Stories I Wanna Tell

A reception was held Friday at Elite Stone in Lisbon, Iowa to honor Cael Happel and Cobe Siebrecht. Happel and Siebrecht are Lisbon grads and just completed their college wrestling careers. Cael was a four-time NCAA National Qualifier (2022, ‘23, ‘24, and ‘25) at 141 lbs. for the UNI Panthers. Happel placed fifth at 141…

Cael Happel and Cobe Siebrecht will compete in the Cliff Keen Wrestling Invitational on Friday and Saturday in Las Vegas. The Cliff Keen is recognized as the toughest regular season tournament in college wrestling. Happel of UNI is the pre-seed #3 at 141. In the InterMat Rankings this week Happel is #6 in the country…

Lisbon, Iowa will be well represented when UNI hosts South Dakota State on Sunday at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. The dual meet will be streamed live on FloWrestling at 1 PM. Cael Happel is ranked #6 at 141 for UNI and Cobe Siebrecht is #17 at 157 for SDSU. In the InterMat Rankings this…

Cobe Siebrecht  is competing for South Dakota State for his senior season. Siebrecht transferred to SDSU from Iowa where he was a 2023 NCAA Qualifier at 157. In the most recent InterMat Rankings Siebrecht is ranked #17 in the country at 157. In June Siebrecht won the 70kg/154 lbs. Gold at the 2024 Matteo Pellicone…

Cael Happel of Lisbon, Iowa is entering his redshirt senior year at UNI. Happel is a three-time NCAA National Qualifier (2022, ‘23, ‘24) at 141 lbs. for the Panthers. Last season Happel was 22-10 with two pins, six tech falls, and six major decisions. He also won nine matches against ranked wrestlers. Happel is 57-28…

I heard a story on the radio Monday about the last soldier to die in Vietnam. That brave soldier was a United States Marine from Marshalltown, Iowa. I am a little surprised and disappointed that I did not know this story.  I did research and wanted to share the story of Darwin Lee Judge, the…