Ben Kueter is heavily favored to win a third state wrestling title this week. As he dominates in Iowa, a loss at the national level helps fuel him.
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Ben Kueter is heavily favored to win a third state wrestling title this week. As he dominates in Iowa, a loss at the national level helps fuel him.
Matt Shannon has been helping run the Iowa high school state wrestling meet since 2012. He’s also been working to assemble a full history of Independence wrestling, which led him to discover state wrestling history his grandfather made.
Photos from day 1 of the Class 3A Iowa high school wrestling state tournament.
Top-ranked West Delaware advanced seven wrestlers to the Class 2A quarterfinals and shared the team lead with Burlington Notre Dame after the first day of the state wrestling tournament.
Photos from day 1 of the 2022 Class 2A Iowa high school boys’ state wrestling tournament.
Follow live updates and results from the first day of the 2022 Iowa high school state wrestling tournament.
Top-seeded Don Bosco beat Lisbon to win the Class 1A state duals championship for the second straight year.
Kane and Tate Naaktgeboren provided nothing but pins Wednesday as Linn-Mar advanced to the semifinals of the state duals tournament for the first time since 2002.
Top-ranked West Delaware was challenged but it wasn’t denied from becoming the fourth school in Iowa history to win at least four consecutive State Duals crowns, beating second-seeded Independence, 55-18, for the Class 2A championship.
State wrestling notebook: Independence rallied to reach the Class 2A duals final, three top-ranked 2A wrestlers are quite familiar with each other and three girls qualified for this year’s IHSAA tournament.
Photos from the 2022 Iowa high school wrestling state duals tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
Iowa City West’s Robert Avila Jr. has only wrestled three matches since before Christmas. He returned in time for the postseason, winning a district title and earning a chance to go for a fourth state title.
Here is a closer look at Iowa high school state wrestling tournament that begins Thursday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
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