The Iowa Women’s Wrestling team will travel to Liberty, Missouri for the Jewel Duals hosted by William Jewell on Saturday, December 7.

The #1 ranked Hawks will compete in a round robin format with dual meets vs. William Jewell, Lindenwood, Missouri Baptist, Fort Hays State and William Jewell B. 

Lindenwood is ranked #7, William Jewel #25 and Missouri Baptist(#19-NAIA). Lindenwood has three top 10 ranked wrestlers, Missouri Baptist has four and William Jewell and Fort Hays have one each.

Competition will begin at 10 AM in the Maybee Center. 

Trackwrestling will have live coverage.

I will have a follow up blog with results.

Jewell Duals

Round 1: Iowa vs. William Jewell B

Round 2: Iowa vs. Lindenwood

Round 3: Iowa vs. Missouri Baptist

Round 4: Iowa vs. Fort Hays State

Round 5: Iowa vs. William Jewell

NCAA Women’s Coaches Poll by the NWCA – November 29

103 – Rianne Murphy #1

103 – Sterling Dias #2

110 – Ava Bayless #1

110 – Emilie Gonzalez #5

117 – Brianna Gonzalez #1

124 – Not ranked

131 – Skye Realin #7

131 – Emily Frost #9 

138 – Nanea Estrella #3

145 – Reese Larramendy #1

145 – Ella Schmitt #5

160 – Kennedy Blades #2

180 – Kylie Welker #1

180 – Naomi Simon #8

207 – Jaycee Foeller #1

207 – Katja Osteen #5

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

We have the opening weekend of high school wrestling across the country. I am excited as always to bring you the schedule and results of incoming Iowa Wrestling recruits.

This season will have a national influence with incoming recruits from New York City to California.

Looking at the schedules I will be challenged to get timely results this season compared to the past.

Recruiting is my passion for Iowa Wrestling and I will do my best to bring you results here on my Iowa Wrestling Fan Blog.

Elite recruit Leo DeLuca is out with an injury and will not be competing this weekend. 

#1 nationally ranked Isabella Marie Gonzales will have good competition at the RM Parks Invitational in Porterville, California on Friday and Saturday.

Ty and Jarrel Miller will be competing at the Ironman in Cuyahoga Falls, OH. This is without a doubt the toughest regular season high school tournament every year. Jarrel was the only wrestler from Ohio to win a title at Ironman last year.

Bishop McCort High School is listed to be at Ironman for Owen McMullen who was not in the lineup for dual meets earlier this week.

Angelo Ferrari was named Outstanding Wrestler last year at the Ironman.

FloWrestling will have full coverage of the Ironman on their premium service.

I will have a follow up blog with results.

Recruiting Class of 2025

Leo DeLuca – Blair Academy(Morristown, New Jersey) 120 lbs.

Out with injury.

Paolo Ciatto – Iona Preparatory(New Rochelle, New York)  175 lbs.

Sat Dec 7 – at Ballston Spa Duals(Ballston Spa, NY)

Leister Bowling – Longmont(Mead HS), Colorado  175 lbs.

Fri/Sat Dec 6-7 – at Sydney Eagle Invitational(Sydney, MT)

Ty Miller – North Olmsted(St. Ed’s HS), Ohio 175 lbs.

Fri/Sat Dec 6-7 – at Ironman(Cuyahoga Falls, OH)

Jarrel Miller – North Olmsted(St. Ed’s HS), Ohio  190 lbs.

Fri/Sat Dec 6-7 – at Ironman(Cuyahoga Falls, OH)

Recruiting Class of 2026

Owen McMullen – Johnstown(Bishop McCort HS), Pennsylvania

Fri/Sat Dec 6-7 – at Ironman(Cuyahoga Falls, OH)

Women’s Recruiting Class of 2025

Isabella Marie Gonzales – Fresno(Clovis East HS), California  120 lbs.

Fri/Sat Dec 6-7 RM Parks Invitational(Porterville)

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Owen McMullen announced on October 30 that he has committed to the University of Iowa. McMullen was the first recruit to commit to the Hawks following their big recruiting visits over the weekend.

McMullen, from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, is a junior for Bishop McCort High School and is the first member of the Iowa Wrestling Recruiting Class of 2026. 

Iowa was the choice over North Carolina State, Rutgers, Harvard, Air Force, and Brown. 

McMullen competed at several weights last season as a sophomore during the high school season and competed at 144 at Cadet Nationals last summer.

