Rob Gray

A long time ago and far, far away from the Iowa high school state wrestling tournament, Union Community’s star 126-pounder Jace Hedeman doubted himself. Not always, but just enough to prompt the two-time and counting state champion to create an internal script that vanquished any of those concerns, and build a foundation of unshakable confidence.

Full results from Thursday’s Class 3A Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling quarterfinals, where Iowa City Liberty's Vincenzo Lima scored a reversal with 32 seconds left to outlast Griffin Schultz and climbed into the stands to celebrate with friends and family.

Thrusday’s Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling notebook features the Vaupel family serving as scorers and timers for each session of the tournament and Decorah’s Thomas Sexton’s stirring throw in the Class 2A quarterfinals.

Here are Wednesday’s results and team scores from the Class 3A Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling tournament. Cedar Rapids Prairie top seed Dylan Munson battled a mysterious illness late this season, but is strong again and advanced to the quarterfinals.

Wednesday’s Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling notebook: Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Ngoma advanced to the Class 2A 215-pound quarterfinals. No matter how the rest of the state meet turns out, he’s set himself up for even bigger gains heading into next season.

Iowa State finds itself in a rarefied spot more than halfway through the Big 12 season: Tied for first place. The No. 10 Cyclones used an 18-2 run that spanned parts of both halves Tuesday at Cincinnati to help ensure that they’d secure a 68-59 win.

With or without All-American Ayoka Lee, Kansas State has proven to be an extremely formidable foe. The Wildcats sit one game behind conference leader Oklahoma in the standings — and will pose a stern challenge for Iowa State regardless of her current health status.

Cyclones hit the road Tuesday for a men’s basketball game against the Beacats in always rough and tumble Big 12

Iowa State won six of 10 bouts and notched its fifth straight win over Northern Iowa.

The Big 12-leading Oklahoma Sooners led by as many as 18 points and cruised to an 86-72 women’s basketball win over Iowa State before a Hilton Coliseum crowd of 10,377.

Big man Robert Jones deftly delivered three assists. Guard Keshon Gilbert dished out seven. And No. 14 Iowa State simply distributed the ball extremely efficiently Saturday against TCU, totaling 20 assists on 24 made field goals en route to a workmanlike 71-59 win over the Horned Frogs.

Kevin Dresser kept the funny flashcards and the usual pre-dual barbs to a minimum. Instead, Iowa State’s head wrestling coach went bout-by-bout to help highlight how competitive and fun — from a fan’s perspective, especially— his fourth-ranked team’s dual at 1 p.m. Sunday against No. 17 Northern Iowa should be at Hilton Coliseum.

If she’s not passing the basketball, she’s dishing out advice. If she’s not scoring, she’s poring over details to make her team better. In short, Iowa State senior point guard Emily Ryan serves as a de facto coach as well as a player — and her valuable dual role could be key in helping the Cyclones shake off their recent slump.

Don’t expect much to change for Iowa State as it seeks its fourth straight win over TCU in the series before a soldout crowd at Hilton Coliseum. But it would be unwise to assume TCU will approach its second meeting with the Cyclones the same way, given it turned the ball over 27 times in the game Tamin Lipsey was forced to witness from the bench.

Iowa State sophomore point guard Tamin Lipsey made an array of big plays down the stretch, as the No. 14 Cyclones handled Texas, 70-65, Tuesday in Austin.