Articles Tagged: Yonger Bastida

Ben Kueter rushed to the locker room after football practice to catch the remainder of Iowa’s dual at Iowa State last season. He will get to wrestle in the rivalry Saturday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Second-ranked Iowa hosts No. 12 Iowa State in the 88th installment of the CyHawk Series wrestling dual Saturday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Here are five things to watch in the annual clash.

Yonger Bastida scored bonus points in three of his four wins at the Big 12s, helping Iowa State win the team title for the first time since 2009. Now he sets his sights on the national tournament, where he’s ISU’s highest seed (No. 2) and poised to make a big run for the first time since attaining All-America honors at 197 in 2022.

Iowa, Iowa State, UNI and former Iowa preps have compelling stories that could play out at the NCAA Division I Wrestlin Championships this week at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo.

Iowa State won first league title since 2009 with 2 champions and UNI placed fifth in 2 champs

University of Northern Iowa’s Cael Happel didn’t have a win in his first two Big 12 Championships appearances. Happel reversed the trend by winning his first three bouts Saturday to reach the 141-pound finals at BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla.

Iowa State went 14-3 in the opening session of the Big 12 Championships Saturday at BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla. The Cyclones have seven semifinalists with six earning automatic NCAA berths. UNI has four semifinalists and was fourth in the team standings.

Iowa State’s Anthony Echemendia (141) and Casey Swiderski at 149 and Northern Iowa 184-pounder Parker Keckeisen earned No. 1 seeds for the Big 12 Wrestling Championships this weekend at Tulsa, Okla.

To call Yonger Bastida’s win by major decision, 13-4, a mere high point of fifth-ranked Iowa State’s 41-3 pummeling of short-handed and No. 7 Missouri would be a gross understatement.

Iowa State and UNI return to the Collegiate Duals. This year they are held in Nashville, Tenn. The Cyclones will face No. 13 Pitt, Arkansas-Little Rock and No. 5 Cornell on Monday. The Panthers have No. 10 Ohio State, No. 2 NC State and Lock Haven on Tuesday.

After more than six months away from competition, Spencer Lee looked strong, winning the the 125.5-pound title at the Bill Farrell Memorial International men’s freestyle tournament and qualifying for the Olympic Team Trials in April.

Iowa State advanced six to the semifinals of the Big 12 Wrestling Championships Saturday in Tulsa, Okla. The Cyclones had 52.5 points, trailing leader Missouri and second-place Oklahoma State. UNI was in sixth with 32.5 and three semifinalists.

Iowa Wrestling Weekend That Was extended into Monday with UNI and Iowa State’s action at the Collegiate duals in New Orleans and important news from the IGHSAU and IWCOA.

Second-ranked Iowa and No. 7 Iowa State split all 10 matches, but Spencer Lee made his debut with a major decision, Real Woods also debuted with a win, Cobe Siebrecht and Nelson Brands added bonus points and heavyweight Tony Cassioppi capped the 18-15 dual victory.

Iowa State’s David Carr suffered disappointment but responded for his second straight All-America finish and was one of three Cyclone placewinners.