West Delaware returned to the State Duals for the seventh straight season. They have reached the finals the last six seasons. The Hawks enter as the No. 4 seed in Class 2A. Action begins Saturday at 9 a.m. at Xtream Arena in Coralville.
The Iowa high School Athletic Association State Duals are Saturday at Xtream Arena in Coralville. Five Gazette area teams are in the field.
On the back of West Delaware’s boys’ wrestling practice shirts is a simple slogan: “Earning it.” The fourth-ranked Hawks did just that with a 43-24 win over No. 23 Decorah in a Class 2A regional dual Tuesday night, earning them a berth in the Class 2A state duals tournament Saturday at Xtream Arena in Coralville.
West Delaware advanced to the Class 2A Iowa high school boys’ wrestling state duals tournament with a 43-24 win over Decorah on Tuesday in Manchester.
Mount Vernon’s Klayten Perreault recorded a pin for the 106-pound title Saturday at Williamsburg and helped propel the Mustangs to their first Wamac Conference tournament team title since joining the league in 2009.
See photos from the 2024 Wamac Conference boys’ wrestling tournament at Williamsburg High School. Mount Vernon claimed its first team title.
Alburnett has climbed to the top of the Class 1A boys’ wrestling dual rankings. The Pirates were fourth at the 2023 state duals and will host regional duals again this season. The Wamac Conference has seven teams in the field with No. 2 Mount Vernon, West Delaware and Indpendence hosting 2A regional duals. Linn-Mar is the lone Gazette-area host in 3A.
West Delaware received a pin from Brent Yonkovic and major decision from Jeryn Funke in the final two matches to edge rival Independence, 29-28, in a boys’ wrestling dual. The Mustangs won the girls’ dual, 42-33, securing the victory with Izzy Strickert’s pin.
The West Delaware Hawks defeated the Independence Mustangs 29-28 in a boys’ wrestling dual at Independence High School on Thursday.
West Delaware’s Jeff Voss became just the eighth coach in Iowa high school wrestling history to reach 500 career dual wins.
Photos from the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational boys’ wrestling tournament at Benton Community High School in Van Horne on Saturday.
Here is The Gazette’s first 2023-24 installment of area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.
The Iowa high school boys’ wrestling is paused until 2024. The season resumes with 6 1/2 weeks of competition until champions are crowned in Des Moines. Here are some notable events for the second half of the season.
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union is likely to announce its girls’ basketball regional pairings in mid- to late January. Here is The Gazette’s first version of mock pairings ... all five classes, all 346 teams.
The Iowa High School Athletic Association released the first installment of its dual rankings for all classes. The poll is used to determined regional dual qualifiers and are considered in pairings. Eight regional dual champions advance to the State Duals tournament Feb. 3 at Xtream Arena in Coralville.
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