DUAL 13 DETAILS:
DATE: Wednesday, Feb. 15 • 7 p.m.
LOCATION: Indianola, Iowa
VENUE: Black Box
THE STORM
Simpson enters the night having split its last two duals. The Storm defeated Buena Vista 39-9 on the road but fell 30-9 at Central.
THE SPARTANS
Like Simpson, Dubuque went 1-1 in last week’s dual action. The Spartans took down Nebraska Wesleyan 43-9 but dropped a 26-17 decision to #13 Coe on Friday evening.
SENIOR DAY
Simpson celebrates seven seniors tonight including Caleb Bower, Josh Bower, Colton Kinnison, Shane Matthias, Sam McCoy, Robert Silva and Zach Stewart.
TONIGHT’S PROJECTED LINEUP
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125 Brady
133 Dylan
141 Jevontea
149 Billy
Riley
157
165 Devinaire
174
184 Pilo
197
TODAY
6-6, 2-5 A-R-C
6-8, 3-4 A-R-C
Dylan McChesney
Koontz Kanin Hable
Koontz Zach Stewart
Yarbrough Josh Bower
Looney
Kovaleski
Luke Radeke Robert Silva
Hayes Shyler Langley
Julius Boimah Andrew Wolff
Perez Shane Mathias
Tyler Thurston Colton Kinnison 285 Darryl Aiello
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3 SIMPSONATHLETICS.COM Day Date Opponent Location Time Thursday Nov. 3 Cornell Hopper Gymnasium L, 30-9 Saturday Nov. 5 Luther Hill Invitational Cowles Fieldhouse Wednesday Nov. 9 #1 Wartburg* Waverly, Iowa L, 46-3 Saturday Nov. 12 Grand View Open Des Moines, Iowa Wednesday Nov. 16 Iowa Wesleyan Indianola, Iowa W, 40-12 Saturday Nov. 19 Coe Open Cedar Rapids, Iowa Thursday Dec. 1 Augustana (Ill.) Pella, Iowa W, 25-12 Saturday Dec. 3 Buena Vista Open Storm Lake, Iowa Saturday Dec. 17 Milwaukee School of Engineering Lincoln, Neb. W, 43-9 Westminster (Mo.) Lincoln, Neb. W, 53-6 Saturday Jan. 7 Central Under Armour Invitational Pella, Iowa Saturday Jan. 14 Cliff Keen-Mike Duroe Invitational Mount Vernon, Iowa Saturday Jan. 21 Nebraska Wesleyan* Dubuque, Iowa W, 33-14 #9 Luther* Dubuque, Iowa L, 33-13 #7 Loras* Dubuque, Iowa L, 43-3 #19 Coe* Dubuque, Iowa L, 47-3 Friday Feb. 3 Buena Vista* Storm Lake, Iowa W, 39-9 Thursday Feb. 9 Central* Pella, Iowa L, 30-9 Wednesday Feb. 15 #20 Dubuque* Indianola, Iowa 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday Feb. 24-25 Lower Midwest Regional Springfield, Ill. TBA
* American Rivers Conference
2022-23 schedule
Head Coach: Dylan Peters (fourth season)
Assistant Coaches: Joe Skow, John Gioffredi
2022-23 SIMPSON MEN’S WRESTLING 4 Name Wt. Cl. Hometown/High School Ashton Barker 184 Fr. Coralville, Iowa / Iowa City West Caleb Bower 133 Sr. Palm Coast, Fla. / Matanzas Josh Bower 141 Sr. Palm Coast, Fla. / Matanzas Caden Elliot 174 Fr. Moore, Okla. / Oklahoma Troy Galloway 197 Fr. Ohatchee, Ala. / Ohatchee Kanin Hable 133 Fr. Owatonna, Minn. / Owatonna Hawkins Jacobsen 184 Fr. Indianola, Iowa / Indianola Trey Kellow 165 Fr. Indianola, Iowa / Indianola Colton Kinnison 285 Sr. Red Oak, Iowa / Red Oak Noah Kirtley 184 Sr. Yale, Iowa / Panorama Riley Kovaleski 157 Fr. Dallas Center, Iowa / Dallas Center-Grimes Shyler Langley 174 Sr. Sioux City, Iowa / Bishop Heelan Chris Martinez 141 So. El Paso, Tex. / Valiant College Preparatory Shane Mathias 197 Sr. Muscatine, Iowa / Muscatine Dylan McChesney 125 Sr. Northglenn, Colo. / Northglenn Sam McCoy 157 Sr. Dallas, Texas / Plano Senior Nicholas Silva 125 Fr. Edinburg, Texas / Robert Vela Robert Silva 165 Sr. Edinburg, Texas / Robert Vela Zach Stewart 149 Sr. Perry, Iowa / Perry Noel Torres 149 Fr. Mission, Texas / Sharyland Joe Weaver 141 So. Griswold, Iowa / Atlantic Zach Westerfield 133 Fr. Midland, Ga. / Pacelli Andrew Wolff 197 Jr. Indianola, Iowa / Indianola