McMullen is a member of the Young Guns Wrestling Club that is coached by former Hawkeye All American Jody Strittmatter. Iowa has a great tradition with wrestlers from Young Guns.

Bishop McCort has a real tough schedule with some of the best competition in the country. 

As I have done for years I am following all of the incoming recruits for Iowa Wrestling throughout the high school season. I will start with a season preview this week and the high school season will be in full force this weekend. 

I will follow all of our incoming recruits in competition on this blog with a preview on Friday and follow up blog with results every weekend throughout the high school season.

2024-25 Bishop McCort schedule

Sat Dec 7  – at Ironman(Cuyahoga Falls,OH)

Tues Dec 10 – at Central Cambria

Tues Dec 17 – Richmond

Sat/Sun Dec 21-22 – at National Duals(Stillwater, OK)

Fri/Sat Dec 27-28 – at Powerade(Canonsburg, PA)

Fri/Sat Jan 3-4 – at Lake Highland Athletic Conference Tournament(TBD)

Tues Jan 7 – at Greater Johnstown

Wed Jan 8 – at Wyoming Seminary(Kingston, PA)

Fri/Sat Jan 10-11 – at Mid-Winter Mayhem(Indiana, PA)

Thurs Jan 16 – at Forest Hills

Sat Jan 18 – at Corry Beaver Brawl Duals(Corry, PA) 

Sat Feb 1 – at North Allegheny

Fri/Sat Feb 14-15 – at District 6 AA(Altoona)

Fri/Sat Feb 28-Mar 1 – at Southwest AA Regional(Altoona)

Thurs-Sat Mar 7-9 – at PIAA AA Championships(Hershey)

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Ty and Jarrel Miller announced in June that they committed to the University of Iowa. The Miller twins are from national powerhouse St. Ed’s in Cleveland, Ohio and coached by former Iowa Hawkeye All American John Heffernan.

Ty (175 lbs.) is ranked as the #86 overall recruit in the Class of 2025 and Jarrel (190 lbs.) at #57 by MatScouts. Ty and Jarrel both placed second at the Ohio State tournament last year in Division I.

Ty is projected to compete at 184 and Jarrel at 197 for the Hawks and are in the Recruiting Class of 2025.

You will not find a tougher schedule for any high school team in the country than what St. Ed’s has this season.

As I have done for years I am following all of the incoming recruits for Iowa Wrestling throughout the high school season. I will start with a season preview this week and the high school season will be in full force this weekend. 

I will follow all of our incoming recruits in competition on this blog with a preview on Friday and follow up blog with results every weekend throughout the high school season.

2024-25 St. Ed’s schedule

Sat Dec 7  – at Ironman(Cuyahoga Falls,OH)

Sat Dec 14 – St. Edward Quad

Thurs Dec 19 – at St. Ignatius 

Fri/Sat Dec 27-28 – at Powerade(Canonsburg, PA)

Sat Jan 4 – at Graham

Sat Jan 11 – at Lakeland Prep Quad

Sat/Sun Jan 18-19 – at Escape the Rock(Philadelphia)

Sat Jan 25 – St. Edward Quad

Sat Feb 1 – OHSWCA District Qualifiers

Sat Feb 8 – at OHSWCA State Duals(TBD)

Sat Feb 22 – OHSAA Sectionals

Fri/Sat Feb 28-Mar 1 – at OHSAA Districts(TBD)

Thurs-Sat Mar 7-9 – at OHSAA State Tournament(Columbus)

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Paolo Ciatto announced on Instagram on November 14 that he was going to be an Iowa Hawkeye.

Ciatto competes for Iona Preparatory in New Rochelle, New York and placed eighth at 138 in 2023. Last season he was competing at 170 and was injured before the tournament season.

Ciatto is projected at 174/184 at Iowa and is a member of the Recruiting Class of 2025.

Former Hawkeye John Degle is an assistant coach at Iona Preparatory. Degl was an NCAA National Qualifier for Iowa at Hwt. on the 1996 national championship team.

Ciatto trains and competes for Empire Wrestling Academy where Degl is the owner and head coach. 

As I have done for years I am following all of the incoming recruits for Iowa Wrestling throughout the high school season. I will start with a season preview this week and the high school season will be in full force this weekend. 

I will follow all of our incoming recruits in competition on this blog with a preview on Friday and follow up blog with results every weekend throughout the high school season.

