Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody recaps a busy wrestling weekend: Iowa State beat Northern Iowa, America’s top men and women freestylers competed, and it’s officially STATE WEEK.
STORIES
• Iowa State tops Northern Iowa, 23-17, in a thriller at Hilton: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/northern-iowa/uni-panthers/2021/02/14/iowa-state-wrestlers-defeat-northern-iowa-thrilling-state-showdown-kevin-dresser-doug-schwab-hilton/4445877001/
• Two girls qualify for the 2021 state wrestling championships: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/high-school/2021/02/13/two-girls-qualify-iowa-state-wrestling-championships-bettendorf-ella-schmit-ottumwa-jasmine-luedtke/4475008001/
• 2021 State Wrestling Primer: Team Rankings, Returning Champs, Undefeated Wrestlers, Cool Names: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/high-school/2021/02/14/2021-iowa-high-school-state-wrestling-tournament-team-rankings-returning-champs-undefeated-wrestlers/4445902001/
• Full breakdown of the 2021 state duals brackets: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/high-school/2021/02/11/iowa-high-school-wrestling-2021-state-duals-pairings-records-results-iahswr-wells-fargo-arena/6710447002/
• Here is every first-round matchup for the 2021 state wrestling tournament: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/high-school/2021/02/14/every-first-round-matchup-2021-iowa-state-wrestling-championships-records-results-wells-fargo-arena/4445881001/
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