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Head
Coach
Rob Martin
romartin@crschools.us
Athletic
Director
Chris Deam
cdeam@crschools.us
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| 2022-2023 Wrestling News |
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| Coe All-American Cade Hornback was in tonight! He taught the boys his single and HC takedown. He also showed his ankle break down. |
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| The trophy case dedicated in 1968 to honor Jon Winger and Dennis Gunder for their dedication to Jefferson wrestling and service in the military has been updated. Jon and Dennis gave the ultimate sacrifice of their lives in the Vietnam war. |
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Want to give Tara Murray a huge shoutout for painting the new weight classes on the fight ladder and Coach Martin's favorite quote on the wall!  #wrestlingfamily  #westside |
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| Thanks to ATC Suzi Guider we have a historic picture of the state tournament, back when it was held in the old Veterans Memorial arena. |
| Westside Wrestling Club practice will start on November 13th at 6pm. Parents we will have a meeting in the cafeteria that night right after you drop your child off at practice. So if all possible please plan on attending. Remember your wrestler needs to have their AAU card before starting practice. Click HERE to download pdf form. |
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We had our first open mat of the year last night, with a great turnout.
Kids from the Westside Club, some new faces and a bunch of returners. We even had a couple alumni show up. #wrestlingfamily. |
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| Jefferson’s only 3-time state champion (Mel Wieland, seen at right) visited his old stomping grounds recently along with Coach Martin and Mel’s teammate Cal Jenkins (left). Wieland won state titles in 1960, 1961 and 1962. He was also a Big 10 champion for the Hawkeyes who later enjoyed a long and successful career as a teacher and coach in Cedar Rapids. Mel and his wife Caroline live in Las Vegas today. Thanks for visiting, Mel. |
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We lost another J-Hawk legend... Gary Bentrim (1955-2023)
The Jefferson Wrestling Family lost one of its finest athletes on September 4, 2023 with the passing of Gary Wayne Bentrim.
Known for his explosive arm-drag and unstoppable cross-face cradle, Gary was a J-Hawk state champion in 1973 on Jeff’s 3A state championship squad. He was also a three-time national champion for Northern Iowa.
His contributions to the Panther NCAA championship teams in 1975 and 1978 showcased his unwavering determination and skill. He was forever immortalized with inductions into the Jefferson High School, Iowa High School Athletics, University of Northern Iowa, NCAA Division II, and Glen Brand Wrestling Halls of Fame.
His legacy will never be forgotten. Our sincere condolences go out to his family.
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| Proud of this former J-Hawk Keenan Stewart. He received his degree last spring. It was awesome to see him give present his mother with his diploma after the game today at NW. Keenan has been a 3 year starter at defensive tackle for UTEP. Proud to have been a coach to him and see him achieve all these milestones. |
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| The Jefferson wrestling coaches had a great time today at the Ellis Golf Course in support of the CRJAG Alumni Golf Outing. They might not have had the lowest score, but it was hard finding another group who had so much fun. And if you want to know who helped carry the team, you can ask coaches Martin, Garber and Herman. |
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| JEFF MAT FOUNDING FATHERS RETURN (L-R) J-Hawk state champions Al Sievertsen (127 in 1963), Steve Childs (95 in 1962 & 63), and Cal Jenkins (127 in 1962) visited their old stomping grounds recently-six decades after graduating from Jefferson. Al lives in Walla Walla, Washington. Steve now calls Honolulu, Hawaii home. Cal remains a hometown guy. |
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| Proud of this group of young men and women! They spent a lot of time improving as an athlete at open mat, lifting, club and other sports skills sessions. Great job! Enjoy dead week and refresh yourself as we move into the fall sports seasons #wegotbetter #bleedblue #Jhawks |
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| Bob was one in a million. His love for Jefferson was unmatched. He will be sorely missed and forever remembered. Mr. Ask embodied the school motto. #BLEEDBLUE |
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Huge THANK YOU and great job to Coach Snyder and Coach Orton for running Performance Camp (lifting) this summer for our Athletes. Camp is over for the summer, but any athlete that attended camp can keep lifting until dead week. Days will be Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at 8:15 am.
