It's an historic milestone for a Division three series stretching back decades.

Longtime coach Dave Mitchell pits his Luther squad against the Central College Dutch one more time before the Norse pull up anchor and leave the American Rivers Conference.

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♪♪ ♪♪ From Pella, Iowa, on the campus of Central College.

It's college wrestling tonight, the number nine ranked central Dutch meet the number 12 ranked Luther Norse.

Hello everyone.

I'm Tim Johnson, along with my partner, ten time national champion coach and Hall of Famer Jim Miller.

And Jim, we got a raucous crowd tonight.

We got we got some some fired up fans here.

Big meet for both teams.

Speaking of both teams, let's look at the standings there.

Right in the middle of the American Rivers Conference.

Yeah I mean these teams trying to bust up into the top tier here into whatever happens tonight is going to make a difference for one of these teams.

Well, Luther leads the series 27 to 25.

The last matchup last month.

Central won 22 to 19 on January 9th, 2026.

Let's take a look at the lineup.

What do you like, Jim?

Well, I know one of these meets every point counts for each team.

It's really important, but I like 197 and that's going to be a couple veterans going at it and might determine the dual meet victory.

Well, let's wrestle.

We'll start at 125 pounds.

You're taking a look at Patrick Guga Reinders Gugala-Reinders Patrick Gugala-Reinders from Menasha, Wisconsin, goes up against Central's Carter West Burlington, Notre Dame, down from 133 last year.

He's tall and lean, Jim.

Now it is.

Both these guys are similar build.

This could be a this could be this is a real big match for each one to get off.

You know, get off to a good start.

Obviously Luther wants to quiet the crowd a little bit.

Big Red Big Red.

I thought was in Lincoln, Nebraska, for a minute there, and they've got Lincoln's got nothing over Central College here.

As far as great crowd students right behind us.

Football team and and it's a great start at 125 pounds.

Rivalry for years.

We'll talk about it later in the in the show.

Luther in there last year in the American Rivers Conference moving over along with Cornell College to the Midwest Conference to begin next year's academic and athletic struck by nice slide.

By.

Nice slide by by Carter West.

And right away he's putting a lot of pressure on Gugala-Reinders.

Got him broke down.

[LAUGHTER] Really has him stretched out.

Carter West has got a nice job.

Got that long body keeping the pressure forward with that work.

Gets the boots in.

Looking for the head lever.

Yeah, I mean Gugala-Reinders man, he's got to find his way to get back up to his feet trying to work a tripod up here.

He needs to come up and get and get some hand control, which he's trying to, and he.

Oh, nice little foot sweep.

Almost kept him kept him there.

But we got a one point escape.

Wes as I said out of Burlington Notre Dame we got three wrestlers tonight at Central College from that program led by Bill Plain and John Sigel.

Man, have those two done a job over the years?

Legendary morning sun.

Wapello Columbus Junction, New London, West Burlington, Notre Dame.

Notre Dame won the championship last year and there.

Is close.

He's close.

He's got.

A tour still in.

Still trying to adjust.

Nice job.

By Gugala-Reinders so far.

To stave it off, he's throwing the leg in.

Really nice job.

Good point, Jim Gugala-Reinders saves that takedown.

Here's the first takedown.

There you go.

Nice slide by here by West.

39 seconds riding.

Time for West.

3 to 1 lead.

You talked about it every point counting.

And what Gugala-Reinders did there.

You know he's you know saved from being behind 6 to 1 on the way to a major a major decision.

So.

And stopped riding time.

Yeah, that was big.

Now we got he's going on about 15 seconds left in the first period.

Landon Williams the second year Central College head coach, Wartburg national champion.

I know him well.

Two time national champion.

They're scrambling here.

Oh.

Went out of bounds.

That was close man.

Central.

Yeah.

There's Landon.

You know Landon his Wartburg crew when he came in with I think the only time in history of Division three they won four national dual titles and four NCAA titles during his four year career.

[LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] Gugala-Reinders on top.

Trying to get him down.

No stall call yet.

Trying to get a mat return.

Broomstick to get him down.

He does get the stall call.

And that signaled by the official stops the riding time.

There's a stall call.

The riding time is stopped now.

Back going again.

Green, you have a stall warning.

West back up to his feet, trying to get some hand control.

Gugala-Reinders does bring him back down.

Doing a nice job trying to get his leg in.

Yeah, he changed it up there.

Brought him back into his lap instead of trying.

I mean.

two tall dudes.

Yeah, really got real pretty good control on top.

Both legs in.

He has been warned for stalling.

So if he's on top, he's got to make it look like, you know, he's getting busy here.

Really nice answer.

By Gugala-Reinders from the early takedown by West.

Right.

Oh, now he's trying to get him on his hip here.

But West back to his base trying to get a leg out.

Trying to.

He's getting him.

He's getting him high.

Gugala-Reinders getting a little bit high here.

West got both hands on the neck.

Oh, nice.

Nice job of getting back the boots in.

I mean, momentum seems to be going Gugala-Reinders ways now.

He's got to feel good going into the last period.

Absolutely.

Big time ride this second period.

10 seconds to go.

I mean, he's building his riding time.

Going to be almost a minute.

[LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] Actually is a minute a minute exactly.

Riding time.

He I think he's going to go neutral, which he does.

Otherwise he'd lose the riding time.

But right now he's sitting at a three to 3 to 1 deficit.

But he has riding time.

Take down three points.

Would put him ahead 4 to 3 and it would start accumulating more riding time.

So no reason to go under.

Yeah really no advantage.

So but West is the only one with the takedown.

But we'll see what happens here.

Obviously Gugala-Reinders he's the one that he's the one that the pressure's on to go ahead and and to score.

[APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] Let's Talk single.

Luther would love to pull out that first one.

But there's West again for that slide by.

Got to get him down.

And there it is.

Executed very nicely by West.

Second takedown that slide by three points up 6 to 1.

Now.

No riding time for West.

So it's 6 to 1.

Boy he's done that a number of times.

He just he just felt he feels that slide by and just hits it.

As soon as the pressure came in he was ready to hit.

It wasn't.

That's a feel thing isn't it, Jim?

I mean, you feel that the forward motion you want your wrestlers moving in, but when the guy's got a lethal slide by, you've got to you've got to be a little aware of that.

And right now, Western control in the third period he's on top with a nice ride.

[LAUGHTER] You know.

Well we got Gugala-Reinders up to his feet but gets sucked back by West.

Nice job by West.

Still in major control on top.

Good pressure.

He's trying to get some back points here.

There it is.

There's his points.

He's getting some back points.

Now.

