Doug Schwab cleaned up in the state of Iowa this year. To end the folkstyle season our state placed nine wrestlers in The Open Mat’s top 100 wrestlers in the class of 2018, Schwab managed to land the commitments of four of those wrestlers and then some. The haul ranks near the top of the…
Former University of Iowa standout Tony Ramos will be making his return to 57 kg later this month when USA Wrestling hosts their U.S. Open in Las Vegas. Already a two-time World Team member, Ramos had been competing up a weight at 61 kg for the past few events. Ramos announced the news of his…
When: April 13th, 14th and 15th Where: Mid America Center, Council Bluffs, Iowa Iowa Middle School 75 Derrick Bass 80 Kale Peterson 85 Ryder Block 90 McKinley Robbins 95 Dominick Ridout 102 Ty Kodoem 110 Aiden Riggins 117 Hunter Garvin 125 CJ Walrath 132 Gabe McGeough 140 Lawson Losee 150 Carter Cahill 160 Brenden Fisch…
Former University of Iowa standout Matt McDonough will be heading north according to IAwrestle’s Tony Hager, as he has accepted an offer to join the University of Wisconsin’s coaching staff. The Badger staff is the middle of an overhaul after Iowa native Barry Davis was replaced by Chris Bono in late March. A 2013 graduate…
USA Schedule Saturday, April 7 10:00 a.m – USA DEF India; 10-0 2:30 p.m. – USA DEF Japan; 7-3 Sunday, April 8 10:00 a.m. – USA DEF Georgia; 8-2 12:30 p.m. – 5th Place Match at Mat A, 7th Place Match on Mat B 2:15 p.m. – Bronze Medal Match on Mat A 4 p.m.…
USA Schedule Saturday, April 7 10:00 a.m – USA DEF India; 10-0 2:30 p.m. – USA DEF Japan; 7-3 Sunday, April 8 10 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. – Session III 10:00 a.m. – USA vs. Georgia on Mat A 12:30 p.m. – 5th Place Match at Mat A, 7th Place Match on Mat B 2:15…
Team USA is off to a redhot start at 2018 World Cup, taking all ten matches against India in round one, but that’s not the only big wrestling news taking place in Iowa City this afternoon. IAwrestle is able to confirm that All-American Sa’Derian Perry is visiting the Hawkeyes this weekend. This is pretty neat…
USA Schedule Saturday, April 7 10:00 a.m – USA DEF India 2:30 p.m. -7:00 p.m. Session II 2:30 p.m. – USA vs. Japan on Mat A Sunday, April 8 10 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. – Session III 10:00 a.m. – USA vs. Georgia on Mat A 12:30 p.m. – 5th Place Match at Mat A,…
Former Iowa State wrestler Colston DiBlasi has found a new home as the Missouri native announced on his personal Twitter account that he will be transferring to George Mason University. The team recently completed its first season under Frank Beasley, qualifying three for the national tournament. After a lot of thought and speaking with coaches…
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…
2018 Iowa High School 3A 195 State Champion Jacob Dykes has informed IAwrestle that he will be continuing his academic and athletic career at Division II Southwest Minnesota State. The Iowa City, City High product was a 4 year varsity starter, 3-time State qualifier, which included a 5th place finish his junior year. Dykes was…
Former Associated Head Coach Angel Escobedo has been announced as Indiana University’s next head coach. A former Iowa State assistant, Escobedo replaces Duane Goldman, who was a NCAA champion for the University of Iowa. Below is the press release on the coaching change from the Indiana Athletic Communications. Indiana Media Relations: Nick Reith BLOOMINGTON, Ind. –…
Since I got a little…animated…on the last episode of Potentially Dangerous talking about Drexel’s Austin DeSanto I thought I’d try to make my point my clear in writing. It probably won’t work, but here I go. For those of you who don’t know, Mr. DeSanto was Drexel’s 133 pound wrestler this past season. Tuesday, Penn Live…
In what was supposed to be a rebuilding season, the Iowa Hawkeyes surprised many across the country (and even in Iowa) with their third place finish in Cleveland, resulting in yet another team trophy under Tom Brands. Preseason forecasts had the Hawkeyes just inside the top ten and even once they decided to pull the…
Kaleb Reeves of Sigourney-Keota has made his college decision, as IAwrestle has learned that the three-time state medalist is headed to Cedar Rapids to wrestle for Coe College. After going 29-19 as a freshman Reeves saw vast improvement going 91-18 over the previous two seasons, before putting together a 58-2 record. That’s led to the…
Iowa’s premier site for youth, high school, college, and international wrestling. Potentially Dangerous Podcast this week is hosted by Tony Hager and Nic Ryder. On this episode the guys ramble about DeSanto waaay too long and then finally get into Ryan Morningstar to SDSU talk plus World Cup numbers. Short podcast. Jump on to…
With the folkstyle season officially in the books The Open Mat has released an updated Top 100 rankings for the class of 2018 with nine Iowa high school wrestlers checking in. Claiming the top spot among the Iowa natives is Fort Dodge’s Brody Teske, who capped off his career with four state titles back in…
IOWA CITY, Iowa — United World Wrestling has notified USA Wrestling with an approved revised schedule for the 2018 Freestyle World Cup, hosted by the University of Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on April 7-8. With Iran and Russia not in the field, and with Mongolia and India added to the event, there are changes in both…
Archives on Trackwrestling ($15 for ALL events) Girls High School 1st Place – Nebraska Platinum 2nd Place – Team Iowa 3rd Place – Team Montana 4th Place – Missouri Matkats Round 1 Nebraska Platinum defeated Missouri Matkats 66-6. Team Iowa defeated Team Montana 29-28. Round 2 Nebraska Platinum defeated Team Iowa 53-18. Team Montana…
In a developing story out of the Iowa State wrestling room, IAwrestle has learned that sophomore Markus Simmons and junior Logan Breitenbach are no longer members of the wrestling team. “We can confirm that they are no longer on the roster.” A university spokesperson informed IAwrestle, “We wish them the best going forward, and they’ve been…
