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Head
Coach
Rob Martin
romartin@crschools.us
Athletic
Director
Chris Deam
cdeam@crschools.us
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| Coach Sibo was back for a second night this week for open mats. He showed the wrestlers the head-in-the-hole on the front headlock, along with his sit back that made him almost impossible to ride in high school. It's fun to watch over 20 wrestlers from Jefferson and Kennedy getting better! #HardWork |
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| We had a full house of J-Hawks and Cougar wrestlers fill the room tonight. Former J-Hawk state medalist Joseph Sibomana was the guest coach. Sibo showed the wrestlers his near wrist to a single and double leg. #WEGOTBETTER |
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| Great first week of open Mats. The Cougars and J-Hawks are pushing each other to get better! #Champs |
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| 1990 Jefferson state champ Ali Igram was our guest coach this week. Coach Igram changed things up a bit and took the wrestlers through a body weight workout. This is something all wrestlers should learn, even if it is not as fun as learning new moves or improving technique. To be a champ, like coach Igram was, it takes more than learning technique and moves. Thank you coach Igram for showing the boys some great ways to control their weight. |
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| 2x LaSalle High School state champ, Iowa Hawkeye Big 10 Champ John Regan was our guest coach tonight. Coach Regan demonstrated to the boys a fireman's carry dump, an outside carry and his chicken wing. We want to say THANK YOU to coach Regan for helping our boys and giving back to the sport we all love. #Westside Proud. |
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| Coach Topher and the boys show off their Eastern Iowa Wrestling Club swag after a great workout session with coach Topher. |
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| 1990 Jefferson state medalists former assistant Ed Burbell and his son Cam were the guest coaches this week for open mat night. Coach Ed showed the cross wrist to the Burnell wing. He used the wing for a school record for falls. We love that former JHawk family members give back to the program. #BLEEDBLUE |
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| Former Central City head wrestling coach, and state tournament scoring official Cory Vaupel was the guest coach this week. Coach Vaupel demonstrated to the wrestlers a Half Nelson, Simpson and Paradise. Its fun watching these young wrestlers grow with every guest coach that comes in! |
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| Former JHawk Tavian Rashad was back last week as guest coach. Coach Tav showed the boys a few different double legs. along with a cradle and butcher. Proud of the boys for putting in the extra work to get better!! #WESTSIDE |
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| Former JHawk Matt Culver was our guest coach this week. Coach Culver showed his sweep single and switch. It is so fun watching these boys improve every time they show up for open mat. |
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| Another open mat opportunity to get better is in the books. This week's guest was Wartburg national champ and J-Hawk alum Kyle Briggs. Kyle showed some takedowns and returns. He also taught the boys a new fun gamed called Towers. Taft won the MS challenge with two wrestlers. Both Wilson and Roosevelt had one attend. |
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Another night of open mats is in the books. Our guest coach tonight was former J-Hawk head coach Dick Briggs. Coach Briggs showed a wide variety of different takedowns tonight. The wrestlers learned a lot! Wilson won the middle school challenge with 4 wrestlers. Taft was 2nd with 2. Open mats are every Tuesday until the end of the school year, from 6:30 to 7:30.
We have a different guest coach each week. This teaches the wrestlers multiple different styles and techniques. Don't miss this great opportunity to get better! |
In January, the IGHSAU voted to sanction girl's wrestling in the state of Iowa. The first ever girl's wrestling season will begin in October. On Sunday, March 27th, 2022, Jefferson High School hosted a free clinic for girls interested in learning more about wrestling and to come try it out with other girls.
The clinic started with a basic overview of the sport, teaching the girls basic rules and scoring for wrestling. Next, the girls from 1st grade through 12th grade, went up the wrestling room to practice and learn the basics from clinician Chloe Clemons. Chloe has been a female wrestler for many years and has been successful at all levels, including being a 2x State Champ and a National Junior college Champion.
Also, at the clinic to help Chloe work with the girls and demonstrate moves were Kenzie Childers and Lexi Byrne both state place winners at the 2022 IWCOA Girl's State meet.
Most of the girls that entered the wrestling room had little to no experience with wrestling. Overall, the day was a huge success. The girl's were all smiling and appeared to have fun, while also learning a lot in a short amount of time. |
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Open rooms have started up again.
Coach John Hegarty was our first guest coach of the Spring. Coach Hegarty showed us his spiral series.
