In a recent column I mentioned the injury to my 13-year-old grandson who fractured his foot in the first game of a basketball tournament. Fortunately, the injury did not require surgery but the episode resulted in the end of his spring and summer basketball season, the end of his spring track season and the cancellation of his first football camp of the summer. The time away from teammates, coaches and the participation in sports was a blow to my grandson and his family. His doctor described the cause of his fracture was, at least partially, due to overuse. Overuse injuries usually are blamed ..read more

Championship Match 152 Arvin Khosravy (California) VPO1 Nicholas Fox (Iowa), 9-6 3rd Place 195 Mccrae Hagarty (Iowa) VPO1 Max Agresti (Delaware), 5-3 6th Place 285 Aidan Trujillo (Colorado) VFO Wyatt Smith (Iowa) 7th Place 94 Ryker Graff (Iowa) VSU Devin Bobzien (California), 13-0 138 Justin Avila (Iowa) VPO1 Yannis Charles (South Carolina), 15-13 145 Mike Baker (Iowa) VPO1 Hudson Rogers (Idaho), 9-3 220 Nicholas Sahakian (California) VFO Jacob Walker (Iowa) 195 Mccrae Hagarty 3rd Place The post Results of 16U Greco Tournament appeared first on The Predicament ..read more

112 Avery Ashley (Texas) VSU Eva Diaz (Iowa), 10-0 112 Eva Diaz (Iowa) VFA Dakota Propeck (Ohio), 0:41 112 Eva Diaz (Iowa) VSU1 Destiney Lofton (Minnesota), 14-1 112 Eva Diaz (Iowa) VFA Selena Colo (Washington),1:16 112 Hannah Hall (Florida) VPO Eva Diaz (Iowa), 5-0 117 Ella Schmit (Iowa) VSU1 Maya Davis (Illinois), 12-2 117 Madeline Black (Iowa) VFA Samantha Shepherd (Michigan), 1:50 117 Ella Schmit (Iowa) VSU Brooke Crawley (Wisconsin), 10-0 117 Taylin Long (Illinois) VSU1 Madeline Black (Iowa), 12-2 117 Tess Barnett (Oregon) VFA Madeline Black (Iowa),2:53 117 Ella Schmit (Iowa) VFA Arieana ..read more

1 Illinois 130 2 Pennsylvania 111 3 Michigan 107 4 Wisconsin 103 5 Iowa 98 Finals 126 Drake Ayala (Iowa) VSU Sergio Lemley (Indiana), 10-0 145Jordan Williams (Oklahoma) VPO1 Caleb Rathjen (Iowa), 4-3 160 Joshua Barr (Michigan) VPO1 Aiden Riggins (Iowa), 4-4 220 Christian Carroll (Indiana) VSU Ben Kueter (Iowa), 12-0 5th Place Match 106 Connor Fiser (Iowa) VPO1 Wyatt Skebba (Wisconsin), 11-4 7th Place Matches 182 Deanthony Parker (Illinois) VSU Griffin Gammell (Iowa), 10-0 195 Evan Bates (Indiana) VPO1 Wyatt Voelker (Iowa), 2-2 The post Junior Freestyle Match Results appeared first on The Pre ..read more

Photos from the 16U & Junior Nationals can be found HERE 16U Runnerup 220 Jacob Walker (Iowa) Lost to Koy Hopke (Wisconsin), 10-0 3rd Place Finishers 152 Nicholas Fox (Iowa) VSU Dominic Bambinelli (Georgia), 11-0 195 Mccrae Hagarty (Iowa) VFA Carter Neves (Ohio), 2:55 4th Place Finisher 285 Maddux Borcherding-johnson (Iowa) Lost to Spencer Lanosga (Louisiana) 12-0 7th Place Finishers 94 Tyler Harper (Iowa) VFA Liam Neitzel (Wisconsin), 3:27 100 Dru Ayala (Iowa) VPO1 Carson Walsh (New Jersey), 6-6 The post 16U Freestyle Place Match Results appeared first on The Predicament ..read more