He's looking for the fall.

He's trying to give him room.

And look.

He's got the fall.

Wow.

[APPLAUSE] Nice.

[APPLAUSE] Here's the slide by.

There's the takedown.

He just didn't settle for a win here.

He cranks cranks him over and gets a fall.

What a turnaround there.

It looked like Gugala-Reinders was really had that match in reach.

Then it looked like he was going to keep from having it be a bonus win.

And West comes through with a big fall for the Dutch.

Carter West.

Flashback to 2012.

Just before Iowa PBS college wrestling coverage hiatus Landon Williams wrestling at 165 pounds for Wartburg College, hosting the Iowa Conference Championships and Jim Miller.

You saw him right there coaching Iowa PBS was on the mat bringing it home.

Good memories there.

Nostalgia sales man, I'll tell you nothing better than looking back now.

We're at 133 pounds.

We've got another West Burlington, Notre Dame wrestler, CJ Davis, going up against.

He's a freshman going up against a senior Connor Kidd he was an All-American.

He's from Morton, Illinois.

Very explosive.

He pinned Davis in the outing a month ago.

But Davis was ahead when he got pinned.

Yeah.

Davis I watched him win the state title last year.

Very talented.

Also seen counter Kidd become an All-American.

So you got a veteran against a young guy.

Both very talented.

This should be good.

On your feet.

Stalemate.

Neutral.

And if you're Luther College.

gentleman who just got behind six to nothing and you got your All-American out there, you want to not only hopefully get a win, you'd want a big win if you can.

They'd like to duplicate what happened in January 9th, just a month ago when Kidd got the fall against CJ Davis.

CJ Davis is trying to remember how he got out in front 6 to 1 before he saw the lights.

Oh, and there's a roll through CJ Davis comes around drives through.

Good down block by Kidd.

Good scrap here.

You know Connor Kidd has 50 career pins.

So he's a he's a pinner.

He'll go for it if he gets an opportunity.

[LAUGHTER] We're neutral.

On the edge.

Nothing happening.

[APPLAUSE] I like the way CJ is wrestling there.

Both of them.

But they're wrestling like they're in the middle of the match.

You know, if you can keep a foot in a toe in and you score on the edge of the mat, it's good.

You got to be all the way out of bounds before the wrestling stops.

Big start for central Dutch Carter West coming through with a big fall late in the third period.

It's six zero.

Team score central out in front after one.

Above the eyes, man above the eyes.

Schott now.

About a minute left.

First period.

And we've had two great crowds in a row the Iowa State.

South Dakota State at Humboldt Gymnasium.

Standing room only here tonight.

Practically packed students out the local Pella community.

There's a slide by.

Davis behind.

Nice defense by Kidd.

Great job by Kidd squaring back up.

Now he's got to circle back in.

Oh big duck under.

[APPLAUSE] Can he finish.

He lifts you up neutral.

Can he stay in bounds.

No.

Nice call by the official.

Wow.

There.

He's.

There you go, man.

I mean, Davis, right.

Nice duck under all the way behind.

Has to get a knee or get him down.

But but but Connor Kidd fended it off.

Knew where he was to got him out.

Knew what direction to go with his movement.

That's twice now.

Davis was real close on a takedown.

Had to slide by as a duck under.

He's got a lot of lot in his arsenal.

Jim.

[LAUGHTER] [LAUGHTER] I like the way that CJ Davis moves forward into the first period.

No takedown, no scoring zero zero.

The choice goes to the Norse.

Kidd chooses down to begin the second period.

[APPLAUSE] Gets up short pause after coverage, cover legal.

[APPLAUSE] Kidd gets up.

He's gone.

He's out one to nothing now.

Davis.

Hey, obviously he's really good on his feet.

He likes being on his feet.

So given that escape was probably part of the plan here.

Both these guys, physical wrestlers.

I like the way CJ is working the head as he comes up from a little half shot collar tie is kid's ammunition there.

Oh nice shot, but good defense by CJ.

Five freshmen in the lineup for central.

Nine of the ten wrestlers tonight for central are prep prepped in Iowa.

They're Iowans.

Wow that's impressive.

You don't see that very often no matter what what what school it is what college it is.

And we got a scrap here.

Dead even.

Almost one to nothing, kid.

Just from the escape.

The stall warning.

Ready.

And because kid's been more active, there's the stall call.

Well, I think it's one of those where I think the official felt he needed to call one, because it seems like up until that time, that Davis had actually been pretty active.

[LAUGHTER] Yeah.

[LAUGHTER] Stay legal here.

Terrible shot.

30s left.

Second period.

Two.

Good action by Davis.

He's got to pull the trigger there.

Really nice fakes.

He's got to follow it up.

Coming down to the end of the second period A10 lead for Kidd.

He got right out Jones.

Will Davis will have the opportunity to go down and create his own offense and perhaps get away fast.

I think he's going to go neutral.

He go neutral.

Not on top.

Gotta have a takedown anyway.

Yeah.

Gotta have a takedown.

On West.

So or Kidd is.

Kidd will be on top.

Oh nice double shot.

Body lock inside trip.

Nothing going man.

Davis has had some opportunities, but Connor Kidd has been really good fending him off.

One zero for the Norse Connor Kidd out in front.

He had an escape and CJ Davis chose neutral, so he chose not to go under to begin the third period, knowing he's going to have to get a takedown anyway.

[LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] A minute 25 left in regulation.

A couple of good shots here might bring the officials attention on Kidd.

Plus, you got him right on the edge.

You know.

And so right now, with the rules, if you can walk him out right there, you would get an automatic stall call Kidd doing a nice job of not letting him walk him out.

Stalemate, stalemate.

They'll go to the center.

Yeah.

CJ Davis had an attempt there, a double attempt or something to get him off the mat to get a chance for the stall call.

But it's going to come down to this last minute.

[LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] As my partner says, every second, every point counts.

Well right now it's a it's the seconds that count 45 seconds central calling for a stall call here.

[APPLAUSE] On the edge again.

Circle back in.

My rule action back to the center.

Well.

We did a really nice job of of coming back around.

He's savvy.

Really, really nice.

Dodge.

25 seconds.

Davis arm spin.

He's in on the leg.

Good.

Squares up.

He's looking for that duck again.

I think right here.

Davis.

Now a carry action.

Connor Kidd just so solid right there.

He's not going to give anything up.

Five seconds left.

Great fight man.

Great match a win for the Norse Connor Kidd wins one zero over CJ Davis.

Three points on the board for the Norse 6 to 3.

Now the lead for central.

Here's a look back at Coach Dave Mitchell year two with Luther.

