Articles Tagged: Union Community High School

Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s Ella Brown has seen her title hopes end in the semifinal round in the past. This time the Cougars’ senior 235-pounder left no doubt to become the school’s first state finalist.

Mount Vernon Libby Dix reached the state finals the last two seasons, winning the 190-pound crown. She opened with two consecutive pins to maintain her chances for another state title.

Here are The Gazette’s sixth 2024-25 installment of area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.

Tess Richards has persevered injury and illness the last two seasons. She was determined to compete in this year’s postseason and claimed the 115-pound title Friday at the Class 1A girls’ wrestling regional at Solon.

Here are The Gazette’s fifth 2024-25 installment of area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.

The Lions won two straight MVC Super Meets before being unseated by Cedar Rapids Prairie last season. Linn-Mar is coming off a team title at Clinton’s Bob Lueders Invitational and is one of the favorites at the MVC tournament.

Here are The Gazette’s fourth 2024-25 installment of area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.

Here are The Gazette’s third 2024-25 installment of area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.

Benton Community’s Class 2A second-ranked Brenden Heying defeated Anamosa’s No. 3 Austin Scranton and West Delaware’s No. 4 Brent Yonkovic to claim the 190-pound title at the Bobcat Jerry Eckenrod Invitational on Saturday.

Here are The Gazette’s second 2024-25 installment of area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.

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.

Union Community’s Jace Hedeman has subscribed to a new free and fun approach after his drerams of four state titles were dashed last season. He was dominant Saturday, winning the 132-pound title of the Cliff Keen Independence Invitational

Here is a list of 20 wrestlers and nine teams to keep an eye on for the 2024-25 boys’ wrestling season.

Capsules for the Iowa high school state cross country meet Friday and Saturday at Lakeside Golf Course