Pat Downey’s journey will have at least one more twist in the road as Trackwrestling’s Andy Hamilton is reporting that he will be joining the Iowa Hawkeye wrestling squad. His story is well-known, but here’s a quick recap: Downey began his college career at the University of Nebraska before transferring to Iowa Central. After winning…
ASICS America Corporation is pleased to announce the 17th annual ASICS Girls High School All-American Wrestling Team. There were eight members of the 2016 First Team who were selected as First Team members again in 2017: McKayla Campbell of Wauseon High School (Ohio), Grace Figueroa of Selma High School (Calif.), Ronna Heaton of Brookings High…
LAMONI, IA – As the Graceland University Wrestling program heads into its fifth season, Head Coach Zack Mullins is pleased to announce 13 student-athletes in the Graceland University Wrestling Recruiting Class Fall 2017. Mullins said, “We are very excited about this group of guys joining our program and Graceland community! We believe these guys will fit…
Iowa’s premier site for youth, high school, college and international wrestling. Potentially Dangerous Podcast this week features Tony Hager and Lars Underbakke. This podcast features talk on the movement in and out of Iowa City, Northern Iowa’s momentum in state and predictions on where Fort Dodge three-time state champion, Brody Teske, will commit to college.…
Bettendorf native Jack Wagner has informed IAwrestle he plans to take his talents north to the University of Northern Iowa. Wagner was a three-time Iowa high school state champion and part of a massive 2016 recruiting class for the Iowa Hawkeyes. The redshirt freshman competed in five open tournaments for a season record of 17-7…
What: The Conflict @ Carver is a premier preseason wrestling tournament for Boys in 3rd-12th grades & Girls K-12. (Note: Conflict will have 10 mats in Carver and 3 mats in Dan Gable Complex) Event Date & Location: The 5th annual Conflict @ Carver will take place on Saturday, Oct. 14th, 2017 at the legendary Carver Hawkeye Arena in…
One year ago Valley-West Des Moines’ Joel Shapiro was one of Iowa’s fastest rising juniors in the state of Iowa making the podium at Fargo before going on to an undefeated regular season where he won his first state title. Fast-forward to today and Shapiro has established himself as one of the top wrestlers at…
Highlight video from Sebolt Wrestling Academy’s “Man of Steel” 7th-12th grade highlight video by Kaz Onoo.
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He’s gone Hawkeye fans. The Justin Mejia roller coaster rolls back to Illinois. Mejia originally committed to the Hawkeyes back in 2014 and then decommitted from the Hawkeyes in July of 2016. Once his recruiting options were opened up Illinois jumped on him and Mejia would accept an offer. Justin would go on to make California…
Rachel Watters after the 2017 Junior World Championships – USA Wrestling Cover photo by Richard Immel – USA Wrestling
Sam Cook walked away from wrestling a year ago to pursue his dreams of being an Iowa Hawkeye football player. The Fort Dodge native was named the Des Moines Register All-Iowa Male High School Athlete of the Year and gained 4,882 career rushing yards, good enough for fourth in Iowa Class 4A rushing history. In…
Randy is an American wrestler and Olympic champion where he received the gold medal in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. He was a four-time All-American and two-time National Champion at the University of Iowa. Randy was a member of the 1980 Olympic team but the boycott prevented the U.S. team from traveling to Moscow.…
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The 2017-18 home schedule released Wednesday by the University of Iowa wrestling program includes visits from top 10 programs Oklahoma State, Michigan, and Minnesota, and a weekend in April that features eight countries from around the globe competing at the 2018 United World Wrestling World Cup. FIGHT FOR IOWA FRIDAY Of the…
For the 16th consecutive year Iowa’s participation in education-based athletics stayed 19th nationally in a survey released recently by the National Federation of State Associations. Iowa’s 137,777 participants included 81,129 boys and 56,648 girls. The rank is particularly impressive in light of the fact that the state ranks 31st in population and the 18…
Fort Dodge prep Drew Bennett has given IAwrestle an inside look into his recruiting journey. The two-time state place-winner is considered one of the top lightweight recruits in the state for the class of 2018, and is rated the no. 11 wrestler in our latest Fab 50. Bennett’s Top Five: (No order) Iowa Iowa State…
The University of Iowa’s head wrestling coach, Tom Brands, sent the following letter to the NCAA to list women’s wrestling under emerging sport status for the upcoming season. What does “emerging sports” mean? The NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics is charged with identifying and managing progress of emerging sports for women. An emerging sport is…
TAMPERE, Finland – Oklahoma City University women’s wrestling coach Matt Stevens and wrestler Rachel Watters will compete for Team USA in the Junior World Championships on Thursday and Friday at the Tampere Exhibition and Sport Center. Stevens will help guide the team as a coach, while Watters will be vying for the 159-pound (72-kilogram) crown.…
When: Friday, August 4th 2017 Where: Emerald Hills GC 808 US Hwy 71 Arnolds Park IA , 51331 Schedule: 11:00am – Registration Starts 11:30am – Lunch 12:30pm – Golf Cost: $650 Foursome $200 Hole Sponsor $165 Individual Included in price: HWC engraved Mission Belt and Buckle And don’t forget: Proceeds from this event will…