The 1998 Iowa Conference Championships.

Jim Miller coaching Wartburg.

Jeff Rudolph, the Norse wins at 167 pounds over the Knights.

Mitchell kept the ball rolling in Decorah five time Iowa Conference.

Now American Rivers Coach of the year 2004.

Division three National Coach of the year, 2010 Hall of Fame inductee.

And just this year, coach notched his 350th career win.

That's a lot of wins, man.

You from Chicago?

He's 21 one.

He's right.

Number two Pierre Baldwin.

The number two ranked wrestler in the nation, Pierre Baldwin coming out for the Dutch going up against the sophomore Mateo Ochoa Ochoa out of Riverside, California.

Martin Luther King High School, Pierre in.

Wow.

Quick takedown.

Tell you what, when he pulls the trigger, he is dangerous, man.

And it shows up right there.

Quick takedown.

Baldwin out of West Chicago high school was an All-American last year.

Sixth in 2025.

He pinned Ochoa a month ago in two minutes.

Yeah, that could be something similar.

Could really be big for the team results.

But you know, Baldwin All-American from last year, the leader of the team here.

And you could tell a fan favorite as well.

But look how quick that is.

Nice high crotch.

Whoa.

Another quick takedown.

Great execution.

Second quick takedown here inside a minute of the first period.

First period being three minutes.

Second third period being two minutes.

I'm sure Coach Williams talked to him about hey, let's get a fast start because sometimes he doesn't have a fast start.

But you can see what happens when he does.

One point escape for Ochoa six two.

Right now, early in the first period.

Baldwin got his head on the mat, got some pressure there trying to do, trying to get a go behind.

Now front headlock Joe trying to get some hand control here.

Slow him down a little bit.

Oh nice.

Nice fake here.

Lifts him all the way up man.

He's got some quick feet.

Nice lift.

Now he's got that bottom leg turn.

Pierre Baldwin bottom leg.

Turkey needs to get under that chin and neck.

Elevate the leg and he could be in trouble.

[APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] Could this man.

Good pressure by Pierre on top.

Really has Ochoa flat.

[APPLAUSE] 9 to 2 on the strength of three takedowns in the first period for the All-American PR Baldwin.

[LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] In good shape here.

He's got the bottom leg.

Turk here, building up riding time.

Minute 35.

Already.

[LAUGHTER] You get three points for a regular decision.

Four points for a major.

Oh, here's the tilt.

Went to.

Went to fast.

Ochoa.

Did a nice job.

Kind of rolling out of it.

Still read.

Pierre thinking about how, you know to get that tech fall.

But he's really thinking he's hunting that pin.

Still read.

9 to 2 at the end of the first period.

Some quick takedowns in that first period.

Check out Baldwin here man.

Nice single leg quick take down right off the whistle.

Comes right back.

Nice high crotch.

He'll go to the double.

Lifts him up.

Puts him down.

He's explosive as all get out here.

[LAUGHTER] So starting on their feet.

Joe kind of trying to stay a little bit lower.

Make it tougher for Baldwin to get to the legs.

If Ochoa can keep from.

[APPLAUSE] Not have happened.

But the last time a pin, he'll save points for his team.

Wow.

Nice job.

Stepped in front, had the leg, stepped in front.

Doesn't have a takedown yet.

[APPLAUSE] For neutral.

We're neutral.

We're neutral.

Joe is still holding on to that.

His left leg.

Yeah, he's got the leg hooked too.

He does.

Now if Pierre can come up and merkel.

It with a takedown here.

There's the three points for takedown out in front now 12 to 2.

If he can get to a 15 point difference that will be a tech fall.

That would be five points for the team.

Bottom.

Coach Coach Williams saying let's go neutral again.

The athletes have turned out to support their fellow athletes on the campus of Central College tonight here in Pella, Iowa.

Another shot.

And on a single nice carry action.

Another takedown.

[APPLAUSE] Oh, he's got him in trouble.

He's got him in trouble.

Ochoa got off his back that time, though.

Trying to hook up the Turk action there.

No point.

Trying to save point for his team.

Yeah, I mean, the last time they were out, he got pinned.

That would be six points if he could save a point for his team and not go to his back, that would be progress.

Over the last time against the number two ranked wrestler in the nation, Pierre Baldwin, there, stalling underneath, warning, stalling on Ochoa.

[APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] Advantage he could cut him and get one more takedown.

It'd be over.

But yeah, well, it'd be 18 four, but I think he really just trying to see if he can't get a pinning combination right.

He doesn't want to give up the opportunity for the pin.

Two.

Make him.

Up.

[APPLAUSE] ♪♪ Another shot by Baldwin.

Nice shot in changes off to the single then kind of hits a carry action for a for his.

You know in this situation Jim you got to get the most points you can first right.

Priorities.

So you go get yourself in a position to know you're going to get the tech fall.

That's right.

But as soon as you get it it's over.

If you don't have it.

On your back, don't wait too long.

Get yourself there.

So needs to get in and get a takedown and work on top.

Same thing here.

And there's the tech fall 19 three.

Wow five points for Central College.

Baldwin put on a clinic there.

Hey like a gladiator.

Win the crowd if you want your you know you want you want to win the crowd.

He just did.

Well he's a senior.

This might be his last show here.

[APPLAUSE] Not sure, but that was a show.

He's 20 and.

one number 10th ranked Cade.

At 149.

The strength doesn't stop for central Cade Siebrecht out of Lisbon, Iowa, going up against Burmeister.

Brayden Burmeister.

Siebrecht in on a single nice trip.

Big takedown going right.

Got the cross wrist?

Yeah.

Cross wrist tilt.

He's looking for.

The two time state champion out of Lisbon.

Started at Iowa.

Went to South Dakota State.

Now is at central.

He's only got one loss.

That's to the Augsburg wrestler in overtime.

Building a lot of confidence.

Escaped by Burmeister.

He's out of Lisbon.

His dad, Jamie, wrestled for Al Baxter at Buena Vista.

Oh, man, I remember him.

Yeah, I remember pops.

Yep.

Mom.

Tracy.

She was a three sport athlete at Morningside.

His bro Colby, of course, wrestled at Iowa as well.

Yeah, Lisbon's turned out a number.

[LAUGHTER] How many hammers over the years?

Two of the greatest coaches ever to coach in Iowa.

Al Baxter and Brad Smith.

100%.

Brad Smith, the winningest coach in the history.

Of Iowa wrestling at Lisbon, at Iowa City, high, clear.

Clear Creek.

Yep.

Cade Siebrecht with another takedown.

Looking for the wrist.

