Independence hosted a high school girls’ wrestling tournament on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022.
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Independence hosted a high school girls’ wrestling tournament on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022.
Keeley Kehrli has forged her own success, which continued with a 3-0 record at the Independence Girls’ Invitational Saturday on the opening weekend of tournaments in the inaugural sanctioned season by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. She opened with a major decision and closed with two pins in a combined 1:16.
Iowa City High hosted a tournament to begin the first season of sanctioned Iowa high school girls’ wrestling.
Iowa Valley’s Emma Peach has developed into one of the state’s top wrestlers entering the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union’s inaugural season of sanctioned wrestling. Monday was the first day of competition for the landmark year, which was announced before she won a title at the Iowa Wrestling Officials and Coaches Association girls’ state tournament last season.
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Girls filed into wrestling rooms across Iowa on Monday for the start of the varsity season. They have done that decades, however, this was the start of their own season. This is uncharted territory for the IGHSAU’s celebrated “Iowa Girl.”
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Iowa City High’s Ben Kueter capped a dominant performance with a 1:40 pin of Turkey’s Rifat Gidak to claim the 213-pound title at the United World Wrestling World Championships on Tuesday at Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Former South Winneshiek prep Felicity Taylor is transferring to Iowa to wrestle. She was a national champion for McKendree last season and will respresent the United States at U23 World Championships.
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