Eustice tabbed Iowa Lakes head coach
Former University of Iowa All-American and Cornell College assistant coach Ty Eustice has been named head coach at Iowa Lakes Community College.

Eustice replaces Jason McCloud, who led the Lakers to a seventh-place finish at the NJCAA National Tournament in the team's first season in 2008-09.

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Guthrie Center High School will once again host
the Iowa Games Wrestling Tournament.

Click here to visit The Predicament's youth tournament calendar for more info.

Also, don't forget to check out our camps/clinics page to find information and registration forms for upcoming camps in the state and surrounding area. More have been added this week to the calendar.

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2009 World Team Trials
The best wrestlers in the nation were on display this weekend in Council Bluffs at the 2009 World Team Trials at the Mid-America Center.

Among the best is Iowa's own Trent Paulson (pictured), who earned a spot on the U.S. men's freestyle team at 66 kg. for the 2009 World Wrestling Championships in Herning, Denmark, Sept. 21-27.

Paulson won Sunday night's best-of-three series against Jared Frayer to earn the spot and will compete in his first World Championships. This came one night after he watched twin brother Travis lose a tough best-of-three series of his own in their home town.

Go to our World Team Trials coverage page for results, photos and full access articles from this weekend's action in Council Bluffs. Also, check out the June issue of The Predicament for more coverage and photos.

The Predicament's World Team Trials coverage page

Lewis talks about return to the mat
Randy Lewis created quite a buzz in the wrestling world when he returned to the mat for the first time in 17 years for the Senior Freestyle competition at the Northern Plains Regional held Saturday in Waterloo.

The 1984 Olympic gold medalist won his first two matches before falling to Northern Iowa two-time All-American Moza Fay in the semifinals (pictured).

Find out what Lewis had to say about his return to the mat and also what Fay thought about wrestling the legendary grappler in our Full Access article.

Also, check out our photos from the event, which includes all three of Lewis' matches and bouts from Junior and Senior freestyle action, on DotPhoto.

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Also recently added to DotPhoto are pictures by Wyatt Schultz from the Kids/Cadet State Freestyle and Greco-Roman Tournament. All our photos from the past season are available for viewing and purchase at DotPhoto.

The Predicament's 2009 Academic
All-State Wrestling Teams announced
Forty-four high school wrestlers have been honored for their work in the classroom and on the mats, by being selected to The Predicament's 2009 Academic All-State Wrestling Teams.

Southeast Polk had a record five team members selected to the academic squads, while three seniors joined the exclusive three-time Academic All-State First Team club.

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