The Hawkeyes had an interesting weekend. Plus, Coe and Upper Iowa picked up impressive wins, Brad Smith got his 700th dual victory and the IHSAA released regional dual pairings.
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The Hawkeyes had an interesting weekend. Plus, Coe and Upper Iowa picked up impressive wins, Brad Smith got his 700th dual victory and the IHSAA released regional dual pairings.
Cedar Rapids Prairie hosted the Prairie Title Tournament featuring Mississippi Valley Conference girls’ wrestling teams on Saturday.
Photos from the 2023 Mississippi Valley Conference boys’ swimming Super Meet at the Linn-Mar Aquatic Center.
Iowa Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association dual rankings will help determine regional dual sites and pairings over the next two weeks. The latest rankings were released. High school and college action highlighted the weekend.
Photos from the 2023 Solon Girls’ Wrestling Invitational on Monday.
Iowa City High and Iowa City West played girls’ and boys’ basketball Sunday afternoon, the first hoops games ever at Xtream Arena. City High’s boys’ one a dramatic affair, while West won the girls’ game comfortably.
Iowa City West beat Iowa City High 58-43 in a girls’ basketball game Sunday at Xtream Arena.
Iowa City High beat Iowa City West 64-63 in a boys’ basketball game Sunday at Xtream Arena.
No. 4 Linn-Mar beat No. 9 Iowa City High in a boys’ wrestling dual at Linn-Mar, 49-21.
Iowa City High’s Kael Kurtz and Linn-Mar’s Brayden Parke added another chapter to a competitive rivalry between the two ranked Class 3A wrestlers. City High’s top-ranked Gabe Arnold edged the Lions’ No. 2 Tate Naaktgeboren in a battle between nationally-ranked seniors. Linn-Mar dominated the rest of the dual for a 49-21 victory.
A native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 6-foot-9 Iowa City High freshman Samuel Mbingazo already is getting interest from college programs.
Watch or listen to the January 4, 2023 episode of the Pinning Combination podcast, talking all things wrestling in Iowa.
The response to the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union’s first sanctioned season of wrestling has been deafening. Participation numbers have rapidly grown in the first half and many are excited about trajectory, even though officials work toward improvements.
Very young, inexperienced, undersized, all that combined to make Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s boys basketball team less than stellar in the early going this season. But the Cougars have figured things out despite three freshmen who are playing big roles and are on a five-game win streak after Monday night’s 72-68 win at Linn-Mar.
West Delaware has applied a team philosophy to an individual sport. The Hawks have thrived in duals and look to continue that success, hosting a Class 2A regional Tuesday in Manchester.
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