2024-25 Iona Preparatory schedule

Sat Dec 7  – at Ballston Spa Duals

Tues Dec 10 – Mount St. Michael

Sat Dec 14 – at Linda Stewart Duals(Albany)

Wed Dec 18 – St. Joseph by the Sea/St. Peter’s

Sat Dec 21 – CHSAA-NYC Dual Meet Qualifiers(Iona Prep)

Sat Dec 28 – at Pearl River O’Connell Tournament

Monday, Dec 30 – Super Quad(Henrickson, Bosco and St. Anthony’s)

Sun Jan 5 – at Journeyman Armbar Duals(Clifton Park)

Tues Jan 7 – at Fordham Prep(Bronx)

Fri/Sat Jan 10-11 – at Eastern States(Clifton Park)

Tues Jan 14 – at Stepinac

Thurs Jan 16 – Monsignor Farrell(Staten Island)

Fri/Sat Jan 16-17 – at New Rochelle Shoreline Tournament

Mon Jan 20 – at City Championship(TBD)

Sat Jan 25 – at Westchester County Championships(Yonkers)

Sat/Sun Feb 1-2 – CHSAA Dual Meet Championships(Iona Prep)

Mon Feb 3 – at N. Salem/Rye/White Plains(Edgemont)

Wed Feb 5 – Xavier

Sat Feb 8 – NYC Divisional Championships

Sat Feb 15 – at CHSAA Sectional Championships(Staten Island)

Sat Feb 28 – at NYSPHSAA Championships(Albany)

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Leister Bowling committed to the Iowa Hawkeyes on November 9, 2023. Bowling, from Longmont, Colorado, won a 175 lbs state title for Mead High School last year and placed second at 157 as a sophomore. 

Bowling is a member of the Recruiting Class of 2025 and is projected to compete at 174/184 for the Hawks.

Bowling was a 16U All American in Greco-Roman and placed second at the 2024 Greco-Roman U20 Nationals at 77kg/169 lbs.

Bowling won the Luther Open in Decorah, Iowa on November 9 at 174 lbs. in the Fresh/Soph division with two tech falls and two decisions over college competition. That was an impressive performance.

As I have done for years I am following all of the incoming recruits for Iowa Wrestling throughout the high school season. I will start with a season preview this week and the high school season will be in full force this weekend. 

I will follow all of our incoming recruits in competition on this blog with a preview on Friday and follow up blog with results every weekend throughout the high school season.

I really struggled trying to figure out the Mead wrestling schedule and will continue working on it.

2024-25 Mead schedule

Fri/Sat Dec 6-7 – at Sydney Eagle Invitational(Sydney, MT)

Thurs Dec 12 – at Adams City

Fri Dec 13 – at Cheyenne East(WY)

Thurs Dec 19 – Montrose

Fri/Sat Dec 20-21 – at North Colorado Christmas Tournament(Greeley)

Fri/Sat Jan 3-4 – at Grapevine Duals(Grapevine, TX)

Wed Jan 8 – at Windsor

Sat Jan 11 – at Pueblo Centennial Invitational

Thurs Jan 16 – at Holy Family

Sat Jan 17 – at Lobo Invitational(Aspen Park)

Fri Jan 24 – Roosevelt

Sat Jan 25 – at Legacy

Thurs Jan 30 – Centaurus

Fri/Sat Feb 7-8 – Regionals

Th/Fri/Sat Feb 13-15 – at Colorado State Tournament(Denver)

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Iowa will be at the Journeymen Wrestling Uncivil War in St. Charles, Missouri on Friday, December 6 against Princeton (6 PM) and Army (8 PM).

This will be the first time that Iowa has competed in a dual meet in Missouri.

Iowa is ranked #2 in the Tournament and Dual Meet Rankings by InterMat. Princeton and Army are not ranked.

The first thing that stands out in the Probable Lineups is that Iowa does not have a wrestler listed at 157. #1 Jacori Teemer was injured in the Iowa State meet on November 23. Princeton and Army do not have a ranked wrestler listed at 157.

Isaiah Fenton is listed at 157 on the roster but has not competed this season. Iowa has a lot of depth at 149 for wrestlers to move up. If I had to guess I would go with Caleb Rathje, an NCAA Qualifier at 149 last year, competing in at least one of the dual meets. 

I am hoping to see true freshman Miguel Estrada and Kael Voinovich compete at 157 while Teemer is out of the lineup.

Iowa has Kael Petersen and Joy Cruz listed at 125 where Princeton and Army both have a ranked wrestler. 

At 141 we have Ryder Block and Cullan Schriever both listed. Block is 2-2 on the season and Schriever has not competed this season. Princeton and Army both have a ranked wrestler.