We had 12 young men show up tonight. It's a great start. But we need more. Taft had 4 kids show. Challenge to the middle schools let's see which school can get the most kids to open mats. ~ Coach Martin |
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EIWC Spring Wrestling Camp
In order to attend, you need to get your USA wrestling card, and money to Coach Martin in room 111. |
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| Jefferson hosted the 3A District 2 meet on Saturday. Nunzio Salanitri at 106, Frank Budederi at 138 and AJ Buzynski all placed fourth. Prosha Gavrichev at 120 and Zane Wilson at 285 placed fifth and at 126 Shukuru Bodederi placed sixth. |
| Our JV boys ended their season this past weekend at the 2022 MVC tournament. Six wrestlers placed in the top eight. We had two wrestlers place fourth in Gibril Shaw at 170, and Cade Chism at 285. Dreni Zeneli placed sixth, and Anthony Snodey placed eighth. In the reserve division, Liam Smith placed fourth. Taking home fifth was Pacific Roussi. All of these wrestlers have made huge strides this season and the coaching staff is looking forward to seeing what they can do next season. Congrats to all of our wrestlers for a fine season.
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Thursday night our J-Hawks hosted Dubuque Hempstead on senior night, and our three seniors, Frank Budederi, AJ Buzynski and Zane Wilson shined with all three winning their matches in the 15-64 loss. Frank at 138 won by fall over Jackson Ruden in 1:25. AJ at 145 followed him with a fall of his own over Ian Ostrander in 4:26. Zane wrapped up the night at 285 with a tough 3-2 decision win. What a way to end the dual.
During the varsity introductions, we highlighted our West Side Wrestling Kids Club, with each of them going out with a varsity wrestler to shake hands with their high school starting line-up. It was pretty cool to see these future J-Hawks with smiles on their faces going out to shake hands..
In the JV dual we lost 3-78, with our only win coming from Gibril Shaw at 170 with a 6-5 decision win over Hempstead's Anthony Fuerst.
In between the JV and Varsity matches we recognized our senior class which included our cheerleaders, managers and wrestlers.
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| Jefferson hosted the MVC tournament on Saturday. We had three J-Hawks place on the podium with AJ Buzynski being our top placers taking third place at 145 pounds. Nunzio Salanitri at 106 and Zane Wilson at 285 both took home sixth place finishes. The J-Hawks will host Districts on Sat., February 12th. Come out and show your support. |
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Jefferson held their Hegarty JV Duals on Saturday. The J-Hawks placed fifth going 1-4 on the day. This tournament brings in some top teams in the state each year and this year was no exception with SEP, CRK, CRP, DBQ Hempstead and Mount Vernon in attendance.
The J-hawks opened with CRP. Getting wins were AJ White at 152 with a fall over Levi Ramsey in 2:24. Dominicio Ndaizeye followed at 160 with a 11-7 decision win over Quinton Alexander. At 182 Anthony Snodey pinned Mason Tomas in 1:41 and Marc Petit pinned Henry Hynek in 1:26.
In round two they wrestled Dubuque Hempstead falling 33-46. Dreni Zeneli at 126 got the fall over Luke Pitz in 1:09. AJ White at 152 earned a tough 8-7 decision win over Alexander Wiskus. At 160 Domicio Ndaizeye earned the fasted pin of he day in only :34 seconds over Wyatt Hilkin. Marc Petit at 195 won by fall over Trenton Ettema in 3:20 and Pacific Roussi and Anthony Snodey won by forfeit.
In Rd. 3 we wrestled SEP. Liam Smith received a forfeit at 182 and at 285 Cade Chism pinned Jonas Floyd in 3:35. In Rd. 4 we wrestled CRK. Picking up wins in the dual were Domicio Ndaizeye with thefall in only :43 seconds over Caleb Eaton. Marc Petit continued impress pinning Austin Raue in four minutes flat. Also getting a pin was Parker Chyma at 220 and Cade Chism at 285.
The J-Hawks rounded out the day with a nice win over mount Vernon 39-14. Dreni Zeneli picked up the fall over Mason Pinckney at 120 in 1:05. Eli Szabo at 138 earned himself a nice 8-5 decision win over Gavin Plathe. Winning by forfeit were Prosha Gavrichev, Donicio Ndaizeye, Liam Smith, Parker Chyma and Cade Chism.
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Our J-Hawks had a busy week wrestling at Xavier on Thursday night and hosting our JV tournament on Saturday.
