Iowa Public Television & NWCA Duals

The kick off of IPTV season was Iowa at ISU. Tim Johnson, Jim Gibbons and I are again doing the broadcasting. Pretty good meet to start the season off and it was also the main fundraiser for the College Broadcast season. Anyone still interested in helping this broadcast continue can send donations to Pat Rowan, IPTV, 6450 Corporate Dr., Johnston, Iowa 50131. (515)242-3138. The wrestling was good especially for the U of Iowa and Coach Zalesky and the fundraiser went better than last year! Thanks!

Bad weather kept me from going to Chicago and the inductions into the US Olympic Hall of Fame. We need to change the way athletes get into this Hall for wrestling has some athletes worthy of this induction.

Another IPTV match, Wisconsin (Barry Davis, Bart Chelesvig) & UNI (Brad Penrith) went at it with the Badgers coming out the winners. John and Nancy Peterson’s son Josh started the meet off with a victory for Wisconsin. One of our two F.S. medals was on the sidelines for the Panthers – Tolly Thompson. I can’t forget the other assistants from UNI in Randy Pugh and Jose Deanda, both former Iowa prep wrestlers.

Forgot one other event I attended and that was the UNI tournament at the UNI-Done. I went there mostly to meet with some people who are promoting the upcoming NWCA National Duals on Jan. 14-15. Eighty teams will be attending. Hopefully this venue will become a permanent site for this event. The NWCA will definitely need some big-time help with sponsors and volunteers to make this happen.

By the way, the IWIM in Newton, Iowa is looking to upgrade and the Waterloo area has shown significant interest. The NWCA Duals and this Wrestling Institute and Museum would make for a good match-up for the future. Looking forward to this pursuit.

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