Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody catches up with Charles City’s Lilly Luft, a 2021 state champion, a 16U All-American, and, recently, a top-four finisher at the Cadet Beach Wrestling World Championships in Romania.

STORIES

• Why Iowa adding women’s wrestling could help Iowa high school girls’ wrestling: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/high-school/2021/09/28/iowa-womens-wrestling-could-boost-high-school-girls-sport-ighsau/5886737001/ 

• Let’s get to know potential recruiting targets for Iowa women’s wrestling: https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sports/college/iowa/wrestling/2021/09/27/get-know-these-iowa-womens-wrestling-potential-recruiting-targets-blades-elor-welker-schmit-ncaa/5820095001/ 

• Coming off nine medals in Tokyo, U.S. Olympic wrestlers seeking more gold at world championships: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2021/10/01/us-olympic-wrestlers-2021-world-championships-more-medals/5940009001/ 

• From January, Charles City’s Lilly Luft honors her late brother by winning a state wrestling title: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/high-school/2021/01/23/charles-city-lilly-luft-honors-her-late-brother-state-wrestling-title-2021-iwcoa-girls-state-wrestle/6688439002/ 

• From July, Iowa girls’ wrestling movement should gain steam after Fargo performances: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/high-school/2021/07/18/iowa-girls-wrestling-movement-should-gain-steam-after-fargo-junior-national-championships/8007335002/  

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