Jim Nelson

Northern Iowa’s Parker Keckeisen avenged a quarterfinal loss to place third at 184 pounds in the NCAA Wrestling Championships, displaying a “seven minutes of hell” approach that paid off with the match-winning takedown with 24 seconds leftt.

Parker Keckeisen bounced back from a crushing quarterfinal loss to become Northern Iowa’s 35th NCAA wrestling All-American.

Coming off a strong opening day that saw Nortthern Iowa in sixth in the NCAA wrestling team standings and with six wrestlers fighting for the chance to become All-Americans, UNI was hurting after Friday’s first session.

UNI’s Parker Keckeisen has been a man on a mission to take more risks than his opponents. The plan worked Thursday with two wins to advance to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Wrestling Championships.

Lance Runyon embraced the bright lights of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships after being a late scratch last year. Then, he went out and beat an opponent who he had lost to twice this season.

Decorah is in the boys’ state basketball tournament for the first time in 45 years after a 46-39 substate final win over Clear Lake on Monday at Waterloo East.