The West Liberty Comets have been a program on the rise and in contention in the 2A team race for the last few years. Coach Jeff Wiele was named the class 2A coach of the year last season but decided after the season to step down from his head coaching position. The move makes way…
The Creston Orient-Macksburg program has found it’s new head wrestling coach and they didn’t have to go far. Creston alum, and former assistant coach, Cody Downing has been named the next coach of the Panthers replacing the great Darrell Frain. Downing’s father was also the head coach prior to Frain and Cody has been around…
Davenport Assumption has been one of the premier wrestling programs in the state of Iowa in recent memory. Former head coach, and NCAA D1 national champion, Pete Bush had long been the face of the program. Bush stepped down as the head coach shortly after the conclusion of the 2018 state wrestling tournament and the…
Last October many fans in Iowa were sad that one of Iowa’s top wrestlers announced his decision to leave the state when Albia’s Aden Reeves committed to Campbell University in North Carolina. Now, Reeves has decided to stay closer to home and has changed his commitment to wrestle for coach Kevin Dresser at Iowa State…
Chances are that by now you know the name Julien Broderson. Just over two months ago the Davenport Assumption standout won his second straight title in Class 2A by defeating Southeast Valley’s Kyler Fisher by fall in the finals. One of the state of Iowa’s most dominant wrestlers this past season, Broderson capped off his…
Another one of the top recruits in the class of 2019 has come off the board as state champion Lucas Roland of PCM has committed to coach Cary Kolat and Campbell University. “The small town aspect and I just felt at home with the team sold me on Campbell.” Roland told IAwrestle on his commitment.…
Tate Battani of Ballard is headed out of state as he hhas committed to wrestle for Iowa native Dave Malecek at the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse. Battani finished third at this years class 2A state tournament at 160 pounds. It was a break out year after placing 7th as a junior and being…
The Wartburg Knights have landed the commitment of three-time Iowa high school state medalist Brady Fritz of South Tama. A 2018 runner-up at the 132-pound weight class in 2A, Fritz took the time to give IAwrestle some insight on his decision. “I liked everything about Wartburg.” Fritz told IAwrestle, “The coaches are great, I felt…
There aren’t many of them left, but another top 50 wrestler in the state of Iowa has come off the board as Grayson Kesterson has committed to wrestle for UW-La Crosse. Ranked #47 in IAwrestle’s Fab 50, Kesterson projects as a 125-pound recruit on the next level. After wrapping up his career as a four-time…
The following is a breakdown of the number of points each Sectional/District scored at the State tournament last week inside Wells Fargo Arena. Other stats reflected in the breakdown include: Champions, Place-winners, Wrestlers that did not place (DNP), and Wrestlers that scored at least one point (won a match). 2A – Sectional 2A – District…
1. PCM – 62.5 Points Returning Place-winners – 3 Colby Tool (Fr) – 4th @ 138 Wes Cummings (Jr) – 4th @ 160 Lucas Roland (Jr) – Champion @ 170 Other Returning Point Scorers Landon Fenton (Fr) 106 Jarron Trausch (Jr) 182 2. Centerville – 59 Points Returning Place-winners – 3 Matthew Lewis (Fr) –…
Davenport Assumption head coach Pete Bush is stepping down as head of the program. The news as first reported by the Quad City Times was confirmed to IAwrestle in a text conversation with Bush this afternoon. “I’d love to stay around for one more year, but it has run its course,” Bush told Matt Coss…
Single Match Points Scored Total Match Points Scored Most Falls Most Tech Falls Most Team Points Scored Fastest Fall Fastest Tech Fall
2A-106 Guaranteed Places 1st Place – Matthew Lewis of Centerville 2nd Place – Jarod Kadel of Columbus/WMU 3rd Place – Benjamin Schmitz of Kuemper Catholic 4th Place – Kolten Crawford of Union, La Porte City 5th Place – Keaton Zeimet of Central DeWitt 6th Place – Colby Lillegard of Bondurant-Farrar 7th Place – Jacob…
2A-106 Finals: #2 Matthew Lewis (Centerville) vs #1 Jarod Kadel (Columbus/WMU) 3rd Place – Benjamin Schmitz of Kuemper Catholic 4th Place – Kolten Crawford of Union, La Porte City 5th Place – Keaton Zeimet of Central DeWitt 6th Place – Colby Lillegard of Bondurant-Farrar 7th Place – Jacob Mielke of Pocahontas Area Comm. 8th Place…
Most Falls Most Tech Falls Most Falls and Tech Falls Most Match Points
2A-106 Semifinal – Matthew Lewis (Centerville) 40-2 won by decision over Benjamin Schmitz (Kuemper Catholic) 45-5 (Dec 4-2) Semifinal – Jarod Kadel (Columbus/WMU) 43-1 won by fall over Colby Lillegard (Bondurant-Farrar) 43-5 (Fall 5:29) Cons. Round 3 – Keaton Zeimet (Central DeWitt) 44-2 won by decision over Jacob Mielke (Pocahontas Area Comm.) 45-8 (Dec 9-5)…
