it likely played a role in…
Results for Pool A today in Spokane, Washington. Guaranteed 2nd place Match #1 Quarterfinal Iowa defeated Indiana 42-30 88 – J.D. Downs (Iowa) over Toby Billerman (Indiana) Fall 2:13 94 – Garret Rinken (Iowa) over Samuel Jemerson (Indiana) TF 10-0 100 – Ryder Block (Iowa) over Evan Dickey (Indiana) TF 11-0 106 – Blake Wolf…
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We wrap up our 2019 National Duals preview with the Junior team, who will head to Tulsa, Oklahoma to compete for a national title. This year’s team has expierenced drastic turnover from the 2018 group, with the only returning wrestler being Spencer Trenary at heavyweight, though Daniel Kimball (126) competed on Iowa 2017 Junior team.…
Last weekend in New Jersey provided but just a taste of things to come as USA Wrestling World Team qualification process wraps up this weekend in Lincoln, Nebraska with Final X – Lincoln. Hosted by the University of Nebraska this weekend’s field features six wrestles with a tie to the state of Iowa competing,…
Today marks a new day for the Big Game Wrestling Club, as head coach Dylan Carew announced the addition of the Tom Lepic Wrestling Complex, coming to the Corridor Area later this summer. The complex boasts a weight room and wrestling area for members of its club, and plans to offer additional amenities soon. “We…
Forrest Molinari is headed back to the World Championships. The Hawkeye Wrestling Club team member took two out of three matches from Maya Nelson to claim the 65 kg World team spot on the Women’s freestyle team. Having dropped the first match in the best-of-three series, Molinari needed two post two consecutive wins to reclaim her…
The state of Iowa will pull double duty next week as the 16U team begins their run for a National Duals title in Spokane, Washington. The tournament will be held within the same time frame of the 14U tournament taking place in Indiana. Iowa’s 16U squad definitely has their work cut out if they are…
Manheim, PA – The National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) is proud to announce the 2019 winners of the Scholastic Coach of the Year awards for the State, Region, and National levels. This year’s National Coach of the Year is Jason Christenson from Southeast Polk High School (IA) and the National Assistant Coach of the Year…
It’s National Duals season and Team Iowa is ready to head to USA Wrestling’s 14U (formerly known as the Schoolboy) tournament in Indianapolis, Indiana. Obviously turnover plays a big role in this team year-to-year, but this age group experienced an all-time high as recent as 2017 where our state managed to bring home the top…
More good news from the NCAA for the Panther Train as IAwrestle has learned that 2018 All-American Jacob Holschlag has been awarded another year of eligibility. The 197-pound wrestler was a breakout star two years ago when he made his run to the podium at nationals, and now he will have at least two more…
Miller named director of National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum
This weekend Hawkeye Wrestling Club’s Forrest Molinari will continue her journey to make the 2019 Women’s Freestyle World Team this Saturday at Final X held in New Jersey. This will be Molinari’s second bid to make the Senior World Team after placing fifth at the 2018 World Championships. Molinari qualified for Final X by virtue…
Register here Hawkeye Wrestling Club Okoboji Golf Outing Featuring HWC athletes and Coaches. Four Person Best Shot Hole Prizes Lunch All proceeds go to support Hawkeye Wrestling Club athletes to pursue World and Olympic Championships. When: Friday Aug 2, 2019 Where: Emerald Hills Golf Club Schedule: 10:30am –…
Seven wrestlers with ties to Iowa earned All-American performances this weekend in Akron, Ohio at the UWW U23 World Team Trials. Three wrestlers earned top eight finishes in the freestyle division, and four wrestlers accomplished the same feat earlier this weekend in the Greco-Roman competition. The highest placing individual this weekend was heavyweight wrestler Tony…
Ryan Sokol has just made a World Team. The Minnesota native blew through his bracket in Akron, Ohio to make USA Wrestling Cadet World Team at 65 kg. Earlier this weekend Sokol managed a third place finish in the Greco-Roman competition with the only points he surrendered in the entire tournament being his 12-0 loss…
Some great news for fans of UNI and New Hampton alike as middleweight Keaton Geerts has been approved for a medical hardship waiver, restoring one year of eligibility. The two-time Iowa high schools state champion was a top 100 recruit in the class of 2017. Geerts came into UNI projecting as a 141/149-pound wrestler, but…
Sam Stoll is staying in Iowa City. Yesterday, in an article published by the Quad City Time’s sports writer Steve Batterson Tom Brands was quoted as saying that the All-American heavyweight will stay in Iowa City to continue training with the Hawkeye Wrestling Club. While this may not be earth shattering news that another former…