He's got the he's got the wrist tied up.

He's dangerous on top.

Here it is.

Rolls through looking for the back point.

There it is.

Two three.

Crowd helping out the ref four point nearfall.

Hold for holding for same for.

For.

[APPLAUSE] Nearfall.

[APPLAUSE] Escape green were neutral.

Burmeister.

Let's go.

Kane 10 to 2.

One minute left.

Schott Burmeister from Pipestone, Minnesota State place winner.

Nice.

[LAUGHTER] Two matches in a row that the Central College wrestlers come out and put some major scoring on the board in the first period.

Body lock by Siebrecht.

Gets the three points out in front.

Now 13 to 2.

1234.

Oh yeah.

Oh, he's going to turn back around looking.

To wants that tilt.

Yeah.

If he can get a four count it's going to end the going to end the match.

One two three.

And that should be it.

Wow.

Inside the first period a tech fall 17 to 2.

Five more points on the board.

Cade Siebrecht.

He's putting on a show.

[APPLAUSE] This is the final regular season conference matchup between these teams.

Luther joins the Midwest Conference to start the 20 2627 academic year.

Both leagues have been around over a century.

The Midwest Conference, dating back to 1921, and American Rivers, formerly the Iowa Conference, established in 1922.

♪♪ Luther will join another Iowa school, Cornell, as the only other institution with men's and women's programs.

Luther will look to continue non-conference competition, much like Cornell, with American River's opponents as part of their schedule.

All right, we're ready for 157 Christian Stanek ranked number 14 for Central College, going against Peter Hollingshead, a senior from Luther.

And there is a lateral gets three points, no counts for back.

That's a big way to start.

That is.

Christian Stanek got a Cedar Rapids Xavier.

Yeah, Hollingshead came out.

Just took a shot right off the bat and got tossed to his back.

Stanek transferred from Iowa State to Central Hollingshead is a senior out of Maple Grove, Missouri or Minnesota.

Osceola High School.

[LAUGHTER] State skate for Hollingshead.

Coco.

[LAUGHTER] Stanek was a four time state placer in Iowa at Cedar Rapids, Xavier.

Fast start for the Dutchmen.

Quick takedown.

Escape for Hollingshead.

It's 3 to 1, 157 pounds.

Fifth match tonight.

A lot of excitement so far.

Central out in front, 16 to 3.

Stanek in on single, right on the edge of the mat, trying to keep his feet in.

Nice job by Stanek savvy wrestling right there.

[APPLAUSE] Make sure he got him in.

Got a takedown feed on feed inside the mat or inside the circle.

Should just run back to Luther.

Hollingshead to his feet.

[APPLAUSE] Neutral.

Tough crowd here tonight.

It is, man.

Big time.

Central.

Crowd action.

This has.

You know, it's so much fun to be in the center.

The lights on and out on the mat.

With a crowd like this.

Yeah, it is.

It is an I mean, no matter what, if you got anybody, you still want to wrestle.

Great.

But it's much easier when you got a big, supportive crowd behind you.

Your hands.

[LAUGHTER] Go.

Central got a lot of momentum going with Pierre Baldwin.

Siebrecht.

And now Stanek just out scoring points.

[LAUGHTER] Shai.

Schott by Hollingshead.

He was on 165 last year.

He moved down.

He got the McDonough brothers the next couple weights.

Probably the reason he did move down, but Stanek in on a single doing a nice job on the edge again.

Oh, nice job of stepping down, fending off that attack.

Good job by the Luther wrestler Peter Hollingshead.

Yeah, it was.

Quick snap.

[LAUGHTER] End of the first period.

6 to 2.

A little quieter than the last few matches here.

Central's been lighting it up.

[APPLAUSE] Bottom, bottom face me, guys.

Face me.

Cheerleaders, athletes, FCA.

Luther even brought the mascot.

Mascots are here.

Skate green.

We're neutral.

Hollingshead got a 6 to 3 with the escape.

[LAUGHTER] Kind of slowed down a little bit.

Jim.

6 to 3 minute 15 left in the second.

Russell.

Center man.

Russell, center.

Red backing.

There's a stall call on the edge you were talking about.

You know, it looked like he tried to circle in, but a little bit too late.

Stanek out front six three couple of takedowns a minute left in the second period here.

Luther trying to get on the board for the first time since 133.

Two in a row for central, three out of the first four matches have gone Central's way over the number nine ranked team in the nation.

Luther number 12 pretty evenly matched in central, out fast.

And they know that Luther's got some studs coming up.

And so it's important to get every point you can.

But that pin and the tech fall.

big lose big.

Yeah that's 11 points right there.

That's why they're out front 16 to 3 averaging more than five points a win so far for central.

[APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] Center men.

[LAUGHTER] End of the second period.

We'll go to the third.

Stanek out front 6 to 3.

And he'll get his choice.

He's going to choose down.

Get that opportunity to come out.

And Dave Mitchell.

Gets that for me.

Going to tell his wrestler to let him up and give him the one.

So he gives him the one point, wants to go on his feet, needs to get a takedown to get back in the match.

Yeah, he's been close.

I mean, there's another good shot.

He's been taking some pretty good shots, but Stanek Haws yeah, Stanek has fought him off.

Just squared up.

How about Coach Mitchell?

30 years at Luther, head coach.

Yeah I love the longevity.

He's still enthusiastic.

He's got years in him yet.

And my two favorite words people know at our age gym at Dave's is to keep on keep got to keep on.

And Dave Mitchell doing that.

I love his enthusiasm and wish him the best.

As the program moves to the Midwest Conference.

But I'm sure that Luther Central rivalry will continue.

Yeah, I think they like they like wrestling competitive every year.

Good, good people.

People come out to watch good scrap for both of them.

So nice.

Re-attack by Stanek.

Good defense, good defense, good down blocking Stanek fighting in there.

What do you do here, Jim?

You you don't let go of that.

You gotta.

Gather yourself right?

Yeah.

You want to stay right in there right now.

Because right now looks like if you do, you'll get a stalemate.

And there it is.

Coach Mitchell saying, get going.

Keep shooting.

45 seconds left in regulation.

It's 7 to 3.

Whoa.

The other no points, no points.

A lot of action.

[APPLAUSE] No.

Love it.

Wow.

Hollingshead hits a nice shot.

Stanek hits him.

Pancakes him to his back, rolls through.

[LAUGHTER] Nothing.

All that.

No points.

Good wrestling though.

[APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] Center man.

It's a good example right there.

The difference between freestyle and and college wrestling.

Folkstyle Folkstyle is about control.

You got to have control.

