Here's a look at the Iowa High School State Wrestling Duals last weekend in Cedar Rapids.
Photos by Julie Koehn/The Gazette
FINALS
Friday, March 5, 2010
Pre-Brands
Here's a look at the Iowa High School State Wrestling Duals last weekend in Cedar Rapids.
Photos by Julie Koehn/The Gazette
SEMIFINALS:
Sunday, January 31, 2010
SHUT. OUT.
I was reunited tonight with the face of the mat, only to see the top-ranked Hawkeyes shut out Michigan State in front of a crowd of over 7,000 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
It's not that I've missed a lot of matches so far since the new year, but I hadn't seen one up close since early December.
I found myself in the 24th row against Oklahoma a couple of weeks ago, and I might as well have called that a nose bleed seat as I watched a way too close for comfort dual meet as the Hawks just barely squeaked by a win. If Oklahoma had had another pin on their hands, there may not be a 0 in the "loss" column for the Hawkeyes.
Close matches brought to you by 165-pounder Ryan Morningstar, 133-pounder Daniel Dennis, and 184-pounder Phillip Keddy to mention a few.
Dennis redeemed himself however tonight after upsetting top-ranked Spartan Franklin Gomez, who solemly left the mat after his defeat. With Gomez solo on the ranking list for Michigan State - the rest of the Hawkeyes carried their weight bringing the end of the dual to a 37-0 shut out.
125-pounder Matt McDonough continued his win streak with a pin against Michigan State's Brennan Lyon in the first period.
141-pounder Montell Marion reclaimed his domination after being defeated against Penn State Friday night by winning in a dec. against Michigan State's Dan Osterman, 6-0.
149-pounder Brent Metcalf continued his pin streak by pinning Michigan State's David Cheza, 3:37. Although Metcalf didn't have a knee jacked into his face like he did against Purdue - Cheza's palm was pretty heavy on the top-ranked wrestlers lower face.
157-pounder Aaron Janssen came out to defeat Michigan State's Anthony Jones, 1-0 while 165-pounder Ryan Morningstar brought down MSU's Kyle Bounds, 3-0.
174-pounder Jay Borschel gave the Hawks a maj. dec. after defeating MSU's Ian Hinton, 8-0.
184-pounder Phillip Keddy was looking like himself again tonight - after being defeated against Penn State last Friday and barely squeaking by a win against Oklahoma a few weeks ago. Keddy held his weight against MSU's Nick Palmieri and ended with an 8-1 decision to continue the Hawkeye winning streak.
197-pounder Luke Lofthouse had injured 197-pounder Chad Beatty on the edge of his seat, with crutches lying on the floor next to him. Lofthouse kept his lead and ended the match with a dec. against MSU's Tyler Dickenson, 10-7.
And to end the night for the top-ranked Hawks was no one but Hwt. Dan Erekson who was able to return last week after being out on injury since the start of the season. He ended with a dec. against MSU's Alan O'Donnell, 8-2.
It was no surprise when I looked through the lens to find somewhat of a victory smirk on any of the top-ranked wrestlers...but then I remembered that after being crowned NCAA Champions for the second year in a row - and no smirks trickled out of that - this was nothing to them. Just one more number added to there already undefeated record.
It's not that I've missed a lot of matches so far since the new year, but I hadn't seen one up close since early December.
I found myself in the 24th row against Oklahoma a couple of weeks ago, and I might as well have called that a nose bleed seat as I watched a way too close for comfort dual meet as the Hawks just barely squeaked by a win. If Oklahoma had had another pin on their hands, there may not be a 0 in the "loss" column for the Hawkeyes.
Close matches brought to you by 165-pounder Ryan Morningstar, 133-pounder Daniel Dennis, and 184-pounder Phillip Keddy to mention a few.
Dennis redeemed himself however tonight after upsetting top-ranked Spartan Franklin Gomez, who solemly left the mat after his defeat. With Gomez solo on the ranking list for Michigan State - the rest of the Hawkeyes carried their weight bringing the end of the dual to a 37-0 shut out.
125-pounder Matt McDonough continued his win streak with a pin against Michigan State's Brennan Lyon in the first period.
141-pounder Montell Marion reclaimed his domination after being defeated against Penn State Friday night by winning in a dec. against Michigan State's Dan Osterman, 6-0.
149-pounder Brent Metcalf continued his pin streak by pinning Michigan State's David Cheza, 3:37. Although Metcalf didn't have a knee jacked into his face like he did against Purdue - Cheza's palm was pretty heavy on the top-ranked wrestlers lower face.
157-pounder Aaron Janssen came out to defeat Michigan State's Anthony Jones, 1-0 while 165-pounder Ryan Morningstar brought down MSU's Kyle Bounds, 3-0.
174-pounder Jay Borschel gave the Hawks a maj. dec. after defeating MSU's Ian Hinton, 8-0.
184-pounder Phillip Keddy was looking like himself again tonight - after being defeated against Penn State last Friday and barely squeaking by a win against Oklahoma a few weeks ago. Keddy held his weight against MSU's Nick Palmieri and ended with an 8-1 decision to continue the Hawkeye winning streak.
197-pounder Luke Lofthouse had injured 197-pounder Chad Beatty on the edge of his seat, with crutches lying on the floor next to him. Lofthouse kept his lead and ended the match with a dec. against MSU's Tyler Dickenson, 10-7.
