By Jon Gremmels J Robinson has insight to what it’s like to be Jim Zalesky. He, too, experienced trying to replace a legend ” the same legend. Zalesky is in his eighth season as Dan Gable’s successor as wrestling coach…
By Jon Gremmels It’s been six years since an Iowa university put an NCAA wrestling team championship into its trophy case. That might not seem like such a long time, but it’s the third-longest period between championships for Iowa schools…
By Michael Hirsley Tribune staff reporter HUMBOLDT, Iowa ” Frank Gotch was born April 27, 1878, to German immigrants on a farm 3 miles south of town. He began wrestling for fun as a teenager and for money by the…
By Michael Hirsley Tribune staff reporter December 11, 2005, 9:03 PM CST HUMBOLDT, Iowa — The Japanese tourist riding his motorcycle past vast stretches of Iowa cornfields might have seemed lost as he crossed the east fork of the Des…
The RPW Season One Box Set (8 discs) of 49 full-length, action-packed matches will be available for Christmas! Ordering Details Everyone who placed a pre-order will be contacted directly by RPW to take their orders over the phone before Dec.…
Wrestling coach reaches 37 years on the job By Jeff Stell, Staff Writer ROLAND – In 1969, Roland-Story High School wanted to start a wrestling program. So the school hired UNI graduate in Jim Kinyon to get the ball rolling.…
Iowa wrestlers hope to break NCAA attendance mark By DAN McCOOL REGISTER STAFF WRITER Tim Hartung is trying to put the Iowa wrestling program on top of the record book once again. The Hawkeyes have designated their Jan. 7 meet…
By Andy Hamilton Iowa City Press-Citizen Ask Daniel Dennis to flip the calendar back to February and recall how his recruiting process unfolded. Tell him to think back to when the Iowa wrestling program called for the first time and…
By DAN McCOOL REGISTER STAFF WRITER University of Iowa freshman 133-pound wrestler Dan Dennis wowed some of the crowd of 6,782 at the Iowa-Iowa State meet Friday night with his forward-only style. Dennis expects to impress some more fans tonight…
By David Murray, Daily Sports Writer When Ryan Bertin graduated last year, some Michigan fans thought that the 157-pound weight class would never be the same. But hose fans don’t understand. The wrestling team didn’t have to rebuild. They had…
