A look at Saturday’s Class 1A Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling finals. Alburnett’s Rowdy Neighbor scored two takedowns against Akron-Westfield’s Cael Morrow, avenging a loss from a year ago and capturing the 120-pound title
Full results from Friday’s Class 1A Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling semifinals, where Cascade’s Brock Morris put the disappointment of missing out on last year’s state tournament behind him and advanced to Saturday night’s state finals.
Here are five storylines to follow during the 2024 Iowa High School Athletic Association traditional state wrestling tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
Starmont’s Keaton Moeller was third at state wrestling as a freshman last season. He is ranked No. 1 at 150 pounds in Class 1A with a 39-1 record. Moeller enters Saturday’s district tournament at MFL MarMac with a 26-match win streak.
Here is The Gazette’s first 2023-24 installment of area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.
In addition to overall co-players of the year Derek Weisskopf of Williamsburg and Preston Ries of Monticello, The Gazette’s 2023 all-area football team is led by offensive player of the year Grant Glausser of Western Dubuque and defensive player of the year Rayce Heitman of Williamsburg. Curt Ritchie of Williamsburg is the area coach of the year.
Here are 18 Gazette-area individuals to keep an eye on during the 2023-24 Iowa high school boys’ wrestling season.
Derek Weisskopf of Class 3A state champion Williamsburg and Preston Ries of 2A semifinalist Monticello have been named class captains by the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association. The honors were in conjunction with the IPSWA all-state teams, which were voted upon Sunday and released Tuesday.
It’s all about the playoffs now on the Prep Football Huddle podcast. After quickly reviewing the Round of 32, we preview the Round of 16 in all seven Iowa high school football classes on this week’s episodes. Plus, our picks for the 28 teams that will advance to the UNI-Dome.
Paths to the UNI-Dome have been mapped out. The Iowa High School Athletic Association released Round of 16 pairings for the Iowa high school football playoffs Saturday morning.
It’s playoff time in Iowa high school football, at least for Class 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player. This episode of the Prep Football Huddle podcast previews the Round of 32 in those classes and looks at what’s at stake in the final week of the regular season for 5A, 4A and 3A teams.
Running step-by-step, side-by-side with Tipton’s Clay Bohlmann throughout the race, Vinton-Shellsburg’s Alex Torres had the decisive push at the end and captured the boys’ individual title at Thursday’s Class 2A state-qualifying meet at Monticello High School. Quite a departure from last year, when he didn’t qualify.
The Iowa high school football postseason begins for teams in Classes 2A, 1A, A and 8-Player. The Gazette’s Jeff Linder, Jeff Johnson, K.J. Pilcher and Nathan Ford share their thoughts on teams bound for the UNI-Dome, upset-minded No. 4 seeds and the benefits of a Week 9 game for non-playoff programs.
Starmont’s football program has a good history, though it has struggled the past decade with low numbers of players and even lower win totals. The Stars, who were 1-8 last season, finished the regular season 7-1 after a 27-6 win Friday night over Maquoketa Valley that gave them a Class A district championship.
Here’s a look at how all the teams ranked in The Gazette’s Iowa high school football poll fared in their Week 8 games.
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