The date of Brian Dolan’s hire as men’s basketball coach at Upper Iowa University — March 13, 2006 — is important. It tells you something about Peacock basketball that year — the season was over. Seven years later, UIU is getting ready for the NCAA II Regional for the first time. It was all part [...]
continue »The ‘Pinning Combination’ wrestling podcast talks about the upcoming D-3 wrestling nationals and Matt McDonough’s distaste for second place finishes in this week’s episode. The guys also talk to Heath Grimm, Upper Iowa University’s head wrestling coach. You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes by clicking here. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
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Three’s are wild for some Upper Iowa wrestlers. Senior Trevor Franklin is in search of his third straight national title. Mitchell Schultz has a chance to earn all-America honors for the third consecutive year. Carl Broghammer will look to match or surpass his third-place national finish in 2011. The Peacocks will have six total wrestlers compete in [...]
continue »Upper Iowa’s wrestling lineup might be its strongest all season. It comes just in time to flex its muscle on a national stage. The Peacocks are seeded fifth in the NCAA Division II bracket for the National Wrestling Coaches Association/Cliff Keen National Duals this weekend at Prairie Capital Convention Center in Springfield, Ill. Upper Iowa [...]
continue »The Upper Iowa wrestling team is where Coach Heath Grimm anticipated at this point of the season. It won’t matter unless he can say the same at the end of it. The Peacocks, ranked fourth in NCAA Division II, crowned four champions and earned a runner-up team finish for the third straight year at the [...]
continue »Cornell College dropped from the most recent National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III team rankings. The Rams gave those coaches a little something to think about, improving to 5-1 with a 3-0 performance at Candlewood Suite Duals hosted by University of Wisconsin-La Crosse on Saturday. They dropped two ranked teams, including a one-point win over [...]
continue »Kayla Waskow scored 12 points and Lindsey Buckles posted nine points and 10 rebounds Saturday to lead 21st-ranked Coe College to a 52-40 victory over Mount Mercy at Hennessey Recreation Center in Cedar Rapids. The Kohawks evened their record at 3-3. Mount Mercy is 3-7. Brooke Quigley, Amanda Frost, Paige Last and Chelsea Matlack scored [...]
continue »SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 34, UNI 31 Austin Johnson kicked a 24-yard field goal with 59 seconds to play and Southern Illinois rallied to beat Northern Iowa in Carbondale, Ill. The Salukis (4-3, 3-1 MVFC) trailed 21-6 in the second quarter when Kenn Boatright blocked a UNI punt and recovered it in the end zone for a [...]
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FAYETTE — Upper Iowa should be proud as Peacocks about its new nest. The school has completed a $7.5-million transformation of its football field. The grand opening of Eischeid-Harms Stadium came two weeks ago. UIU hosts Minot State today at 3 in the second game in its swanky new digs. “You see the renderings and [...]
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Community Sports Editor J.R. Ogden sits down with Gazette community contributor Chad Cooper to talk about how he will be covering small colleges in the area. As he has for the past seven months, Chad will record a weekly SportsDesk for TheGazette.com and KCRG.com, which will focus on the smaller colleges in the area – Coe, [...]
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