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DUBUQUE SPARTANS
Head Coach: Jon McGovern (22nd season)
Assistant Coach: Dennis Hall
5 SIMPSONATHLETICS.COM Name Wt. Cl. Hometown/High School Tanner Higa 125 Fr. Honolulu, Hawaii / Maryknoll Brady Koontz 125 Sr. Plover, Wis. / Stevens Point Area Senior John DeStefano 133 Jr. Griffin, Ga. / Spalding Dylan Koontz 133 Sr. Plover, Wis. / Stevens Point Area Senior Carson Sauriol 133 Gr. Poway, Calif. / Poway Ty-Quan Strowder 133 Fr. Aurora, Ill. / Bellevue Darian Diaz 141 Jr. Miami, Fla. / Somerset Academy Griffin Stevens 141 Sr. DeMotte, Ind. / North Newton Anthony Urrea 141 So. Stockton, Calif. / Lincoln Jevontae Yarbrough 141 Gr. El Paso, Texas / Eldorado/Coral Reef Owen Feiner 149 Fr. Seneca, Ill. / Seneca Billy Looney 149 So. Eastvale, Calif. / Eleanor Roosevelt Jesus Sanchez 149 So. Grandview, Wash. / Grandview Ridge Vlha 149 Sr. Pittsburgh, Pa. / Thomas Jefferson Evan Atchley 157 So. Grapevine, Texas / Colleyville Heritage Bryce Radeke 157 So. Vinton, Iowa / Vinton-Shellsburg Luke Radeke 157 Sr. Vinton, Iowa / Vinton-Shellsburg Dylan Croisant 165 So. Hennepin, Ill. / Putnam Robert “Lou” Gaddy 165 So. Woodstock, Ill. / Marion Central Catholic Devinaire Hayes 165 Sr. San Diego, Calif. / Mira Mesa Aidan Linden 165 Fr. Sandwich, Ill. / Sandwich Brock Radeke 165 Sr. Vinton, Iowa / Vinton-Shellsburg Reymundo Raiz 165 So. Fresno, Calif. / Buchanan Garrett Johnson 174 Jr. Springfield, Neb. / Platteview Thomas McCreadie 174 So. Honolulu, Hawaii / Kaiser Cody Sebo 174 Fr. Schaumburg, Ill. / James B. Conant Julius Boimah 184 Sr. Centennial, Colo. / Cherokee Trail Connor Brooker 184 Fr. Granville, Ill. / Putnam County Zaquerius Harris 184 Sr. Huntsville, Ala. / Columbia Pilo Perez 184 Sr. Danville, Ill. / Danville Kurtis Modlin 197 So. San Diego, Calif. / Mira Mesa Tyler Thurston 197 Jr. Clarence, Iowa / North Cedar Darryl Aiello 285 Sr. Dubuque, Iowa / De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) London Castillo 285 So. Brentwood, N.Y. / Brentwood Franco Fontela 285 Jr. Hoffman Estates, Ill. / Schaumburg Tyler Lawrenson 285 Jr. Madrid, Iowa / Woodward-Granger Joseph Pineda 285 Fr. Rockford, Ill. / Rockford East Noah Wynbrandt 285 Gr. Sanford, Fla. / Lake Mary
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ASHTON BARKER Freshman • 184 Coralville, Iowa
CALEB BOWER Senior • 133 Palm Coast, Fla.
JOSH BOWER Senior • 141 Palm Coast, Fla.
CADEN ELLIOT Freshman • 174 Moore, Okla.
TROY GALLOWAY Freshman • 197 Ohatchee, Ala.
KANIN HABLE Freshman • 133 Owatonna, Minn.
HAWKINS JACOBSEN Freshman • 184 Indianola, Iowa
TREY KELLOW Freshman • 165 Indianola, Iowa
COLTON KINNISON Senior • 285 Red Oak, Iowa
NOAH KIRTLEY Senior • 184 Yale, Iowa
RILEY KOVALESKI Freshman • 157 Dallas Center, Iowa
SHYLER LANGLEY Senior • 174 Sioux City, Iowa
CHRIS MARTINEZ Sophomore • 141 El Paso, Texas
SHANE MATHIAS Senior • 197 Muscatine, Iowa
DYLAN MCCHESNEY Senior • 125 Northglenn, Colo.