Against Xavier on Thursday night we did not win the dual, but our boys wrestled tough which is all a coach can ask for.
In the varsity dual the J-Hawks fell to Xavier 13-61. Receiving wins were Nunzio Salanitri at 106 with a 15-5 major decision. At 145 AJ Buzynski got a major of his own with a 13-2 major over Cris Garcia and at 285 Zane Wilson won by forfeit.
In the JV dual we fell 24-32. At 138 Eli Szabo got the fall in 4:46 over Connor Murray. Also picking up wins by fall were Marc Petit at 195 and Cade Chism at 285. Alex Overturf received a forfeit at 160.
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We held our J-Hawk invitational last Saturday. 11 of the 16 teams coming were able to make the trek through the snow for a great days of wrestling. The J-Hawks placed 8 of 11 wrestlers on the podium. Our top two finishers came from Nunzio Salanitri at 106 and Cade Chism at 285. Both wrestlers went 3-2 on the day. In his 5th place match, Salanitri won by fall over ICCH's Kendall Kurtz in 1:29. Chism also wrestled a city High opponent, Cameron Lacina also winning by a fall in 3:12. Taking home 6th place were Colin Woods (220) and Shukuru Budederi (126) both went 2-3 on the day. Earning seventh place was Austin Clifton at 132. Finishing in eighth was Landon Rudnicki, Anthony Snodey and Frank Budederi.
This was a special day as we honored a great friend and loyal supporter of Jefferson athletics in Wyatt Schultz who passed away last August. Ben Keuter, 220 for Iowa City High, received the tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler award voted on by the coaches. He is the first recipient of the award, now named in honor of Wyatt Schultz. Sharing in the presentation is Grant Schultz, one of Wyatt’s sons and his wife Kirsten.
We also presented Kirsten and Grant each a framed print of our wrestling schedule poster this year that honored Wyatt. |
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Thursday night the J-Hawks traveled down to IC West for a tri dual along with Muscatine. The JV team went 2-0 on the night and the varsity fell in both their duals. In our dual vs. West the J-Hawks lost 50-22. Picking up wins for the boys in blue were Colin Woods at 220 with a MD 13-4. Cade Chism at 285 followed him with a fall in 1:13.
In the varsity matchup vs Muscatine we fell 49-21. At 106 Nunzio Salanitri won by fall in 1:06. At 160 Domicio Ndaizeye won by fall in 5:07.
JV goes 2-0 with a 39-18 win against ICW and 27-6 over Muscatine.
Pacific Roussi started the night off with a 8-3 decision win at 170. At 195 Connor Luensman won by pin in 3:08. Marc Petit followed him with a pin at 220 in 1:35. At 152 Adonis Kuundu won by fall in 1:50 to end the dual.
Against Muscatine, Dreni Zeneli picked up a 11-6 decision win at 132. Eli Szabo at 145 won by fall in 1:26. At 195 Marc Petit picked up his second win of the night with a pin in only :48 earning him the fastest pin of the night. Parker Chyma wrapped up the dual with a fall in 2:22. |
Saturday coach Martin and staff loaded up the big yellow bus and headed to Benton for the always tough Jerry Eckenrod Invitational. The varsity team placed 13th with four wrestlers making the podium. Nunzio Salanitiri and Austin Clifton both placed sixth. Frank Budederi and Colin Woods placed eighth. In the JV tournament 7 of our 16 Jeff wrestlers made the finals, 9 total placed in the top three with Cade Chism taking home top honors with a first place. Also making the finals but placing second were Parker Chyma, Anthony Snodey, Evan Parrott, Eli Szabo, Max Lathrop and Dreni Zeneli. Taking home third place finishes were Da'Angelo Evenand McGowen and Pacific Roussi.
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Thursday night our J-Hawks took a short trip up the road to take on cross-town rival Kennedy. In the varsity dual the Cougars were able to get past our boys 47-24. CRK took the early lead at 220 with a decision win. At 285 Zane Wilson got the J-Hawks going with a 5-2 decision win. Nunzio Salanitri at 106 continued the momentum with a fall over Jack Oleson in 2:45. The J-Hawks dropped the next three matches giving Kennedy the early lead 20-9. Austin Clifton at 132 got us back on top with a 5-1 dec. over Cael Smithart. Frank Budederi won by fall in 1:25 at 138. Luke Moses at 182 got the J-Hawks final victory of the night with a fall in 2:54 over Austin Raue.
