NCAA Div. I Championships
The top wrestlers in the nation will travel to Omaha, Neb. this week for the NCAA Div. I National Championships.

The top-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes go after their third straight team title, while Iowa State plans on winning its first NCAA crown since 1987. The Cyclones are led by defending 197-pound champion Jake Varner, who is one of two top-seeded ISU wrestlers.

The Predicament starts our coverage of the big event
with our weight-by-weight preview of the tournament.

The Predicament's NCAA Div. I Nationals coverage page

We have also uploaded hundreds of photos from last weekend's NCAA Div. II National Championships. Click here to view them.

NCAA Div. II Championships
Travis Eggers of Upper Iowa University became the second NCAA Div. II National Champion in school history with an 8-3 victory in the title bout at 165 Saturday night in Omaha, Neb.

Eggers' victory caped off an outstanding weekend for the Peacocks, including a 9-1 record on Saturday. UIU finished tied for third with Nebraska-Kearney in the team standings behind champion Nebraska-Omaha and runner-up Augustana.

Finishing second at their weight classes with ties to Iowa were Tyler Mumbulo of Upper Iowa at 125, Esai Dominguez of UNO at 149, George Ivanov of UNO at 157 and 197-pounder Ty Copsey of Augustana.

Check out our coverage page for Full Access articles and notebooks from the action from the weekend in Omaha.

Click here to go to our NCAA Div. II Championships coverage page

Two years, two NAIA Champions
Grand View University in Des Moines has only had wrestling for two seasons, but on Saturday the team crowned its second NAIA individual champion. Glenn Rhees added the 174-pound title to the NJCAA gold he claimed while wrestling for NIACC.

Grand View finished tied for ninth in the team race and had three All-Americans. Northwestern had a pair of All-Americans, while Morningside, William Penn and Briar Cliff each had one wrestler finish on the award stand.

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NCAA Div. III National Championships
The NCAA Div. III Nationals came to a close Saturday night in Cedar Rapids and a pair of Iowa Conference wrestlers earned hardware and two league wrestlers claimed individual gold.

At 197, Byron Tate of Wartburg (pictured) capped off his sophomore season with the National title. Joining him on the top of the podium was Coe 125-pound junior Clayton Rush. Evan Brown of Dubuque and John Helgerson of Wartburg each finished second.

Wartburg finished third in the team race, while Coe was fourth. Augsburg won the title, followed by UW-LaCrosse.

Check our coverage page for Full Access articles from the first three sessions and free notebooks from the finals, semifinals and quarterfinals. Also, photos from the first day are being uploaded onto DotPhoto.

Click here to go to The Predicament's NCAA Div. III Nationals Coverage

The Big 10, Big 12 and West Regional Tournaments are also this weekend. Follow them at the links below.

Big 10  I  Big 12  I  West Regional

2010 NJCAA National Championships
The drive for five is complete
Iowa Central made history Saturday night in Des Moines, as the Tritons claimed their record fifth consecutive NJCAA National title.

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For the first time in the five-year run, Iowa Central did not have the title wrapped up before the finals. A pair of Tritons won gold, including 125-pound freshman Joe Colon (pictured) of Clear Lake. Colon won 14-2 in the title bout and defeated every Junior College wrestler he faced this season by major or worse. Also winning gold for Iowa Central was Bradley Banks at 165.

Victor DeJesus won the first National title for Iowa Lakes, with a thrilling overtime win at 149.

There were also titles won Saturday night in Cedar Rapids, as the State Dual crowns were claimed by Don Bosco in 1A, Denver-Tripoli in 2A and Waverly-Shell Rock in 3A. Click here for complete results.

2010 State Tournament
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Added on Tuesday to DotPhoto - Pictures from every championship match in all 3 Classes. We have now uploaded all of our photos from the State Tournament. There are 29 photo albums with more nearly 4,000 photos to view and purchase.

Moore than enough

Nick Moore of Iowa City West embraces head coach Mark Reiland after winning his fourth State championship Saturday night in Des Moines. Moore becomes the 19th four-time State champ in Iowa high school wrestling history.

There was plenty of great action in the finals matches. Check out our coverage page now for a breakdown of the matches and comments from many of the winners.

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