SAM MCCOY Senior • 157 Dallas, Texas
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NICHOLAS SILVA Freshman • 125 Edinburg, Texas
ROBERT SILVA Senior • 165 Edinburg, Texas
ZACH STEWART Senior • 149 Perry, Iowa
NOEL TORRES Freshman • 149 Mission, Texas
JOE WEAVER Sophomore • 141 Griswold, Iowa
ZACH WESTERFIELD Freshman • 133 Midland, Ga.
OVERALL WINS Shyler Langley, 174 25 Zach Stewart, 149 22 Dylan McChesney, 125 20 Kanin Hable, 133 20 Colton Kinnison, 285 17 Riley Kovaleski, 157 15 Shane Mathias, 197 15 Josh Bower, 141 12 Joe Weaver, 141 10 DUAL WINS Shyler Langley, 174 10 Dylan McChesney, 125 9 Zach Stewart, 149 7 Colton Kinnison, 285 7 A-R-C WINS Dylan McChesney, 125 5 Shyler Langley, 174 5 Zach Stewart, 149 3 BONUS POINT WINS Riley Kovaleski, 157 13 Dylan McChesney, 125 12 Kanin Hable, 133 12 Zach Stewart, 149 12 Colton Kinnison, 285 11 Josh Bower, 141 8 Shyler Langley, 174 6 Caden Elliot, 174 6 Hunter Klietz, 149 5 FALLS Dylan McChesney, 125 11 Kanin Hable, 133 11 Colton Kinnison, 285 11 Zach Stewart, 149 8 Riley Kovaleski, 157 7 TECHNICAL FALLS Robert Silva, 165 3 Shyler Langley, 174 3 MAJOR DECISIONS Riley Kovaleski, 157 5 Caden Elliot, 174 3 Josh Bower, 141 4 Zach Stewart, 149 3 Hunter Klietz, 149 2 CAREER WINS Shyler Langley, 174 84 Dylan McChesney, 125 83 Colton Kinnison, 285 46 Zach Stewart, 141 44 Robert Silva, 157 37 Shane Mathias, 184 33 Josh Bower, 141 26 Sam McCoy, 149 23 Joe Weaver, 141 23 Kanin Hable, 133 20 Andrew Wolff, 197 19 Chris Martinez, 141 16
ANDREW WOLFF Junior • 197 Indianola, Iowa
head coach DYLAN PETERS
THE PETERS FILE
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Hometown: Denver, Iowa
Spouse: Haley Peters
COACHING EXPERIENCE
2019-present: Simpson College
Head Coach
2017-19: Central Michigan Univ.
Assistant Coach
WRESTLING EXPERIENCE
2012-17: University of Northern Iowa
EDUCATION
University of Northern Iowa, 2017
B.S., Human Movement & Exercise Science
PETERS AT SIMPSON
• Peters enters his fourth season as the head coach in 2022-23
• Led the Storm to a 7-7 record in 2021-22, tying the 2014-15 win total for the most victories in a season since 2005-06 when Simpson went 11-12
• Coached Dylan McChesney to All-American honors in 2021, the program’s first All-American since 2006
• Became the 18th coach in program history after being hired in August of 2019
BEFORE SIMPSON
• Prior to joining the Simpson College community, Peters spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Central Michigan University
• Coached 10 NCAA Qualifiers and one All-American while working with the Chippewa wrestling program
• Worked with head coach Tom Borrelli, who owns a 337-155-7 career mark in 29 seasons at the helm
WRESTLING CAREER
• A two-time All-American at the University of Northern Iowa from 2012-17
• Qualified for four NCAA Tournaments during his time in Cedar Falls
• Graduated fifth all-time in program history with 38 career pins while tallying 19 pins in one season
• Won the Mid-American Conference Championship at 125 pounds as a redshirt freshman
• Had an impressive 195-1 career record while wrestling at Denver-Tripoli High School
• Won three state titles in four appearances
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AROUND THE AMERICAN RIVERS CONFERENCE
