January 11, 2025

How to watch this week’s Iowa high school state wrestling tournament

How to follow all 12 CNA-area wrestlers or Creston/O-M’s dual run

By Tyler Hetu

The inside of the Wells Fargo Arena during the 2020 Traditional State Wrestling Tournament. Pictured, teams and wrestlers warm up during a break between sessions. (Tyler Hetu)

With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the atmosphere won’t be the same this winter for the Iowa high school state wrestling tournament.

And while the Wells Fargo Arena may not be packed to the brim with fans across Iowa’s three wrestling classes, there is still a way to keep up with your town’s wrestlers or family members who will be competing this week.

Action begins with Wednesday’s state duals competition, followed by the traditional tournament Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Wrestling fans across the state and around the country will be tuning in to follow the action. Here’s how you can follow along with the action.

Streaming

For those who would like to visually keep up with their wrestlers or teams, there’s several ways to steam the tournament this week.

The Iowa High School Sports Network (IHSSN) has teamed up with Trackwrestling to stream all matches from both the state duals and traditional state tournaments. For a one-time payment of $19.95 you can watch all 504 matches Wednesday and another 1,260 between Thursday and Saturday live on Trackwrestling.

You can also watch all of the action live for free both online and through the Watch IHSSN app, which available on iOS, Apple TV, Android, Android TV, Amazon Fire and Roku.

The IHSNN will also be linked to local television stations and cable companies, broadcasting statewide.

The IHSSN also teamed up with local television stations and statewide cable companies to ensure Saturday night’s finals will be on TV. The local Southwest Iowa broadcast affiliates includes:

NPTM 42.2

  • Digital HD 42.2
  • DIRECTV 43
  • Farmers Coop
  • Griswold Communications
  • Harlan Municipal Utilities
  • Marne Elk Horn
  • Mediacom
  • Mutual Communication Services
  • Northwest Iowa Cable
  • Walnut Communications
  • Westel Cable

Social media

Able to report live at the state tournament will be CNA sports editor Tyler Hetu, who will be providing update via Twitter (@thetylerhetu). He will have reports from Wednesday’s dual tournament on Creston/O-M and the traditional tournament from Wednesday through, Saturday.

With 12 wrestlers from the News Advertiser area at the traditional tournament, Hetu will provide coverage and updates for the whole lot and will follow them through their run.

2020-21 State wrestling schedule

Wednesday’s state duals

9 a.m. — Class 3A, 2A quarterfinals

11 a.m. — Class 1A quarterfinals; 3A, 2A consolations

1 p.m. — Class 1A, 2A, 3A semifinals; 1A consolations

4:30 p.m. — Class 1A, 2A, 3A fifth-place and seventh-place matches

6:30 p.m. — Class 1A, 2A, 3A championships and third-place matches

Thursday’s traditional tournament

Session 1: Class 1A first round, first-round wrestlebacks, 9 a.m.

Session 2: Class 3A first round, first-round wrestlebacks, 1:30 p.m.

Session 3: Class 2A first round, first-round wrestlebacks, 6 p.m.

Friday’s traditional tournament (continued)

Session 4: Class 1A, 3A quarterfinals, second-round wrestlebacks, 9 a.m.

Session 5: Class 2A quarterfinals, 1A semifinals, quarterfinal wrestlebacks, 2A second-round wrestlebacks, 2:30 p.m.

Session 6: Class 3A, 2A semifinals, quarterfinal wrestlebacks, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday’s traditional tournament (placing matches)

Session 7: Class 3A, 2A, 1A semifinal wrestlebacks, medal matches, 10 a.m.

Session 8: Class 3A, 2A, 1A finals, 6 p.m.