Ben Kueter took one Rifat Gidak of Turkey in the junior world gold medal match. Pure domination from Kueter here. let up the first takedown but immediately reversed it and turned Gidak at will and finished it off with a pin.
Kueter will be at City High this year and will be at Iowa next season. With how stacked the Iowa recruiting class is and how dominant Kueter looked here it should be a big…
College Wrestling: Iowa's Ben Kueter named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week
IOWA CITY – University of Iowa freshman Ben Kueter has been named the Big Ten Wrestler of the Week, it was announced Tuesday by the league office. The honor is the first of his career.
The Iowa City, Iowa, native earned the distinction after upsetting 11th-ranked Konner Doucet of Oklahoma State, 5-1, to help the Hawkeyes hand No. 2 Oklahoma State its first loss, 22-9. Kueter used a third period…
Rivals Rankings Week: Which LB is best fit for his future team?
The final 2023 rankings are being released throughout the week, and with Thursday’s release comes the final defensive position rankings of the cycle. The Rivals staff takes a look at which linebackers in the second level are best fit for their future programs.
BEN KUETER TO IOWA
“Over at least the last 10 years, the leading tackler at Iowa has been a linebacker and the numbers haven’t really…
USA Puts 4 Wrestlers In The Junior World Semifinals
USA Puts 4 Wrestlers In The Junior World Semifinals
Team USA has a solid showing only dropping one match in the first session. We have secured 4 semifinalist and all semifinalist are guaranteed to be pulled in the repechage.
Ben Kueter, Mitchell Mesenbrink, Jore Volk, and Vince Cornella all got the job done and three of them with late comebacks to win.
Ben Kueter-
Kueter looked the most impressive in his two matches not really getting touched…
Ben Kueter Wins Opening Round Match At Junior Worlds
Ben Kueter Wins Opening Round Match At Junior Worlds
USA 97kg rep Ben Kueter wins his opening round match at worlds over Dimitrios Duscov of Moldova by technical superiority and is into the quarterfinals.
Final Score Ben Kueter VPO Dimitrios Duscov 10-0
Match Overview-
Around 30 seconds in Duscov takes a shot and after a bit of work Kueter is able to break him down and circle behind for a takedown.
Pretty much the same thing about a min and 30…
Ben Kueter wins his 1/4 finals match over Niraj of India 8-1 to make the semifinals of the junior world championships.
Final Score- Kueter VPO1 Niraj 8-1
Match Overview-
Niraj gets in on a leg attack to counter Kueter’s upper body tie. Kueter gets into the merkle position but gives up the step out to go down 1-0.
Shot from Niraj but Kueter steps over to get the exposure and go up 2-1. Looking…
The #3 ranked Iowa Hawkeyes with another win against #10 Minnesota to improve to 6-0 on the season.
Some notable matches from the dual include Michael Blockhus with an upset over Jared Franek and the long awaited debut of Ben Kueter at heavyweight for the Hawks.
Dual Results:
125- Drake Ayala (Iowa) dec Patrick McKee (Minn) 8-5
133- Tyler Wells (Minn) dec Kale Petersen (Iowa) 6-4
141- Real…
Jore Volk gets it done at 57kg against Kazakhstan’s Merey Bazarbayev 3-2 and will take home gold at the junior world championships.
Other American wrestlers going for gold today include Ben Kueter and Mitchell Mesenbrink
Volk had a fantastic tournament wrestling near perfect matches along the way taking out Iran with a last second comeback in his first match. He looked to get more and more…
No. 1 Griffith vs No. 1 Kueter in battle between Class 3A standouts at Night of Conflict
When: Girls Sept 25th | Boys Sept 26th
Where: The Arena, 4501 Southern Hills Drive, Sioux City, Iowa 51106, United States
Start Times: Doors Open 4:00PM | Event 6:30PM
Tickets: NightofConflict.com
Watch: Rokfin $10
By Ross Bartachek Our next men’s match announcement is heading back to the upperweights, with a pair of 3A standouts battling it out. We will see Des Moines Lincoln’s Mickey Griffth…