DES MOINES — Forget the numbers next to the wrestlers on the bracket at the boys state wrestling tournament. Friday morning’s Class 3A session was all about one letter — X. Marshalltown’s Xayvion Anderson defeated top-seeded Ethan Bibler of Waverly-Shell Rock, 3-2, in an overtime ...
DES MOINES — Three West Marshall wrestlers will represent the Trojan boys on the final day of the state wrestling meet Saturday. What they represent is a program, a community, that is much bigger. Jon Gonzalez will wrestle to place anywhere between third and sixth on Saturday morning, ...
DES MOINES — Two top-seeded wrestlers derailed North Tama’s wrestlers during Friday’s Class 1A session of the boys state wrestling tournament at Wells Fargo Arena. Kolt Knaack took his first loss of the season against defending state champion Corbin Reisz of Logan-Magnolia in the ...
REINBECK — Kennedy Brant scored a game-high 22 points to lead the eighth-ranked Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls’ basketball team to a 57-16 romp over Baxter in Friday’s Class 1A Region 8 semifinals. The Rebels (20-3) advance to face Lynnville-Sully (18-5) in next Wednesday’s regional ...
AMES — Iowa State 157-pounder Cody Chittum has been named the Big 12 Wrestler of the Week, the league office announced Wednesday. It marks the first Big 12 weekly honor of Chittum’s career and the third by a Cyclone this season. Chittum (15-2) went 2-0 against a pair of top-20 opponents ...
DES MOINES — Xayvion Anderson isn’t monkeying around. The 165-pounder for Marshalltown boys wrestling is excited to be one step closer to the state finals after a win in Thursday’s quarterfinals at Wells Fargo Arena, and to clinch Marshalltown wrestling’s first state medal since ...