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No. 3 Iowa 37, Northwestern 3: Wildcat Walloping
No. 3 Iowa 37, Northwestern 3: Wildcat Walloping
On Sunday, the gauntlet let up for #3 Iowa wrestling and the Hawkeyes replaced drama with dominance in a 37-3 rout of Northwestern. Four of Iowa wrestling’s previous five dual meets had been against top-10 ranked opponents, but Sunday’s Big Ten finale was against an overmatched Northwestern squad that boasted just four ranked wrestlers.
The Wildcats won the first match of the dual on Sunday, but it was all downhill after that. Iowa won the remaining nine matches in the dual meet, including a stretch of five straight bonus point wins that featured four technical falls. The Hawkeyes finished with six total bonus point wins and an easy 37-3 win, despite resting starters at a handful of weights. Iowa improves to 13-1 overall and 7-1 in Big Ten competition.
Northwestern’s lone win of the dual meet was the first match of the day, as #9 Trevor Chumbley earned a 4-1 win in sudden victory over freshman Miguel Estrada. Chumbley and Estrada traded escapes but little in the way of credible attacks during regulation, but Chumbley got to Estrada’s legs and finished in sudden victory to notch the victory.
The Wildcats’ lead in the dual was short-lived, though, as #2 Michael Caliendo unleashed a flurry of takedowns to earn a 19-4 technical fall win over #18 Maxx Mayfield early in the second period. Caliendo attacked at multiple levels and from a variety of angles and finished crisply again and again in his blowout win.
Nelson Brands spelled #11 Patrick Kennedy at 174 lbs, but the end result was familiar: a 21-5 technical fall over Aiden Vandenbush. Brands’ tech fall was a little more methodical than Caliendo’s — he needed to wrestle into the third period to secure his bonus point win — but the end result was the same. It was a positive return to the mat for Brands, who came back to Iowa for one final season after a controversial gambling suspension last year, but has found opportunities limited during an injury-hobbled season.
Perhaps no Iowa wrestler needed to put a series of takedowns on the scoreboard more than #8 Gabe Arnold, who had gone 2-2 in his last four matches and recorded just a single takedown over those four bouts. Arnold doubled that count by the end of the first period and added a third, plus some stalling points against Halverson to earn his major decision win. Questions remain about Arnold’s ability to score against high-end opposition at 184 lbs, but hopefully Sunday’s showing gives him a bit more confidence heading into the biggest matches of the season.
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The tech fall train rolled on at 197 and 285, with #1 Stephen Buchanan (at 197) and #11 Ben Kueter (at 285) adding to Iowa’s bonus point tally. Buchanan’s tech fall came as little surprise — he’s scored bonus points in 78% of his wins this season (14 of 18 wins) and this was his seventh technical fall of the year. He mowed through #14 Evan Bates with a combination of takedowns and near fall points en route to a lopsided 18-2 win.
Kueter’s technical fall was more of a surprise, as he’s notched bonus points in only 41% of his wins this year and only one of those six previous bonus point wins was a technical fall. Kueter showed plenty of scoring ability from neutral against Dirk Mosley, stringing together takedowns (and a few near fall points) to pick up the 20-4 technical fall victory. Like Arnold, the hope is that scoring takedowns in bunches here will boost Kueter’s confidence heading into the hardest part of the season.
The bonus points slowed way down for Iowa in the final four bouts of the dual meet, as the only win by more than a regular decision was notched by Cullan Schriever, who had a major decision at 141 lbs. #26 Joey Cruz continued his recent good form with a workmanlike 6-1 decision win over Dedrick Navarro, while Jesse Ybarra replaced regular starter #3 Drake Ayala at 133 with a 7-3 decision win over Massey Odiotti. Schriever picked up Iowa’s final bonus point win with a 9-0 major decision win over Luis Bazan before #3 Kyle Parco wrapped up the dual with a 9-2 win over #25 Sam Cartella.
There’s only so much to be gleaned from a rout over a very overmatchd opponent. Iowa wrestlers will need to beat much tougher opponents at the Big Ten and NCAA Tournaments than what they faced on Sunday in order to achieve their individual and team goals next month. But the Hawkeyes also generally did on Sunday what they should do against overmatched opponents: dominate. That will have to suffice until the big events arrive in a few weeks.
NEXT: #3 Iowa wraps up the dual meet season with a primetime showdown against #2 Oklahoma State (13-0) on Sunday, February 23. The dual meet is scheduled to start at 7:30 PM CT on BTN.
Five people were shot and injured at an Iowa City pedestrian mall near the University of Iowa campus overnight, police said Sunday. Students from the university were among the injured, according to school officials.
