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:

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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 Girls 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!

Austin DeSanto won bronze and Otto Black silver at the Haparanda Cup in Haparanda, Sweden. Both competed at 63kg/138 lbs.

DeSanto dropped his first round match followed by winning two matches by tech fall for the bronze medal.

Black made the finals with a decision and two tech falls before dropping a 5-2 decision to  William Eckroth of Sweden in the finals. DeSanto also dropped his match to Eckroth. 

DeSanto and Black are being coached by Joe Warren, a 2006 Greco-Roman world champion and former MMA champion.

On Saturday, December 7 DeSanto and Black will compete at the Arvo Haavisto Cup in Ilmajoki, FInland.

DeSanto was a four-time All American for Iowa. He recently began training in Greco-Roman and this was his first international Greco-Roman competition.

Black captured silver at 63kg/138 lbs. at the 2024 U20 Greco-Roman World Championships in Pontevedra, Spain and also won Gold at 63kg/138 lbs. at the U20 Pan American Championships in Lima, Peru. 

Black, from Park, Colorado, won a 138 lbs. 4A Colorado state title last season with a 52-0 record. He was a Junior Greco-Roman national champion at 126 in 2022 and 132 in 2023.

Black is a member of the Iowa Wrestling Recruiting Class of 2024 and is expected to join the team in January for the second semester.

Haparanda Cup

Haparanda, Sweden, November 30

63 kg – Austin DeSanto, Iowa City, Iowa (Hawkeye WC), bronze medal

LOSS William Eckroth (Sweden), 6-2

WIN Algot Garnelius (Sweden), tech fall 11-3

WIN Ruslan Stamat (Sweden), tech fall 10-2

63 kg – Otto Black, Parker, Colo. (Colorado Top Team), silver medal

WIN Arsenil Paschenko (Ukraine), 7-2

WIN Ruslan Stamat (Sweden), tech fall 8-0

WIN Jonatan Jedell (Sweden), tech fall 8-0

LOSS William Eckroth (Sweden), 5-2

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

The NWCA (National Wrestling Coaches Association) updated the NCAA Women’s Coaches Poll. Iowa remained #1 in the tournament rankings. 

There was a change right after Iowa at #1 who went down one point to 120. North Central went from #3 to #2 and King went from #3 to #2. North Central made a big jump from 88 points from the rankings two weeks ago to 101 points. King went from 97 to 85 points.

The Hawks now has five wrestlers ranked #1: Rianne Murphy(103), Brianna Gonzalez(117), Reese Larramendy(145), Kylie Welker(180), and Jaycee Foeller(207).  

Ava Bayless(110) dropped from #1 to #2.

Also ranked for Iowa: Sterling Dias(#2-103), Emilie Gonzalez(#5-110), Skye Realin(#6-131), Emily Frost (#9-131), Nanea Estrella(#3-138), Ella Schmit(#7-145), Kennedy Blades (#2-160), Naomi Simon(#8-180) and Katja Osteen (#5-207).

Lily Luft(138) and Rose Cassioppi(160) dropped out of the rankings. Iowa has not had a wrestler ranked at 124 this season.

The next competition for the Iowa Women’s team will be at the Jewel Dual Tournament in Liberty, Missouri on Saturday, December 7. Iowa is then scheduled to compete at the NCC Open in Naperville, Illinois on Sunday, December 15.

Iowa will compete at home in Carver-Hawkeye Arena one more time this season with Iowa Duals II on Saturday, January 18. The Hawks will face Augustana and Grand View State starting at 6 PM.

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November 29 NWCA Rankings

Tournament Rankings

1. Iowa – 120
2. North Central – 101
3. King – 85

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 a rare break in the action as Iowa Wrestling fans. The Men’s and Women’s team have the Thanksgiving weekend off.

In year’s past Iowa would start the dual meet season the day after Thanksgiving. Now the season starts earlier than ever. The Hawks started the season with a dual at Oregon State on November 2. 

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

Iowa will compete next at Soldier Salute on December 29-30.

Looking ahead, the Big Ten schedule begins on January 12 at Wisconsin followed by Illinois on January 17, Ohio State on January 25 and at Penn State on January 31.

November 26 InterMat Rankings 

Iowa is ranked #2 in the Tournament and Dual Meet rankings.

125 – Kale Petersen #32

133 – Drake Ayala #6

141 – Ryder Block #31

149 – Kyle Parco #4

157 – Jacori Teemer #1

165 – Michael Caliendo #2

174 – Nelson Brands #9

184 – Gabe Arnold #7

197 – Stephen Buchanan #2

Hwt – Ben Kueter #13

The next competition for the Iowa Women’s team will be at the Jewel Dual Tournament in Liberty, Missouri on Saturday, December 7. Iowa is then scheduled to compete at the NCC Open in Naperville, Illinois on Sunday, December 15.

The Hawks will be at Soldiers Salute on December 29-30. After the first of the year Iowa will be at NWCA Duals in Cedar Falls, Iowa on January 10-11.

Iowa will compete at home one more time this season with Iowa Duals II on Saturday, January 18. The Hawks will face Augustana and Grand View State starting at 6 PM.

November 15 NWCA Rankings

Iowa is ranked #1

103 – Rianne Murphy #1

103 – Sterling Dias #2

110 – Ava Bayless #1

110 – Emillie Gonzalez #5

117 – Brianna Gonzalez #1

124 – Not ranked

131 – Skye Realin #7

131 – Emily Frost #8 

138 – Nanea Estrella #4

138 – Lilly Luft #6

145 – Reese Larramendy #1

145 – Ella Schmitt #5

160 – Kennedy Blades #2

160 – Rose Cassioppi #9

180 – Kylie Welker #1

180 – Naomi Simon #8

207 – Jaycee Foeller #1

207 – Katja Osteen #7

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!