College wrestling: National champion Warriors open new season
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INDIANOLA — The defending national champion Indian Hills wrestling teams opened up the 2026-27 campaign in dominant fashion at the Luther Hill Open on Sunday. The Warrior men saw 23 individuals place while nine wrestlers captured individual titles while the IHCC women brought home two first-place finishes and six place-winners all together.
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Between the freshman/sophomore bracket and the open division, the Warrior men put together an impressive opening day on the mat in Indianola. Two of the Warriors' nine first-place finishes came in the open division.
Returning national champions Jahkari Clark and Olli Webb picked right back up where they left off a season ago as the sophomore duo captured titles in the open division at 149 and 133 pounds, respectively.
Clark posted a 3-0 mark on the day with two bonus point victories, including a 21-5 tech fall in the semifinal round. Clark outscored his opponents 46-14 on the day.
Webb was equally as impressive, earning back-to-back tech falls to advance to the title match where he received a forfeit victory to claim the top spot on the podium.
In total, the Warriors sent 31 wrestlers to compete at the Luther Hill Open with 29 individuals earning at least one victory on the day.
Sophomore Jasmine Wolfe, a returning National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national runner-up from last season, took home the top spot in the 138-pound bracket, going a perfect 4-0 on the day for the Indian Hills women. Wolfe secured two wins over opponents from Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) foe Iowa Western Community College before capping the day with a 5-0 victory in the championship match against Savannah Freifeld of Buena Vista University.
Making her collegiate debut, freshman Ava Allen secured a first-place finish in the 145-pound bracket with a 4-0 mark on the day. Allen boasted three consecutive pins, including a fall in 47 seconds and another in 18 seconds, to advance to the title bout. Allen went on to secure a 10-0 victory in the championship, closing out the day by outscoring all four opponents by a combined 30-0.
Freshman Nyla Bolles placed third overall for the Warriors in the 145-pound bracket, securing a pin in 1:38 in the championship match to earn a spot on the podium.
Sophomore Noellys Carrasquillo earned a fourth-place finish in the 138-pound bracket while freshman A'Shay White placed sixth overall at 124-pound in her collegiate debut.
Returning All-American Kaylea Beauchamp rounded out the place-winners for the Warriors with an eighth-place showing in the 131-pound bracket.
In total, 13 of the 14 competitors for Indian Hills earned at least one victory on Sunday.
The Warriors return to action with their ICCAC regular season opener Wednesday night against Southeastern Community College. Indian Hills will host the Blackhawks as part of a doubleheader dual at the multipurpose center on IHCC's Centerville campus with the women opening up action at 6 p.m.