Tony Ramos

Iowa's Derek St. John celebrates his victory over Jason Welch of Northwestern in the 157 pound championship match at the 2013 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Saturday, March 23, 2013. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)

Video: St. John’s golden statement

Wrestling: Hawkeye 157-pounder claims NCAA title; Ramos earns national runner-up, while Evans and Lofthouse have All-American finishes

DES MOINES – Derek St. John doesn’t wear his emotions on his sleeve. The composed University of Iowa junior won’t have to since he has a gold medal to drape around his neck. St. John scored three points in an exciting third period to capture the 157-pound national title at the NCAA Division I Wrestling [...]

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Video: Ramos falls to Stieber in thrilling 133 final

DES MOINES – Tony Ramos talked to reporters after losing the 133-pound national final to Logan Stieber of Ohio State on Saturday night at Wells Fargo Arena. Logan Stieber’s quotes from the post-match interview: 133_Stieber

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Josh Demas of Oklahoma State (left) wrestles Iowa's Derek St. John in a 157 pound semifinal at the NCAA Division I Championships at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Friday, March 22, 2013. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)

Ramos, St. John tough out trip to finals

Wrestling: Hawkeye duo win double overtime matches to advance to Saturday night's championships

DES MOINES – It wasn’t easy for Tony Ramos and Derek St. John. It was probably just as tough for University of Iowa fans to watch, but both produced gutsy victories in gut-wrenching performances. Ramos and St. John forged their way to the finals with extended overtime wins in Friday night’s semifinals of the NCAA [...]

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Iowa's Tony Ramos celebrates his victory over Jonathon Morrison of Oklahoma State in a 133 pound quarterfinal of the 2013 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Friday, March 22, 2013. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)

Video: Iowa’s Ramos wins in OT, gets to final

DES MOINES – Iowa’s Tony Ramos advanced to the 133-pound final with a 6-4 overtime win over Tyler Graff of Wisconsin on Friday night at Wells Fargo Arena. Ramos will face Ohio State’s Logan Stieber in the finals on Saturday night. Here’s how it happened: [View the story "Iowa's Ramos advances to 133-pound final" on [...]

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Iowa's Derek St. John takes a shot on Purdue's Tommy Churchard during their 157 pound match in their dual meet Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City.  (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)

Hawkeye wrestlers stay unbeaten in Big Ten duals

Fourth-ranked Iowa edges No. 3 Minnesota, 16-15, on criteria; hosts top-ranked Penn State on Friday

For the second straight year, the University of Iowa has a regular-season win in the Border Brawl. The fourth-ranked Hawkeyes remained unbeaten in Big Ten competition, dropping University of Minnesota, 16-15, on criteria in front of 8,254 fans Saturday at Williams Arena in Minneapolis. Iowa owned a 41-33 advantage in overall match points, gaining the [...]

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Iowa's Tony Ramos stears down Ohio State's Kyle Visconti before their 133 pound match in their dual meet Friday, Jan. 4, 2013 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Ramos defeated Visconti, who wrestled in place of an injured #1 Logan Stieber,  30-14.  (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)

Video: Iowa’s Ramos talks dual with Minnesota

Iowa wrestler Tony Ramos talks about the Hawkeyes’ upcoming dual at Minnesota on Saturday, Jan. 26.

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Iowa's Matt McDonough battles Ohio State's Nikko Triggas during their 125 pound match in their dual meet Friday, Jan. 4, 2013 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. McDonough won the match 10-5. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)

Cowboy wrestlers wrangle win over Hawkeyes

Wrestling: Oklahoma State wins last five matches, including four one-point decisions, to drop Iowa, 18-12

The margin of error was slim and margin of victory for some was even less. In the end, both favored Oklahoma State rather than the University of Iowa in a battle between two of college wrestling’s top programs. Fourth-ranked Iowa dropped the last five matches, including four straight one-point decisions, as Oklahoma State notched an 18-12 win [...]

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Iowa City West's Jack Hathaway (bottom) tries to use his one free arm against Southeast Polk's Cory Clark in their 126-pound bout against in the quarterfinals at the state wresting tournament at Wells Fargo Arena on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, in Des Moines.  (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)

Wrestling: Iowa’s Clark competes with the best

Red-shirt freshman pre-seeded No. 1 for Midlands Championships

Cory Clark faces one of the best wrestlers in the country regularly in practice. Apparently, so does University of Iowa’s two-time NCAA champion and three-time national finalist Matt McDonough. Clark, a freshman who is red-shirting this season, has started claiming notable wins, posting a 9-0 mark and earning the No. 1 pre-seed at 125 pounds [...]

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Iowa's Nick Moore takes a shot on Iowa State's Mike Moreno during their 165 pound match Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)

Wrestling: Hawkeyes hit the Big Apple’s big venue

Iowa wrestles Bucknell, Hofstra at Madison Square Garden's first college wrestling competition

IOWA CITY – One of the most storied college wrestling programs will compete at one of the world’s most storied sports arenas. The University of Iowa will play a part in displaying its wrestling exploits and demonstarting the excitement of college wrestling in front of a new audience on a new stage. The fifth-ranked Hawkeyes (7-0) [...]

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Iowa's Tony Ramos celebrates after pinning Minnesota's Chris Dardanes in their 133 pound match for third place at the 2012 NCAA Division 1 Wrestling Championships Saturday, March 17, 2012 at the Scottrade Center in Saint Louis. (Brian Ray/ The Gazette-KCRG)

Wrestling: Iowa’s Tony Ramos ready for test

Highly-ranked Hawkeye faces highly-touted freshman in intrastate battle

IOWA CITY – A few years ago Tony Ramos was a brash freshman ready to make his mark in college wrestling. The University of Iowa junior has ascended the ranks, placing third at the 2012 NCAA Division I Championships in his second national tournament appearance. The role will be slightly different when Ramos takes the [...]

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