DES MOINES - West Delaware Athletics Director Bob Murphy and former Iowa City West Athletics Director Marv Reiland will play a major role in the state wrestling tournament's championship festivities.Murphy and Reiland are among six wrestling officials, who have worked at least 20 state wrestling tournaments and will ...

DES MOINES - It was tough being a top-ranked wrestler.Ten competitors ranked No. 1 failed to reach Friday's semifinals of the Iowa High School Athletic Association state wrestling tournament at Wells Fargo Arena.The most came in Class 1A where four top-ranked wrestlers fell in the ...

DES MOINES - It might be the toughest round of the state tournament.It isn't the finals with television cameras and the eyes of thousands of people fixed on each move. It isn't the opening round when butterflies flutter in competitors stomachs.The round lies somewhere between crushed dreams ...

Lisbon's Carter Happel got a second-round pin of SEWA's Jake Hunerhosse to advance to the 1A-120-pound final, where he'll face Wilton's Brady Ruden. Here's video of Happel's pin on Friday at Wells Fargo Arena.

North Linn's Brendan Schott beat Wilton's Koy Snider by 6-0 decision at 1A-170 to advance to the final. Schott is 44-0 and will face Emmetsburg's Nick Schany on Saturday in Des Moines. Here's video of the final period.

Iowa City Regina's Daniel Gaffey advanced to the 1A-220 finals with a win over Maquoketa Valley's Ryan Parmely on Friday in Des Moines. The match was one of the best of the tournament so far. Gaffey will wrestle Wapello's Ryley Howell, who pinned his way ...

West Branch's Cade Jones advanced to the 1A-195-pound final with a pin of Tyler Hoffman (East Buchanan) in 2:25. Jones will face unbeaten Austin McCartan of Emmetsburg in the finals on Saturday. Here's video of the pin.

DES MOINES - Linn-Mar has three wrestlers still in the hunt for an individual state title.Matt Wempen, Alijah Jeffery and Ross Lembeck won quarterfinal matches Friday during the Iowa High School Athletic Association Class 3A state wrestling tournament at Wells Fargo Arena.Wempen, who won the ...

DES MOINES - Cedar Rapids Prairie is another round closer from a team trophy.The Hawks won four of five matches during the quarterfinals of Iowa High School Athletic Association Class 3A state wrestling tournament Friday at Wells Fargo Arena. Prairie had 63 points, trailing top-ranked ...

DES MOINES - Cedar Rapids Jefferson's Michael Moncivais was projected to finish sixth in his district tournament, but earned a top-six finish at the state tournament.The J-Hawks 132-pound junior pinned Storm Lake's Juan Figueroa in 4:29 of the Iowa High School Athletic Association Class 3A ...