Jeff Voss News Today

Saturday’s Iowa high school boys’ state tournament notebook features West Delaware Coach Jeff Voss wrapping up a successful career and a look at this year’s Hall of Fame inductees.

West Delaware’s Jax Miller narrowly missed out on the boys’ state wrestling tournament in 2022 and qualified as a district runner-up in 2023. On Saturday, in his home gym, the junior Hawk found himself in uncharted territory and for good reason.

The Iowa high School Athletic Association State Duals are Saturday at Xtream Arena in Coralville. Five Gazette area teams are in the field.

West Delaware returned to the State Duals for the seventh straight season. They have reached the finals the last six seasons. The Hawks enter as the No. 4 seed in Class 2A. Action begins Saturday at 9 a.m. at Xtream Arena in Coralville.

On the back of West Delaware’s boys’ wrestling practice shirts is a simple slogan: “Earning it.” The fourth-ranked Hawks did just that with a 43-24 win over No. 23 Decorah in a Class 2A regional dual Tuesday night, earning them a berth in the Class 2A state duals tournament Saturday at Xtream Arena in Coralville.

West Delaware’s Jeff Voss became just the eighth coach in Iowa high school wrestling history to reach 500 career dual wins.

West Delaware Coach had an interesting analogy to describe his team. They resemble farm dogs chasing passing cars, trying to run down their best performances. The Hawks won the South Winn Invitational and hits a challenging stretch of duals this week.

Xtream Arena hosted an energetic three days of championship events, the Iowa women dominated and Northern Iowa and Iowa State each went 2-0 leading into their showdown Friday. This is the Wrestling Weekend That Was.

Four-time defending Class 2A state champions, the West Delaware Hawks will attempt to extend their streak at the IHSAA state duals wrestling tournament Saturday.

Lisbon finds itself in an uncommon and unique situation. Seventh-ranked Lisbon will host No. 24 Pleasantville in a regional dual semifinal Tuesday night at Lisbon. The winner advances to face No. 5 Wapsie Valley in the final immediately following with a state duals berth on the line.