In the JV dual Kennedy was able to get the win 52-24. Some highlights from the dual was Parker Chyma with a fall at 220 over Eli Eaton in 1:19. Cade Chism followed him at 285 with a fall of his own over Charles Cherry in 1:11. At 182 Anthony Snodey pinned Victor Sagastume in only 52 seconds earning him the fastest fall of the night for the J-Hawks. Marc Petit wrapped up the dual with a pin of his own in 3:28 over Ella Brown.
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| The team wrestled at the Central DeWitt tournament on Saturday coming home with a seventh place finish as a team with six wrestlers placing, including tournament champ Austin Clifton who won the 132 lb class. Other place winners were Nunzio Salantiri, AJ Buzynski and Zane Wilson who took third. Shukuru Bodederi, and Kalvin Setik placed sixth. |
| The team wrestled at the Central DeWitt tournament on Saturday coming home with a seventh place finish as a team with six wrestlers placing, including tournament champ Austin Clifton who won the 132 lb class. Other place winners were Nunzio Salantiri, AJ Buzynski and Zane Wilson who took third. Shukuru Bodederi, and Kalvin Setik placed sixth. |
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| Coach Garber took our boys over to Indianola for their JV Worlds tournament on Friday night. We had 14 wrestlers place in the top 8 with top honors going to Marc Petit who took home first place. We also had a runner-up in Prosha Gavrichev who took second and two wrestlers who took home third place in Anthony Snodey and Cade Chism. Gibril Shaw took fourth, Dreni Zeneli and Pacific Roussi placed fifth, Brent Beccerra, Eli Szabo, AJ White and Parker Chyma took seventh. Taking home eighth place were Connor Luensman, Liam Smith and Adonis Kuundu. |
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Thursday night saw our J-Hawks travel to Dubuque Senior for a MVC West matchup. Our J-Hawks fought hard in both the JV and varsity duals but came up short. The varsity fell in a close dual 34-37, while the JV lost 30-51. Some highlights include, Kalvin Setik with his first action of the year won by fall in 5:52 at 170. Luke Moses at 182, Landon Rudnicki who is also seeing his first action won by fall. Zane Wilson at 285 won by decision 5-3. At 106 Nunzio Salanitri and Max Lathrop also both won by decision.
In the JV dual, winners were Parker Chyma at 220 and AJ White at 160 who both won by falls. |
| Saturday saw our J-Hawks JV team travel to the always tough SEP Rams JV duals. The team went 1-4 on the day with a win against Newton and loses to SEP Gold, Atlantic, Marshalltown and SEP Black. Cade Chism went 5-0 on the day to help lead Jefferson to a 7th place team finish. Parker Chyma went 4-1, Dreni Zeneli 3-2. |
| Congratulations to Nunzio Salanitri for winning the 106lb championship at the North Cedar tournament this past weekend. Shukuru Budederi and Austin Clifton placed 2nd. Zane Wilson was third. Frank Budederi placed 4th, Brent Becerra was 5th and Luke Moses and Domicio Ndaizeye took 6th. As a team the J-Hawks finished in 4th place out of 14 teams with 113 points. |
| On Monday, Dec. 6th the 9-10 team wrestled at the CRANDIC at CR Prairie. Nunzio Salanitri, Brent Becerra, Dreni Zeneli and Parker Chyma placed second. Anthony Snodey took home first. Prosha Gavrichev, Eli Szabo, Evan Parrott, Alex Overturf, Liam Smith and Cade Chism took home third places. |
Week one of the season is in the books. We started off the season hosting Waterloo West and the varsity came up a little short losing 39-34. AJ Buznyski won by MD 12-2, Luke Moses won by a 12-8 decision, Max Lathrop won 7-6 and Austin Clifton rounded out the meet with a fall in 1:41. JV lost 72-18.
On Saturday the team traveled to the Keith Young Invite. Austin Clifton placed 6th at 138 and Colin Woods was 4th at 220.
