Cobe Siebrecht has been named the Big Ten Wrestler of the Week. After being in a headlock, Siebrecht scrambled through and pinned #10 Anthony Artalona of Penn in 4:02. The pin capped off the dual meet with Iowa winning 26-11.

Last week Siebrecht entered the national rankings for the first time at #29. This week he is ranked #14 by Amateure Wrestling News, #20 by WIN, and #25 by InterMat. 

Siebrecht is a Junior from Lisbon, Iowa where he was a state champion and two time state runner-up. Siebrecht has been named Academic All-Big Ten the last two years and is majoring in Enterprise Leadership.

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

It will be a full day for Iowa Wrestling fans on Sunday, December 4. The Hawkeye Wrestling Club will have a Pre-Match Social at Big Grove Brewery in Iowa City starting at 11 AM. Big Grove Brewery is located at 1225 S Gilbert in Iowa City.

Following the meet there will be a H.A.W.K. Party at the Coralville Radisson in the Kinnick Room. The Coralville Radison is located at 1220 1st Avenue just North of I-80 at Exit 242.

The Hawkeye Area Wrestling Klub (H.A.W.K.) began in 1978 and is the oldest college wrestling fan support organization in the country. Attending a H.A.W.K. Party is a big part of the Iowa Wrestling experience for a big dual meet. I have great memories of attending these parties over the years.

For more information and to join the H.A.W.K. –  http://hawkklub.com/

Iowa faces Iowa State at 1:30 PM inside legendary Carver-Hawkeye Arena before a sellout crowd.

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Ryder Block of Waverly-Shell Rock (Iowa) committed to the Hawks following the huge recruiting weekend in October of 2021. I kept saying that Block was underrated last year. That is not the case this year. Block is a member of the Class of 2023 that I have claimed to be the best recruiting class in the history of Iowa Wrestling.

Block is a two-time state champion and a runner-up at WSR. He looked great in winning a Junior national title in freestyle in Fargo this summer at 138. Now the rankings have arrived. Block is currently #3 at 138 by MatScouts after being ranked #1 this fall.

I see Block being at 141-149 for his career. It is always a guess as to how much a wrestler will grow and develop. Regardless of the weight, Block has a familiar background for recent recruits. He is from Iowa and Sebolt trained (SWA).

I believe Block has a real good to great future in store in the Black and Gold of Iowa. He has the combination of the skill set, background, work ethic, and the life long desire to be a Hawkeye.

As I have done for years I will post a blog on Friday with a schedule of where our recruits will be competing for the upcoming weekend and follow up blog with results.

Fri/Sat, Dec 2-3 – at Dan Gable Donnybrook (Coralville)

Thurs, Dec 8 – Waukon

Sat, Dec 10 – at Frank Baltzley Invitational (Johnston)

Thurs, Dec 15 – at Crestwood

Fri/Sat Dec 16-17 – at Battle of Waterloo

Thurs Jan 5 – Decorah

Sat Jan 7 – at Tripoli Invitational

Thurs Jan 12 – Charles City

Sat Jan 14 – at Bob Sharp Invitational (Ankeny)

Thurs Jan 19 – at New Hampton

Sat Jan 21 – at Ed Winger Invitational (Urbandale)

Sat Jan 28 – at Northeast Iowa Conference Tournament (Waukon)

Sat Feb 11 – at Districts (Cedar Rapids Jefferson) 

Wed-Sat Feb 15-18 – at State (Des Moines)

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

InterMat released their new rankings. There were no changes to the team rankings for tournament or dual meet. It is still Penn State-Iowa for 1-2 in both the Tournament and Dual rankings. The point totals did change. Iowa gained four points and is now at 84 points behind Penn State who remained at 100. 

The addition of four team points is from Nelson Brands returning to the lineup at 174 and is now ranked #15. Iowa was not ranked at 174 before this. After a pin over at the time #10 ranked Anthony Artalona of Penn in the dual meet Saturday, Cobe Siebrecht went from #29 to #25 at 157. I look for Brands and Siebrecht to continue to climb in the rankings as the season goes on. 

