Incoming recruits awarded Wrestler of the Year honors

The National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum announced awards presented by the Glen Brand Hall of Fame of Iowa. Lilly Luft of Charles City was awarded the Iowa High School Female Wrestler of the Year. Luft recently won her third state title and finished her...

Brackets for Nationals

The NCAA released seeds and brackets for the 2023 NCAA Wrestling Championships. The Hawks have two wrestlers seeded #1 in Spencer Lee (125) and Real Woods (141). Tony Cassioppi is #4 at Hwt, Patrick Kennedy #6 at 165 and at 149 Max Murin is #8. According to the seeds...

Brad Smith announces retirement

At the Lisbon Wrestling banquet last night legendary coach Brad Smith announced his retirement after 45 years of coaching. I am proud to say that Brad Smith was my wrestling coach. I am sure I will do more blogs on Coach Smith in the future. I have a lot to write...

Iowa Wrestling update

The Big Ten Wrestling Championships did not disappoint. The quality and quantity of top notch competition proved yet again that the Big Ten is the premiere wrestling conference in the country and by a large margin. At the end of two days of intense wrestling Penn...

Lee Named B1G Wrestler of the Year and OW

After winning the Big Ten title at 125 lbs. Spencer Lee was voted the Big Ten Wrestler of the Year and Outstanding Wrestler of the Big Ten Championships. This is the third time Lee has been named Big Ten Wrestler of the Year (2020 and 2021). Lee was 3-0 with two tech...