West Delaware leads 2A state semis with Woods and Less into finals
At Wells Fargo Arena Des Moines top-ranked West Delaware dominates the 106-pound Pat Woods and 113-pound Zach Less advance to finals in the Class 2A state wrestling semifinals. Woods crushed Jake Wulf 13 0 as Less edged Brendan Gould 2 1 to set up title bids against Brock Rathbun and others.
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West Delaware leads at Hawkeye Downs wrestling clash
West Delaware tops the 2A standings with five finalists at Hawkeye Downs as Adam Roth pursues an undefeated season. Zach Muller wins 145 pounds for Union, Dean Broghammer takes heavyweight, Trey Ryan reaches 160 final, and matches involve Mediapolis Assumption Creston/OM and others.
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Union Community
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Hawkeye Downs
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Zach Muller
Union
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Josh Clark
3A/4 Prairie Wrestlers Suffer Narrow Defeats
A night of heartbreak saw 3A wrestlers from the Metro and Iowa City fall by a combined six points. Linn-Mar defeated 6-1, as Iowa City West went 0-3 in the semifinals with top contenders Chris Walters at 126 pounds Ke gan Wakefield at 138 pounds and Mickey at 195 pounds.
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Hawks fall in close semifinals as top Iowa wrestlers exit
Southeast Polk leads with 137.5 while Bettendorf and Waverly Shell Rock follow. Cedar Rapids Jefferson’s Michael Moncivais and Linn-Mar’s Alijah Jeffery plus Matt Wempen upset Cedar Rapids Prairie and other contenders. Prairie's Trey Blaha Skylar St. John Cam Rathje and Andrew Netolicky lose tight matches. Prairie coach Blake Williams vows a comeback with eight placers and six in the top six.
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Bettendorf
Waverly Shell Rock
C.R. Prairie
Linn-Mar
Alijah Jeffery
Matt Wempen
Ryan Maas
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Prairie
Trey Blaha
Skylar St. John
Cam Rathje
Andrew Netolicky
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Rathie
Netolicky
Blake Williams
Wrestling seeks IOC support to keep sport in Olympics
FILA and global wrestling figures press for reform to retain wrestling in the Games. Dan Gable and Dan Brands urge collaborative effort with the IOC while petitions surge online. Iowa leadership cites wrestling as core to the state’s fabric and a broad bipartisan effort mobilizes.
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IOC
Gable
Branstad
Iowa
Dan Gable
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