Open Mat will resume next week on Tuesday from 9:00 am to 10:30 am. |
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| It was back to basics and fundamentals with Coach Martin today for open mat. We are off next Tuesday for the Fourth of July. We will have 2 open mats left July 11th and 18th. Keep pushing your body and mind to get 1% better each day! #bleedblue #wegotbetter |
| Open Mats will be on Tuesday mornings from 9:00-10:30am. The dates will be the following, June 27th, July 11th and 18th. |
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Tonight was the last night of camp. It was an awesome 3 days with Bryce and Wil. Both the girls and boys teams improved each and every night. We want to give a huge thank you to Bryce and Will for being outstanding camp coaches.
We will resume open mats next Tuesday from 9am to 10:30am. |
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| Night 2 of camp. Bryce taught the kids a cheap tilt and chicken wing. Will showed the kids his half that he calls shake -n- bake. Tomorrow is our last night of camp. #wegotbetter#bleedblue |
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| Last night was our first night of camp. It was great! Bryce Parke and Will Esmoil are the coaches for camp. They showed the kids their HC, sweep single and front headlock. We have two more nights of camp (tonight and tomorrow night). Check previous posts to find the camp registration information if you’d still like to join! |
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| Coe College National qualifier Bryce Parke was guest coach tonight. He showed his gut wrench and leg lace! We had 31 wrestlers that had fun learning more about Freestyle wrestling!! #wegotbetter #bleedblue |
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| Tonight 32 young men and women had the pleasure of Hall of Fame, retired J-Hawk Head Coach Dick Briggs being their guest coach. Coach introduced them to freestyle wrestling. He showed the kids many moves off his front headlock series. #wegotbetter #bleedblue |
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It was a great first night of open mats with 25 wrestlers showing up. The first guest coach of the season was Coach Hegarty. Coach showed his over/under series. We will have open mats every Thursday from 6-7pm. If you are a Jefferson bound student of any age, please come join this free opportunity to improve your skills or check out what wrestling is all about for the first time. #wegotbetter |
| Cade Chism and Colin Woods got incoming Freshman Jackson Woods to join them at the City High Freco tournament today. All 3 boys finished 2nd in both the Greco and Freestyle tournaments. Keep improving and having FUN! #havingfun |
| Cade Chism and Colin Woods both stepped out of their comfort zone and went to the Belle Plaine Freco wrestling tournament. Woods placed 2nd in Greco and 3rd in Freestyle. Chism placed 3rd in Greco and was the champ in the Freestyle tournament. Let's get some more boys going to all the off-season the tournaments. The next one is Sunday March 26th at Iowa City High school. |
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| Congrats to Colin Woods, our 220 pound State Qualifier!!!! We had several boys finish above their seed. Thank you to the J-Hawk wrestling family for a great job running and working the tournament today and all year. #bleedblue |
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Congrats to all the boys that competed at the MVC Super Meet today. Anthony Snodey placed 8th. Colin Woods and Cade Chism both placed 6th. #bleedblue
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| Congrats to Josephine Budederi for being the first girl to qualify for the State Tournament in J-Hawk history. She will compete next Thursday and Friday at the Xtreme Arena in Coralville. Great job by all the young ladies today while also building the foundation for the girls wrestling program. There is a bright future ahead. #family. |
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| The 1974-75 UNI wrestling team has been selected for induction into the Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame of Iowa, as announced by the Hall of Fame on Tuesday. This team includes former Jefferson Head Coach Dick Briggs. |
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| We wrestled Xavier last night. It was a lot of fun having the kids captains join us for the dual. The kids got to be introduced with the varsity wrestlers and shake hands with the Xavier opponents. Congrat to Bradley Cable, Colin Woods and Cade Chism for their victories last night. |
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| Another great J-Hawk invite is in the books. The following boys battled some great competition to place. Brayden Curtis 7th, Peyton Galvan 8th, Colin Woods 4th and Cade Chism placed 6th. Thank you to all the volunteers that helped make the tournament a great success. |
| This weekend the JV competed at Benton. The JV is showing great improvement each week with this weekend being the first tournament back from break. The student-athletes are working hard as the season is coming to an end. Keep working J-Hawks! |
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| Congrats to Colin woods for placing fourth at the always tough Benton Bobcat Jerry Eckenrod tournament on Saturday. In the JV portion of the tournament Gibril Shaw and Jaiden Torres both took home first place. |
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Working off some of that Christmas deliciousness over the break.
