The recruiting season is heating up as we enter the fourth weekend in which college programs can host official visits for athletes in the classes of 2019 and 2020. This weekend the University of Iowa will have their largest group of recruits on campus, with eight wrestlers making the trip to Iowa City. The Hawkeyes…
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The University of Northern Iowa got the news on their 2018-19 season going by announcing their competition schedule on Friday. The Panthers have a more fleshed-out Big 12 schedule with a trip each out west (to Utah Valley and the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite) and out east (to West Virginia and Pittsburgh). They return…
IAHSAA has released the 2018-19 IAHSAA Iowa Preliminary Classifications Report of Wrestling Teams & Co-ops Team Name Enroll -ment Class Head School Co-oping Schools (if Applicable) ACGC 176 1A ACGC AGWSR, Ackley 113 1A AGWSR, Ackley AHSTW, Avoca 156 1A AHSTW, Avoca Akron-Westfield 129 1A Akron-Westfield Albia 262 2A Albia Alburnett 155 1A Alburnett Algona…
Northern Iowa has added a third verbal commitment to their 2019 recruiting class, landing the talents of Kyle Golhoffer out of Woodland, Georgia. Ranked as #75 in The Open Mat’s most recent release of 2019 class rankings, Golhoffer becomes the third top 100 commitment for UNI in this class. Golhoffer also rates as the #17…
IWCOA Release: We are very pleased to announce the National Wrestling Hall Of Fame Iowa Chapter will be honoring the following individuals at the Iowa Wrestling Coaches and Officials Convention on October 27, 2018 at our noon luncheon at the Airport Holiday Inn in Des Moines, Iowa. If you are interested in attending we will…
The competition may be heating up in Cedar Falls as IAwrestle has confirmed that Dan Kelly and Isaiah Patton will be making the cut down to 157 pounds. Both wrestlers are entering the junior year of eligibility at UNI and both wrestlers split time as the Panthers’ 165-pound starter last season. After the surprise news…
2018 Poland Open Results for UNITED STATES WW 59 kg Allison Mackenzie Ragan’s place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points. Champ. Round 1 – Allison Mackenzie Ragan (UNITED STATES) received a bye () (Bye) Quarterfinal – Lingling Bao (CHINA) won by fall over Allison Mackenzie Ragan (UNITED STATES) (Fall 1:34 WW 65 kg…
Iowa’s premier site for youth, high school, college, and international wrestling. Potentially Dangerous Podcast this week is hosted by Tony Hager and Ross Bartachek. On this episode Ross and Tony discuss Iowa State’s recruiting success after their big recruiting weekend. Ross also gives his thoughts on who Metcalf and Dresser visited during this past week.…
Via TheOpenMat By Earl Smith Saturday, Mike Moyer the Executive Director of the NWCA sat down with Takedown Radio to discuss various topics that involve his organization, one of which was adding new programs, specifically one at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. In August a presentation was made to the administration at Drake about…
DES MOINES, Iowa – MVP Sports, LLC is proud to announce the formation of Iowa Prodigy Wrestling Club starting in the 2018-19 wrestling season. Iowa Prodigy is positioned to be the hub for elite wrestling in Central Iowa for young men and women. Iowa Prodigy Wrestling (www.iowaprodigywrestling.com) is co-led by Iowa State University All-American, Matthew…
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BY GARY ABBOTT, USA WRESTLING | SEPT. 04, 2018,1:35 P.M. (ET) The United States will have athletes in all three Olympic disciplines to major international tournaments held side-by-side in Warsaw, Poland, September 7-9.The women’s freestyle event is called the Poland Open. In men’s freestyle, the tournament is entitled the Ziolkowski Memorial. In Greco-Roman, the competition…
What a weekend for Iowa State as they have added class of 2020 wrestler Cody Fisher of Woodward-Granger. This is the second major verbal this weekend with Pennsylvania’s Ryan Anderson making his announcement yesterday. Currently rated as the #13 wrestler overall in the state of Iowa, Fisher is a two-time state finalist and a big…
Cover photo by LehighValleyLive.com We knew coming in this was going to be a big weekend for Iowa State as they were set to host several big name wrestlers in the class of 2019 and 2020. It looks like one of those big names has gone ahead and announced his commitment as Pennsylvania prep Ryan…
IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa head wrestling coach Tom Brands announced Friday that former Hawkeye All-American Bobby Telford has joined the coaching staff as volunteer assistant coach. Telford fills a position previously occupied by Ben Berhow. Berhow is transitioning to a coaching and administrative role with the Hawkeye Wrestling Club. Telford has been…
IOWA CITY, Iowa – The 2018-19 schedule released Friday by the University of Iowa wrestling program includes seven home dates, including an Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series matchup against Iowa State on Saturday, Dec. 1. Iowa opens the home schedule Nov. 17 against Princeton, before hosting duals on three consecutive Saturdays beginning Nov. 24. The Big…
AMES, Iowa – Four-time U.S. World Freestyle Team member Brent Metcalf has been promoted to assistant coach for the Iowa State wrestling team. Metcalf was the program’s volunteer assistant coach. “I am excited to promote Brent within our organization,” Head Coach Kevin Dresser said. “He did a fantastic job in his first year at Iowa…
Football season is here and official visits are starting to heat up. September 1st also marks the official date Juniors can be contacted by colleges. This weekend the Iowa State Cyclones are looking to solidify some early commitments and garner some big name verbals. IAwrestle has learned the following recruits will be on campus for…
Iowa’s premier site for youth, high school, college, and international wrestling. Potentially Dangerous Podcast this week is hosted by Tony Hager with co-host Ross Bartachek. This week Tony and Ross discuss some of the top names in the state of Iowa that are still available in both the class of 2019 and 2020. They also…
Former University of Iowa standout Tony Ramos has received a promotion to assistant coach at North Carolina. The bump comes following the news that Tar Heel assistant coach Neil Erisman accepted the head coaching position at Little Rock Arkansas. Ramos joined the UNC coaching staff in April of 2016 where he has served as a volunteer…
Former Cyclone starter Dante Rodriguez is moving on from Iowa State, as today IAwrestle learned that the former NCAA qualifier is headed southwest to wrestle for Troy Nickerson and Northern Colorado. Rodriguez wrestled as a true freshman under Kevin Jackson, but moved to the backup role last season after he lost his lineup battle to Jarrett…
The 2019 class features several lightweight hammers, but the one that has arguably seen his stock rise the most over the past 12 months is West Des Moines-Valley standout Nick Oldham. Despite reaching the state finals as a freshman, Oldham’s breakout year was this past season where he earned OW honors at the Conflict at…