Freestyle.

There have been a lot of points.

[LAUGHTER] Yeah.

Ref has been real busy in that scramble.

Action.

Neutral.

Tell you what, Hollingshead has wrestled hard.

He got behind early, but he's wrestled hard the whole match.

This is going to be a win for Christian Stanek.

And he gets in late.

For a win.

[APPLAUSE] Winner Central's Christian Stanek scores 7 to 3.

Crowd loves it.

Now 19 to 3 at intermission.

Here we go.

Here we go.

Nice shot.

But pancake right to his back.

Hollingshead rolled or just rolled through.

And then a good even though a good scrap.

No points.

It's intermission time.

Five down, five to go.

Stay around because we're going to have a feature at intermission.

College wrestling history on Iowa PBS.

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♪♪ I think one of the things that got us started with wrestling is that the uni was opening in 1976, and so it was Iowa and Uni wrestling at the Uni Dome, first ever event.

Later we did the Iowa Iowa State meet and that was at the Fieldhouse, the Iowa's old rickety old fieldhouse on that great big huge mat they had.

And it was in the middle of a blizzard.

We had three carloads of crew going Iowa City to cover it, and two of them went in the ditch.

So but we covered it with a limited coverage.

And we all thought, you know, wrestling is part of the fabric of the state.

We need to do more of that.

And so that was the beginning of wrestling on Iowa Public Television.

We're looking for outstanding matches up and down the line.

He did Iowa State, Iowa, Northern Iowa and even Drake at the time had wrestling.

Carver-hawkeye Sports Arena.

We covered the very opening of the Carver-hawkeye arena in 1983.

That was the first event in Carver-hawkeye.

And of course, it was wrestling again in public television was there to do it.

It's college wrestling's 10th anniversary thereafter.

It took off.

We you know, we got to be known nationally for our coverage.

For years we did Division one wrestling only at some point in time we saw, wow, the Iowa Conference is what it was called at the time, has tremendous wrestling.

The Division three level.

And so we started televising the Iowa Conference championships, and we got to see a quality of wrestling that I think people in the state didn't realize existed.

I mean, it was fantastic.

Wide open wrestling.

And it just further expanded people's interest and appreciation for what the sport has to offer.

We had to kind of develop a kind of a new formula, if you will, or what we thought worked in our minds.

There was virtually no wrestling coverage on television back in the 70s.

So but we thought, you know, the important thing is to be kind of at a, at a mat level, you need that overhead perspective to see where the wrestlers are in relation to the mat.

To us, the beauty of it is the close ups.

And so we developed having our cameras on what they call lowboys tripods on wheels that are only a foot off the ground.

So you'd be right there and you could shoot right into the eyes of the wrestlers.

And also, you know, when they're on their feet, there's big takedown moves.

You can see the amplitude.

Whoa.

Nice shot.

Nice counter.

For the second match and so on.

In the even numbered match.

All right Iowa State has the choice in the even match.

That's kind of standard.

Now to hear wireless microphones on athletes and things like that.

But back in the day that really wasn't the case.

And so we always had a wireless microphone on the official.

And that way you could hear the instructions he would give to them.

But it also just picked up a lot of ambient noise.

That 44 seconds riding time.

He's got riding time, 44 seconds on there.

Let's go.

So you'd hear the intensity of the wrestling.

You'd hear a lot of that mat noise.

It's kind of become the model.

I think, for most wrestling coverages.

♪♪ In 1981, Iowa and Iowa State were wrestling at Ames.

Iowa was the defending national champion.

Randy Lewis was wrestling Jim Gibbons.

Lewis put his arm out and he dislocated his elbow right there on our air.

There it is.

Right there.

There's the arm.

He had a wireless microphone on the referee.

We could hear that Randy was really injured.

They're getting a stretcher for Randy Lewis.

There's the elbow.

You can see it right there.

He's holding it before.

The point.

Match has even stopped.

Gibbons ended up winning by an injury default that was essentially a six point swing.

The dual meet kind of turned.

Iowa State wins.

The team storms the mat.

The fans going wacko.

They're crazy.

1986 it was Iowa against Iowa State.

Again, Iowa had won eight national championships in a row in this one.

It's kind of the duel of all duals.

It came down to the final match.

Iowa State won it.

Gibbons is getting his arm raised up on the team shoulders.

He's getting paraded around Hilton.

It was quite the epic one.

In 1988, Dan Gable's Hawkeyes have never lost a Carver.

They've won 43 straight.

They've never been beaten.

Iowa State comes in as their they're the defending national champion now.

And so it's like Iowa State's going to take the string away from Carver.

Nope Brooke Simpson gets a Volker in some kind of throw him and puts him on his back pins.

The defending national champion, Carver-hawkeye goes crazy.

Brooks Simpson's dad comes running out on the mat.

Phil Henning, the referee, says, get out of here.

Get off the mat.

And all of a sudden Iowa comes back and wins the dual meet and Iowa State's in shock.

I mean, it's just, you know, they should have had it.

And the Carver win streak was preserved.

So rustling it's its own fiber.

It's mano en mano.

There's really no place to hide.

And I think that's what it is about college wrestling.

It's such a pure sport.

It makes you want to follow it and appreciate what it takes to be successful at that level.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

I'm Doug Brown.

And I'm Dave Hardy.

And welcome to another in our Ibn wrestling series.

When we first started, there was a gentleman named Doug Brown, and he became the glue of our coverage.

We had Chuck Patton.

Chuck was a former coach at Northern Iowa.

Well, I need to take a little bit of time to raise my daughter.

Chuck retired, and we brought in a person by the name of Tim Johnson.

You might have heard of him.

In my opinion, he took it to a different level.

Crucial matches tonight.

When Doug retired, Tim and Dan Gable took over.

Dan Gable and Dan.

Then we brought in Jim Gibbons to as the third commentator.

And together those three really made it great.

I mean, people really tuned in for that.

They knew their stuff.

And so was that a golden era?

Absolutely.

I'm really happy that I could be part of that.

It was it was so much fun and it was such a challenge to do.

I think it's wonderful that public television is on the forefront of doing Division three wrestling.

Women's wrestling, that sort of coverage now is wonderful.

It's what public television is supposed to do.

It's what it's made to do.

And wrestling fans are lucky to have that sort of coverage now in the state.

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♪♪ Welcome back to Pella.

There's your score.

After five matches and a look at a staple of the community here.

The Jansma Bakery, in business since 19 or 1898 and known for everyone's favorite treat Dutch letters.

How about that?

Wow.

How about that, Jim?

You can only do one thing.

Yeah.

