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NCAA Wrestling Championships: Cyclones have shown depth during 2024-25 season

JIM NELSON Courier Sports Editor
Mar 18, 2025
Mar 18, 2025 Updated Mar 26, 2025
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PHILADELPHIA — Iowa State wrestling coach Kevin Dresser is not going to go down the ‘woe is me’ route.

Northern Iowa's Colin Realbuto and Iowa State's Paniro Johnson scramble during the 149-pound final Sunday at the Big 12 Wrestling Championships in Tulsa, Okla.
NIC RYDER, IAWrestle

Paniro Johnson Thursday FF — Iowa State's Paniro Johnson takes a deep breath during his 149 pound match with Ohio's Alec Hagan Thursday during the opening round of the NCAA Division I wrestling championships inside the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla.
NIC RYDER, Lee Correspondent

State Wrestling Final3 8 — Waverly-Shell Rock's Aiden Riggins raises his arm after defeating Southeast Polk's Carson Martinson during the championship round of the Iowa high school state wrestling tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Saturday.
CHRIS ZOELLER Courier Staff Photographer

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