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REVIEW: IAwrestle's First Ever-Redshirt Impact

Last week, we released our Redshirt Impact for the 2018-19 class of redshirts across the three Division I schools in the state of Iowa. While doing our report for 2019 we discovered that our first ever Redshirt Impact was four years old – which means we can look back now over the full careers of our first ever review.

Back in 2015 our top rated wrestler was Northern Iowa’s Josh Alber, followed by…

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Top 10 Performances from UWW University’s

(Photos in this post provided by Sam Janicki – SJanicki Photo) This past weekend in Akron, Ohio played host to the UWW University National tournament and many college wrestlers from the state of Iowa traveled out in hopes of making a World Team. Iowa saw competitors from their power programs: Iowa, Iowa State, and Northern Iowa, and they also had two smaller division programs attend, Grand View’s…

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Brands and Hawkeyes look to grow from 2016 experience

Wrapping up the 2015-16 season is not an easy thing to do if you are an Iowa Hawkeye, as the team finished a disappointing 1-6 on the final day of the NCAA tournament. The bumpy finish to the season included all six of Iowa’s All-Americans losing their final matches, with three of those losses coming in the finals. After his wrestlers concluded their tournaments in Madison Square Garden, Iowa…

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One weight solved – Iowa looks for answers at 141 and 165 at Midlands

Coming into the 2015-16 season Iowa’s head coach Tom Brands was pretty open that he was looking for wrestlers to step up at three weight classes – 141, 157, and 165 – and assert themselves as “the guy” in the lineup. Now nearly two months through this college wrestling season, only one clear option has emerged from those three weights, with two more considered up for grabs. Edwin Cooper’s…

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2015-16 Iowa Hawkeyes Team Preview (165-285)

2015-16 Iowa Hawkeyes Team Preview (165-285)

This officially wraps up the Division I previews for IA Wrestle. You can go back and look at yesterday’s 125-157 post, as well as the ISU (part I and part II) and UNI (part I and part II). The Hawkeyes are expected to have a strong team for 2015-16 and we would love to hear your thoughts. Shoot me a tweet at  @RossIAWrestle and let me know your thoughts on the Hawkeye lineup. Did I leave anyone…

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Redshirt Impact

All three Iowa DI schools have some terrific redshirt freshmen and with Iowa graduating 50% of their lineup, and Iowa State graduating 30% of their’s, the holes left by those wrestlers will be 11 All-American honors which means each team will need to reload to get their teams back to the top of the heap.

Josh Alber 133 – Northern Iowa

Marcus Harrington 197 – Iowa State

Sam Stoll 285 – Iowa

Nathan…

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True Freshmen report – Iowa Hawkeyes

Today we are taking a look at the true freshman for the Iowa Hawkeyes, because it’s good to look and see what’s in store for the future. This Freshman class almost feels more important when you consider that not only is Iowa graduating a #1 ranked recruiting class, but these seniors make up 50% of the Iowa lineup. At 285 Sam Stollis the only Iowa wrestler on the roster that we can truly deem as…

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Flash Flanagan Results - Bowman wins title

Flash Flanagan Results – Bowman wins title

Yesterday in Dubuque five Iowa colleges sent competitors to the Flash Flanagan Open, with University of Iowa wrestler Mitch Bowman being the lone one of that group to capture a title. Bowman earned his title over another Iowan Dylan Windfield of Upper Iowa 9-2 in the 184 finals. There was one other Iowan that reached the finals, and that was Hawkeye Burke Paddockat 174. The 174 pound wrestler…

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