IOWA CITY DUALS

The Iowa city Duals are underway. Coe opened with a 37-6 win over SIU-Edwardsville, while Cornell defeated Iowa Central, 25-15.

Iowa has taken the mat, wrestling Iowa Central. Cornell and SIU-Edwardsville are facing off.

Right now, Matt McDonough is wrestling Brandon Wright and beating him 8-1 with a ton of riding time in the second.

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McDonough locks up a cradle for NF3 and wins 16-3. Iowa up 4-0 to start.

Now up at 133, Nick Trizzino vs. ICCC's Cordale Risk. Trizzino is wrestling here while it seems Tyler Clark, Tony Ramos and Nate Moore will be heading to Omaha for UNO's Kauffman/Brand Open.

Trizzino fought off a couple Takedown attempts before countering for his own and a 2-0 lead in the first. Trizzino starts second on top and turns Risk for a NF3.  He's up, 5-0 with :40 left in second. Trizzino too parallel according to ref and is dinged for stalling. Risk is then nailed shortly after.

Trizzino with another takedown and he's up 7-0.

Brands has a camera right in his face for this meet. It's got to be a pain in the butt. I hate media people. Oh wait...Nevermind. trizzino has over 3:30 in RT.

Trizzino wins 8-0 and Iowa is up 8-0 also.

Mark ballweg comes out and wastes little time against Seth Stender at 141. Ballweg horses him over and puts him to his back. Ballweg gets a pin in 1:22 and Iowa up 14-0.

Dylan Carew gets an early takedown on Joseph Winkler at 149. Carew riding tough. N o movement underneath. He seemed to get an easy takedown. Not sure why he didn't release him. Winkler called for stalling.

Carew leads 2-0 at the end of the first and has 2:47 in RT.

Carew with a reversal. Lead is 4-0 and riding like a horse begins again.

Camera crew is now gone. Not sure if Brands was heavy on the cameraman's head, spun around behind and then pushed them away down the tunnel or they left voluntarily. Will update.

Carew rides him out and leads 4-0 with well over 4 minutes of RT. Carew adds T2 in third, releases WWinkler and gets another T2. RT locked up about an hour ago and major is in hand without some fluke happening.

Derek St. John is up against jay Fowler. St. John gets a T2 a little more than a minute into the match.

Cornell leads SIU-Edwardsville, 16-0, after 149 pounds. Kevin Donahue at 141 won by fall.

St. John runs a bar arm and puts Fowler on his back. He adjusts and gets the fall in 2:33. Iowa up, 24-0.

At 165, Jake Kerr is facing Jason Trushcheff. Kerr's score in the wrestle-off impressed me, beating Aaron Janssen, 9-3.

Kerr fights off a shot by Trushcheff and finall gets his hips around for a T2. Kerr just hangs on after takedown and dinged for stalling.

No new action and Kerr ends first with 2-0 and 56 seconds of RT. Kerr with reversal to go up 4-0 and now has RT in second.

Trushcheff with an escape and Kerr follows with a T2. Kerr up, 6-1, with 2:10 of RT at the end of the second.

Trushcheff with an escape and the lead is 6-2.

Kerr shoots in on double, raises up and locks up a bear hug. Bearhug throw goes no where but Kerr keeps working and he hits a cowcatcher for a a fall in 5:33. Iowa up, 30-0.

Now up at 174, Ethen Lofthouse and Austin Gelbach. Lofthouse up, 4-1, with a minute to go in the first.

Lofthouse adds another T2. He's up 6-2. he's strong on top, getting out front of the head of gelbach and cranking an arm bar.

End of first, 6-2, Lofthouse who has 1:43 RT.

Lofthouse with E1 and T2, increasing lead to 9-2 in second.

Lofthouse lets Gelbach up to start third and getsz another T2. Now he's tilting him for NF3. Lofthouse is up 14-3 and is looking for another turn.

Lofthouse gets RT and wins 15-3. Iowa up 34-0.