Nelson Brands and Patrick Kennedy are both listed at 174.

For rankings the best matchup of the two duals will be at 149 with #4 Kyle Parco vs. #9 Ty Whalen of Princeton. We will also have #2 Michael Caliendo vs. #13 Gunner Filipowicz of Army at 165.

I will have a follow up blog with results.

Iowa vs. Princeton(6PM) and Army(8PM)

Friday, December 6

The dual meet will be streamed on UFC Fight Pass.

Steven Grace and Chad Beatty call the action on AM 800 KXIC and audio streamed online at HawkeySports.com via YouTube.

Probable Lineups

125 Joey Cruz So. Fresno, California/Bullard 0-1 -or- –/32/–/– Kale Petersen R-Fr. Rockwell, Iowa/Greene County 2-1 

Princeton –  –/30/30/– Ethan Rivera Fr. Orlando, Florida/Lake Highland Prep 6-3

Army – –/22/24/– Charles Farmer Jr. Coal Valley, Illinois/Moline 8-3

133 5/6/5/6 Drake Ayala Jr. Fort Dodge, Iowa/Fort Dodge 3-1 

Princeton – Daniel Jones Fr. Morristown, New Jersey/Delbarton 3-1

Army –  –/23/22/16 Ethan Berginc Jr. Jeannette, Pennsylvania/Jeannette-Senior 11-0

141 –/31/–/– Ryder Block R-Fr Waverly, Iowa/Waverly-Shell Rock 2-2 -or- Cullan Schriever Sr. Mason City, Iowa/Mason City 0-0 

Princeton –  –/–/30/– Eligh Rivera So. Orlando, Florida/Lake Highland Prep 1-1

Army –  –/29/24/– Braden Basile So. Tampa, Florida/Tampa Jesuit 4-3

149 4/4/4/4 Kyle Parco Sr. Danville, California/De La Salle 4-0 

Princeton – 11/9/8/13 Ty Whalen So. Mullica Hill, New Jersey/Clearview Regional 9-0

Army –  –/26/32/– Trae McDaniel Jr. Cleveland, Tennessee/Cleveland 14-2

157 TBA 

Princeton – Christopher Martino Jr. Boise, Idaho/Bishop Kelly 3-4

Army –  Dakota Morris So. Mullica Hill, New Jersey/Kingsway 8-4

165 2/2/2/2 Michael Caliendo Jr. Geneva, Illinois/Batavia 4-0 

Princeton – Cody Tavoso So. Hinsdale, Illinois/Hinsdale Central 1-6 

Army – 16/13/18/15 Gunner Filipowicz So. Alpharetta, Georgia/Woodward Academy 11-1 

174 8/8/8/9 Nelson Brands Grad. Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa City West 2-1 -or- Patrick Kennedy Sr. Kasson-Mantorville, Minnesota 1-0 

Princeton – Xavier Giles Fr. Bronx, New York/Green Farms Academy 5-5

Army –  –/31/27/– Dalton Harkins Sr. West Chester, Pennsylvania/Malvern Prep 9-2

184 7/8/6/8 Gabe Arnold R-Fr. Albany, Georgia/Iowa City 3-0 

Princeton –  –/27/29/– Mikey Squires Sr. Norwich, New York/Norwich 6-2

Army – Cole Karpinski Jr. Greenville, Pennsylvania/Greenville 5-7

197 1/2/1/1 Stephen Buchanan Grad. Loyal, Wisconsin/Loyal 4-0 

Princeton – 16/18/16/18 Luke Stout Sr. Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania/Mt. Lebanon 4-0

Army – –/32/27/– Austin Kohlofer Jr. Delta/Ohio/Pike-Delta-York 7-2

285 17/13/13/17 Ben Kueter R-Fr. Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa City 4-0

Princeton –  –/33/–/– Sebastian Garibaldi Jr. White Plains, New York/White Plains 7-1 

Army – Wolfgang Frable Jr. Coopersburg, Pennsylvania/Wyoming Seminary 10-3

^WIN/Intermat/Flo/AWN (Rankings based on weight class listed at) 

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Today is Giving Tuesday across America and around the world. This is designated day for people to donate to their favorite non-profit organization.

The Hawkeye Wrestling Club has a Giving Tuesday program set up for today with a goal of $10,000.

From HawkeyeWrestlingClub.com:

Living legends have inspired young athletes for the last 5 decades, and our goal is to continue that tradition of excellence into perpetuity! 

