K.J. Pilcher

Wartburg’s Kyle Briggs made the decision to return for one more semester and a chance to compete in the NCAA national meet in his hometown again. He earned All-America honors again with a third-place finish.

The long, winding wrestling road came to an end with a victory for Loras’ Jacob Krakow Saturday afternoon, placing third at the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships.

A year has made quite the difference for Coe’s Will Esmoil, who produced one of the biggest victories of the first session of the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships.

A closer look at the 2022 NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships, scheduled for Friday and Saturday at Alliant Energy PowerHouse.

After two straight pandemic-related cancellations, the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships return to Cedar Rapids this weekend.

K.J. Pilcher and Dick Briggs discuss their takeaways from the Big Ten and Big 12 wrestling tournaments and preview the NCAA Division III Championships on this episode of the Pinning Combination podcast.

Iowa Wrestling Weekend That Was: David Carr led the Cyclones, becoming the program’s 16th three-time conference champion and one of eight automatic NCAA qualifiers for Iowa State. UNI had seven automatic qualifiers, including Parker Keckeisen, who won his second Big 12 crown and extended the Panthers’ conference reign at 184.

Alex Marinelli captured his fourth Big Ten wrestling crown, while Iowa finished third in the team race.

Big Ten wrestling notebook: Iowa’s Drake Ayala is less than two months into his official college career and earned a chance to compete at the national tournament.

Alex Marinelli notched his fourth straight conference finals appearance and is one of four Hawkeyes to wrestle for a Big Ten championship on Sunday.

Iowa’s Max Murin posted a thrilling come-from-behind victory against Northwestern’s fifth-seeded Yahya Thomas to reach the Big Ten Championships semifinals and earn an automatic berth back to the NCAA tournament.

Kyle Biscoglia is the epitome of a student-athlete. Northern Iowa’s 133-pounder is the Big 12 tournament’s No. 2-seed and a triple-major who has already been accepted into University of Iowa’s Carver College of Medicine.

Alex Marinelli will attempt to win his fourth conference crown, while second-ranked Iowa vies for its third straight team title at the Big Ten Wrestling Championships this weekend. The national title that has eluded Marinelli remains the main goal.

The Gazette's K.J. Pilcher and Hall of Fame coach Dick Briggs break down this weekend's Big Ten and Big 12 wrestling tournaments on the Pinning Combination podcast.

Iowa has eight wrestlers seeded fourth or better for the Big Ten Wrestling Championships this weekend at Nebraska.