All of the other Iowa wrestlers remained the same in the rankings from last week. The Hawks are led by #1 ranked Spencer Lee and #2 ranked Real Woods and Jacob Warner. Tony Cassioppi is ranked #4, Max Murin is #6 and Abe Assad at #8. 

Brody Teske stayed at #12 and Patrick Kennedy remained at #13. 

Iowa will host Iowa State in legendary Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday, December 4 at 1:30 PM before a sellout crowd. 

November 29 InterMat Rankings

125 Spencer Lee – #1

133 Brody Teske – #12

141 Real Woods – #2

149 Max Murin – #6

157 Cobe Siebrecht – #25

165 Patrick Kennedy – #13

174 Nelson Brands – #15

184 Abe Assad – #8

197 Jacob Warner – #2

Hwt Tony Cassioppi – #4

Tournament

1. Penn State – 100
2. Iowa – 84
3. Arizona State – 57
4. Michigan – 54.5

Dual Meet

1. Penn State
2. Iowa
3. Ohio State
4. Arizona State

Full rankings: https://intermatwrestle.com/rankings/college

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

The Hawks look to keep the tradition going of having a top flight wrestler at 125 with incoming recruit Nate Jesuroga of Southeast Polk HS (Pleasant Hill, Iowa). Jesuroga is just what you want for a recruit. Toughness, technique, conditioning, work ethic, he has it all. Jesuroga is a member of the Class of 2023 that I have claimed to be the best recruiting class in the history of Iowa Wrestling.

Jesuroga is a two-time state champion and placed third as a freshman. What put Jesuroga high on the recruiting lists was when he won a Bronze medal at the 2021 Cadet World Freestyle Championships in Budapest, Hungary. He also won a coveted Super 32 title. Last summer Jesuroga crushed the competition in winning a Junior Freestyle title at 120 lbs. That is an impressive list of credentials.

I look for the torch at 125 for the Hawks to be passed from Spencer Lee to Drake Ayala to Nate Jesuroga. I believe we will see Jesuroga/Ayala at 125/133 for Iowa in the future. What a way to start the Big Tens, NCAA National Tournament, or any dual meet with those two Iowa homegrown Sebolt (SWA) trained wrestlers.

As I have done for years I will post a blog on Friday with a schedule of where our recruits will be competing for the upcoming weekend and follow up blog with results.

Thurs, Dec 1 – at Waterloo West

Sat, Dec 3 – at Blazer Invitational (Gardner, KS)

Thurs, Dec 8 – Johnston

Sat, Dec 10 – at Frank Baltzley Invitational (Johnston)

Thurs, Dec 15 – at Dowling/Waukee 

Sat Dec 17 – Red Owens Invitational

Tues Dec 20 – Ankeny C/WDM Valley

Fri Jan 6 – at Cheesehead Duals (Kaukauna, WI)

Sat Jan 7 – at Cheesehead Invitational (Kaukauna, WI)

Thurs Jan 12 – at Urbandale/Waukee NW

Tues Jan 17 – at Norwalk

Sat Jan 21 – at Ed Winger Invitational (Urbandale)

Thurs Jan 26 – at Ankeny

Sat Jan 28 – at CIML Conference Tournament (DM North)

Sat Feb 11 – at Districts (Norwalk) 

Wed-Sat Feb 15-18 – at State (Des Moines)

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Incoming recruits Ben Kueter and Gabe Arnold will be teammates at City High (Iowa City, Iowa) this season. That is two big recruits on the same team for Hawk fans to be following. Kueter and Arnold are members of the Class of 2023 that I have claimed to be the best recruiting class in the history of Iowa Wrestling.

I have been calling Kueter the best all around athlete of any incoming Iowa Wrestling recruit that I have ever seen since the day he committed. Kueter committed to both Iowa Wrestling and Iowa Football on September 19, 2021.

Kueter has pretty much done it all. He is a three-time undefeated (72-0) state champion going into his senior year. He just wrapped up a great career in football. He is a finalist for the Butkus Award as the top high school linebacker in the country and was named USA Today Network’s All-Iowa Male Athlete of the Year for 2021-2022.