And to end the night for the top-ranked Hawks was no one but Hwt. Dan Erekson who was able to return last week after being out on injury since the start of the season. He ended with a dec. against MSU's Alan O'Donnell, 8-2.
It was no surprise when I looked through the lens to find somewhat of a victory smirk on any of the top-ranked wrestlers...but then I remembered that after being crowned NCAA Champions for the second year in a row - and no smirks trickled out of that - this was nothing to them. Just one more number added to there already undefeated record.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
2009-2010 Season
December 6 @ IA State (6 p.m.)
December 10 vs. Northern Iowa (7 p.m.)
December 29-30 - Midlands Championships @ Evanston, Ill.
January 9-10 - Cliff Keen/NWCA National Duals @ Cedar Falls
January 16 vs. Oklahoma State (7:00 p.m.)
January 22 @ Michigan (7:00 p.m.)
January 24 @Purdue (1:00 p.m.)
January 29 vs. Penn State (7:00 p.m.)
January 31 vs. Michigan State (6:00 p.m.)
February 6 @ Utah Valley
February 12 vs. Northwestern (7:00 p.m.)
February 14 @ Minnesota (6:00 p.m.)
February 19 vs. Ohio State (7:00 p.m.)
February 21 @ Wisconsin (1:00 p.m.)
March 6-7 BIG TEN Championships @ Ann Arbor, MI
March 18-20 NCAA Championships @ Omaha, NE
December 10 vs. Northern Iowa (7 p.m.)
December 29-30 - Midlands Championships @ Evanston, Ill.
January 9-10 - Cliff Keen/NWCA National Duals @ Cedar Falls
January 16 vs. Oklahoma State (7:00 p.m.)
January 22 @ Michigan (7:00 p.m.)
January 24 @Purdue (1:00 p.m.)
January 29 vs. Penn State (7:00 p.m.)
January 31 vs. Michigan State (6:00 p.m.)
February 6 @ Utah Valley
February 12 vs. Northwestern (7:00 p.m.)
February 14 @ Minnesota (6:00 p.m.)
February 19 vs. Ohio State (7:00 p.m.)
February 21 @ Wisconsin (1:00 p.m.)
March 6-7 BIG TEN Championships @ Ann Arbor, MI
March 18-20 NCAA Championships @ Omaha, NE
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Which Brands is which??
During my days of shooting Iowa wrestling, it was always an interesting guessing game to figure out which Brands is which. I've posted a few of my photos throughout this season - mostly during the NCAA Championships. Can you tell which Brands is which? I'll post an answer later this week but you should let me know what you think. After I've been given an array of answers, I'll explain to you how I learned the difference between the two.
Athletes are People Too
First of all...Check it out:
Sporting Tattoos in Hawk Nation
While taking photos for this story for the Daily Iowan, it occurred to me how real athletes are. It's interesting when you look at it from different perspectives, really.
Instead of writing a game story, a ho-hum feature on how great so and so is going to do and such and such meet, blah blah - same ol' same ol' a DI reporter - Amie Kiehn decided she was going to write about athletes and their tattoos - kind of showing a new side to them as people - not as an athlete.
I think it's a good break from the usual front page Sports section story...and I thought it worked well. We combined our talents and myself and another photographer photographed and gathered audio from these people. For once in their lives they could talk about something different than the same thing they always talk about - their sport.
Sports reporters should really sit down and think about this. "Hmm I wonder why they are giving me the same answer for every question?" And honestly, do reporters think that that is exactly what they are REALLY thinking? Well, here comes the news for all reporters - high and low - nope. They tell you what they think you want to hear OR they tell you what their coach wants them to hear.
For some reason, I don't think some sports reporters realize this.
Especially college athletes - get so tired of the media being all up in their face all the time. I think at times the media needs to back off and let them be who they are, rather than the star of the football team or the wrestling champion - let them be the 21 year old who went with his brother to get a tattoo. Or a 22 year old who wants to display various interests on the outside of his body.
I think some of the athletes we interviewed enjoyed talking about themselves as a person for a change...rather than the usual "I'm going to try harder next time" type of conversation.
Sporting Tattoos in Hawk Nation
While taking photos for this story for the Daily Iowan, it occurred to me how real athletes are. It's interesting when you look at it from different perspectives, really.
Instead of writing a game story, a ho-hum feature on how great so and so is going to do and such and such meet, blah blah - same ol' same ol' a DI reporter - Amie Kiehn decided she was going to write about athletes and their tattoos - kind of showing a new side to them as people - not as an athlete.
I think it's a good break from the usual front page Sports section story...and I thought it worked well. We combined our talents and myself and another photographer photographed and gathered audio from these people. For once in their lives they could talk about something different than the same thing they always talk about - their sport.
Sports reporters should really sit down and think about this. "Hmm I wonder why they are giving me the same answer for every question?" And honestly, do reporters think that that is exactly what they are REALLY thinking? Well, here comes the news for all reporters - high and low - nope. They tell you what they think you want to hear OR they tell you what their coach wants them to hear.
For some reason, I don't think some sports reporters realize this.
Especially college athletes - get so tired of the media being all up in their face all the time. I think at times the media needs to back off and let them be who they are, rather than the star of the football team or the wrestling champion - let them be the 21 year old who went with his brother to get a tattoo. Or a 22 year old who wants to display various interests on the outside of his body.
I think some of the athletes we interviewed enjoyed talking about themselves as a person for a change...rather than the usual "I'm going to try harder next time" type of conversation.
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