2022-23 STANDINGS
WRESTLER OF THE WEEK AWARDS
WEEK 1 (NOV. 7)
Cullen Quick, 285
Luther
WEEK 2 (NOV. 14)
Shane Liegel, 184
Loras
WEEK 3 (NOV. 22)
Shane Liegel, 184
Loras
WEEK 4 (DEC. 5)
Shane Liegel, 184
Loras
WEEK 5 (DEC. 12)
Clayton McDonough, 149
Luther
WEEK 6 (DEC. 19)
Donovan Corn, 184
Luther
WEEK 7 (JAN. 9)
Zayren Terukina, 141 Wartburg
WEEK 8 (JAN. 16)
Zeb Gnida, 174 Loras
WEEK 9 (JAN. 23)
Shane Liegel, 184 Loras
WEEK 10 (JAN. 30)
Joe Pins, 133 Wartburg
WEEK 11 (FEB. 6)
Zane Mulder, 174 Wartburg
WEEK 12 (FEB. 13)
Zayren Terukina, 141 Wartburg
LEAGUE
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TODAY’S SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15 Dubuque at Simpson 7 p.m. 22-23 PRESEASON POLL 1. Wartburg (8 first-place votes) 64 points 2. Coe 54 points 3. Loras (1 first-place vote) 53 points 4. Central 43 points 5. Luther 33 points 6. Dubuque 31 points 7. Simpson 21 points 8. Nebraska Wesleyan 13 points 9. Buena Vista 12 points
HISTORY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS School Titles Last Wartburg 39 2022 Luther 11 1979 Buena Vista 8 1990 Central 4 1992 Loras 1 2020 Simpson 1 1991 Coe 0 Dubuque 0 Neb. Wesleyan 0
Team A-R-C Pct. Overall Pct. Home Away Streak Wartburg 8-0 1.000 14-1 .933 3-0 4-0 W7 Loras 7-1 .875 16-4 .800 4-1 2-1 L1 Luther 5-3 .625 14-6 .700 2-2 2-0 W3 Coe 5-3 .625 9-6 .600 0-2 3-2 W2 Central 4-4 .500 7-5 .583 5-2 2-1 W2 Dubuque 3-4 .429 6-8 .429 1-2 1-1 L1 Simpson 2-5 .286 6-6 .500 1-1 1-3 L1 Buena Vista 1-7 .125 3-13 .188 0-7 1-1 L5 Neb. Wesleyan 0-8 .000 1-12 .077 1-4 0-3 L8
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NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1991 Travis Young 150 1992 Travis Young 150 1998 Cory Christensen 158 2001 Nick Ackerman 174 ALL-AMERICANS 1975 Jerome Stewart* 3rd, 158 1976 Jerome Stewart 5th, 158 1982 Mitch Anderson 2nd, 150 1984 Wayne Cole 8th, Hwt. 1985 Rick Rhum 5th, Hwt. 1988 Gary Ridout 6th, 167 1989 Travis Young 6th, 150 1990 Travis Young 4th, 150 Gary Ridout 5th, 167 1991 Travis Young 1st, 150 Gary Ridout 6th, 167 Randy Rowray 8th, 118 1992 Travis Young 1st, 150 Randy Rowray 5th, 118 Brad Henry 6th, Hwt. 1993 Don Finch 2nd, Hwt. Randy Rowray 8th, 118 1997 Jeremy Whalen 6th, Hwt. John Hatfield 8th, 134 Garth McGraw 8th, 190 1998 Cory Christensen 1st, 158 John Hatfield 5th, 134 Britt Marolf 7th, 118 1999 Matt Young 3rd, 142 2001 Nick Ackerman 1st, 174 2003 Clint Manny 4th, 149 Bart George 7th, 197 2004 Clint Manny 2nd, 149 Dustin Brewer 3rd, 125 Quentin Christensen 7th, 133 Bart George 8th, 197 2005 Clint Manny 2nd, 149 Dustin Brewer 4th, 141 Brett Christensen 6th, Hwt. 2006 Dustin Brewer 2nd, 141 Brett Christensen 6th, Hwt. * NAIA CONFERENCE MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLERS 1976 Jerome Stewart 1995 Shannon McLaughlin 1998 Cory Christensen 2004 Dustin Brewer CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 1962 Steve Weber 123 1963 Steve Weber 123 Lee Corbin 177 1964 John Barakat 167 1965 Bob Baier Hwt. 1974 Mark Schillerstrom 142 1975 Jerome Stewart 158 1976 Jerome Stewart 158 1980 Wayne Cole Hwt. 1982 Mitch Anderson 150 1983 Rod Brown 150 1988 Gary Ridout 167 1989 Travis Young 150 1990 Travis