Iowa High School Wrestling

Cedar Rapids Prairie sophomore Mackenzie Childers has always possessed a love for wrestling. She has parlayed that passion into success, opening the season 20-0 with 16 pins.

Watch or listen to the December 14, 2022, Pinning Combination podcast, talking all things wrestling in Iowa.

United World Wrestling World Cup was another entertaining event. We peruse a few results from the weekend in college and high school wrestling.

For the first time, United World Wrestling’s World Cup featured me’s and women’s freestyle competitions share the same stage. Team USA finishes fourth, falling to Mongolia in bronze-medal dual.

Felicity Taylor was a pioneer in girls’ wrestling as a prep at South Winneshiek. She continued her career at McKendree before transferring to become University of Iowa’s first women’s wrestling team. Now, she will represent Team USA at the UWW World Cup this weekend in Coralville.

Mount Vernon has been successful to open the boys’ wrestling season. The Mustangs have sandwiched a tournament title between two dual meet victories to begin the year. Mount Vernon topped Clear Creek Amana, 45-28, Thursday night at home.

Mount Vernon senior Claire Gaffney remembered the influence former Mustang girls’ wrestlers had on her. She’s filling that role for new Mustangs wrestlers.