Gazette sports writer K.J. Pilcher talks with Dick Briggs about the Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Iowa State match, the upcoming 2025-2026 season for Iowa, Iowa State and UNI as well as the upcoming 2025-2026 Iowa High School girls’ and boys wrestling season.
Cyclone 174-pounder upsets Patrick Kennedy to give ISU its first Cy-Hawk win since 2004
Yonger Bastida provided the spark, Evan Frost and M.J. Gaitan fanned the flames and Rocky Elam closed Iowa State’s 20-14 victory over Iowa in the 89th meeting of the Cy-Hawk Series men’s wrestling dual Sunday at Hilton Coliseum in Ames.
See photos as the Iowa Hawkeyes traveled to Ames to take on the Iowa State Cyclones for an NCAA Wrestling regular season dual meet.
Iowa has won the last 20 meetings and has a 19-0 record in the Cy-Hawk Series under Coach Tom Brands. Iowa State’s last win in the rivalry was 2004 and has never won the Dan Gable Traveling Trophy in 14 tries.
The 89th meeting between Iowa and Iowa State wrestling will be Sunday at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, beginning at noon on ESPN. The Hawkeyes are ranked third, while the Cyclones are sixth.
Iowa and Iowa State are set to meet for the 89th time Sunday at Hilton Coliseum in Ames. Here is a crude list of results from the first meeting during the 1911-12 season.
Iowa and UNI competed in the inaugural National Duals Invitational tournament. Iowa State opened its dual schedule against Nebraska-Kearney. Iowa women threw down in South Carolina in the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
The annual Cy-Hawk Series men’s wrestling dual between Iowa and Iowa State will be televised on ESPN. The Cyclones will host the Hawkeyes on Sunday, Nov. 30, beginning at noon
University of Iowa, Iowa State and University of Northern Iowa were represented in the Bill Farrell Open. Iowa women crowned 5 at Waldorf. Hawkeyes land notable recruits and travel woes prevent UNI from wrestling in the first Wrestling Weekend That Was.
Iowa State’s Yonger Bastida and former Missouri wrestler Rocky Elam formerly bitter rivals at 197 pounds are Cyclone teammates standing shoulder to shoulder Tuesday at media day — and have swiftly morphed from being fierce foes to fast friends.
Iowa State hosts Iowa, University of Northern Iowa, Missouri, Utah Valley, West Virginia and Nebraska-Kearney. The Cyclones will compete in the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and Collegiate Duals.
Iowa All-American Michael Caliendo went 8-1 and defeated Stanford’s Daniel Cardenas in a best-of-3 series for the 74-kilogram U23 men’s freestyle national title Sunday at Geneva, Ohio. Herrera won the 125-kg crown.
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