Not much of a high school or college wrestling fan, but this is a big deal in Iowa for sure. I noticed they now hold this at the Wells Fargo Center; Vets must not be used for much anymore. I grew up going to Vets and enjoyed quite a few great Drake basketball games and some quality NWA pro rasslin' matches.
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Now Fish this is what Iowa is known for. As a former wrestler I enjoy watching good high school programs. Iowa has always been right up there.
I used to go to national meets when I was in high school and seemed like the kids from Iowa were so far advanced. Hell I would lose and look at my coach and say what the hell was that move. LOL SO far superior than what we were doing in Michigan.
Went to a couple of High School Women's Basketball Tournaments in Des Moines during the early 70's...6 on 6
I enjoyed this thread. My HS in NJ drew larger crowds for wrestling than basketball and had cheerleaders for matches and I still check on NJ wrestling news. Northeast NJ NY PA wrestling is very good but a level below Iowa Neb Oka midwest. I think the emerging success of MMA will feed back into interest and exposure for scholastic wrestling and other olympic contact events.
Update===Twin Rivers has had 3 of their 4 wrestlers in tonights QUARTERFINAL matches advance to the SEMI's, and did so in impressive fashion.
125 LB
Sean Schneider (SR), Twin River Valley Bode M-Dec Levi Richards (SR), Nodaway Valley, 17-8
140 LB
Levi Peters (SO), Twin River Valley Bode PINNED Drake Fanslau (FR), Underwood, 2:32
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Nate Tool (SR), Twin River Valley Bode M-Dec Kyle Soderblom (SO), Lynnville-Sully, 17-3