Coach Garber took the JV team to Tipton on Saturday with the placing seventh. At 106 Nunzio Salantri took first, Brent Becerra took 4th at 113, Prosha Gavrichev was 5th at 120, Tony Marroquin was 6th at 138, Evan Parrott was also 6th at 145. Pacific Roussi was 5th at 182, Parker Chyma placed 5th at 220 and Cade Chism was 5th at 285. |
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| The Jefferson wrestling team held their annual Jog-A-Thon fundraiser on Saturday. The team did a great job today and everyone got over 4 miles in. Before the run we had a sports nutritionist from the University of Iowa come in and talk to the team about healthy food choices and how to prepare for the weekly grind of the grueling wrestling season. You can find more photos on our facebook page. |
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| Coach Culver was back again for the last open mat of the season. He showed a duck under and claw breakdown from the top position. I’m excited and ready for the season to start. J-Hawk pride is on the move in the wrestling program! - coach Martin |
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| Former J-Hawk Matt Culver was our guest coach last night. Coach Culver showed the boys the snatch single series. He will be back Thursday night for the last open room before the season starts. Open room is from 4 to 5pm. |
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| We had two times the fun this week for Open Mat nights. West Side Youth coach Tavian Rashed was in both Tuesday and Thursday. He showed his arm drag and under hooks. |
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| Former Jeff head wrestling coach Matt Orton was guest coach tonight. He showed the boys some tie-ups, HC to double leg and how to run a half nelson with same side wrist. Open Mats will change to Tuesdays and Thursday next week until the season starts. We will go from 4pm to 5pm. |
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| Former LaSalle high school wrestler and Wilson middle school head coach Chris Miller was in tonight as guest coach. Coach Chris Miller built on his dad Tom Miller’s snap down and spiral series to the wrestlers tonight. |
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| Former Lasalle high school head wrestling coach and Jefferson assistant Tom Miller was guest coach tonight. He showed the boys a snap down and spiral half. Open room happens every Monday night from 6:30 to 7:30 until the season starts. |
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| The wrestlers gave back today. The Jefferson wrestlers helped clean up former Jefferson wrestler and Coach Henry Orton's place from the 2020 Derecho. We would also like to thank the 6 wrestling family members that did concession at Kingston today. Thanks to everyone that has volunteered and given time to the wrestling program this year. We took the boys to Burgerfeind after the hard work they put in at Henry’s house getting it all cleaned up. |
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| The fun keeps going. Coach Hegarty was in tonight and taught the boys stance and motion. Along with some of his words of wisdom. |
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The fun has started again. 15 wrestlers showed up for opening night for the fall open mat sessions to learn from guest Coach Briggs.
He showed the boys some takedowns and finishes.
Open Mats are every Monday night from 6:30 to 7:30. |
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Jefferson held their homecoming parade this past week and our
J-Hawk wrestling team came out to show their school spirit. |
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Not only did Jefferson High School and I lose a friend, the wrestling family lost it’s best friend, ambassador, promoter and giver. We all know Wrestling was his passion. When it wasn’t wrestling season you could find him on the sidelines of the football field or running around the softball or baseball fields to get all the great action photos Wyatt was known for. Wyatt Schultz willingness to help anyone in high school athletics will never be forgotten. “ Let’s keep wrestling on the move” Wyatt Schultz
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Open Mat night with 1990 state champ Ali Igram
1990 State Champ Ali Igram was the guest coach tonight. Ali had the kids pick the moves they wanted to work on. He showed his take on the blast double, fireman’s carry, standup and sit out. I love the message he left with the boys.. “Believe in yourself and get in the weight room, build your self confidence because you are strong!” |
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Community Day.... J-Hawk Campus Clean-up
Proud of the group that showed up today and gave back to the community. They walked the J-Hawk campus cleaning the fence lines of garbage and debris, filled in dirt along the drive in front of the school, along with weeding the flower beds throughout the campus.
Thanks to Jeff alumni and J-Hawk wrestling 1990 state champion Ali Igram, owner of BurgerFiend, for providing a tasty lunch of bacon burgers and fries for the hungry young men. - coach Martin
You can find photos from the day on our Facebook page.