Loretta Welsh came in this morning and ran a brutal, but fun fitness class for the Jefferson boys and girls wrestling teams.
Thank you Jeanne Barbian and Maddison Bulman for helping her this morning, and to all the wrestlers, coaches and teachers who participated!
The boys and girls are going to be ready to start 2023 off right. |
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| Jordan Myles with the National Guard was in for practice yesterday. He brought in some night vision scopes for the kids to play dodgeball. Everyone had a great time. I wish everyone a Happy Holiday! |
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| A good day for the J-Hawks at the Saber invitational. The coaching staff is seeing improvement every time we go compete. Placing 6th today was Peyton Galvan and Cade Chism. Freshman Brayden Curtis made it to the finals and finished as the runner up. #bleedblue |
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| Congrats to both the boys and girls varsity wrestling teams last night. The boys picked up their first win of the season 39-30 over Wahlert. The Girls varsity team got its first ever win in the history of the program against Wahlert at home last night by a score of 57-18. Great job by both teams last night. |
It was a good day today for the boys wrestling teams. The varsity traveled to North Cedar for their tournament. Even with multiple wrestlers out due to illness or injuries the boys brought home three place winners. Luke Moses and Cade Chism both placed fourth, and Shukuru Bodederi took home runner-up.
Coach Herman took a handful of wrestlers over to Marion for their JV tournament. Some of these guys got to see their first taste of high school competition. We battled throughout the day and will improve as we continue working through the season. The bright spot for the J-Hawks was Gibril Shaw going 3-0 and placing first in his bracket.
The JV took a trip down to SEP this weekend for JV duals.
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They competed well against every team they faced finishing 4th out of 8 teams. Coach Garber was happy with their performance, fight, and support for each other.
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| Congrats to Cade Chism for placing 6th at the Keith Young tournament yesterday! |
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| We had our final open mat session last night before the season begins next Monday. 2007 grad Miles Wyatt was the guest coach. He had the boys drill some takedowns and escapes. WRESTLERS>>> please remember to get registered on Bound so you can practice Monday. #GoJ-Hawks |
We are so lucky to have volunteers like these for our JHawk Wresting program! The majority of people in the photos show up each week, to help run the concession stand at Kingston and show what it means to be a JHawk! (more awesome helpers aren’t pictured) #thankyou #jhsfamily |
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| 2-Time state qualifier Robbie Olson was the guest coach for open mat last night. He showed the boys his sit out and stand up series. The next open mat will be Tuesday, October 18th. |
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| I got to watch former J-Hawk Athlete of the Year and Jefferson football player Jake Thompson play for Drake University today. It is always fun seeing former players playing at the next level. #jhawkproud |
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| Coach Rashed was Tuesday nights guest coach for open mat. He showed the boys a good stance, motion and a single leg takedown. Open mats are every Tuesday in the month of October from 7 to 8 pm. |
FREE GIRLS WRESTLING CLINIC
WHO: ANY GIRL WRESTLERS IN THE CEDAR RAPIDS DISTRICT
WHERE: KENNEDY HS WRESTLING ROOM
WHEN: THURSDAY OCTOBER 13TH - 5:30 - 7:00
Clinicians: Kennedy Girls Head Coach - Craig Mallicoat
Questions: Cmallicoat@crschools.us |
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31 girls came to our clinic tonight! These girls learned a lot about wreslting while having FUN. Huge thank you to our clinician Brandon Pence and Alyssa.
Official start date is October 31. If you’re interested in joining our team, please contact me at vhlubek@crschools.us |
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Jefferson High School is excited to announce Vicki Hlubek as the first Head Girls Wrestling Coach in school history, pending board approval.
Coach Hlubek is a Jefferson graduate and currently teaches and coaches at Wilson MS. She grew up in the wrestling community and has a passion for coaching.
We are excited to have Coach Hlubek on board to get our girls wrestling program started and to lead it into the future.
Vicki has a record of increasing participation numbers in the sports she coaches which will serve our girls program well. She will do more than simply coach wrestling, she will help develop young female students athletes. |
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Got to watch both these former J-Hawks (Keenan Stewart & Jagves Garnett) play today for UTEP against Oklahoma. Proud of these two playing D1 football and getting a degree. #jhawkproud ~ coach Martin |
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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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