This pursuit is not possible without the support of generous donors like you and athletes that strive for greatness every day. 

Every donation to our 501(c)3 nonprofit provides financial assistance that directly impacts our athletes. Expenses for domestic competitions, training camps, and foreign tours are all possible because of you! These donations help us stay at the top of our craft and focus on helping aspiring athletes reach their full potential.

We invite you to give this holiday season to our Giving Tuesday campaign and to join a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give.

This years goal: $10,000

Make a donation:

https://boom.hawkeyewrestlingclub.com/campaign/645526/donate

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Isabella Marie Gonzales announced on November 22 that she had committed to the University of Iowa.

In the National Girls High School Rankings released November 13 Gonzales is the top ranked recruit for the Class of 2025, #3 in the P4P rankings and #1 at 120 lbs. Last season she was ranked #1 at 115.

Gonzales is projected to compete at 117/124 for the Hawks and is the only member of the Recruiting Class of 2025 at this time.

Gonzales, from Fresno, California (East Clovis HS), placed fifth at 53kg/116 lbs. at the 2024 U17 World Championships in Amman, Jordan in August.

To qualify for the World Championships Gonzales won the 53kg title at U17 Women’s Nationals.

Gonzales was a U17 Pan-Am champion in 2023 and a U15 Pan-Am champion in 2022. At U16 Nationals Gonzales placed third in 2023 and second in 2022.

Gonzales is a two-time California state champion and won a Super 32 title.

As I have done for years I am following all of the incoming recruits for Iowa Wrestling throughout the high school season. I will start with a season preview this week and the high school season will be in full force this weekend. 

I will follow all of our incoming recruits in competition on this blog with a preview on Friday and follow up blog with results every weekend throughout the high school season.

2024-25 Clovis East schedule

Fri/Sat Dec 6-7 RM Parks Invitational(Porterville)

Wednesday Dec 11 at Sanger Dual 

Wednesday Dec 18 Hanford Dual 

Fri/Sat Dec 27-28 – at Queen of the Hill (Corona) 

Wednesday Jan 8 – Sanger West

Fri/Sat Jan 10-11  – at Napa Valley Classic (Napa)

Wednesday Jan 15 Liberty (Bakersfield) Liberty HS 

Wednesday Jan 22 – at Clovis North

Wednesday Jan 29  – Central 

Fri/Sat Feb 14-15  – at Area Championships (Visalia)

Fri/Sat Feb 21-22 – at Masters Tournament (Fresno)

Thur/Fri/Sat Feb 27 – March 1 – at CIF State Tournament(Bakersfield)

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

It was great news when Leo DeLuca committed to Iowa on December 4, 2023. DeLuca is from Morristown, New Jersey and competes for national powerhouse Blair Academy. 

Currently DeLuca is ranked #1 in the rankings by MatScouts and FloWrestling at 120 lbs.

DeLuca won a Junior National title in 2023 at 120 lbs. and a Cadet National title at 113 in 2021.

DeLuca is projected to compete at 125 for Iowa.

Blair Academy competes in a schedule with the top high school tournaments every season. The season starts with the Ironman this weekend that is considered the toughest regular season tournament in the country. 

Blair also competes in the Beast of the East and has a dual meet with St. Ed’s, Wyoming Seminary, and Lake Highland Prep. All national powerhouses.

As I have done for years I am following all of the incoming recruits for Iowa Wrestling throughout the high school season. I will start with a season preview this week and the high school season will be in full force this weekend. 

I will have blog for our incoming recruits with a preview on Friday and follow up blog with results every weekend throughout the high school season.

2024-25 Blair Academy schedule

Fri/Sat Dec 6-7 – at Ironman(Walsh Jesuit HS, Cuyahoga, Ohio)

Sat Dec 14 – at Robin Leff Tournament (Stafford Township, New Jersey)

Sat/Sun Dec 21-22 – at Beast of East(Newark, DE)

Sun Jan 5 – at Journeyman NY Duals (Albany, NY)

Sat Jan 11 – at Tri Duals vs. St. Ed’s and Lake Highland Prep (Orlando, FL)

Fri Jan 17 – Wyoming Seminary

Sat Jan 25 – at Quad (North Hunterdon, NJ)

Thurs Jan 30 – at Delbarton School

Fri Jan 31 – at MAPL Tournament (Lawrenceville, NJ)

Sat Feb 8 – St. Peter’s Prep

Sat Feb 15 – National Prep Qualifier

Fri/Sat Feb 21-22 – at National Prep Tournament (Lehigh, PA)

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!