Iowa as a team finished in 8th place. 1 Pennsylvania 223 2 Minnesota 139 3 Ohio 122 4 New Jersey 120 5 Wisconsin 117 6 California 104 7 Arizona 75 8 Iowa 72 16U Runnerup is Jacob Walker of Waverly-Shell Rock 220 Koy Hopke (Wisconsin) VSU Jacob Walker (Iowa), 10-0 Finished 3rd 152 Nicholas Fox (Iowa) VSU Dominic Bambinelli (Georgia), 11-0 195 Mccrae Hagarty (Iowa) VFA Carter Neves (Ohio), 2:55 Finished 4th 285 Spencer Lanosga (Louisiana) VSU Maddux Borcherding-johnson (Iowa), 12-0 Finished 6th 94 Tyler Harper (Iowa) VFA Liam Neitzel (Wisconsin), 3:27 100 Dru Ayala (Iowa) VPO1 Carson Walsh (New ..read more

94 Jillian Worthen (Iowa) VFA Sarahi Chavez (Oregon), 9-4 2:43 94 Gigi Bragg (Michigan) VSU1 Jillian Worthen (Iowa), 12-2 2:55 127 Sophia Barnes (Iowa) VFA Ashley Dehney (Massachusetts), 9-4 3:45 127 Sophia Barnes (Iowa) VFA Ciara Riner (West Virginia), 2-1 0:43 127 Alanna Haney (Washington) VPO1 Sophia Barnes (Iowa), 10-5 132 Mia Furman (Idaho) VFA Lilly Luft (Iowa), 5-2 1:27 132 Lilly Luft (Iowa) VFA Patron Plummer (Pennsylvania), 10-0 1:26 132 Lilly Luft (Iowa) VSU Hailie Misplay (North Carolina), 10-0 1:47 132 Hanna Errthum (Wisconsin) VPO1 Lilly Luft (Iowa), 7-2 152 Skylur Lewis (Arkansa ..read more

88 Griffin Rial (Colorado) VFA Dallas Canoyer (Iowa), 8-2 1:20 88 Lawson Eller (Minnesota) VSU Taye Jordan (Iowa), 10-0 1:00 88 Tyler Trant (South Dakota) VFA Taye Jordan (Iowa), 8-5 2:19 88 Dallas Canoyer (Iowa) VSU Braxton Nielson (Utah), 10-0 0:43 94 Tyson Roach (Louisiana) VPO1 Tyler Harper (Iowa), 9-2 94 Ryan Haynes (New Jersey) VPO1 Mitchell Pins (Iowa), 11-6 94 Cadyn Coyle (Nebraska) VSU Reid Foster (Iowa), 11-0 1:12 94 Lincoln Flayter (Wisconsin) VSU Tristin Hummel (Iowa), 10-0 0:24 94 Tyler Harper (Iowa) VSU Jared Hood (Rhode Island), 10-0 1:14 94 Mitchell Pins (Iowa) VFA Logan Gilma ..read more

94 Abbeygael Cabuag (California) VFA Jillian Worthen (Iowa), 2-0 0:35 106 Jasmine Luedtke (Iowa) VSU Victoria Macias (Illinois), 10-0 1:37 106 Kiely Tabaldo (California) VSU Jasmine Luedtke (Iowa), 10-0 1:25 106 Kaylee Annis (Oregon) VPO1 Jasmine Luedtke (Iowa), 8-6 112 Neelie Parker (Texas) VSU Hope Chiattello (Iowa), 10-0 0:50 112 Katherine Bowen (Missouri) VPO Ava Mcneal (Iowa), 7-0 112 Josiah Ortiz (Kansas) VFA Kennedy Pahl (Iowa), 6-0 1:15 112 Lucy Scheibeck (Ohio) VSU1 Kennedy Pahl (Iowa), 12-2 2:15 112 Summer Mckeen (Oregon) VFA Hope Chiattello (Iowa), 8-4 1:37 112 Shae Salinas (Oklaho ..read more

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