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.
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…
We have been talking to many of the top wrestlers around the state of Iowa as they head into there senior season. Perhaps one of the most overlooked wrestlers in the senior class is state champion Chance Throndson of Riceville. I recently caught up with Chance to talk about his plans moving forward. IAWrestle: After…
The matchups for the “Night of Conflict 3” presented by Rudis are in the works and we are happy to announce another matchup this one between Southeast Polk’s Cade DeVos and Hempfield Area, Pennsylvania’s Luke Kemerer. The event will take place on October 13th in one of college wrestling most iconic venues, Carver-Hawkeye Arena in…
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…
Full steam ahead for the Panthers, as they have landed their third recruit this week as Atlantic’s John McConkey has announced that he has committed to the Panthers. A two-time state medalist, McConkey is coming off his highest placement at the state tournament, taking second at 285 pounds in 2A. “I picked UNI because of…
The Panther Train has picked up it’s second addition for the 2018 recruiting class as #23 on the IAwrestle Fab 50 as Don Bosco’s Gable Fox has committed to the Panthers. “The biggest part in my decision was the type of environment that I’d be able to surround myself with everyday.” Fox said on his…
The matchups for the “Night of Conflict 3” presented by Rudis are in the works and we are happy to announce our first matchup between Mason City’s Cullan Schriever and Liberty, Missouri’s Jeremiah Reno. Schriever, one of the state’s biggest stars, is set to make his NOC debut in this top 10 matchup. The event…
With the most recent commitment of Michael Millage to Northern Iowa, we have a new wrestler added to our top 10 uncommitted seniors list. 10. Ben Sarain (Cedar Rapids Kennedy) | Fab 50 Ranking: #20 Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s Ben Sarasin enters his senior year a two-time state medalist and has been ranked at or near…
In Iowa high school wrestling, Don Bosco is one of the most successful 1A programs over the last decade (Eric Schares ran the numbers and Bosco is a top 10 tournament team, and is the second best dual team), so it should come to little surprise that one of the state’s top wrestlers, Gable Fox,…
Coach Doug Schwab and the UNI Panthers continue to make recruiting waves in Iowa, this time landing three-time state finalist Michael Millage of New Hampton. Millage is ranked #4 in the IAwrestle Fab 50 and is a great addition to the lower weights for the Panthers. Millage is coming off a junior campaign where he won his second state…
If you want to talk about wrestlers who put themselves on the map in 2017, look no further than Davenport Assumption’s Matt Robertson. Coming into last year Robertson was ranked #6 in our preseason rankings, but he finished at the top winning the 2A state title at 132 pounds. His performance also pushed the Assumption…
One of the big stories for team Iowa coming out of Fargo was the emergence of Tyrell Gordon of Waterloo East. Gordon has made steady improvements over the last few years and now has put himself on the national map with a fifth place finish in freestyle. I recently had a chance to catch up…
Running Results for Team Iowa. Refresh for Updates Championship Results Round of 128 138 Garrett Mills Pleasant Hill, IA (Iowa) VFA Jake Oltman Lincoln, NE (Nebraska), 13-9 5:50 138 Brice Clexton Katy, TX (Texas) VSU Tyler Murphy Dubuque, IA (Iowa), 10-0 1:20 152 Michael Lucas Anchorage, AK (Alaska) VFA Austin Eilers Sioux City, IA (Iowa), 8-4 5:43 152 Shawn…
The Trojan Wrestling Club presents Big Game Wrestling Club which will be a new club in the Iowa City area with practices held at Iowa City West High School. The year-round club will have three training sessions: Pre-season, folkstyle season, and freestyle/Greco-Roman season. The first practice is scheduled for Monday, September 18th. The club will…
Quarterfinal Matchups – One win to AA Status 88 Brandon O`brien Cedar Rapids, IA (Iowa) vs Chance Lamer Corvallis, OR (Oregon) 138 Cade Devos Altoona, IA (Iowa) vs Kevon Davenport Pontiac, MI (Michigan) 145 Lance Runyon Indianola, IA (Iowa) vs Jace Luchau Selma, CA (California) 195 Cody Fisher Madrid, IA (Iowa) vs Peter Christensen Harwood Heights, IL (Illinois) Consi of 8 #1…
