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 [...]
continue »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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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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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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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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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 [...]
continue »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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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 [...]
continue »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 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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