♪♪ We're such wrestlers.

I'll tell you.

All right.

Ready for wrestling again?

Wow.

[LAUGHTER] Dutch a freshman.

[LAUGHTER] From Melbourne, Iowa.

Shane and 100 and.

And 65 pounds.

We've got Shane Hanford Wes Marshall High School from Melbourne, Iowa.

And speaking of 165 Clayton McDonough 30, 3132.

And, oh, he's got more than 20 falls.

He's from Nora Springs, Central Springs High School, and he is one tough dude.

Nice shot by Hanford right off the whistle.

But they put in Muslimovic okay.

Yeah.

Easy for you to say that.

[LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] Stay legal here.

So nice shot.

Clayton McDonough not in the lineup here.

Muslimovic for Luther.

Going up against Hanford, who stretched out underneath.

Stalemate.

Neutral.

[APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] Bushong Bushong for central.

Shoots in nice.

High cross.

Close to a finish.

Got to cover the other leg, but nothing doing.

Hanford.

[APPLAUSE] Stay legal.

Hanford all stretched out.

Nice job of gathering by Hanford coming across.

Scroll through by Muslimovic.

[LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] Looking to hook that leg.

If he can cross face there and break that grip.

Yeah, he's close.

Needs to get his hand inside and a cross face.

Neutral Hanford holding on for dear life here.

[APPLAUSE] We're neutral.

Does have his hands broke.

Muslimovic has his hands as it broke.

He just got to get his left arm inside his armpit.

[APPLAUSE] There.

Still nothing.

Looking real close.

That's three points on the edge and looks like a strategy move.

Working out so far for Coach Mitchell.

After the first five.

Coach must have determined to put his best wrestler Clayton McDonough up.

We're probably going to see Clayton McDonough in the next match at 174 and his brother Bryce at 184.

That's my guess.

I agree.

And so yeah, they didn't.

They came ready?

Yeah.

They came ready.

And with the score at halftime 19 to 3.

Yeah.

You got to make something work and you almost got to run the table.

And this is their opportunity.

Short pause.

And the Luther wrestler comes out.

Gets the first takedown out in front.

This is the formula for Luther to get back in the meet.

Nice mat.

Return.

Trying to throw the leg in.

Building up a little riding time.

30s and counting.

How much fun is this?

That's a big part of the dual meets the strategy.

You know, you come, you weigh a couple of people.

In you go.

If it goes this way.

And I don't want it to.

But if it goes this way, we're ready.

Yeah.

You got plan B ready to go?

Yep.

Escape.

Escape for Hanford 3 to 1.

That takedown in the first period without an.

Well he did.

He just answered it.

That was a big escape for Hanford at the end of the first period.

Big time bottom.

Luther goes down.

47 seconds.

He's got build up, writing time.

Stay set.

Cover legal.

That clock's going to be going the other way here on the writing time.

Skate green for neutral.

There's an escape.

4 to 1.

Muslimovic two on one.

Another takedown.

It really almost put her out.

Really?

Put.

Put the match kind of out of reach.

[APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] Trying to get a stall call.

And he does some strategy there.

Had a two on one and just kind of walked him out.

Shoved him.

out and got a stall call on Hanford.

Trying to get the mojo back into the Norse bench.

And so far so good.

4 to 1.

There's a nice high.

Cross job.

Beautiful job.

High crotch.

He's getting the count.

[LAUGHTER] Caught him on his back.

Now a headlock.

Action.

Oh, and he is not going to let go of that Jimmy.

Oh my goodness.

[APPLAUSE] Crowd going crazy.

[APPLAUSE] 34.

[APPLAUSE] Man, that is tight.

Muslimovic had it in hand.

Hanford comes back with a big headlock close to a fall here.

[APPLAUSE] Big time.

Bridge.

35 seconds left.

There's the fall.

Wow!

[APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] There it is.

Shane Hanford.

Central builds the lead.

Here's a replay shot by Hanford.

Nice.

Cuts over to a high cross, but catches him on his back.

Then he cinches up a headlock.

Here we go.

Little by little gets the fall.

And that's exactly what they're doing, Tim.

And just like that, it's 25 to 3 central out front.

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Here's the matchup.

Abe Bushong.

Freshman 17 and five record out of Pleasant Hill, Iowa.

Up against Bryce McDonough.

[APPLAUSE] ♪♪ Logan Kennedy.

Is it?

I think this is Clayton.

Got a nice shot by Bushong.

It's Clayton.

So Clayton's moved up a weight.

And so they were hoping they would get a win in the last with Muslimovic stepping in for Clayton.

Clayton moving up.

His brother Bryce is going to move up.

I would imagine.

Clayton, the number one guy at 165 in the nation.

Number one ranked.

[LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] Abe Bushong out of southeast Polk a couple of time state placer for Southeast Polk High School.

Clayton McDonough undefeated.

Up from 157 last year to 65.

And now tonight, 174 pounds.

Both Clayton Bryce, coached by their dad at Norris Springs Central Springs High School.

Nice shot by McDonough.

Comes up to the single.

Stay legal here.

Stay legal here.

Shin.

Whizzer Bushong.

Neutral.

McDonough needs a limp arm out there.

It is.

[APPLAUSE] The McDonough may have had, you know, quite a career.

Doing a good job wins pins and central certainly wanted to have the the start they had tonight before they moved into the McDonough brothers.

And they have.

Oh, boy, they sure have.

Oh, nice.

Big time half Nelson with the legs on.

Getting a getting a turn and close to a fall.

He is a pinner.

Over 25 falls this year.

Stay legal, stay legal.

Same for the career falls leader at Luther College.

History.

That's saying something.

Now he's looking for the.

Oh, right there.

And that's the fall for Clayton McDonough.

Six points on the board.

First points for Luther since early on at 133.

Big pin.

[APPLAUSE] Here's a replay.

He's got a leg in.

Then he pulls him back.

For some back.

Got his back points.

Comes up on top and settles in.

and gets the fall.

Hold.

Martin.

So Bryce McDonough will move up from 174 after his brother just got a big fall at 174, and now at 184 will be Bryce McDonough for Luther against Cole Martin, a freshman out of Ames who was fourth last year in AAA Bryce McDonough obviously also from Central Springs High School, has more than 100 career wins himself.

Yeah, ranked six right now nationally.

Cole Martin stepping into a tough position as a freshman.

There's a shot.

Nice job.

By McDonough quick takedown now looking to get a mat return.

There it is.

He's saying can I beat the time of my brother here.

He's going to look for a fall as well.

[LAUGHTER] That leg out.

[LAUGHTER] Sure.