The Iowa City Police Department responded to a report of a large fight in the 100 Block of East College Street at 1:46 a.m. early Sunday, the department said in a news release. Arriving officers heard gunfire.
Multiple victims were hospitalized, police said. Police confirmed to CBS News that one person was in critical condition, while the other four victims are stable.
University of Iowa President Barb Wilson said in a statement that three students were among those shot. None of the victims has been publicly identified.
No arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing. Police said they are seeking information about five “persons of interest associated with this shooting.” The university also shared the request for information.
The pedestrian mall was closed for several hours and reopened Sunday afternoon.
Here are the candidates for High School on SI’s Iowa high school athlete of the week for April 13-18. Read through the nominees and cast your vote.
Voting closes at 11:59 p.m. PT on Sunday, April 26. The winner will be announced in the following week’s poll. Here are this week’s nominees:
Taylor Roose, Pella boys track and field
Roose competed in three events at the Norwalk Invitational, winning all three in the 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash and long jump.
Daxon Kiesau, Urbandale boys track and field
Kiesau swept the throwing events at the Norwalk Invitational, taking first place in the shot put and the discus.
Alex Burger, Southeast Valley boys track and field
Competing at home, Burger dominated, earning four gold medals. He won the 400-meter hurdles and the long jump while running on the winning 4×200-meter relay and shuttle hurdle relay.
Kolby Hodnefield, Clear Lake boys track and field
Hodenfield, a defending state champion, broke the meet, venue and school record in the 200 and the 400 at the Clear Lake Invitational. He added victories as part of the 4×100 and 4×400 relays. Both relays also set meet records.
Easton Moon, North Polk boys tennis
Moon has started off his senior season on the courts unbeaten, winning all four matches while dropping just one game in 44 played.
Ava Lohrbach, Gilbert girls golf
One of the top golfers in the state, Lohrbach has had a hot start, firing a 35 in her nine-hole debut and a 72 for her 18-hole opener.
Nathan Manske, Algona boys golf
An elite quarterback and basketball player, Manske is showing his golfing skills this spring, coming out with a state-low 30 in a nine-hole event.
Ella Hein, Tipton girls track and field
Hein set school records in the 400-meter run and long jump at the Tiger/Tigerette Relays while also locking in the Blue Standard and qualifying for the Drake Relays. She won the long jump (18-6) and was second in the 400.
Maeve Bowen-Burt, Iowa City High girls track and field
The sophomore helped the Little Hawks land three Drake Relays events on the last night of qualifying, advancing in the 400 hurdles, along with the sprint medley and 4×400 relays.
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The late boxing great George Foreman lies buried in a cemetery in the northwestern corner of Iowa – a place he has no connection to outside of a lone visit to the region nearly 40 years ago.
Foreman died March 21, 2025, at the age of 76 in Houston and was buried in Logan Park Cemetery at Sioux City, Iowa, a month later, city officials confirmed. Foreman’s family returned Thursday to his burial site, holding a news conference with Sioux City Mayor Bob Scott to reveal Foreman’s burial place, marked by a large monument that bears an image of him as a teen following his Olympic gold medal boxing win.
The family explained in a statement released by Sioux City officials that he had visited the Iowa city in 1988, and often recalled the sense of peace he experienced there.
After traveling to the city on April 17 last year to bury Foreman, his family said they immediately understood the region’s appeal.
“Our father lived a life of purpose, faith and gratitude,” the family said in a statement released by Sioux City officials. “To see him laid to rest in a place that brought him peace means everything to us.”
Scott joined the family at Foreman’s monument that lies just a few miles north of the Missouri River in an upper Midwest city of nearly 87,000 people. The cemetery overlooks the scenic Loess Hills, created by windblown silt deposits that reach up to 200 feet high (about 61 meters) and line the river along the Iowa border for 200 miles (322 kilometers).
“Their story is a reminder of how one place can stay with someone for a lifetime,” Scott said.
A native Texan, Foreman rose to fame when he made the 1968 U.S. Olympic boxing team, winning gold in Mexico City. He became the heavyweight champion of the world in 1973 by defeating the great Joe Frazier, only to lose the title a year later to Muhammad Ali in the famous “Rumble in the Jungle.”
A full 20 years later in 1994, Foreman became the oldest man to win the heavyweight championship at 45, defeating Michael Moorer in an epic upset.
Foreman retired in 1997 with a 76-5 career record.
He then moved on to the next chapter in his life as a businessman, pitchman and occasional actor, becoming known to a new generation as the face of the George Foreman Grill. The simple cooking machine sold more than 100 million units and brought him more wealth than boxing.
A biographical movie based on Foreman’s life was released in 2023.
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