Cedar Rapids Jefferson’s wrestling program will be celebrated again Saturday during the 50th J-Hawk Invitational. The event that began in 1975 has been a local staple of regular-season wrestling tournaments.
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Cedar Rapids Jefferson’s wrestling program will be celebrated again Saturday during the 50th J-Hawk Invitational. The event that began in 1975 has been a local staple of regular-season wrestling tournaments.
Wartburg captured its 13th title, while Coe and Upper Iowa rebounded after opening-round losses at the NWCA Multi-Divisional Dual Championships at the UNI-Dome. Life University got a title sweep. Iowa State swept out west, UNI got its 800th dual win and the Alburnett boys and Decorah girls impressed during the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
Bohnsack is a key piece of those accomplished Knights. The defending state champion defeated Williamsburg’s Lincoln Schropp, 18-5, for the 113-pound title of the 50th annual Bobcat “Jerry Eckenrod” Invitational on Saturday at Benton Community High School.
Photos from the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational boys’ wrestling tournament at Benton Community High School in Van Horne on Saturday.
Off to a dominating start in her junior campaign with a record of 20-2 and ranked No. 1 at 130 pounds, Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Mackenzie Childers is using her state title from a year ago as her motivation for working hard.
See photos as the Iowa City High Little Hawks hosted the Linn-Mar Lions for a pair of high school wrestling dual meets.
Any questions Linn-Mar boys’ wrestling coach Doug Streicher had returning from the holiday break were answered in a 49-25 win over No. 15 Iowa City High. The Lions also won the girls’ dual, 48-30.
Just three years after placing 46th at the Class 1A state tournament, Alburnett is back among the top 1A programs. The Pirates are ranked second in dual and tournament rankings with seven ranked wrestlers to start the second half of the boys’ wrestling season.
At the beginning of the season, Independence’s Morgan Krall was not listed on the roster. She wasn’t going out for wrestling. That quickly changed after the Mustangs moved forward with their first practices of the season.
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Lilly Luft won a state title for Charles City at the inaugural Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union sanctioned wrestling championships held at Xtream Arena in February. Now, she’s part of Iowa in its first official season of women’s competition — the first by a Power 5 institution. Luft earned a spot in the 136-pound final of the second annual Soldier Salute.
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.
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