This week’s episode of the Pinning Combination podcast with K.J. Pilcher and coach Dick Briggs looks ahead to a big weekend of Iowa high school wrestling, previewing regional tournaments for the girls and conference tournaments for the boys.
A closer look at the 2023 Iowa high school girls’ state wrestling tournament, including wrestlers to watch and predictions for individual and team champions.
Union wrestler Jillian Worthen has validated the “Monster” moniker her dad tagged her with and even embraced it. After all, it serves as an apt description of her intensity and competitiveness.
Girls’ wrestling hit the postseason. There were conference tournament results. Iowa State and UNI turned Oklahoma programs away with just one dual win. Here is the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
Linn-Mar crowned a tournament high four champions and advanced six to the inaugural IGHSAU state wrestling tournament Feb. 2-3 at Xtream Arena in Coralville.
Photos from 2023 Iowa high school girls’ wrestling regional tournaments at Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Jan. 27.
Eight regionals at four sites will serve as the inaugural IGHSAU state wrestling qualifiers. The Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids and Luther College in Decorah will join Des Moines and Sioux City as hosts.
Ella Brown is Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s most experienced wrestler. She understands the responsibility that comes with that distinction, recruiting classmates to come out before the season, sharing her knowledge with teammates in practice and performing in competition.
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union opened 2023 with a notable announcement. Girls’ regionals and the Iowa City High at Linn-Mar boys’ dual are among the wrestling events to watch in January.
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.
This week’s Iowa high school girls’ wrestling notes: Mid-Prairie has had a successful start, the Dan Gable Donnybrook is this week and Independence crowned four champions at Elkader.
Independence hosted a high school girls’ wrestling tournament on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022.
Iowa City High hosted a tournament to begin the first season of sanctioned Iowa high school girls’ wrestling.
Iowa Valley’s Emma Peach has developed into one of the state’s top wrestlers entering the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union’s inaugural season of sanctioned wrestling. Monday was the first day of competition for the landmark year, which was announced before she won a title at the Iowa Wrestling Officials and Coaches Association girls’ state tournament last season.
Here are 12 area wrestlers to watch for the 2022-23 Iowa high school girls’ wrestling season.
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