Articles Tagged: Wartburg Knights

This week’s episode of the Pinning Combination podcast with The Gazette’s K.J. Pilcher and Hall of Fame coach Dick Briggs features a preview of Friday’s No. 2-vs.-No. 1 dual between Iowa and Penn State.

Wrestling action resumed at full-throttle this weekend. College teams competed at all levels with conference duals and multi-divisional national duals. High schools held their first Saturday of tournaments since the break. Here is the Wrestling Weekend That Was.

Trailing by four at intermission, Wartburg (10-0, 8-0 A-R-C) forced turnovers and capitalized on a few short fields in the second half to preserve its perfect season in a 19-14 win over Coe (7-3, 6-2).

The Coe Kohawks know there is more at stake in the regular-season finale against Wartburg. A chance for an American Rivers Conference title and a postseason berth is still dangling in front of them.

Northern Iowa cruised past Division-III Wartburg, 105-49, in its regular season opener Monday night at McLeod Center.

College football. Where guys named Max and Charlie and Kool-Aid all have a place to shine.

Former Western Dubuque prep Ben Bryant leads the American Rivers Conference in all-purpose yards and punt returns, and ranks among the league leaders in touchdowns and points for Wartburg.

Former Wartburg golfer Michael Canfield won his second tournament in a week via playoff and is thrilled with his first Iowa City men’s golf amateur crown.

Coe scored seven runs in a wild first inning and cruised to a 10-6 victory over Wartburg in the American Rivers Conference baseball tournament championship. The Kohawks earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III tournament.

Top-ranked Wartburg finished with seven All-Americans but needed some help in the team race that wasn’t decided until the penultimate match of the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships.

Wartburg’s Kyle Briggs made the decision to return for one more semester and a chance to compete in the NCAA national meet in his hometown again. He earned All-America honors again with a third-place finish.

The long, winding wrestling road came to an end with a victory for Loras’ Jacob Krakow Saturday afternoon, placing third at the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships.

A closer look at the 2022 NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships, scheduled for Friday and Saturday at Alliant Energy PowerHouse.

After two straight pandemic-related cancellations, the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships return to Cedar Rapids this weekend.

Sixth-ranked Wartburg won six matches, receiving a pin from senior Kyle Briggs, to defeat No. 2 Coe, 22-15, Friday night at Levick Arena in Waverly.