These McDonough boys are on their way to like Luther Hall of Fame opportunities down the years.

And speaking of the Hall of Fame, you're the director at the Dan Gable Museum, National Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Dan Gable Museum and both the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in two sites and Stillwater, and in Waterloo, celebrating 50 years since the National Wrestling Hall of Fame started down in Stillwater.

And Jim, it's a it's a big opportunity to celebrate our sport the first weekend in June in Stillwater.

It is.

I love it.

Big things coming.

And you know, just the Hall of Fame is bring a lot, so much cars.

Obviously the Dan Gable Museum National Wrestling Hall of Fame for the legend Dan Gable and just enjoyed being there so much.

I walk in all those images.

You just lift you up every day, walking in.

Well, men and women.

You're a Hall of Famer yourself.

I can't think of anybody better after the career you have had at Wartburg, to be the director of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Dan Gable Museum in Waterloo.

And you and I will both be in Stillwater to celebrate that 50.

And we're hoping if you have never been to Stillwater, the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, you should mark your calendars now for the last weekend or first weekend in June.

Come down for the honors weekend for the inductees in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.

It's going to be the biggest celebration.

The Hall of Fame's ever had, and that's the first weekend of June.

And in the meantime, come to the Dan Gable Museum in Waterloo.

Every chance.

[APPLAUSE] Any chance you can.

303 Jefferson Street.

Here we go.

McDonough with the arm bar and then a half on the other side.

Referee just wanting to make sure that it's legal.

[APPLAUSE] Stay legal.

Martin.

Just trying to.

Fight that off.

, my friend.

Long time coach at Jefferson and Cedar Rapids.

Dick.

Brigg.

Just wanted to give a shout out to Ben Marshall, who is the official.

He prepped at West Delaware.

Dick, an official himself, and we we couldn't do the sport without him.

Jim.

How's a teammate with him at uni?

And that was we had a blast.

We had some great teams.

Chuck Patton, the coach back then, brother Don was assistant.

Cover, legal.

Right here.

McDonough.

It's only three to nothing, but he's been pretty dominant here.

Two minutes and 10 seconds riding time.

Got a stall warning.

Red, red, you have a stall warning ready.

Have a stall.

Stalling on the central wrestler Cole Martin.

The freshman going up against the senior Bryce McDonough.

And McDonough brothers bringing some fire here.

Yeah, Luther needed it.

You know, they they needed some jump start here.

They're doing their best to get to keep that to get that going.

There's a lot of riding time for McDonough two minutes and 40s in that first period.

He'll choose down to begin the second period.

And they're going to take neutral.

Cole Martin will give him one.

So that's one more makes it four zero.

They'll go to their feet.

You know, when you're a freshman, you know you're stepping in against an opponent like this.

You're just learning how to battle.

Oh, man.

I mean, it's just that's part of the big difference between high school and and colleges.

You know, it's a battle every time out.

You just got to learn how to fight.

Battle, win 2 or 3 times in the same match.

You know, it's it's it's a whole different ball game.

McDonough here trying to he's got an advantage but no takedown yet.

For neutral danger.

Danger right here.

Danger.

Neutral neutral danger.

Now he's coming out the back.

Looks like close to a takedown.

There it is.

Takedown for McDonough out in front.

Now.

Seven zero.

Got plenty of time.

Got his arm bar.

In his teammates exhorting him to drive this.

Tell you what Martin fighting.

Hard he is.

Martin's fighting really hard.

[APPLAUSE] Legal with this.

Wow.

Here he goes.

He does get him turned close to a fall.

There it is.

The ultimate victory in wrestling.

The pin.

Is there anything more exciting, Jim?

There is nothing more exciting.

Hang on to his head.

Then the pin.

[APPLAUSE] ♪♪ Here's a replay.

You can see him trying to McDonough getting in position to score here, trying to get his legs free.

Here he does.

He puts the pressure on him and then turns him with an arm bar and gets the fall.

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Here we have Brant Ben Strehlow Sam West.

Hey they get after it.

They have a history.

Yeah.

Here's two veterans.

Yep.

And.

Strehlow one 4 to 1 a month ago.

So the Luther wrestler is in his fifth year.

Ben Strehlow medical hardship allowed him to come back.

Weyauwega Fremont High School in Weyauwega, Wisconsin.

He's undefeated in conference duals.

Like I said, he defeated Sam West, brother of Carter West, teammate of CJ from Burlington, Notre Dame CJ Davis.

Carter West Sam West, all from Burlington.

Notre Dame.

With snagged an ankle.

Got a little scramble here.

Legal Strehlow trying to get a stalemate.

I think they will.

Nothing happening right now.

And hey Strehlow trying to come up.

There's a stalemate and Tim, when you know Luther came out of the break, did a little switcheroo, was winning the match late.

If that would have won instead of 2515, it would have been 1918, two.

Oh yeah, 1918.

19, 18.

So you can see what they were thinking.

Let's go.

Humboldt back.

Now central ten points ahead with just three matches left.

Two matches left.

[LAUGHTER] And this has gone fast today.

Tim.

And how about you know we talk about student athletes.

Oh here's Strehlow in on the single.

Can he finish.

It goes down to his knees.

You don't want to go down to your knees.

And Sam West does a nice job pushing him down, getting his feet.

Squared up.

Squared up.

Now he's.

Digging that underhook in.

Speaking of Sam West 4.00.

My goodness.

He's the the top male athlete on campus for GPA.

Top student in at central period.

At central period.

There you go.

And he's an athlete and he's a wrestler.

Oh my goodness I love.

It America needs wrestling America needs wrestling.

And wrestlers like Sam West.

4.0 never.

Nothing less than an a kind of like kind of like our career.

Just like us.

Yeah.

And no, A-minus.

Well that's unbelievable.

Congratulations, Sam West.

Russell.

You know, we have seen some fight tonight.

And that's why I say always, you know, the guts, the gumption, the grit that it takes to grind out a good seven minute match.

While we've watched.

Tonight's the same stuff that it takes to grind out a good, productive, long life.

And then you put a 4.0 on top.

I think Sam West might have a good future.

I think he's going to be just fine.

Guts, gumption, grit and brains.

Yeah, and these guys are scrapping now.

West double under.

On the edge.

[APPLAUSE] I'll tell you what.

No points in this first period.

But there's been some dang good scrap here, man.

Good wrestling.

All day here.

[APPLAUSE] Yeah, he's going bottom face me green.

All right.

Going to the second period zero zero after the first period.

Last time they met it was 4 to 1 one takedown was the difference Strehlow scoring that against West.

West trying to turn it around here.

