CEDAR RAPIDS - Drake Allen has come a long way from a year ago.The Cedar Rapids Jefferson senior has overcome disappointments on and off the mat to produce his best season as a prep.Allen improved to 21-7, winning the 182-pound title at Jefferson’s J-Hawk Invitational ...

The coaching carousel for local prep wrestling programs took a few interesting spins since last season.It is easy to be confused by the whirlwind of activity, and the connections of each move.Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Lisbon rehired their former coaches, Iowa City High said goodbye one of ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - Matt Orton won a state title for Cedar Rapids Jefferson wrestling coach Dick Briggs in 1989.The coach-athlete relationship has officially changed to peer status.Briggs and Orton confirmed Wednesday that Orton will be co-head coach alongside Briggs for the 2012-13 season. Orton joined the program as an ...

DES MOINES - Cedar Rapids Jefferson's Conner Herman aspired to be a state champion as a youth, which is the same time J-Hawks Dick Briggs recognized he had the talent to achieve it.Saturday night it became a reality.Herman scored a takedown with 14 seconds remaining ...

Former Cedar Rapids Jefferson assistant wrestling coach John Hegarty was right on when he described the ceremony as the night the names on the wall came alive.Jefferson celebrated its rich wrestling tradition with a ceremony last Thursday, before its dual with Cedar Rapids Kennedy, referred ...