Meet The Gazette’s 2024 all-area high school girls’ wrestling team: Naomi Simon of Decorah is the Wrestler of the Year and Gene Adams of Decorah is the Coach of the Year.
Sigourney’s Reanah Utterback has placed at the IHSAA state tournament. She is competing in the IGHSAU state tournament this season and opened with two pins quicker than a minute Thursday morning.
Wrestlers on Friday will descend upon Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines, Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids, the fieldhouse at Mason City High School and Tyson Arena in Sioux City in hopes of punching a ticket to next week’s Iowa high school girls’ state wrestling tournament, Feb. 1-2 at Xtream Arena in Coralville. Here are five storylines you should watch.
Coe followed up a fifth-place finish at the NWCA National Duals with a 4-0 mark at the A-R-C Duals on Saturday at Luther in Decorah. The Kohawks improved to 10-1 this season. A-R-C held its first women’s conference tournament, Iowa’s offense against Purdue and prep results in the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
Wartburg captured its 13th title, while Coe and Upper Iowa rebounded after opening-round losses at the NWCA Multi-Divisional Dual Championships at the UNI-Dome. Life University gets title sweep. Iowa State sweeps out west. UNI gets 800th dual win. Alburnett boys’, Decorah girls’ impressive during the Wrestling Weekend That Was.