Articles Tagged: Iowa men’s wrestling

After 20 attempts from University of Iowa Coach Tom Brands when entering the transfer portal, Brody Teske answered the call to be a Hawkeye. He has stepped in as the 133-pound starter for second-ranked Iowa.

Former Gopher fan Patrick Kennedy is now a “grown up” Hawkeye as No. 2 Iowa travels to Minnesota for a Big Ten dual.

This week’s episode of the Pinning Combination podcast with The Gazette’s Hall of Fame coach Dick Briggs features takeaways from No. 2 Iowa’s dual loss at No. 1 Penn State and the folkstyle-freestyle debate.

Iowa won four of the 10 bouts against Penn State, but missed opportunities in several matches and saw its 15-dual win streak snapped.

Iowa’s Spencer Lee is one of the most accomplished wrestlers from his state, national and World titles. The top-ranked 125-pounder has been on a dominant streak, pinning six straight entering the second-ranked Hawkeyes’ showdown at No. 1 Penn State

This week’s episode of the Pinning Combination podcast with The Gazette’s K.J. Pilcher and Hall of Fame coach Dick Briggs features a preview of Friday’s No. 2-vs.-No. 1 dual between Iowa and Penn State.

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.

Spencer Lee recorded his fifth straight pin and third over a top-eight opponent, igniting the second-ranked Hawkeyes to their 14th straight dual win and 14th in a row against No. 11 Nebraska.

Nelson Brands balances his offseason climbing quests with the intense wrestling season. The Iowa 174-pound wrestler has scaled 22 14,000-foot mountains.

This week’s Pinning Combination podcast starts with some reminiscing — our favorite wrestling memories in 40 years of Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Plus, we look back at the week in college and high school wrestling in Iowa.

No. 2 Iowa beat No. 11 Northwestern 27-9 in a Big Ten men’s wrestling dual at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Iowa won seven matches and defeated Northwestern, 27-9, to remain unbeaten. The Hawkeyes are 10-0 overall and 3-0 in the Big Ten.

Max Murin has transformed a lesson from Terry Brands into results in his final college campaign. He already has a career-best nine bonus-point victories entering second-ranked Iowa’s dual against No. 11 Northwestern on Friday night.

Watch or listen to the January 11, 2023 Pinning Combination podcast, talking all things wrestling in Iowa. On this episode: Big wins for Iowa, UNI and Iowa State and a packed weekend of high school tournaments.

Wrestling action resumed at full-throttle this weekend. College teams competed at all levels with conference duals and multi-divisional national duals. High schools held their first Saturday of tournaments since the break. Here is the Wrestling Weekend That Was.