Articles Tagged: Independence High School

Mustangs qualify for state team dual tournament after regional final over Bobcats

Iowa High School Athletic Association State Duals tournament is Saturday at Xtream Arena in Coralville. Here is the opening round schedule for all three classes

Here are The Gazette’s sixth 2024-25 installment of area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.

Fifth-ranked Independence only won six weights but bonus points were enough to overcome No. 17 Benton Community in a Class 2A regional dual final. The Mustangs reach the State Duals for the 14th time and fifth in the last seven seasons.

Williamsburg is looking for fifth State Duals berth when it hosts West Liberty and Anamosa in a Class 2A regional dual Tuesday night. The Raiders are ranked third with a 27-1 record.

Here are The Gazette’s fifth 2024-25 installment of area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.

The Lions won two straight MVC Super Meets before being unseated by Cedar Rapids Prairie last season. Linn-Mar is coming off a team title at Clinton’s Bob Lueders Invitational and is one of the favorites at the MVC tournament.

The dual came down to the final match. Class 2A sixth-ranked Independence needed a pin to win but had to settle for a major decision, allowing No. 5 West Delaware to hold on for a 30-29 victory in the Highway 20 Clash Thursday night in Manchester.

Here are The Gazette’s fourth 2024-25 installment of area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.

Spencer Lee competed in the Henri Deglane Grand Prix of France and rolled to gold in his first competition since the 2024 Olympics. Iowa men and women continue to dominate. UNI cools off Sun Devils and more in the Wrestling Weekend That Was.

Girls’ basketball: The Wamac East is ‘one of the most competitive leagues in the state, and the records prove it.’ All six teams are above .500 overall.

Here are The Gazette’s third 2024-25 installment of area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.

Benton Community’s Class 2A second-ranked Brenden Heying defeated Anamosa’s No. 3 Austin Scranton and West Delaware’s No. 4 Brent Yonkovic to claim the 190-pound title at the Bobcat Jerry Eckenrod Invitational on Saturday.

Here are The Gazette’s second 2024-25 installment of area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.

University of Northern Iowa posted a signature win over Nebraska Sunday at the McLeod Center. Iowa City High claimed Zimmerman Invitational title. Clear Creek Amana boys’, Vinton-Shellsburg girls’ earn runner-up finishes in the Wrestling Weekend That Was.