K.J. Pilcher

BTN announced “wall-to-wall” TV coverage of the 2022 Big Ten Conference Wrestling Championships hosted by Nebraska March 5-6.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association will hold the state baseball tournament at two sites for the the 2022 championships. Class 1A and 2A will return to Carroll’s Merchants Park and University of Iowa’s Duane Banks Field.

From the wild team races to the outstanding individual showings, K.J. Pilcher and Dick Briggs discuss their top takeaways from the 2022 Iowa high school state wrestling tournament on this episode of the Pinning Combination podcast. Plus, a look at Iowa, Iowa State, UNI and more Iowa college teams going into the postseason.

Iowa City West’s Hunter Garvin and Iowa City High’s Ben Kueter won their third state wrestling titles, while Linn-Mar’s Kane Naaktgeboren grabs No. 2.

A surprise pin for Hunter Garvin, more dominance from Ben Kueter. The Iowa City West and Iowa City High wrestlers won their third state titles Saturday night.

Brandon Paez avenged his only loss of the season to become one of two Lisbon state wrestling titlists Saturday night, joining Cade Siebrecht.

MFL MarMac’s Gabe McGeough sported a black cowboy hat and T-shirt that provided some inspiration that led to his first state finals appearance.

Iowa City West’s Robert Avila Jr. called his shot with a 44-second pin in the state wrestling semifinals to advance to the 145-pound championship match of the Class 3A state wrestling tournament.

State wrestling notebook: Ryan Morningstar is among the IHSAA Hall of Fame inductees, Western Dubuque’s Greyson Gardner secures a medal and South Tama’s Gavin Bridgewater reaches the podium with a big win.

Lisbon heavyweight Wyatt Smith wrestled behind a state medalist his first two years. The junior stepped into the lineup this season and won his state debut Thursday.

Top-ranked West Delaware advanced seven wrestlers to the Class 2A quarterfinals and shared the team lead with Burlington Notre Dame after the first day of the state wrestling tournament.

Top-ranked West Delaware was challenged but it wasn’t denied from becoming the fourth school in Iowa history to win at least four consecutive State Duals crowns, beating second-seeded Independence, 55-18, for the Class 2A championship.

State wrestling notebook: Independence rallied to reach the Class 2A duals final, three top-ranked 2A wrestlers are quite familiar with each other and three girls qualified for this year’s IHSAA tournament.

Iowa City West’s Robert Avila Jr. has only wrestled three matches since before Christmas. He returned in time for the postseason, winning a district title and earning a chance to go for a fourth state title.

Here is a closer look at Iowa high school state wrestling tournament that begins Thursday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.