This week’s Pinning Combination discusses Iowa’s and UNI’s contrasting results against Columbia with K.J. Pilcher and Hall of fame coach Dick Briggs.
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This week’s Pinning Combination discusses Iowa’s and UNI’s contrasting results against Columbia with K.J. Pilcher and Hall of fame coach Dick Briggs.
Iowa dominated Columbia with some notable happenings on the periphery of competition. The Lions rebounded against UNI. Upper Iowa opened GLVC action successfully and Luther swept two duals at UW-Stevens Point in the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
This week’s episode of the Pinning Combination podcast starts out west, where Iowa State won the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. Then we move east to break down Iowa’s win over Penn. Hall of fame coach Dick Briggs shares his thoughts on the NIL era before moving into the high school segment, where we look back at last week’s big tournaments.
Iowa State claimed its first Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational team title since 1996, receiving a title from heavyweight Yonger Bastida. UNI’s Parker Keckeisen won the 184 title there. Iowa dropped Penn and the Dan Gable Donnybrook highlight high school meets. This is the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
The Cy-Hawk Series will become the first regular-season college wrestling dual televised live on ESPN. Fourth-ranked Iowa will look to win a 19th straight dual against No. 8 Iowa State, which has one of its best shots at a victory in recent years.
The Pinning Combination podcast returns for the 2023-24 season talking all things wrestling in Iowa. This episode analyzes early impressions of the Iowa, Iowa State and Northern Iowa teams, previews Sunday’s Cy-Hawk dual and looks at some initial storylines in D-II, D-III and high school girls’ wrestling.
After more than six months away from competition, Spencer Lee looked strong, winning the the 125.5-pound title at the Bill Farrell Memorial International men’s freestyle tournament and qualifying for the Olympic Team Trials in April.
Northern Iowa wrestling coach Doug Schwab had a sentimental connection to the West Gym. Schwab faces a bittersweet situation as structural concerns have led to plans to raze the 98-year-old building and its history but created visions for a standalone training facility to usher UNI wrestling into its next century.
Northern Iowa wrestling coach Doug Schwab urged fans to attend this season’s home duals. The Panthers don’t host rival Iowa State or Big 12 Conference mainstays Oklahoma State and Oklahoma, but they do have one of the best wrestlers in the nation and a determined supporting cast.
Northern Iowa released its wrestling schedule for the 2023-24 season Monday. The Panthers will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the program with six home dates.
Hawkeye Wrestling Club members Spencer Lee and Austin DeSanto earned a spot in Thursday night’s men’s freestyle semifinals at the U.S. Open in Las Vegas.
Iowa set the single-season record in wrestling attendance with 118,870 fans over eight home duals. The Hawkeyes led NCAA Division I in total attendance for the 16th straight season.
After a weekend of upsets and thrilling wrestling in Tulsa, Okla., the final 2022-23 edition of the Pinning Combination podcast with Hall of Fame coach Dick Briggs is here to break down all the action from the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.
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