The Iowa Hawkeyes beat the Iowa State Cyclones in the annual wrestling dual 22-13 Friday night in Carver-Hawkeye Arena, and now await a freshly announced traveling prize: The Dan Gable Trophy.
Iowa won six out of the ten matches, and took advantage of four major decisions to build a comfortable lead.
Iowa head coach Tom Brands watches as Derek St. John (top) wrestles against ISU's Trent Weatherman (photo: Benjamin Roberts/ Press-Citizen)
Iowa head coach Tom Brands disscusses his team’s performance vs. ISU
ISU head coach Kevin Jackson after Friday’s loss to Iowa
Iowa 141 lb wrestler Mark Ballweg after his upset of all-American Chris Drouin
The Dan Gable Trophy itself has not been built yet; it actually hasn’t even been designed yet, but as soon as it’s finished, it will be delivered to the Hawkeye trophy case for winning the yearly grudge match between two of the top wrestling programs in the country. The trophy be awarded annually to the winner of the Iowa-Iowa State wrestling dual meet.
The Highlight of the night for the Hawkeyes came from sophmore Mark Ballweg (141), who upset senior wrestler and previous All-American Chris Drouin by a 3-1 margin. Ballweg was down 1-0 to start the third period, but took advantage of an early escape and a takedown with 11 seconds left to defeat the Arizona State transfer. Ballweg moves to 5-0 on the season, including three pins and a tech. fall.
The meet started at the 197 wieght class, where Luke Lofthouse was unable to stave off Jerome Ward in overtime. Ward had a one point lead with three seconds left but was given his third stall warning, forcing overtime. Ward would bounce back, scoring a takedown in sudden victory overtime.
Other notable matches include the 157 match, where Derek St. John racked up 5 takedowns and 2:40 of riding time in route to a 12-3 major decision. At 165 pounds, two wrestlers in the top 25 by AWN and Intermat rankings squared off, but Jake Kerr for the Hawkeyes was unable defeat Andrew Sorenson of ISU, 4-1. Sorenson scored two point in the second period and Kerr’s only point came off a third period escape.
#6 University of Iowa 22, #14 Iowa State University 13
197 – Jerome Ward (ISU) dec. Luke Lofthouse (I), 5-3 SV *
Hwt. – Blake Rasing (I) dec. Kyle Simonson (ISU), 2-0
125 – Matt McDonough (I) maj. dec. Patrick Hunter (ISU), 14-4
133 – Tony Ramos (I) maj. dec. Brandon Jones (ISU), 14-5
141 – Mark Ballweg (I) dec. Chris Drouin (ISU), 3-1
149 – Nate Carr, Jr. (ISU) maj. dec. Jeret Chiri (I), 13-3
157 – Derek St. John (I) maj. dec. Trent Weatherman (ISU), 12-3
165 – Andrew Sorenson (ISU) dec. Jake Kerr (I), 4-1
174 – Jon Reader (ISU) dec. Ethen Lofthouse (I), 6-1
184 – Grant Gambrall (I) maj. dec. Cole Shafer (ISU), 12-3
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