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Back row Coach Martin, Zane Wilson, Shukuru Budederi, Frank Budederi, Max Lathrop, Colin Woods, Conner Luensman, Cade Chism , coach Welsh. Front Liam Smith and Luke Moses. Not pictured coach Herman and Sallie Luensman |
OPEN MAT NIGHT... Featuring... "Sherzer low single"
Former J-hawk and current Cornell college wrestler Jacob Sherzer was the guest coach tonight for our open mat night. He showed the boys his low single attack that made him a D3 National qualifier this past season. The boys are continuing the West Side tradition of working hard! |
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OPEN MAT NIGHT... Featuring... "The Spud Cradle"
Coach Spud from Hard Drive came back to his old stomping grounds to show some kids his "go to" moves. The guys started the night with an arm drag. Yes big guys can move fast! Then finished up with the Spud cradle. |
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J-Hawks in the Community
Thanks to Connor Luensman, Liam Smith, Frank and Shukuru Budederi for working the US National tournament this past weekend. |
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OPEN MAT NIGHT... "Sedlacek Roll"
Another night of open room. Guest coach was former J-hawk,Loras wrestler and current Dubuque Wahlert assistant coach Luke Sedlacek. Coach showed the outside single, power half and the “Sedlacek” roll that he was known to hit anytime he was in the bottom position. Love the J-hawk wrestling family elders are coming back and making the current J-Hawks better! |
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OPEN MAT NIGHT... CHANGED THINGS UP
It was a great night with coach Ferdie from Hard Drive. He demonstrated a leg lace, arm throw, and the Russian back breaker. The kids are learning new things and getting better with each and every open room! |
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Sleep in Heavenly Peace Community Event
J-Hawk wrestlers Connor Luensman, Frank and Shukuru Budederi volunteered at Sleep in Heavenly Peace (non-profit) this past weekend. The project was organized by a team of students at Iowa BIG, a project-based learning program. Students formed an assembly line Saturday at the warehouse, 1723 Hawkeye Drive in Hiawatha, to sand, cut and stain wood to assemble the beds. The Gazette has a real nice article about this wonderful showing of community pride with 125 helping out. Read More...
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OPEN MAT NIGHT BRINGS IN NATIONAL CHAMP
Another great night of open room with former J-Hawk 4-time state qualifier and Wartburg 2021 national champ Kyle Briggs. Kyle taught his patented ankle pick. Off season work is what makes the in season goals reachable. |
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THE OPEN MAT FUN CONTINUES
Another great night of technique from Jefferson state champ and former head coach Matt Orton. Coach Orton showed the "Moncivias" inside trip and the bent leg turk. Open room night turned into family night with Ryley, Ryker, Ryder Garber, Boston Orton and Will Guider all got to burn off some mid week energy.
J-Hawk wrestling = FAMILY |
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ANOTHER FUN NIGHT FOR THE J-HAWKS
Jefferson Alum and Wartburg wrestler Brenden Baker and his teammate Owen McClave were our guest coaches for the evening. They showed some Greco throws and gut wrenches that Baker has been known for. The J-Hawks got better tonight! |
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OPEN MAT NIGHTS HAVE BEGUN
The first night of our open room was a big success. We would like to thank Hall of Fame coach Dick Briggs. He introduced the wrestlers to freestyle. He explained the basic rules and demonstrated some quick tilts, gut wrenches and basic positions in freestyler wrestling. Former J-Hawk Dawson Sweet also showed up to help coach Briggs. Look for special guest instructors each week throughout the season. |
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Former J-Hawk Kyle Briggs is your
174 lb. NWCA National Championships
National Champion!!! |
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Congratulations to 2016 J-Hawk graduate and current Wartburg Knight Kyle Briggs for winning the National Wrestling Coaches Association National Championships held in Coralville, IA. Briggs took home the 174lb. title with an 8-0 major decision over Augsburg University’s #2 seed Solomon Nielsen. Briggs sealed the victory with three takedowns, an escape, and over six minutes of riding time. Briggs dominated the field on his way to the final round with four pins in the first four rounds. Briggs recorded pins in :10, :16, 2:12, and 5:23.
With this title Briggs becomes a 3x NWCA All-American by placing 3rd in 2019, declared (due to cancelled tourney) 1st team AA in 2020, and Champion in 2021. Briggs has been honored twice as an
NWCA Scholar All-American in 2019 and 2020.
Briggs has enjoyed a stellar career at Wartburg where he has amassed an 82-8 record. He has been named American Rivers Conference wrestler of the week 4 times, ARC athlete of the week 2 times, and twice ARC MVW of the Year (2019 & 2021). Briggs is a shining example of the J-Hawk westside work ethic, both on the athletic field and in the classroom. |
PRESTON BRUCK IS GOING TO STATE!
Preston went 0-2 at State.
It was a great experience for him and one he will never forget!
Preston will be missed in the wrestling room! |
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Our very own Mark Ironside,
Two-Time State Champion
has been inducted to the
Iowa Wrestling Hall of Fame
Class of 2010. Read the article and more information on the 2010 induction ceremony!
cick here to visit website |
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