Iowa State wrestles to Historic Cy-Hawk Dual Victory, Defeating Iowa โข21-15
AMES,โฃ iowa – In a stunning upset, โฃNo. 6 Iowaโ State defeated No. 3 Iowa 21-15 Friday night,marking the Cyclones’ first โฃvictory over their in-state rivals in the Cy-Hawkโ Dual since 2004. The win sends aโฃ jolt throughโ the college wrestling landscape โand establishes โIowa State as a legitimate national โcontender.
The annual Cy-Hawk Dual, a cornerstone of iowa’s wrestling tradition, pits the state’s two premier programs against each โขother in a highly anticipatedโ showdown. Iowa โhad dominated the โขseries for two decades, but Iowa State’s balanced performance and key victories propelled them to a historic โฃresult.
The night’s pivotal matchupsโฃ lived up to โtheir โฃbilling. At 197 pounds, Iowa State’s No.โ 2 Rocky Elam defeated Iowa’s No. 4 Abe โขEndene, securing a critical win for the Cyclones. Elam, a four-time All-American previously at Missouri, isโ in โขhis final season at Iowa State after a medical redshirt year.
The heavyweight bout also โproved decisive. Iowa โคState’s No. 1 Yonger Bastida,boastingโ a career filled with wins over NCAA champions and โขfinalists,prevailed over Iowa’s Benโ Kueter,avenging a loss from the previous year’s dual. Bastida’s resume โขincludes victories over Wyatt Hendrickson, Lucas Davison, Cohlton Schultz, and Jacob Warner.
Iowa State โคsecured early momentumโ with wins from โคDrake Ayala at 125โ pounds and Paniro Johnson at 157 pounds. Iowa responded โคwith victories from Caleb Henson at 141 poundsโฃ and Cobe Siebrecht at โข165 pounds, but the Cyclones maintained their lead.
Iowa โState’s victoryโค underscores a shift โinโค the balance ofโ power within the state and signals a new โคera for Cyclone wrestling. The โdual โขmarked the final Cy-Hawkโ competition for both Endene and Elam, adding emotional โฃweightโ to the historic โoutcome.
