Here are The Gazette’s second 2024-25 installment of area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.
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Here are The Gazette’s second 2024-25 installment of area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.
Girls’ basketball: 3A-vs.-2A top-five showdown is all Mount Vernon, 80-34 over Iowa City Regina. Mustangs shoot 64.2 percent from the floor, and hold the Regals to less than half of their typical scoring output.
The dual came down to the final bout and Caleb Brown posted a come-from-behind pin to lift Class 1A No. 12 Lisbon to a 39-29 victory over 2A No. 8 Mount Vernon in the Lions Den Duals Saturday at Lisbon.
Here is The Gazette’s first 2024-25 installment of area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.
The first half of the high school boys’ wrestling season is complete. Wrestlers have just five weeks before the postseason. Teams and individual performances have highlighted the opening weeks. Here are five notable performances before the holiday break.
Mikey Ryan won the only match between ranked wrestlers, helping Mount Vernon beat Clear Creek Amana, 49-24, in a boys’ wrestling dual Thursday at Mount Vernon. The Mustangs’ girls’ wrestling team completed the sweep with a 48-18 dual win over the Clippers.
Coaches react to some new rules introduced for the 2024-25 high school wrestling season. Mount Vernon crowned four champions at Cardinal Classic in Newton. Jesup off to strong dual start.
UNI’s Parker Keckeisen struck more gold, winning his third straight title at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. Iowa men and women dominate in Missouri. Upper Iowa remains unbeaten, standouts from the Dan Gable Donnybrook and more in the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
The Gazette’s 2024 all-area volleyball team: Mount Vernon’s Chloe Meester repeats as player of the year; Mustangs Coach Maggie Willems is coach of the year.
Girls’ basketball: Cedar Rapids Prairie rises to the top spot after opening with wins over Sioux City Heelan, Mount Vernon.
Here is a list of 20 wrestlers and nine teams to keep an eye on for the 2024-25 boys’ wrestling season.
Boys’ basketball 2024-25: 15 area players to watch for the upcoming season.
Rivalry Saturday: No. 2 Mount Vernon avenges a Class 3A state-semifinal loss to No. 1 Estherville-Lincoln Central, 52-42.
Vinton-Shellsburg’s Chloe Sanders pretty much did it all this season. She became the state’s all-time wins leader and was the first female wrestler to get over 200 career wins. She won her and her school’s first state title in girls wrestling.
Wild Side: Warm days in early February had Orlan Love thinking about maple syrup and open-water fishing
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