K.J. Pilcher

The Pinning Combination is back! The Gazette’s K.J. Pilcher and Hall of Fame coach Dick Briggs talk all things wrestling in Iowa, including a preview of Sunday’s dual between the Hawkeyes and Cyclones.

This week’s Iowa high school girls’ wrestling notes: Mid-Prairie has had a successful start, the Dan Gable Donnybrook is this week and Independence crowned four champions at Elkader.

Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Logan Redig posted pins in two matches, securing the Hawks’ sweep of Clear Creek Amana and host Alburnett Tuesday night.

Plenty of wrestling action surrounded Turkey Day. Iowa and UNI competed at Iowa State’s Harold Nichols Open. Upper Iowa dominated in its first dual. Waverly-Shell Rock claimed the team title at Linn-Mar. Here is a look at the Wrestling Weekend That Was.

Here are seven Gazette-area teams to keep an eye on during the 2022-23 Iowa high school boys’ wrestling season.

Here are 16 Gazette-area wrestlers to keep an eye on during the 2022-23 Iowa high school boys’ wrestling season.

Cedar Rapids Prairie two-time state runner-up Blake Gioimo enters his senior campaign ranked third and is trying to cap his career with a state title.

In his season debut for the Hawkeyes, Nelson Brands scored two takedowns and earned a 5-1 decision at 174 pounds. Iowa won seven matches in a 26-11 romp over No. 21 Penn Saturday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

All-American Max Murin is in his sixth year with the Iowa wrestling program. He owns a 4-0 record, entering Saturday’s home dual against Penn.

Jordan Wheeler was a freshman when Marion Coach Jason Haag gauged interest in female participation. As a senior, she is the only one remaining on the school’s first girls’ team.

Here are the 2022 Iowa Print Sports Writers Association all-state high school football teams, as voted upon Sunday and released Tuesday.

In the Wrestling Weekend That Was: Iowa State wrestled Grand View at Humboldt, the Iowa women dominated in the Missouri Valley Open and the IGHSAU season started strong.

Experience has reshaped Iowa All-American Jacob Warner’s mental approach. He is off to a 3-0 start with a pin, major decision and technical fall in the first week of competition. Warner will participate in the National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Star Classic on Tuesday.

Keeley Kehrli has forged her own success, which continued with a 3-0 record at the Independence Girls’ Invitational Saturday on the opening weekend of tournaments in the inaugural sanctioned season by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. She opened with a major decision and closed with two pins in a combined 1:16.

Top-ranked Harlan scored three touchdowns in the final 12:16, including a 48-yard pass from Teagon Kasperbauer to Cade Sears with 1:24 remaining, to top No. 2 Mount Vernon, 30-23, in the Class 3A state football championship Friday.