Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s Ella Brown has found herself at the top of the podium in every tournament she’s wrestled in this season. Saturday’s first “official” Mississippi Valley Conference tournament was no different.
Scenes from the Mississippi Valley Conference girls’ wrestling tournament at Prairie High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024.
Jase and Jackson Jaspers are in their second season as Mount Vernon wrestling teammates, but they have wrestled together for a long time.
Sophomore Kiersten Swart and junior Libby Dix wrestle on opposite sides of the lineup for the Mount Vernon Mustangs. This season, the dynamic duo is quite similar. Their records are nearly identical — Swart’s is 29-3, while Dix 29-1.
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.
Weather wiped out much of the wrestling schedule in Iowa last week, but there still are plenty of topics to discuss on this week’s episode of the Pinning Combination, including Iowa’s impressive win over Nebraska and Ben Kueter’s debut.
West Delaware’s Jeff Voss became just the eighth coach in Iowa high school wrestling history to reach 500 career dual wins.
Marion’s Natalie Hedlund dislocated her shoulder and had to medically forfeit out of last year’s state tournament. Hedlund underwent shoulder surgery over the summer and continues to wrestle with a shoulder brace. But she is back now, with a record of 17-3.
See photos from the 2024 J-Hawk Invitational boys’ wrestling tournament, held Monday at Cedar Rapids Jefferson.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s Colin Falck didn’t like finishing second at a previous tournament. He took it out on the field Monday, pinning his way to the 165-pound title of the J-Hawk Invitational at Cedar Rapids Jefferson.
Due to the strong reputation of wrestling at Clear Creek Amana, Halle Bormann knew she wanted to give the sport a try. Reflecting on her first season, she knew she made the right choice.
Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Wyatt Vlasek posted the principles of a new mental approach on his mirror, reading them each day. He has applied them to his wrestling and has reaped the rewards, climbing to sixth in the 157-pound rankings of Class 3A.
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