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…

Cael Happel of Lisbon, Iowa will compete at the 2024 NCAA National Wrestling Championships in Kansas City, Missouri on March 21-23. Happel competes for 13th ranked Northern Iowa. Happel is the #7 seed at 141 lbs. and was ranked #6 in the InterMat rankings last week. Happel will face Cleveland Belton of Oregon State in…

The Light family of Lisbon, Iowa will be inducted into the Class of 2024 Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame for the Bowlsby Family Legacy Award.  The Glen Brand Hall of Fame is a part of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum in Waterloo, Iowa that honors Iowans that made an impact…

Let’s talk about Iowa Football. Hawk fans have received for the most part great news about players returning next season. With the option to enter the draft, Iowa has had several key players announce they will return and one star announcing he will go to the NFL. As expected our biggest star Cooper DeJean announced…

I wanted to do an update on Lisbon wrestlers competing in college as we begin the new year of competition. In the recent InterMat Rankings from January 3 Cael Happel of UNI is ranked #8 at 141 lbs. Happel went 2-1 at the Collegiate Duals in Nashville on December 19. He dropped a 4-2 decision…

Three former Iowa Hawkeyes were named to the 2024 NFL Pro Bowl.  Tyler Linderbaum was named to the AFC roster at Center. George Kittle and Sam LaPorta were named to the NFC roster at Tight End. All three Hawks played for a team that won their NFL Division and will be competing in the Playoffs….

My hometown of Lisbon, Iowa has seven former wrestlers competing in college. All of these wrestlers competed for Hall of Fame coach Brad Smith who retired at the end of last season. Coach Smith is the most successful coach in Iowa High School wrestling history. Cael Happel (Lisbon Class of 2020) is a junior at…