Articles Tagged: Independence High School

The first episode of Park The Bus, a podcast covering Iowa high school soccer in the Gazette area, details teams and players to watch in 2024 as well as some bold predictions.

Here’s a look at Gazette area players and teams to watch during the 2024 Iowa high school girls’ soccer season.

Action from the Class 2A Iowa high school boys’ wrestling state duals tournament Saturday at Xtream Arena in Coralville. Creston won the state championship.

Sergeant Bluff-Luton has slowly climbed the state duals placing chart. The Warriors defeated returning state finalist West Delaware and defending state champion Osage for its first Class 2A state duals finals appearance.

The Iowa high School Athletic Association State Duals are Saturday at Xtream Arena in Coralville. Five Gazette area teams are in the field.

Independence Coach Michael Doyle wondered about his team’s potential after the first dual of the season. The Mustangs went to work, progressed along with the season and now host a regional dual, looking for a fifth State Duals berth in six seasons.

Mount Vernon’s Klayten Perreault recorded a pin for the 106-pound title Saturday at Williamsburg and helped propel the Mustangs to their first Wamac Conference tournament team title since joining the league in 2009.

See photos from the 2024 Wamac Conference boys’ wrestling tournament at Williamsburg High School. Mount Vernon claimed its first team title.

Alburnett has climbed to the top of the Class 1A boys’ wrestling dual rankings. The Pirates were fourth at the 2023 state duals and will host regional duals again this season. The Wamac Conference has seven teams in the field with No. 2 Mount Vernon, West Delaware and Indpendence hosting 2A regional duals. Linn-Mar is the lone Gazette-area host in 3A.

West Delaware received a pin from Brent Yonkovic and major decision from Jeryn Funke in the final two matches to edge rival Independence, 29-28, in a boys’ wrestling dual. The Mustangs won the girls’ dual, 42-33, securing the victory with Izzy Strickert’s pin.

The West Delaware Hawks defeated the Independence Mustangs 29-28 in a boys’ wrestling dual at Independence High School on Thursday.

The first weekend of wrestling tournaments in 2024 gave the Pinning Combination podcast plenty to discuss this week, from the NWCA National Duals in Cedar Falls to high school action returning around the state.

Photos from the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational boys’ wrestling tournament at Benton Community High School in Van Horne on Saturday.

At the beginning of the season, Independence’s Morgan Krall was not listed on the roster. She wasn’t going out for wrestling. That quickly changed after the Mustangs moved forward with their first practices of the season.

Here is The Gazette’s first 2023-24 installment of area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.