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.
The Battle of Waterloo didn’t disappoint and Alburnett left with a runner-up finish to Class 3A power southeast Polk. Iowa State competed at the Collegiate Duals. Cornell, Luther impressed at the Gator Boots Duals in Tennessee and more in the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
Former West Delaware Coach Jeff Voss will be inducted into the Battle of Waterloo Hall of Fame, while his son, Jake, has taken the reins of the program, competing in a bracket named after the former head coach.
Iowa State has held a notable dual in Humboldt, which is the hometown of head coach Kevin Dresser. This year, they held their Big 12 Conference opener there Sunday. Iowa women crown three champions at North Central Open, Iowa men land a top recruit and an ice storm limited high school action in the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
Junior scored a pair of pins Thursday night, sets example for varsity teammates and also works with young girls to grow the sport in Manchester
Coaches react to some new rules introduced for the 2024-25 high school wrestling season. Mount Vernon crowned four champions at Cardinal Classic in Newton. Jesup off to strong dual start.
Girls basketball: Ava Hocker ignites Williamsburg’s final surge in 57-54 win over West Delaware in a 3A top-10 battle. Raiders improve to 4-0.
The Gazette’s 2024 all-area volleyball team: Mount Vernon’s Chloe Meester repeats as player of the year; Mustangs Coach Maggie Willems is coach of the year.
Here is a list of 20 wrestlers and nine teams to keep an eye on for the 2024-25 boys’ wrestling season.
Boys’ basketball 2024-25: 15 area players to watch for the upcoming season.
The West Delaware boys’ bowling team accomplished almost everything it set out to last year. Just one goal eluded them: qualifying for the state tournament.
Gazette-area teams and bowlers to watch for the 2024-25 Iowa high school bowling season.
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