Eric DeVos can only guess how many miles he’s put on his Jeep Cherokee in recent years just crisscrossing Iowa to tangle with the other top wrestlers his age. The Waverly-Shell Rock state champion has made countless trips to Cedar…
By K.J. Pilcher, Reporter IOWA CITY, Iowa – The hotbed of amateur wrestling finally gets the chance to host one of the sport’s premiere events. The United States Olympic Committee and USA Wrestling announced Tuesday that Iowa City was selected…
By MATT LEVINS IOWA CITY “Dan Gable has been the face of amateur wrestling for the better part of the last half-century. During that span, Gable has done just about everything there is to do for the sport of wrestling,…
How a Small College Upset All Major Competitors to Win NCAA Wrestling Championship Arno Niemand Arno Niemand, longtime wrestling proponent, historian and member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, has written and published “The Dream Team of 1947, “a…
BY JENNIFER JACOBS – desmoinesregister.com No one stopped 17-year-old Jerod Botts of Waverly from climbing into the cage for a mixed martial arts fight even though he was underage, didn’t have a parent’s permission and had never fought before. An…
Craig Sesker USA Wrestling Iowa’s Brent Metcalf shoots in on North Carolina State’s Darrion Caldwell during the 2009 NCAA finals in St. Louis. Photo by Larry Slater. IOWA CITY “Brent Metcalf took the college wrestling world by storm during the…
Andy Hamilton “¢ Iowa City Press-Citizen The top-ranked Iowa wrestling team did enough Friday to beat up on two more opponents and set another school record for dual dominance. But the Hawkeyes didn’t do enough to appease coach Tom Brands…
By KATHIE OBRADOVICH “¢ [email protected] Republican Jim Gibbons of Des Moines, a former Iowa State University wrestling coach, will run for Congress in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District. The winner of the GOP primary will take on incumbent Democrat Leonard Boswell.…
by SEAN KEELER State College, Pa. ” The wrestling room is bigger than a VFW hall, the mats wide as a country mile. Four high-definition televisions hang on the walls, each one placed strategically a few feet apart from the…
For most high school athletes, particularly those competing in fall sports, what looms ahead mostly is a diversion at this stage of the school year. What Matt Lackey and Wes Hand are offering high school and upper-level middle-school wrestlers at…