Cornell leads SIU-Edwardsville, 27-0. Not sure what weight.

At 184, Grant Gambrall vs. Bryce Olson.

Olson surprsies Gambrall right away scoring a T2 right away. I think it was a duck but was looking down and it happened real quick. Olson rode Gambrall for about 25 seconds. Grambrall gets out. He responded with his own T2 and now leads 3-2 with 20 seconds left in first.

Gambrall with an escape to go up 4-2, but Olson ties it with a nice shuck/throwby for a T2.

Gambrall gets out and leads again, 5-4. Short time is important and gambrall gets a T2 as time expires in the second. He leads, 7-4.  Olson gassed.

gambrall shoots in to start third (Olson walked around trying to by time before start of third) and drops Olson on his belly/face. gambrall has grabbed three T2 now and a stall warning for a 13-7 lead.

Gambrall gets a T2 and in a scramble gets a tilt on Olson for a NF3. Add an RT point and gambrall wins 19-7. Iowa up, 38-0.

At 197, Luke Lofthouse vs. Nick Pica.

Lofthouse gets in on a low single and stays locked on for a T2. Pica gets an E1. 2-1 at end of first.

Lofthouse gets e1 and then in on a nice high-crotch, lifting and getting a T2. 5-1.

Pica gets E1. 5-2, Lofthouse leads.

Pica gets a nice break after second period. Having something wrong with his knee pad, I think. he gets a drink too. Announcer says it's an equipment malfunction.

Pica gets an E1. He takes an injury timeout now. 1:49 to go. Lofthouse up, 5-3.

Lofthouse keeps pressure on and and gets a T2. Lofthouse up 7-3 and releases Pica. 7-4.

Lofthouse has Pica scrambling across the mat and goes up 9-4. Bill Roths had enough of Pica not returning to center and dings him for stalling which is a point. Lofthouse adds another T2 and another stall call in the last seconds. Add RT points and Luke Loifthouse wins, 14-5, and Iowa up, 42-0.

At Hwt., Blake Rasing vs. Seth mcGregor.

Rasing with a T2 in first and McGregor E1. 2-1 at end of 1st.

Cornell beats SIU-Edwardsville, 39-6.

Rasing with E1 in second. rasing up, 3-1.

McGregor with E1. 3-2 Rasing. RT not a factor. Rasing piles on T2 at the end to win 9-4. IOWA WINS<

We have a break until 6 p.m.

An avid wrestling supporter, Jim Borschel is in attendance today. It doesn't surprise me. Long after Jay was done wrestling at Linn-Mar, Papa Borschel was a regular at Linn-Mar competitions. He is a long-time Hawkeye fan, so being here is a natural. It's still good to see him, though.

An old grade school coach, pat Welsh came down to say hi. I love how wrestling is a catalyst to life-long relationships.

We're ready to start. A good one (on paper) to start. two national champs going at it. Coe's Clayton Rush won the 125-pound title in D-III last year. McDonough, of course, won the 125-pound title in Omaha as a red-shirt freshman.

Rush gets in on a single and after a long battle gets T2. McDonough E1. Rush in deep on another single attempt but no score. At the end of first, 2-1, Rush.

McDonough with E1 to tie it 2-2 in seconed. 1:15 to go. McD shoots in and scores a T2, taking a 4-2 lead with 59 seconds to go in 2nd.

Neutral start to 3rd. Rush in on another shot but can't finish.

Rush shoots in with 25 seconds left. McDonough hips in and flattens him out. gets around to the side and then locks up a cradle, getting NF3. McDonough wins, 10-2, getting RT point. Iowa up, 4-0.

Nick Trizzino vs. Drew Hinschberger. Trizzino gets opening t2. trizzino rides him and not sure how he turned him but gets fall in 1:53. Iowa lead jumps to 10-0.

Mark Ballweg vs. Chris LeClere at 141. Here's a couple of Iowa state champion families, huh?

Ballweg scores two takedowns in the first period, and LeClere is hit with a stall call. Ballweg leads, 4-1, at end of the first.

