James Ealy is the Head Wrestling Coach at Rock Island Alleman.  He was Captain of the 1996 state championship team at Moline High School.  He has been an assistant coach at Macomb High School, and Head Coach at Sherrard, Moline, and Alleman.

In a special Father's Day episode, we were joined by Pete and Danny Bush.  Pete Bush was the first State Champion at Davenport Assumption and went on to be a National Champion at the University of Iowa.  Danny Bush joined his dad as a State Champion at Davenport Assumption, was a NJCAA All American, and completed his competitive wrestling career at Iowa State.

Jake Larsen is the Head Wrestling Coach at Pleasant Valley High School.  He was a three-time All-American and NCAA Champion at the University of Wisconsin- La Crosse.  We really enjoyed talking with Jake and he shared some good insights into his wrestling background and perspectives on the sport!

Colton Feller is the Head Wrestling Coach at Maquoketa High School. We enjoyed talking with Colton and hearing about the great things going on in the Maquoketa wrestling program!

Jay Borchel became the 16th 4-time Iowa High School State Champion, while compiling a 163-1 record at Linn Mar High School in Marion Iowa.  He went on to become a 2-time All American at the University of Iowa, capping off his Senior year in 2010 as NCAA Champion.  We had a blast talking to Jay!

Chris Grant is the Head Wrestling Coach at Fulton High School.  It was a pleasure talking to Chris and getting to hear a few of his stories!

Today's episode is with Loras duo Wyatt Wriedt and Matt Randone.  Wyatt was a 2 time State Champion at North Scott.  Matt was a State Champion at Davenport Assumption.  We had a great time talking with these guys and they shared a lot of good stories and wrestling knowledge!

Chris Meineke has been a referee with the Eastern Iowa Wrestling Officials Association for 24 seasons. He has seen a lot of wrestling and has a lot of great stories!  We had a great conversation and Chris shared a lot of great perspective about the 3rd guy on the mat! 

Byron was a State Champ at Clinton High School, a 3 time NCAA Champ at Wartburg, and is now an assistant Coach at Iowa City West High School.

Matt Ohnemus has been the Head Wrestling Coach of Dewitt Central since 2016.  He shares a lot of great insight with us and we really enjoyed talking with him!