Last summer Kueter won the Gold at the 2022 U20 World Freestyle Championships in Sophie, Bulgaria at 97 kg/213 lbs. Kueter recorded a fall in 1:40 for the title. To add to the accomplishment Kueter was the youngest competitor in his bracket.

I am not sure what else I can say about this recruit other than he is ranked #2 at 220 and #2 overall in the MatScouts P4P rankings. We have a real gem here.

Gabe Arnold competed for national powerhouse Wyoming Seminary in Pennsylvania last season. Arnold was a 14U and 16U national champion in both freestyle and Greco-Roman. Arnold is ranked #6 at 182 by MatScouts.

Arnold is a really powerful wrestler that I believe is under ranked. This recruit has a high ceiling and just may make a run at being varsity next season for the Hawks as a true freshman. Ton of potential.

Arnold moved in from Georgia and will be in the lineup with Kueter for the Little Hawks. I am sure more than a few Iowa Wrestling fans will be watching City High to see two of our incoming recruits this season.

As I have done for years I will post a blog on Friday with a schedule of where our recruits will be competing for the upcoming weekend and then follow up with a blog for results.

City High Schedule

Thursday, Dec 1 – at Waterloo West

Fri/Sat, Dec 2-3 – at Dan Gable Donnybrook (Coralville, Iowa)

Thursday, Dec 8 – at Washington (Cedar Rapids)

Saturday, Dec 10 – at Saydel Tournament

Thursday, Dec 15 – Western Dubuque

Fri/Sat, Dec 16-17 – at Battle of Waterloo

Thursday, Dec 22 – Iowa City Liberty

Thurs Jan 5 – at Linn-Mar

Saturday, Jan 7 – at Ames Invitational

Thursday, Jan 12 – I.C. West

Sat Jan 14 – at J-Hawk (Cedar Rapids)

Thurs Jan 19 – C.R. Kennedy

Sat Jan 21 – Little Hawk Invitational

Thurs Jan 26 – at Dubuque Hempstead

Sat Jan 28 – at MVC Tournament (Waterloo West)

Sat Feb 11 – at Districts (Bettendorf)

Wed-Sat Feb 15-18 – at State (Des Moines)

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Six members of the Iowa Wrestling team competed at the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open in Ames, Iowa. Five Hawks placed. Kolby Franklin (2nd at 197), Joel Jesuroga (3rd at 149), Aiden Riggins (3rd at 157), Gage Marty (3rd at Hwt), and Brad Hill (4th at Hwt). Jace Rhodes did not place at 133.

All of the wrestlers that competed are true freshmen for the Hawks and in the Recruiting Class of 2022.

Open Division 133

Champ. Round 1 – Brock Bobzien (Wisconsin Regional Training Ce) won by fall over Jace Rhodes (Iowa) (Fall 7:00)

Cons. Round 1 – Jace Rhodes (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)

Cons. Round 2 – Jace Rhodes (Iowa) won by medical forfeit over Nicolar Rivera (Wisconsin) (MFF)

Cons. Round 3 – Garrett Funk (Northern Iowa) won by decision over Jace Rhodes (Iowa) (Dec 6-1)

Open Division 149

Champ. Round 1 – Joel Jesuroga (Iowa) won by decision over Cody Goebel (Wisconsin) (Dec 3-2)

Quarterfinal – Ryder Downey (Northern Iowa) won by decision over Joel Jesuroga (Iowa) (Dec 5-3)

Cons. Round 2 – Joel Jesuroga (Iowa) won by major decision over James Edwards (Iowa State Wrestling Club) (Maj 13-2)

Cons. Round 3 – Joel Jesuroga (Iowa) won by fall over Colton Cahill (Unattached) (Fall 1:47)

Cons. Semi – Joel Jesuroga (Iowa) won in tie breaker – 1 over Aidan Medora (Wisconsin) (TB-1 2-1)

3rd Place Match – Joel Jesuroga (Iowa) won by decision over Adam Allard (Northern Iowa) (Dec 3-2)

