Iowa went one for two in the Cadet National semifinals, with Gannon Gremmel (220) being Iowa’s winner. Gremmel won via tech fall in the first period, scoring off a nice flurry of action that was initiated by his opponent (Anthony Piscopo of Pennsylvania) for his first takedown, where he transitioned into two turns from par [Read More]

Anthony Sherry, Gannon Gremmel, Noah Fye, Bryce West, and Colton Clingenpeel all racked up All-American honors in today’s first session.   Anthony Sherry teched Avery Dinardi (New Jersey) in his 152 pound quarterfinal 10-0. Sherry scored on a lateral drop right away then transitioned into scoring 5 points from par terre, using a trapped arm [Read More]

Sixteen of Iowa’s thirty seven Cadet Freestyle National Team members advanced to the second day of the 2014 Fargo Nationals, including 5 wrestlers in the quarterfinals.   Noah Fye (100), Bryce West (113), Colton Clingenpeel (138), Anthony Sherry (152), and Gannon Gremmel (220) are Iowa’s quarterfinalists.   Fye used a variety of attacks from his [Read More]

After the first session, the Team Iowa Cadet Freestyle team was left with 19 of their 37 wrestlers with an undefeated record and still fighting on the championship side of the bracket.   Brock Jennings (138) wrestled one of the more exciting matches of the day in his first round bout vs. Oregon’s Izaiah Duran, [Read More]

With three All-Americans, Team Iowa placed 20th in this year’s Junior Greco-Roman Nationals.   Jacob Marnin, a 285 pounder from Southeast Polk, was pinned in his bronze medal bout. Tate Orndorf from Washington threw Marnin in a lateral drop right at the beginning of the match. The fall happened in 48 seconds. Marnin’s 4th place [Read More]