Live wrestling results: No. 8 Iowa hosts Ohio State

The University of Iowa competes at home again, hosting Ohio State in a Big Ten dual. We're set to start at 3 p.m. The eighth-ranked Hawkeyes are 8-0-1 overall and 1-0 in the Big Ten. Iowa is coming off a 15-15 tie at Oklahoma State that snapped a 69-dual win streak, although they remain unbeaten in 70 straight duals. The Hawks lone conference victory came Dec. 4 against Michigan State (29-10).

Ohio State is 2-5 overall and 1-1 in the Big Ten. OSU was ranked 24th when UNI beat them in the NWCA National Duals. Iowa handled UNI, 39-0, Dec. 9.

The dual could have three matches with two ranked wrestlers. At 133, Tony Ramos, ranked 16th by W.I.N., or Tyler Clark, ranked 10th, will likely face Ian Paddock, ranked as high as 11th. At 165, Colt Sponseller, ranked 8th by InterMat, might face #16 Aaron Janssen, but Jake Kerr is a possible go here.At 174, the final bout of the day should be a good one. Iowa's 14th-ranked Ethen Lofthouse and Nick Heflin, ranked ninth by W.I.N., will face-off at 174. Both are red-shirt freshmen.

The dual is starting at 184. It's supposed to be a "Gold Rush" event and most  fans appear to be sporting gold shirts.

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We've started and Grant Gambrall is taking on C.J. Magrum. Magrum with a pass-by and gets credit for an iffy T2. He leads 2-0 with 1:58 to go in first. Gambrall with E1 and then with a decisive T2 of his own on a low-single for a 3-2 lead. 1:19 to go in first. Magrum hit with stalling with 30 seconds left. He's not doing much. gambrall rides him out for 3-2 lead after 1 with 1:26 of riding time. Magrum chooses down and Gambrall releases him right away to make it 3-3. Gambrall counters Magrum shot and scores T2 to make it 5-3. gambrall gets P1 for stalling and leads 6-3 to start third with 2:39 of RT. gambrall adds E1, T2 and RT1 for 10-3 win. Iowa up, 3-0.

At 197, Luke Lofthouse vs. Peter Capone. Lofthouse in on a single, trying to finish bu Capone picks his ankle and ends up with his own T2. Lofthouse with E1 and Capone leads, 2-1, at end of the first. capone chooses down and gets E1, but not after Lofthouse eliminates riding time. 3-1 Capone. Capone hit for stalling as Lofthouse shoots in and finishes T2 to tie it 3-3. Lofthouse rides him out to end second and starts down for the third. Crowd erupts as Lofthouse cuts hips through and gets R2 after Capone is almost piggy-backing him with a ride. Lofthouse wins, 6-4. Iowa up, 6-0.

At hwt., Blake Rasing vs. Zach Stolarsky. Rasing attacks right away almost scoring a T2 at the edge. They originally award it right in front of OSU coach Tom Ryan, who protests it and the ref overturns call, negating the T2. Iowa coaches jump up and Ryan goes back to corner waving his arms across his body, as if he's telling the booing crowd there was no T2. Great drama!

Storlasky warned for stalling, but we're still scoreless. First ends scoreless and Rasing starts second on bottom, scoring an E1 in 8 seconds. Rasing keeps pressing the action and forces a second stall call before getting a T2. 4-0 Rasing. Rasing riding tough and gets another stall call. Rasing leads 7-0 to start third and has more than a minute of RT. Storlarsky with E1 and Rasing wasted no time with a T2 to go up, 9-1 and is adding to RT. One minute to go. rasing forces another stall call and gets two more points. he wins, 12-1, and Iowa is up 10-0.

At 125, Matt McDonough is taking on Bo Touris. McDonough dominating match with three T2 before putting Touris on his back. McD leads 9-2 after first. McD adds two T2 and a NF2 for 15-4 lread before decking Touris in 4:37. Iowa up, 16-0.

At 133, it looks like Tony Ramos will be going against Ian Paddock. ramos with a T2 and Paddock with a E1 and the first period ends with a 2-1 Ramos lead. Ramos gets E1, but Paddock has 1:17 of RT. Never tried to turn Ramos, always chasing him after his initial moves underneath. Second ends with Ramos leading 3-1. Ramos eliminates riding time and will only be a factor with a Paddock T2 or R2. Paddock with E1 to make it 3-2 Ramos. paddock trying for that winning T2. Ramos called for stalling. Final seconds paddock makes desperate attempt for T2 and Ramos counters for T2 and a 5-2 win. Iowa leads, 19-0 at break.

Halfway through the meet, Iowa holds a 48-14 lead in match points.  Iowa has 13 takedowns to OSU's two. OSU's only other points come from 10 escapes. Iowa has edge in reversals (1-0), nearfall points (7-0), penalty points awarded (5-0) and riding time points (3-0).

We're up and running again. At 141, Mark Ballweg vs. Randy Languis. Ballweg with a T2 about 1:10 into the match. Ballweg rides him out, working on putting him on his back when time expired. I bet they end up in that position at least one more time this match. ballweg riding Languis hard, trying to work a bar-arm. languis called for stalling. ballweg rides him out for second and has 2-0 lead with 3:51 of RT to start third. Ballweg racks up three T2 and a E1 for 10-2 major. Iowa up, 23-0.

At 149, Matt Ballweg vs. Mike Fee. Ballweg with T2 and rides out Fee, ending second period with 1:41 of RT. Ballweg with a nice high-crotch and finished with a strong leg-sweep. Ballweg up 4-1. Fee dinged for stalling as time runs out. Ballweg leads 4-1 with 2:54 of RT to start third. Ballweg wins, 12-3, adding three third-period T2. Iowa locks up win already, leading 27-0.

At 157, Derek St. John vs. Sean Nemec. DSJ with T2 and rideout for 2-0 lead after first. DSJ adds two more T2 in second for 6-1 lead. DSJ wins, 9-3, putting Iowa up 30-0.

At 165, Aaron Janssen gets the nod against Colt Sponseller. This is the match OSU is most heavily favored. Janssen hit for stalling, but gets in on shot in final 10 seconds of period, which ends scoreless. Sponseller down to start second. He's out in five seconds. Janssen with a T2 for 2-1 lead. Janssen has been able to get in on Sponseller. Janssen goes down to start third. janssen with E1 for 3-1 lead. Sponseller with T2 with about 30 seconds to go. 3-3. Crowd on their feet trying to will AJ to win. We go to OT. Sponseller scores T2 with 37 to go in sudden victory for win. Iowa up 30-3 with one match left.

At 174, Ethen Lofthouse vs. Nick Heflin. Scoreless first. Lofthouse with E1 in 1 second for 1-0 lead in second period. Heflin with E1 to tie it 1-1. RT not a factor. Lofthouse scores late T2 for 3-1 win and caps Iowa's 33-3 win.