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Wartburg's baseball team celebrates their victory over Coe in the championship game against Coe at the 2013 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, May 11, 2013. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)

Baseball: Wartburg stages big comeback to win IIAC

Knights return from 6-0 down to win conference tournament

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — An early six run deficit wasn’t the way the Wartburg Knights had envisioned starting the Iowa Conference baseball tournament, but the Knights never doubted themselves Saturday and rallied to defeat Coe, 7-6, at Veterans Memorial Stadium for the title and the league’s automatic berth in the NCAA Division III tournament. “Down [...]

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Miller documentary set for Saturday

Wrestling: Student-produced documentary highlights Jim Miller's legacy at Wartburg

Jim Miller created one of the nations top wrestling powers at any level during his 22 seasons at Wartburg College. The Waterloo native and NCAA champion for the University of Northern Iowa won 21 consecutive Iowa conference titles, coaching 145 All-Americans and 35 NCAA champions. The tradition was chronicled in a ocumentary called, “No Limits: Coach [...]

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Wartburg's Kenneth Anderson celebrates with head coach Jim Miller (left) and Eric Keller after his win over Wisconsin-Whitewater's Grant Sutter in the 133-pound championship bout at the 2013 NCAA Division III wrestling championships at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena on Saturday, March 16, 2013, in Cedar Rapids. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)

Video: Wartburg sends Miller out on top

Wrestling: Knights send 22-year coach into retirement with third straight title and 10th overall

CEDAR RAPIDS – Jim Miller went out on top, literally and figuratively. After another dominating Wartburg performance, the Knights hoisted the longtime coach on their shoulders as he held the national title trophy, sending him into coaching retirement in fine fashion. Top-ranked Wartburg had two finalists and crowned a champ, winning the team title at [...]

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Wartburg's Kodie Silvestri (right) and Concordia's Greg Sanders are upended as they wrestle in the 149-pound championship bout at the 2013 NCAA Division III wrestling championships at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena on Saturday, March 16, 2013, in Cedar Rapids. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)

Video: Wartburg’s Silvestri loses title match at 149

Warburg’s Kodie Silvestri got to the final at 149 before losing to Greg Sanders of Concordia (Wisc.), who celebrated his national championship victory with a backflip. Sanders scored a late reversal to beat Silvestri 6-5. Video of the third period is above.

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Coe's Jimmy Gotto lifts Delian Schneider of Heidelberg in a 125 pound match during the quarterfinals of the 2013 NCAA Division III  Wrestling Championships at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena in Cedar Rapids on Friday, March 15, 2013. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)

IIAC medal haul is lowest in 18 years

Conference gets just 12 All-Americans, lowest since 1995

The Iowa Conference has been an elite NCAA Division III wrestling league, but this year wasn’t a banner year. Just 12 wrestlers of the IIAC’s 27 NCAA qualifiers earned All-American honors. It is the lowest total since the conference had 11 All-Americans in 1995. Wartburg led the performances with seven All-Americans. Luther had three with [...]

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Coe's Jimmy Gotto controls Delian Schneider of Heidelberg in a 125 pound match during the quarterfinals of the 2013 NCAA Division III  Wrestling Championships at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena in Cedar Rapids on Friday, March 15, 2013. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)

D3 wrestling: Gotto advances, Wartburg leads big

Knights go 19-8 on the day, advance seven to Saturday semifinals

CEDAR RAPIDS – One good day made an entire rough season worth it. Coe’s Jimmy Gotto battled through injury and self-doubt this season, making his achievement even sweeter. The Kohawks’ junior rode Heidelberg’s Delian Schneider the entire third period for a 5-4 win in the 125-pound quarterfinals of the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships at [...]

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Wartburg heavyweight Fank gets unorthodox pin

Wartburg’s Ryan Fank isn’t a prototypical heavyweight. The Knights’ junior can wrestle unorthodox at times, resembling a lightweight with his ability to roll on the mat. It paid dividends at the national tournament for the second straight year. Fank used a leg-spladle to pin Elizabethtown’s Jeremy Rieth in 4:19 in the first round of the [...]

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Wrestlers warm up in preparation for the first round of the 2013 NCAA Division III  Wrestling Championships at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, March 15, 2013. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)

Wartburg goes 12-0 in first session of D-3 Champ.

Wrestling: Top-ranked Knights run table and lead team standings after opening session

CEDAR RAPIDS – Wartburg was simply perfect. The top-ranked Knights won all 12 matches in the first session of the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships on Friday at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena. Wartburg is attempting to win its third straight national team title, fifth in the last six years and 10th overall. The Knights tallied [...]

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Tenth-ranked Mount Mercy gets to MCC tourney final

Mustangs will face William Penn Sunday

NO. 10 MOUNT MERCY 84, ST. AMBROSE 77 Second-seeded in the Midwest Collegiate Conference tournament and ranked 10th in the nation, Mount Mercy got past St. Ambrose, 84-77, Friday night in Cedar Rapids to advance to the league tournament final Sunday against top-seeded and top-ranked William Penn. The winner of Sunday’s 6 p.m. game in [...]

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Wartburg wrestling coach Jim Miller, left, congratulates Doug Schwab, right, before Northern Iowa announced Schwab as the new head wrestling coach at a news conference Thursday, May 13, 2010, in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Schwab was a three-time All-American at Iowa and helped lead the Hawkeyes to three straight national titles. (AP Photo/The Waterloo Courier, Matthew Putney)

Miller brings top-ranked Wartburg to Eby Fieldhouse

Miller is "business as usual" in final season leading Knights

Wartburg wrestling coach Jim Miller owns little interest in a swan song. He has been singing the same tune that has made his Knights an NCAA Division III power. Miller announced before the season this will be his final year leading the program with co-head coach Eric Keller taking over next season. Miller’s farewell tour visits [...]

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