Open Division 157

Quarterfinal – Aiden Riggins (Iowa) won by decision over Brock Woodcock (St. Clair) (Dec 7-5)

Semifinal – Da`Jun Johnson (Northern Iowa) won by decision over Aiden Riggins (Iowa) (Dec 5-2)

Cons. Semi – Aiden Riggins (Iowa) won by decision over Drew Scharenbrock (Wisconsin) (Dec 4-3)

3rd Place Match – Aiden Riggins (Iowa) won by decision over Andrew Huddleston (Iowa State) (Dec 7-3)

Open Division 197

Quarterfinal – Kolby Franklin (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)

Semifinal – Kolby Franklin (Iowa) won by decision over Kalob Runyon (Northern Iowa) (Dec 7-3)

1st Place Match – Wyatt Voelker (Northern Iowa) won by decision over Kolby Franklin (Iowa) (Dec 3-1)

Open Division 285

Quarterfinal – Gannon Rosenfeld (Wisconsin) won by decision over Bradley Hill (Iowa) (Dec 5-3)

Cons. Round 1 – Bradley Hill (Iowa) won by decision over Ryder Wiese (Unattached) (Dec 7-2)

Cons. Semi – Bradley Hill (Iowa) won by fall over Jonah Schmidtke (Wisconsin) (Fall 0:28)

3rd Place Match – Gage Marty (Iowa) won by fall over Bradley Hill (Iowa) (Fall 1:09)

Open Division 285

Quarterfinal – Peter Christensen (Wisconsin) won by decision over Gage Marty (Iowa) (Dec 5-3)

Cons. Round 1 – Gage Marty (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)

Cons. Semi – Gage Marty (Iowa) won by decision over Brooks Empey (Wisconsin) (Dec 3-1)

3rd Place Match – Gage Marty (Iowa) won by fall over Bradley Hill (Iowa) (Fall 1:09)

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

The Iowa Hawkeyes will face #21 Penn inside legendary Carver-Hawkeye Arena Saturday at 2 PM. All home dual meets were a pre-season sellout. 

The biggest matchup will be at 149 where #6 Max Murin will face #10 Doug Zapf. The match I am most looking forward to is at 133. Iowa has Cullan Schriever listed to face #10 Michael Colaiocco. I believe Schriever has a lot of potential and this will be a great opportunity to see where he is at on the national level. 

The Hawks have both Caleb Rathjen and #29 Cobe Siebrecht listed at 157 to face #10 Anthony Artalona. As with 133 this will give a good look at where we are nationally.

Iowa wrestling events are broadcast by AM-800 KXIC and streamed on hawkeyesports.com via YouTube. The dual will be streamed live on B1G+ with former Hawkeyes Alex Marinelli and Kaleb Young on the call. It is a paid subscription service.

#2 IOWA HAWKEYES (4-0)

 2022-23 Overall Wt. Rank^ Name Yr. Hometown/High School Record

125 Aidan Harris Jr. Layton, Utah/Layton (Iowa Central CC) 0-3 

133 Cullan Schriever So. Mason City, Iowa/Mason City 7-0 

141 Drew Bennett Sr. Fort Dodge, Iowa/Fort Dodge 3-1 

149 7/6/7 Max Murin RS Sr. Ebensburg, Pa./Central Cambria 4-0 

157 Caleb Rathjen RS Fr. Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny 1-1 -or- –/29/– Cobe Siebrecht Jr. Lisbon, Iowa/Lisbon 3-0 

165 15/13/16 Patrick Kennedy So. Kasson-Mantorville, Minn./Kasson-Mantorville 1-0 -or- Joe Kelly Sr. West Liberty, Iowa 4-3 

174 Drake Rhodes Fr. Billings, Mont./Billings West 1-0 -or- Carson Martinson Fr. Altoona, Iowa/Southeast Polk 0-1 

184 10/8/8 Abe Assad Jr. Carol Stream, Ill./Glenbard North 4-0 

197 2/2/2 Jacob Warner RS Sr. Tolono, Ill./Washington 4-0 

285 4/4/4 Tony Cassioppi Sr. Roscoe, Ill./Hononegah 4-0

PENNSYLVANIA QUAKERS (0-0) 

