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Follow along from Cleveland as Lee Enterprises Jim Nelson, the Regional Sports Editor for the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier and Mason City Globe-Gazette provides live updates from medal matches and tonight's NCAA finals.Â
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Alvaro Folgueiras continued to be the bellwether for Iowa's success, Ben McCollum explains what went wrong offensively and a video coordinator and bench player made a pair of clutch "plays."
- JIM NELSON Courier Sports Editor
Iowa sophomore, a Waverly-Shell Rock three-time state champion and four-time finalist, secured All-American status at 149 pounds Friday at the NCAA Wrestling Championships in Cleveland, Ohio.Â
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Some of the circumstances of Georges Niang's injury 12 years ago and Jefferson’s ankle sprain in Friday’s 108-74 win against Tennessee State are eerily similar.Â
- JIM NELSON Courier Sports Editor
Follow along tonight with the Courier's Jim Nelson from the NCAA Wrestling Championships in Cleveland, Ohio.Â
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The Iowa women's basketball team will face Fairleigh Dickinson at 3 p.m. on Saturday inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena to tip-off the 2026 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.
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A November test against Fairfield may be Iowa’s blueprint for stopping Fairleigh Dickinson in the NCAA first round. Here’s why the Hawkeyes see similarities plus Hannah Stuelke praises young teammates.
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Six Iowa wrestlers and one Iowa State wrestler competed during the consolation finals and medal matches Saturday morning at Rocket Arena during the NCAA Wrestling Championships in Cleveland, Ohio.Â
Iowa's Patrick Kennedy talks about finishing his career with a win. He beat Ohio State's Carson Kharchla in the 174-pound third-place match Saturday at the NCAA Wrestling Championships in Cleveland, Ohio.Â
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier sports editor Jim Nelson gives a quick recap of Friday's semifinals and All-American round, and preview of today's action from the NCAA Wrestling Championships in Cleveland, Ohio.Â
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