Young 150 1991 Travis Young 150 1993 Don Finch Hwt. 1995 Shannon McLaughlin 150 Phil Grimm 190 1996 Garth McGraw 190 1997 Cory Christensen 150 Jeremy Whalen Hwt. 1998 Cory Christensen 158 Jeremy Whalen Hwt. 2004 Dustin Brewer 125 ALL-CONFERENCE* 2015 Jonathan Melton 3rd, 149 2016 Jason Clark 3rd, 157 2017 Colby Vleiger 3rd, Hwt. 2018 John Gioffredi 3rd, 133 Noah Robinson 3rd, 184 2020 Dylan McChesney 3rd, 125 ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE 1994 Mike Gipple 1995 Tyson Grover 1996 Michael Fry 1997 Michael Fry Matt Young 1998 Matt Young 1999 Matt Lindholm Matt Young 2009 Caleb Brus 2010 Caleb Brus 2011 Caleb Brus 2012 Cory Stratton 2013 Justin Broberg 2015 Clay Harris 2016 Jason Kiehne 2017 Clay Harris Jason Kiehne
honor roll
honor roll
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CONFERENCE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS 1991 Head Coach, Bob Darrah CONFERENCE COACH OF THE YEAR 1991 Bob Darrah NCAA TEAM FINISHES 1976 30th 8 3/4 1980 42nd 3 1984 32nd 8 1988 31st 11 1/2 1989 37th 6 1990 15th 23 1/4 1991 10th 33 3/4 1992 12th 34 1993 16th 17 1994 38th 5 1995 42nd 3 1996 41st 4 1997 17th 17 1/2 1998 5th 44 1999 27th 11 1/2 2000 40th 2 2001 14th 24 2002 53rd (T) 0 2003 14th 24 2004 5th 55 1/2 2005 6th 38 1/2 2006 9th (T) 30 2007 53rd (T) 0 TEAM DUAL RECORDS Most Shutouts 2 1993-94 Highest Score 60 1994-95, 60-0 vs. William Penn Wins in a Season 28 2004-05 Consecutive Pins (dual) 4 1995-96 vs. MacMurray COACHING RECORDS Career Wins 196 Ron Peterson, 1995-2008 Most Conference Titles 1 Bob Darrah, 1991 Winning Percentage 0.772 Bob Darrah, 1989-95 Most NCAA Qualifiers 41 Ron Peterson, 1995-08 Most Wins in a Season 28 Ron Peterson, 2004-05 CAREER WINS LEADERS Clint Manny, 149 148-24-0 2001-05 Travis Young, 150 146-17-1 1989-92 Matt Young, 126/142 141-54-0 1995-99 Brett Christensen, Hwt. 137-42-0 2002-06 Bart George, 197 136-45-0 2000-04 Garth McGraw, 190 131-41-0 1993-97 John Hatfield, 134 112-63-0 1994-98 Britt Marolf, 118/25 103-55-0 1996-00 Quent Christensen, 133 101-48-0 2001-05 Caleb Brus, 141/49 98-64-0 2007-11 Tim Norton, 167 98-44-0 1995-98 Randy Rowray, 118 97-46-0 1990-94 Shannon McLaughlin, 150 96-39-0 1991-95 Nick Ackerman, 174 95-41-0 1997-01 Kellen Delaney, 141/57 89-47-0 2003-07 Jeremy Whalen, Hwt. 88-22-0 1995-98 SINGLE SEASON WINS LEADERS John Hatfield, 134 47-6-0 1997-98 Matt Young, 142 44-6-0 1998-99 Dustin Brewer, 125 43-3-0 2003-04 Clint Manny, 149 42-3-0 2003-04 Matt Young, 126 41-15-0 1996-97 Travis Young, 150 39-1-1 1990-91 Bart George, 197 38-11-0 2002-03 Nick Ackerman, 174 38-4-0 2000-01 Tim Norton, 167 38-14-0 1997-98 Travis Young, 150 37-1-0 1991-92 Clint Manny, 149 37-4-0 2003-04 Brett Christensen, Hwt. 37-8-0 2005-06 John Hatfield, 134 37-16-0 1996-97 Jason Decker, 142 37-19-0 1989-90 Clint Manny, 149 36-6-0 2002-03 Clint Manny, 149 36-8-0 2001-02 UNDEFEATED
Corey Christensen, 158 28-0-0 1997-98 Jerome Stewart, 150 27-0-0 1975-76
SEASONS
* Beginning in 2012-13, the conference named an all-conference team consisting of the top three league place-winners at the NCAA Division III Central Region Championships.
TRAVIS YOUNG
CORY CHRISTENSEN
NICK ACKERMAN
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