West with chloride right off the bat.

A lot of pressure.

Strehlow head and arms making it tougher to come up there.

He does a nice job trying to get a knee under him.

Gets the boot in.

West.

Throws the legs.

A little loose there, but he likes to be on top.

But Strehlow ready for it.

Nice job of getting out of the legs and getting the escape.

Yeah.

Good job.

1 to 0.

First point scored.

[LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] Baldwin three.

No.

[APPLAUSE] One.

Did it.

Champs.

Nice.

Re-attack.

Good action by both wrestlers.

Less than a minute left in the second period.

One zero.

The lead for Strehlow with that escape.

Good active 197 pounders.

[APPLAUSE] Guys are going to be vying for those that podium.

When it comes to that national tournament being held in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Oh man, I love that great crowd going to be in Cedar Rapids.

Some unbelievable wrestling.

I mean Division three the last few years just been incredible.

National tournaments.

[APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] Offense man offense.

[LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] Two.

[APPLAUSE] Short time here.

And the second period will end.

It's one zero Luther Norse Strehlow out in.

Front.

Sam West the senior.

[APPLAUSE] Guys are clean on Falco.

[APPLAUSE] Good shot.

[APPLAUSE] Chooses down.

[APPLAUSE] Looking to match that escape or more.

Strehlow throws in that cross face and that's a good hard cross face.

Yeah, he's been there before.

He likes he feels comfortable there.

And there's the escape.

It's one one.

Man that's been dead.

Even dead even.

Last time.

That's exactly what was going on.

It was one one before Strehlow got the the takedown to win 4 to 1 and Sam West turn it around.

[LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] Offense, man.

[LAUGHTER] Offense.

Nice shot by Strehlow.

High, high crotch.

West trying to sit around.

Nice job by West.

Has a takedown.

Big takedown for Sam West.

Approaching a minute.

Left out in front now.

4 to 1.

Trying to turn it around.

Get a little revenge from his earlier loss a month ago to Strehlow.

One two off it.

You see him hold on to the ankle.

The referee will start counting.

He gets a five count.

That's a stall call, but he lets go after a couple seconds and goes right back.

Oh nice.

He's high.

He swung out.

Of there.

Come around for a reversal.

But that's 4 to 3 so he's going to have to let him up.

He's going to have to let him go.

Now it's 5 to 3.

Out 27.

Seconds left.

Did not call escape did not call an.

Escape.

Here's the single sit around by West by West.

The Holloway round for a score that is 5 to 3.

Straight shot by Strehlow 20s left.

This would be a big win for Sam West and Central.

And there it is.

Another go behind seals.

The deal with the takedown with 10 seconds left.

And gets the win for the central Dutch.

The crowd appreciates one of only two seniors on the team.

[APPLAUSE] Hang on to those headgear, please.

[APPLAUSE] Wow, that's a big win.

[APPLAUSE] What a feeling.

What a crowd.

Central on fire.

Man 2815 going into heavyweight.

Here's a look at the schools in the American Rivers Conference.

Who added women's wrestling.

Kobe begins next year and Wartburg is already dominating, picking up their second conference title in two years of only two years as a league sport.

Women's wrestling.

We've had it this year.

It's been so exciting.

I loved it, fast pace and those girls, women getting after it.

Speaking of fast pace, this meet tonight's been fast.

Paced.

And you know there's just nothing like having a crowd like we've had tonight been ruckus.

It's exciting.

[APPLAUSE] And a couple of good looking heavyweights.

Tashaud Nelson a senior out of Apple Valley, Minnesota and a freshman Jamil Neeway out of Waukee.

Northwest High School.

She was injured as a senior state placer earlier in his high school career, and the crowd is fired up for this last match.

285.

He's some big boys.

Hope they don't run into our table, baby.

Well, just get behind you.

[LAUGHTER] Northwest Waukee.

We've been there.

We was there for the women's Iowa Women's Meet early in the year.

Beautiful school.

Iowa and Grandview.

[APPLAUSE] Action.

[APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] Hang on to those.

[APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] Good.

[APPLAUSE] Okay, here we go, man.

[APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] When you're at this weight class, it's a completely different sport gym.

I mean, you got to be really strategic, and you're looking for the good look, that angle you don't want to shoot underneath.

It doesn't matter how heavy you are.

That's a lot of weight on top of you.

You go straight in, you get flattened out.

Yeah.

You got to get a good angle.

You got to have good hand fight.

Give yourself a chance.

Give yourself an opening.

But here's these two.

Just like that nice little drag action right to a single.

Almost had the single.

Nelson from Luther.

[APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] Minute left in the first period.

No points.

A lot of pushing, a lot of trying to get those their underhooks.

Who's going to control the tie and then pull the trigger?

[LAUGHTER] Nice snap down.

No head snaps.

By Nelson trying to trying to get an opening here.

Nothing happening yet, but 30s left first period Lake snap.

That's that's there.

That leg shot I mean just reach.

He can reach in and just grab it.

He.

I think he's thinking about it.

He realized, hey, I tried it.

I think it was there.

Oh, and all of a sudden Neeway comes back.

Neeway comes back.

Back to the center.

Yeah.

Both both guys are big.

Both guys look athletic.

They got an exciting, high paced match here.

As a matter of will one get tired?

[APPLAUSE] No score in the first period.

We'll go to the second period.

Green bottom.

So the Norse wrestler Tashaud Nelson chooses down.

There's a look at Dave Mitchell 30 years as the head coach at Luther.

All kinds of accolades, all kinds of honors, all kinds of success.

Nelson up Neeway didn't want to let him go, but Nelson does get the escape.

Nelson from Apple Valley, Minnesota.

Do I read that right?

Yeah.

A guy named gable.

Stevenson.

Yeah, they've had a heavyweight or two coming out of there.

[APPLAUSE] Gable now doing some damage.

Mraz.

Oh, nice shot by Neeway.

He's close to close to a takedown.

Oh, he lifts him all the way up.

Wow.

Holy cow.

That's a fall.

[APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] Here we go.

What a finish.

Central College.

Watch this.

Lift all the way down to a fall.

Jayson Jamal Neeway.

I know there's a big dog show worldwide going on, but this is definitely the best of show right here.

Right here.

This is the best of show.

And what a way to finish the college wrestling season on Iowa PBS.

[APPLAUSE] What a year on Iowa PBS.

Three Women's meets, two top junior colleges Iowa State at Humboldt Naia powerhouse Grandview Division three and four are incredible.

Production team at Iowa PBS and Jim Miller.

I'm Tim Johnson saying good night and God bless.

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