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Xtream Arena in Coralville hosted the Soldier Salute college wrestling tournament.
Iowa wrestling will return to action in the Soldier Salute, a two-day men’s and women’s open tournament that begins Thursday at Xtream Arena in Coralville.
Doug Streicher has transformed Linn-Mar into a top wrestling program during his 26-season tenure, becoming the elder statesman of current Mississippi Valley Conference head wrestling coaches. He still finds reward in the progress athletes make on and off the mat.
Watch or listen to the December 14, 2022, Pinning Combination podcast, talking all things wrestling in Iowa.
United World Wrestling World Cup was another entertaining event. We peruse a few results from the weekend in college and high school wrestling.
For the first time, United World Wrestling’s World Cup featured me’s and women’s freestyle competitions share the same stage. Team USA finishes fourth, falling to Mongolia in bronze-medal dual.
Felicity Taylor was a pioneer in girls’ wrestling as a prep at South Winneshiek. She continued her career at McKendree before transferring to become University of Iowa’s first women’s wrestling team. Now, she will represent Team USA at the UWW World Cup this weekend in Coralville.
Real Woods earned his degree at Stanford, earning All-American honors. He is a graduate transfer that chose University of Iowa to continue his pursuit of an NCAA wrestling title.
Takeaways from Iowa’s Cy-Hawk win over Iowa State on this week’s Pinning Combination podcast, talking all things wrestling in Iowa.
More from the dual between Iowa and Iowa State. UNI leaves Las Vegas with a couple runners-up. Plus, a rundown of the weekend’s prep action. Here is a look at the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
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.
Photos from an electric Carver-Hawkeye Arena where the Hawkeyes were victorious over the Cyclones.
The Women’s and Men’s Freestyle World Cup comes to Xtream Arena this week. It’s the first women’s World Cup in the U.S.
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