Iowa Women’s Disney Dual Update

Pool Z – Iowa Vikings Match #1 Round 1 Iowa Vikings defeated Nebraska Beauties 37-30 95 – Rylee Rodish (Iowa Vikings) over Hannah Hinrichsen (Nebraska Beauties) Fall 0:45 100 – Reanah Utterback (Iowa Vikings) over Regan Rosseter (Nebraska Beauties) Maj 15-7 106 – Callie Witt (Nebraska Beauties) over Rylee Rodish (Iowa Vikings) Fall 0:34 112 – Tateum Park (Iowa Vikings) over Brisa Figueroa (Nebraska Beauties) Fall 5:34 118 – Chloe Clemons (Iowa Vikings) over Marissa Burt (Nebraska Beauties) Fall 2:56…

Iowa Black Competing in Gold Pool at Disney Duals

AS – Gold – Iowa Black Guaranteed 16th place Match #1 Champ. Round 1 MAWA Point Red defeated Iowa Black 53-15 106 – Levi Haines (MAWA Point Red) over Blaine Frazier (Iowa Black) Fall 5:10 113 – Matthew Mayer (MAWA Point Red) over Kolten Crawford (Iowa Black) Maj 13-4 120 – McKenzie Bell (MAWA Point Red) over Colby Lillegard (Iowa Black) Maj 15-2 126 – Damon Mcgee Jr. (MAWA Point Red) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf…

Junior Team Finishes Seventh at Greco National Duals

D POOL – Iowa Guaranteed 2nd place Match #1 Quarterfinal Iowa defeated Texas 55-17 160 – Cade DeVos (Iowa) over Massoma Endene (Texas) TF 14-2 170 – Spencer Mooberry (Iowa) over Don Doyle (Texas) Fall 0:25 182 – Justin Brindley (Iowa) over Samuel Uwabuike (Texas) Dec 8-2 195 – Gabe Christenson (Iowa) over Deandre Rucker (Texas) Fall 1:36 220 – Kalob Runyon (Iowa) over Rylan Bonds (Texas) Fall 4:36 285 – Spencer Trenary (Iowa) over Ryan Johnson (Texas) TF 10-0 100 – Brandon O`Brien (Iowa) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 106 – Trever…

2019 Disney Duals – Day 1 Results

Pool C – Iowa Black Match #1 Round 1 Iowa Black defeated Hero Black 47-12 106 – Gabriel Giampietro (Hero Black) over Blaine Frazier (Iowa Black) Dec 5-3 113 – Gavin Richard (Hero Black) over Kolten Crawford (Iowa Black) Dec 6-0 120 – Colby Lillegard (Iowa Black) over Jose Tirado (Hero Black) Dec 10-6 126 – Matthew Jordan (Iowa Black) over Corey Morabito (Hero Black) Dec 7-4 132 – Jalen Schropp (Iowa Black) over Alejandro Herrera-Rondon (Hero Black) Dec 2-0…

Team Iowa Headed to Junior Greco-Roman Gold/Silver Pool

Iowa Teams Registered for Disney Duals

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…

16U Team Takes 5th at Freestyle National Duals

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…

Ragan Bests Teammate To Clinch World Team Berth

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…

16U Freestyle National Duals – Day 1 Results

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…

Team Iowa Wins Purple Pool at 14U Greco-Roman National Duals

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…

Team Iowa places fourth in Greco-Roman at 16U National 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…

Schwab Announces Four Year Scheduling Agreement with Wisconsin

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…

Iowa Finishes Second in Pool A at 16U Greco-Roman National Duals

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…

Junior National Duals Preview

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.…

Final X – Lincoln Preview

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,…

Big Game Wrestling Announces Tom Lepic Wrestling Complex

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…

Molinari Makes World Team

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…

16U National Duals Preview

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…

Christenson Named Scholastic Coach of the Year

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…

14U National Duals Preview

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…