Ballweg gets E1 to start second and then gets in on a quick double for a T2 and 7-1 lead. he has 2:38 of RT. About a minute to go in 2nd.

Ballweg rides him out and has 3:50 of RT to start third. LeClere goes neutral.

Ballweg with another nice double. He leads 9-2 after a LeClere escape. Ballweg shoots in on fireman's, switches off and then comes up, looking for the head, grabs it catching LeClere on his side and cinching up an cradle and a fall in 6:10.

Ballweg looked very good today. How that translates against tougher competition. We'll have to see.

Iowa up 16-0 with Dylan Carew and James Locke going at it at 149.

Carew with a T2. First ends, 2-0, carew with 31 seconds of RT.

Carew with an E1 and that's all the second-periuod scoring. 3-0 Carew. carew adds a T2 and gets Rt for 6-1 win.

At 157, Derek St. John faces Dale handley. Handley beat Kerr here last year.

St. John is on him though. St. John with two T2 to open a 4-1 lead with 45 seconds left in first.

St. John has an E1 and two T2 to open a 9-2 lead with 30 seconds to go in 2nd.

St. John up 11-3 in third.

St. John wins, 18-5.

At 165, jake Kerr vs. Nick LeClere. LeClere was a former Hawk teammates with Kerr.

Kerr gets opening T2. Shoots in on double, lifts LeClere off the mat and brings him down to his hip, covering for takedown.

The two trade T2 attempts and 1st ends 2-1 Kerr.

Kerr gets a questionable T2 between LeClere escapes. No other points. 2nd ends, 4-3 leClere.

Kerr starts down for the third.

leClere is riding and the two scramble, but no points are scored. ref took forever to call a stalemate.

17 seconds left and LeClere needs to ride him out to force OT.

After the restart, Kerr gets reversal and wins, 6-4. Iowa up, 26-0.

At 174, Ethen Lofthouse is taking on Scott King, originally of Tipton.

Lofthouse with a T2 and then turns him. Lofthouse ends first with 5-0 lead and 2:09 of RT.

Lofthouse scores two to start second and is up, 7-0. Lofthouse turns him again. This time ends in a fall in 4:01. Iowa up 32-0.

at 184, Grant gambrall takes on Seth Rehn. Rehn was an All-American last year for the Kohawks.

Gambrall gets first takedown and is up, 2-1. gambrall adds another T2 and lead is 4-1.

Gambrall with a second-period E1 for 5-1 lead. Gambrall also has 1:09 of RT.

Rehn gets an E1 to make it 5-2. Rehn in deep on a low-single, but Gambrall fights it off and counters for a T2. Gambrall up 7-2 with 1:05 to go.

By the way, they say 5,584 are here. Unless someone has a couple thousand stuffed in their pockets I don't see it.

Gambrall adds two more T2 and a NF3 with RT point and wins 13-3. Iowa leads, 36-0.

At 197, Luke Lofthouse vs. Stuart Maddox. Lofthouse steamrolling through Maddox. Up 9-2 after first with three T2 and a NF3. He has 2:11 in RT as well.

Lofthouse going down to start 2nd. Lofthouse continues to romp. Up 17-3 with 20 seconds left. He's got RT so he's got a tech. Lofthouse finishes it off with a T2 in third to win 20-3, needing only 5:27 to do it.

Iowa leads, 41-0.

Rasing takes on Alex Burkle at heavyweight to close the night. I have to say I'm pleased with what I've seen from Iowa, except for a couple matches. Again, really hard to tell considering they're wrestling a D3 contedner and a top NJCAA school.

Rasing and Burkle scoreless aftrer 1.

Rasing goes up 1-0 with escape in second. Second period ends, 1-0.

Burkle down to start third.

Rasing rides Burkle for most of the period, getting riding time before Burkle escapes. Rasing wins, 2-1 with RT. Hawks win, 44-0, and sweep all 20 matches tonight.