2022-23 Overall Wt. Rank^ Name Yr. Hometown Record 

125 20/17/– Ryan Miller So. Stroudsburg, Pa./Blair Academy 6-2 

133 11/10/11 Michael Colaiocco Jr. Sparta, N.J./Blair Academy 5-2 -or- Evan Mougalian Fr. Kinnelon, N.J./Kinnelon 7-2 

141 Carmen Ferrante Sr. Newton, N.J./Bergen Catholic 6-3 

149 10/10/12 Doug Zapf Sr. Downington, Pa./Downington West 6-1 

157 10/12/13 Anthony Artalona Sr. Seffner, Fla./Tampa Prep 7-0 

165 Lucas Revano Jr. Belmar, N.J./Camden Catholic 5-4 -or- Adam Thomson Fr. Calgary, Alberta/Bishop Carroll 0-0 

174 –/23/19 Nick Incontrera So. Flemington, N.J./Blair Academy 9-4 

184 Maximus Hale Jr. West Chester, Pa./Downington West 6-4 -or- John Stout Jr. Waretown, N.J./Southern Regional 5-3 

197 –/27/– Cole Urbas Jr. Port Matilda, Pa./State College Area 6-2 

285 15/24/– Ben Goldin Sr. Orlando, Fla./Lake Highland Prep 6-3 -or- Nate Hoaglund Sr. Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon 3-4 

^WIN/Intermat/AWN 

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

InterMat released their new rankings. There were not a lot of changes for the Hawks. There were changes in the team race. It is still Penn State – Iowa for 1-2 in both the Tournament and Dual rankings. We do have new teams ranked in #3 Arizona State and #4 Michigan for Tournament and #3 Ohio State and #4 Arizona State for Dual. 

The Hawks are led by #1 ranked Spencer Lee and #2 ranked Real Woods and Jacob Warner. Tony Cassioppi is ranked #4, Max Murin is up one spot to #6 and Abe Assad at #8. 

Brody Teske stayed at #12 and Patrick Kennedy remained at #13. Cobe Siebrecht made his first appearance in the rankings at #29 at 157. Iowa is not ranked at 174.

We saw Cullan Schriever compete last weekend for the Hawks at 133 for all three dual meets. Schriever won a 2-0 decision over Army followed by a 20-13 decision over Sacred Heart and a 23-8 tech fall over Buffalo. Schriever is now 7-0 for the year. 

I see the battle to last through the season between Schriever and Teske. I believe that by March both Teske and Schriever will have the ability to score points and become an All American at the NCAA National Tournament at 133.

Iowa will host Penn in legendary Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Saturday at 2 PM. 

November 22 InterMat Rankings

125 Spencer Lee – #1

133 Brody Teske – #12

141 Real Woods – #2

149 Max Murin – #6

157 Cobe Siebrecht – #29

165 Patrick Kennedy – #13

174 Drake Rhodes – NR

184 Abe Assad – #8

197 Jacob Warner – #2

Hwt Tony Cassioppi – #4

Tournament

1. Penn State – 100
2. Iowa – 82.5
3. Arizona State – 57
4. Michigan – 54.5

Dual Meet

1. Penn State
2. Iowa
3. Ohio State
4. Arizona State

Full rankings: https://intermatwrestle.com/rankings/college

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Jace Rhodes and Joel Jesuroga won titles at the Lindenwood Open in St. Charles, Missouri. Rhodes won by a fall in 2:20 over Shay Korhorn of Bellarmine University to win the title at 133 in the Fresh/Soph division. Also in the Fresh/Soph division Joel Jesuroga won the title at 149 with a 3-2 decision over Paul West (Unattached).

Rhodes, a true freshman from Mason City, Iowa won a title at the Luther Open last weeknd and now has an 8-0 record for the year. Jesuroga is a true freshman from Pleasant Hill, Iowa (SE Polk HS).

Kolby Franklin placed third in the Open division at 197. Bretli Reyna did not place at 149. In the fresh/Soph division Gage Marty placed third (Hwt) and Easton Fleshman (Hwt) did not place.

