Iowa-Grant/Highland Wrestling
The Iowa-Grant/Highland wrestling program has a long history of producing successful athletes on and off the mat. Our team consists of motivated athletes from the Iowa-Grant and Highland school districts. We set goals, work diligently to conquer those goals, and strive to be the best we can be. We offer a varsity team, junior varsity team, and a junior high team.
We participate in the SWAL conference which is always a powerhouse conference in wrestling. We strive to find the best tournaments for our athletes to compete in. Some of the tournaments we attend are; The 60+ team Bi-State Classic in La Crosse, WI, the prestigious Badger State Classic in Madison, WI, the loaded TKO in Fond du lac, WI, as well as many others. The season runs from November through March. We also have summer training sessions, as well as a summer team camp. In the Iowa-Grant/Highland wrestling program, there is no off-season. We as coaches take great pride in our athletes and all they put into the program. Our goal is to provide positive opportunities on the mat and off the mat, year round. To top it off, our program offers scholarship opportunities to graduating seniors for all they have done for the wrestling program. We also sponsor an IGH Hall of Fame to honor past athletes, coaches and those who have gone above and beyond to support the program.
More Information
Please contact Coach Ryan Allen for any questions.
Note: Calendar is refreshed on a daily basis. Schedules might not reflect an immediate rSchool schedule change.
Iowa-Grant/Highland Wrestling
State Champions
2004
State Runner-Ups
1982
Conference Champions
1968-1969, 1972-1973, 2005-2006, 2011-2012
Regional Champions
1964, 1966, 1967, 1979, 1980, 1991, 1992, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012
Sectional Champions
1977, 1980, 2004, 2012
If you are on the fence about wrestling here are 10 great reasons why kids should wrestle.
1. Foundation sport. Wrestling is the perfect foundation for all other sports. Wrestling is balance, agility, hand –eye coordination, flexibility, positioning, strength, speed, explosiveness, footwork, hustle, mental focus, mental toughness, core strength, concentration, competition, and endurance. Wrestling will make our youth better at all other sports.
2. Fun. Wrestling is a game. It is the most basic and instinctual game. Toddlers wrestle. The sport of wrestling is the ultimate competition where two individuals take their individual strengths and match them up against each other. Wrestling is a battle of wits, technique, speed, agility, flexibility, and toughness. No two wrestlers are alike. Fun stuff!!
3. Exercise. Wrestling is one the world’s most premier physical fitness sports. Wrestling develops strength and endurance. Poor health is a major issue in our society today and wrestling will help develop a love of exercise and physical fitness in our youth.
4. Self-confidence. Very little is accomplished without self-confidence. Wrestling teaches self-confidence like nothing else I know outside of religion and knowing that you are a child of God. Insecure people have the most difficult time learning from others and make progress even more difficult than it already is. Wrestling teaches hard work, self-improvement, sense of accomplishment, camaraderie of a team, 1 on 1 aspect, and self-defense to name a few. These promote self-worth, respect and confidence.
5. Self-defense. Although wrestling is not commonly considered a “martial art,” it is the #1 base discipline in the world of MMA. Wrestlers know how to defend themselves and neutralize threats quickly. Wrestling is controlling an opponent. If you want your kids to know how to defend themselves, put them in wrestling.
6. Humility. Nothing teaches humility better than a 1-on-1 sport. Winning and losing in a 1-on-1 setting brings humility. There is nowhere to hide and no one to blame but yourself. All wrestlers will lose at some point and doing so in these conditions teaches humility. Hard work and discipline are two keys to success in wrestling and both teach humility. “…I learned a lot about taking responsibility for my actions when I wrestled for 4 years…All professional athletes ought to spend a year wrestling. It teaches you something, You get pinned; you can’t blame the coach. You can’t blame your teammates. The guy you are looking for is staring back at you in the mirror” –former Phillies pitcher Mitch Williams
7. Respect. The challenges of being a wrestler teach you to respect yourself. After you learn to respect yourself you will learn to respect others. You learn to respect your teammates as well as your opponents. You learn to listen to and respect your coach. After you learn to respect others you are able to learn from them, a life lesson.
8. Self-discipline. Wrestling is discipline. Repetition of drills, hard work, weight management, and continually doing the best thing instead of the easiest thing is discipline. Wrestling requires postponing instant “wants” to gain something more valuable long term. It takes discipline and focus to reach goals.
9. Roadmap to success. Wrestling is the perfect example of what it takes to be successful in life. Goal setting, hard work, determination, focus, love of challenges, love of competition, confidence, being coachable, mental toughness, discipline, creativity, teamwork and accountability.
10. Toughness. Wrestling is a physical, contact sport. You learn that sometimes you just get poked in the eye. Physical and mental toughness go hand in hand. You learn that a little pain or struggle is part of the process of doing great things.