Photo gallery: Boys wrestling Iowa City High vs. Dubuque Hempstead (1/15/26)

Photos from the boys wrestling match between Iowa City High and Dubuque Hempstead in Iowa City Thursday, January 15, 2026

Jim Slosiarek

Jan. 16, 2026 1:19 pm

Comments: jim.slosiarek@thegazette.com

City High’s Cole Connell dives for outside of the ring as he is taken down by Hempstead’s Parker Johns during their 126 lbs. match at Iowa City High School in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, January 15, 2026. Johns won by fall. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

City High’s Zyaire Washpun (right) wrestles Hempstead’s Elijah Hyet during their 132 lbs. match at Iowa City High School in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, January 15, 2026. Hyet won by decision 9-6. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

City High’s Zyaire Washpun (right) tries to escape from Hempstead’s Elijah Hyet during their 132 lbs. match at Iowa City High School in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, January 15, 2026. Hyet won by decision 9-6. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

City High’s Malachi Clement (left) wrestles Hempstead’s Caleb Lightfoot during their 138 lbs. match at Iowa City High School in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, January 15, 2026. Clement won by decision 6-1. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

City High’s Cole Connell tries to avoid the trip of Hempstead’s Parker Johns during their 126 lbs. match at Iowa City High School in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, January 15, 2026. Johns won by fall. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

City High’s Chase Williams works on a pin attempt of Hempstead’s Landon Gottschalk during their 120 lbs. match at Iowa City High School in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, January 15, 2026. Williams won by decision 18-11. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

City High’s Jordan Chavez grimaces as he tries to avoid the pin by Hempstead’s Abe Heysinger during their 113 lbs. match at Iowa City High School in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, January 15, 2026. Heysinger won by fall. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Hempstead’s Josh Bratten (right) works to break down City High’s Jack Litton during their 106 lbs. match at Iowa City High School in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, January 15, 2026. Bratten won by major decision. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Hempstead’s Josh Bratten (right) works a pin attempt of City High’s Jack Litton during their 106 lbs. match at Iowa City High School in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, January 15, 2026. Bratten won by major decision. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

City High’s Chase Williams tries for a takedown of Hempstead’s Landon Gottschalk during their 120 lbs. match at Iowa City High School in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, January 15, 2026. Williams won by decision 18-11. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

City High’s Jack Litton tries to break the hold of Hempstead’s Josh Bratten during their 106 lbs. match at Iowa City High School in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, January 15, 2026. Bratten won by major decision. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

City High’s Zyaire Washpun (right) takes down Hempstead’s Elijah Hyet during their 132 lbs. match at Iowa City High School in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, January 15, 2026. Hyet won by decision 9-6. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

City High’s Chase Williams works to his base as he wrestles Hempstead’s Landon Gottschalk during their 120 lbs. match at Iowa City High School in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, January 15, 2026. Williams won by decision 18-11. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Hempstead’s Parker Johns works on taking down City High’s Cole Connell during their 126 lbs. match at Iowa City High School in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, January 15, 2026. Johns won by fall. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

City High’s Jimmy Milder (right) drives Hempstead’s Charles Lahey for a takedown during their 144 lbs. match at Iowa City High School in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, January 15, 2026. Milder won by decision 12-0. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

City High’s Jimmy Milder (right) works to break down Hempstead’s Charles Lahey during their 144 lbs. match at Iowa City High School in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, January 15, 2026. Milder won by decision 12-0. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

City High’s Chase Williams takes down Hempstead’s Landon Gottschalk during their 120 lbs. match at Iowa City High School in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, January 15, 2026. Williams won by decision 18-11. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

City High’s Malachi Clement (left) drives Hempstead’s Caleb Lightfoot to the mat during their 138 lbs. match at Iowa City High School in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, January 15, 2026. Clement won by decision 6-1. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Hempstead’s Ayden Miller lifts City High’s Alex Holmes during their 150 lbs. match at Iowa City High School in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, January 15, 2026. Miller won by technical fall 21-5. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

City High’s Alex Holmes tries to escape as Hempstead’s Ayden Miller drags him to the mat during their 150 lbs. match at Iowa City High School in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, January 15, 2026. Miller won by technical fall 21-5. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

City High’s Alex Holmes tries to escape from Hempstead’s Ayden Miller during their 150 lbs. match at Iowa City High School in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, January 15, 2026. Miller won by technical fall 21-5. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

City High head coach Cory Connell speaks to an official during the Little Hawks’ wrestling dual with the Hempstead Mustangs at Iowa City High School in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, January 15, 2026. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

City High’s Alex Holmes wrestles Hempstead’s Ayden Miller during their 150 lbs. match at Iowa City High School in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, January 15, 2026. Miller won by technical fall 21-5. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

City High head coach Cory Connell yells instructions to Alex Holmes as he wrestles Hempstead’s Ayden Miller during their 150 lbs. match at Iowa City High School in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, January 15, 2026. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

City High’s Chase Williams flexes after defeating Dubuque Hempstead’s Landon Gottschalk in their 120 lbs. match at Iowa City High School in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, January 15, 2026. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

City High’s Kane Willey pins Kane Willey pins Dubuque Hempstead’s Spencer Connolly during their heavyweight match at Iowa City High School in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, January 15, 2026. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

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