Nelson Brands balances his offseason climbing quests with the intense wrestling season. The Iowa 174-pound wrestler has scaled 22 14,000-foot mountains.
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Nelson Brands balances his offseason climbing quests with the intense wrestling season. The Iowa 174-pound wrestler has scaled 22 14,000-foot mountains.
This week’s Pinning Combination podcast starts with some reminiscing — our favorite wrestling memories in 40 years of Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Plus, we look back at the week in college and high school wrestling in Iowa.
No. 2 Iowa beat No. 11 Northwestern 27-9 in a Big Ten men’s wrestling dual at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Iowa won seven matches and defeated Northwestern, 27-9, to remain unbeaten. The Hawkeyes are 10-0 overall and 3-0 in the Big Ten.
Max Murin has transformed a lesson from Terry Brands into results in his final college campaign. He already has a career-best nine bonus-point victories entering second-ranked Iowa’s dual against No. 11 Northwestern on Friday night.
Watch or listen to the January 11, 2023 Pinning Combination podcast, talking all things wrestling in Iowa. On this episode: Big wins for Iowa, UNI and Iowa State and a packed weekend of high school tournaments.
Wrestling action resumed at full-throttle this weekend. College teams competed at all levels with conference duals and multi-divisional national duals. High schools held their first Saturday of tournaments since the break. Here is the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
Second-ranked Iowa closed with five straight victories in a 37-6 dual win over Purdue. Iowa received pins from Spencer Lee and Abe Assad.
Second-ranked Iowa beat Illinois, 25-19, in the Big Ten Conference dual opener Friday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Second-ranked Iowa won five matches, receiving pins from Spencer Lee and Max Murin and a smajor decision by sophomore 165-pounder Patrick Kennedy.
Tony Cassioppi has always had a penchant for the pin, but he’s kicked up a notch this season. The Iowa heavyweight has a season-high nine pins, including five in a row entering the second-ranked Hawkeyes’ dual against Illinois Friday.
Watch or listen to the January 4, 2023 episode of the Pinning Combination podcast, talking all things wrestling in Iowa.
The Soldier Salute was a year in the making and was executed well. Iowa ran roughshod on the field but this marked a good start for an event with the potential to grow
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