All of the Hawks except Reyna (sophomore) that competed are true freshman and members of the Recruiting Class of 2022. 

Black Division (Fresh/Soph) 133

Jace Rhodes’s place is 1st and has scored 20.5 team points.

Champ. Round 1 – Jace Rhodes (Iowa) won by tech fall over Cedric Abney (Jarvis Christian College) (TF 17-0)

Quarterfinal – Jace Rhodes (Iowa) won by fall over Kade Willis (Maryville University) (Fall 2:57)

Semifinal – Jace Rhodes (Iowa) won by decision over Elon Rodriguez (Triton) (Dec 6-0)

1st Place Match – Jace Rhodes (Iowa) won by fall over Shay Korhorn (Bellarmine University ) (Fall 2:20)

Black Division (Fresh/Soph) 149

Champ. Round 1 – Joel Jesuroga (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)

Champ. Round 2 – Joel Jesuroga (Iowa) won by tech fall over Ben Zeman (Triton) (TF 16-0)

Quarterfinal – Joel Jesuroga (Iowa) won by decision over Alec Peralta (SIU Edwardsville) (Dec 3-1)

Semifinal – Joel Jesuroga (Iowa) won in sudden victory – 1 over Easton Hilton (Missouri) (SV-1 3-1)

1st Place Match – Joel Jesuroga (Iowa) won by decision over Paul West (Unattached) (Dec 3-2)

Black Division (Fresh/Soph) 285

Champ. Round 1 – Easton Fleshman (Iowa) won by fall over Helliot Santana-Guevara (Joliet Junior College ) (Fall 3:16)

Champ. Round 2 – Easton Fleshman (Iowa) won by decision over Ronald Krewer (Triton) (Dec 3-0)

Quarterfinal – Apollo Gothard (Arkansas-Little Rock) won by fall over Easton Fleshman (Iowa) (Fall 9:00)

Cons. Round 3 – Ka`Ron Lewis (University of the Ozarks) won in sudden victory – 1 over Easton Fleshman (Iowa) (SV-1 2-1)

Black Division (Fresh/Soph) 285

Champ. Round 1 – Gage Marty (Iowa) won by fall over Victor Vargas (Morton College) (Fall 1:57)

Champ. Round 2 – Gage Marty (Iowa) won by fall over Allyn Johnson (Triton) (Fall 1:42)

Quarterfinal – Kale Schrader (Northeast Oklahoma) won by decision over Gage Marty (Iowa) (Dec 5-3)

Cons. Round 3 – Gage Marty (Iowa) won by fall over Kyler Pouncil (University of the Ozarks) (Fall 1:06)

Cons. Round 4 – Gage Marty (Iowa) won by fall over William Muckler (Bellarmine University ) (Fall 1:10)

3rd Place Match – Gage Marty (Iowa) won by decision over Keith Miley (Arkansas-Little Rock) (Dec 7-3)

Gold Division Open (149)

Champ. Round 1 – Bretli Reyna (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)

Champ. Round 2 – Bretli Reyna (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)

Quarterfinal – Caleb Tyus (SIU Edwardsville) won by major decision over Bretli Reyna (Iowa) (Maj 10-2)

Cons. Round 3 – Brik Filippo (Central Oklahoma) won by medical forfeit over Bretli Reyna (Iowa) (MFF)

Gold Division Open (197)

Champ. Round 1 – Kolby Franklin (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)

Quarterfinal – Evan Bates (Northwestern) won by decision over Kolby Franklin (Iowa) (Dec 5-2)

Cons. Round 2 – Kolby Franklin (Iowa) won by major decision over Ryan Golnick (Lindenwood (Mo.)) (Maj 11-2)

Cons. Round 3 – Kolby Franklin (Iowa) won by major decision over Ryan Yarnell (SIU Edwardsville) (Maj 18-7)

Cons. Semi – Kolby Franklin (Iowa) won by decision over Jesse Cassatt (Missouri) (Dec 6-3)

3rd Place Match – Kolby Franklin (Iowa) won by decision over Evan Bates (Northwestern) (Dec 5-2)

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!