Tanner Lafever
@TannerLafever
Covering University of Iowa wrestling for Hawkeye Report at https://www.on3.com/teams/iowa-hawkeyes/ Other work available at https://tannerlafever.medium.com/
“There were some tough losses...but being able to fight back for the next best thing – they picked themselves up.” Iowa's latest national title didn't come without adversity, but in overcoming it the Hawkeyes showed (again) what real champs are made of: on3.com/teams/iowa-haw…
We have @HuesmannKyle doing a ton of great women's hoops recruiting reporting from Chicago starting today. He's dropping notes all day. Jump in and read about the top prospects. on3.com/boards/threads…
4⃣ future 🐤's competed amongst thousands of top prep wrestlers at this year's USMC Junior Nationals - better known as Fargo. 3⃣ of them placed at their respective weights, including first-time champ Harlee Hiller. I chronicle it all in my Fargo recap: on3.com/teams/iowa-haw…
2025-26 Iowa Women’s Basketball Lineup Rotation: Post-Summer Workout Projections (On3+) 🔄Feuerbach or Rodriguez in the starting lineup? 🔥The battle for minutes off the bench 🎯Starting five projections + players off the bench MORE🏀: on3.com/teams/iowa-haw…
Tomorrow is Iowa WBB open media practice #4 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Hannah Stuelke, Layla Hays, Journey Houston and head coach Jan Jensen will be available after. Stay tuned to HawkeyeReport for plenty of practice coverage... LINK🔗: on3.com/teams/iowa-haw…
Micah Hyde 🤝 Sean McDonough There’s never been a better athlete/play-by-play combo when it comes to unforgettable, field-reversing INT return touchdowns for the Iowa Hawkeyes. (With occasional assist from Tyler Sash, of course.)
The @HawkeyeReport countdown of the top 27 games of the Ferentz era continues. STORY: on3.com/teams/iowa-haw…
Here’s every single point Blades scored during her title run today in Budapest - all in one tidy montage: Per usual, the Hawkeye superstar wasn’t short on highlight reel maneuvers 🤷🏼♂️
'Hungary' for 🥇! Iowa's Kennedy Blades caps off a dominant performance in Budapest with a Ranking Series title at 68kg - her second of this international freestyle season. The Hawkeye outscored four foes by a margin of 41-5, incl. a 13-2 TF in her final bout of the tournament.
Here’s the highlights from Kilty’s crazy back-and-forth semifinal loss to Bullen - one of the very best wrestlers in the world. They’ve won a combined 5 World/Olympic medals since 2022, & in this match alone tallied 24 points. Sign me up for a rematch at Worlds in Sept. please!
@IowaW_Wrestling alum Macey Kilty (65kg) earns 🥉 at today's UWW Ranking Series event in Hungary. Kilty defeated a pair of 3x SR World teamers via dec. - w/ her only loss in a WILD semi against 3x World/Olympic medalist Grace Bulen (NOR). (I'll post some highlights later today)
Kennedy Blades cruised to a tech fall in the finals of the Budapest Ranking Series tournament 😤
'Hungary' for 🥇! Iowa's Kennedy Blades caps off a dominant performance in Budapest with a Ranking Series title at 68kg - her second of this international freestyle season. The Hawkeye outscored four foes by a margin of 41-5, incl. a 13-2 TF in her final bout of the tournament.

NEW: '26 four-star guard Vienna Murray talks Iowa offer, updates her recruitment (On3+) - Rated as the #50 player in the country by Jr All-Star Basketball - Hawkeyes expected to host her for a fall official visit "I respect how they have been patient with my growth as a player…
Future Hawkeye Michael Mocco (FL) finishes 3rd at Fargo in the JR division at 285lbs. A late semifinal setback was his only blemish. Otherwise, the 2026 commit outscored his six other foes - several of whom are highly ranked nationally - by a combined margin of 55-2.
In a future Cy-Hawk battle, Iowa commit Michael Mocco loses 9-4 to ISU commit Coby Merrill in the Fargo semis. Mocco had the only 3 leg attacks (all for scores), but Merrill pulled ahead late via 3 gut wrenches after Mocco was put in par terre for grounding himself on the edge.
Sheesh 😬 Michael Mocco hits a filthy wrist snap followed by a quartet of leg laces to roll into the JR Fargo semifinals. There, the 2026 Hawkeye commit (ranked #3 nationally at 285lbs) will face recently committed ISU Cyclone Coby Merrill (ranked #2 at 285).
2026 Iowa commit Michael Mocco (FL) punches his ticket to the Fargo quarterfinals with yet another bonus-point victory. Mocco has yet to surrender a point through three matches at 285lbs. He’ll return to the mat tomorrow morning w/ his title hopes very much alive.

Michael Mocco is picking apart his opponents as he advances at 2025 Junior Nationals #fargo
They've begun Day Two of Boys Freestyle at Fargo & the Round of 32 is just getting underway (seriously). 2026 recruits Owen McMullen (150) & Michael Mocco (285) are the lone Iowa commits in action. McMullen just lost 9-5 to the #10 seed. Mocco will wrestle his next bout shortly.
Three Iowa women’s wrestlers will take the mat in Budapest this week against a strong international field. On Friday it’ll be Felicity Taylor (53kg), followed a day later by Macey Kilty (65kg) and Kennedy Blades (68kg). All matches will be streamed live on Flo.
The USA sends a powerful team to Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Memorial Ranking Event in Budapest, July 17-20, as 20 members of the 2025 U.S. Senior World Team will be in action. #WrestleBudapest go.themat.com/uiE7c