After another unpredictable Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling tournament, the Pinning Combination podcast with Hall of Fame coach Dick Briggs is here to break down all the top storylines.
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After another unpredictable Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling tournament, the Pinning Combination podcast with Hall of Fame coach Dick Briggs is here to break down all the top storylines.
This week’s Pinning Combination podcast takes a look back at Penn State’s one-sided win over Iowa, Iowa State’s Super Bowl Sunday win over Northern Iowa and previews this week’s boys’ state wrestling tournament.
Iowa suffered consecutive losses for the first time since 2018, Iowa State beat UNI, Coe won the Bremner Cup dual against Cornell, Wartburg won the American Rivers Conference again and Tanner Sloan posted a notable win during the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
Iowa State won six of 10 bouts and notched its fifth straight win over Northern Iowa.
Kevin Dresser kept the funny flashcards and the usual pre-dual barbs to a minimum. Instead, Iowa State’s head wrestling coach went bout-by-bout to help highlight how competitive and fun — from a fan’s perspective, especially— his fourth-ranked team’s dual at 1 p.m. Sunday against No. 17 Northern Iowa should be at Hilton Coliseum.
A nearly two-hour episode of the Pinning Combination podcast talks all things wrestling in Iowa with Hall of Fame coach Dick Briggs, including the Hawkeye men’s loss to Michigan ahead of this week’s Penn State dual, the upcoming UNI-Iowa State dual, Wartburg’s one-sided win over Coe and recaps of the girls’ state tournament and boys’ state duals.
Michigan handed Iowa its first loss, Iowa State and Northern Iowa were unkind hosts to West Virginia, Wartburg thumped Coe, plus final thoughts on the IGHSAU state tournament in the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
Iowa State wrestler Casey Swiderski took it easy after an injury last season, something he didn’t do this season.
Two episodes of the Pinning Combination podcast are publishing this week with Hall of Fame coach Dick Briggs. First up, a look at the college wrestling scene in Iowa, including Hawkeyes you shouldn’t overlook, Iowa’s sweep of Illinois and Northwestern, 1-1 trips to Oklahoma for Iowa State and Northern Iowa and Augsburg’s win over Wartburg.
Iowa won 18 of 20 matches in duals at Illinois and Northwestern, UNI and ISU split duals on their Oklahoma tour, Augsburg got revenge in the Battle of the Burgs and Prairie won the MVC team title.
Iowa State standout wrestler David Carr is facing the last true road trip of his decorated career. The No. 4-ranked Cyclones will swing through Oklahoma to wrestle the No. 18 Sooners at 7 p.m. Friday before tangling with No. 5 Oklahoma State at 6 p.m. Saturday in Stillwater.
Iowa men’s wrestling coach Tom Brands said Wednesday that “basic liberties were infringed upon” in the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation’s sports gambling probe of University of Iowa and Iowa State University athletes.
Weather wiped out much of the wrestling schedule in Iowa last week, but there still are plenty of topics to discuss on this week’s episode of the Pinning Combination, including Iowa’s impressive win over Nebraska and Ben Kueter’s debut.
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