Iowa women’s wrestling took a good portion of its squad to the North Central Open on Sunday, securing three individual titles from Nanea Estrella, Macey Kilty and Kylie Welker.

Bringing 13 wrestlers to the top division of the tournament, with Danni Swihart competing in the B-Division, 11 Hawkeyes finished on the podium in the top division. Even without several starters, the Hawkeyes took second behind only North Central’s mostly full squad.

Iowa’s stars who made the trip to Naperville, Illinois shined, as Estrella, Kilty and Welker combined to go 14-0. They outscored their opponents 131-1 combined.

Alivia White was a surprise, racing to take second at 203 pounds. She defeated teammate Katja Osteen by fall on her way to the finals. Even without Jaycee Foeller, the Hawkeyes had White, Osteen and Samantha Calkins all place at the tournament at 203 pounds.

Accounting for only the results from the A-Division, which housed top wrestlers from each team, North Central had 166.5 team points to Iowa’s 136.5.

It’s hard to compare Iowa and North Central, given the Hawkeyes and CArdinals had limited lineups. The Hawkeyes were without Sterling Dias, Brianna and Emilie Gonzalez, Skye Realin, Reese Larramendy, Kennedy Blades and Foeller to name a few. North Central did not have former Hawkeye Bella Mir or 203-pound No. 2 Traeh Haynes for example as well.

Regardless, having two champions and five finalists suggests the Cardinals will be a challenger once again come the postseason to the Hawkeyes.

Here are the individual results for each wrestler for the Hawkeyes.

Iowa women’s wrestling results from North Central Open

• Rianne Murphy – 2nd at 103 pounds (3-1)
• Val Solorio – 3rd at 110 pounds (5-1)
• Cali Leng – 6th at 124 pounds (3-3)
• Ava Rose – DNP at 124 pounds (1-2)
• Allie Baudhuin – DNP at 131 pounds (1-2)
• Emmily Patneaud – 6th at 131 pounds (2-3)
• Nanea Estrella – 1st at 138 pounds (4-0)
• Cadence Diduch – 3rd at 138 pounds (5-1)
• Danni Swihart (B-Division) – 5th at 138 pounds (3-2)
• Macey Kilty – 1st at 145 pounds (4-0)
• Kylie Welker – 1st at 180 pounds (6-0)
• Samantha Calkins – 4th at 207 pounds (4-2)
• Alivia White – 2nd at 207 pounds (3-1)
• Katja Osteen – 5th at 207 pounds (3-2, 3-1 vs. non-Hawkeyes)

Match-by-match results can be found on trackwrestling.com

This story was updated to add new information.

Eli McKown covers high school sports and wrestling for the Des Moines Register. Contact him at Emckown@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @EMcKown23.

Iowa State football brought in some talent on Saturday.

The Cyclones landed two wide receivers from the NCAA transfer portal in Chase Sowell (East Carolina) and Xavier Townsend (UCF).

They both have two years of eligibility remaining.

Here’s some information on the two newcomers:

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Chase Sowell stats

• 2024 (9 games): 34 catches, 678 yards, 3 TDs
• 2023 (11 games): 47 catches, 622 yards, 1 TD
• 2022 (1 game): 2 catches, 23 yards

The 6-4, 195-pound wideout enjoyed his best career season in 2024 despite missing three games due to injury, according to 247Sports.

Most impressively, he increased his average yards per reception by 6.7 to 19.9, indicating he can be a big-play threat for the Cyclones.

His best stretch in 2024 came in the middle of the season in back-to-back games against Temple and Army, in which Sowell combined for 11 catches and 255 yards with two scores.

More: Iowa State football: Cyclones things to know as transfer portal opens

Xavier Townsend stats

• 2024 (4 games): 10 catches, 69 yards, 1 TD
• 2023 (10 games): 31 catches, 316 yards, 3 TDs
• 2022 (8 games): 16 catches, 102 yards

The 5-11, 185-pound wideout sat out the final eight games of 2024 in order to retain his eligibility, according to ESPN.

Across the first four games, Townsend’s best performance was the season opener with four catches for 50 yards against Colorado.

Associated Press

Montana Grizzlies (7-4) at Northern Iowa Panthers (6-4, 1-0 MVC)

Cedar Falls, Iowa; Monday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Montana plays Northern Iowa after Joe Pridgen scored 21 points in Montana’s 89-60 win against the Montana Tech Orediggers.

The Panthers are 5-1 in home games. Northern Iowa ranks fifth in the MVC with 34.8 points per game in the paint led by Tytan Anderson averaging 7.0.

The Grizzlies have gone 0-4 away from home. Montana ranks ninth in the Big Sky with 13.8 assists per game led by Brandon Whitney averaging 3.0.

Northern Iowa makes 51.6% of its shots from the field this season, which is 8.7 percentage points higher than Montana has allowed to its opponents (42.9%). Montana scores 12.9 more points per game (77.3) than Northern Iowa allows to opponents (64.4).

TOP PERFORMERS: Anderson is scoring 13.0 points per game and averaging 6.0 rebounds for the Panthers.

Money Williams averages 2.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Grizzlies, scoring 13.9 points while shooting 37.3% from beyond the arc.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.