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Solon Economist

State Dual Meet Tournament Coming to Girls Wrestling in 2027

April 30, 2025

The Board of Directors at the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) unanimously approved the implementation of a girls wrestling state dual tournament for the 2026-27 season. “A state dual...

Gnida wraps up decorated Loras career at D3 Championship Meet

Gnida wraps up decorated Loras career at D3 Championship Meet

Micheal Kabela March 26, 2025

Solon graduate Zeb Gnida finished his college wrestling career Saturday March 15 in Providence, RI at the Division 3 wrestling championships. The Loras 174 pounder entered the championship meet with an...

Carson Reid (at left) and Trendon Walker bowled for Iowa City, City High this season and have been recognized with Mississippi Valley Conference honors.

Solon’s Carson Reid and Trendon Walker earn MVC bowling honors

March 5, 2025

IOWA CITY — Solon senior Carson Reid has been named to the Mississippi Valley Conference’s (MVC) Valley Division 1st Team for varsity boys bowling. Reid led the Little Hawks with 4,458 total pins during...

Solon’s Lucas Feuerbach reacts to his defeat as Glenwood’s Mason Koehler celebrates winning the 215-pound State Championship match Saturday night in the finals of the 2025 State Wrestling Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Koehler took a 7-0 decision from Feuerbach, a sophomore and now two-time state qualifier.

Lucas Feuerbach rolls to a second place finish at state

Joel Kellar, For the Solon Economist February 27, 2025

DES MOINES — It was the Lucas Feuerbach show in Des Moines at Wells Fargo Arena during the State High School Wrestling Tournament last week. After receiving a bye in the first round, Feuerbach dominated...

Solon’s Kyler Jensen and Mid-Prairie’s Brock Fisher wrestle during 2A Districts at Williamsburg High School Saturday, Feb. 15.

Solon wrestlers show grit during 2A Districts

Jami Martin-Trainor, For the Solon Economist February 21, 2025

WILLIAMSBURG — When Charlie Karam stepped off the wrestling mat, he didn’t have a second to breathe before his peers surrounded him. A slightly distorted voice coming from the speakers announced...

Bobcats knock Spartans out of shot at State Dual Meet by slimmest margin

Solon Economist February 13, 2025

INDEPENDENCE — The varsity Spartan wrestlers traveled to Independence Tuesday, Feb. 4 for a Regional Dual meet with Benton Community and the Independence Mustang in a bid to qualify for the 2025 State...

Kara VeDepo tries to resist her opponent during the first day of the 2025 IGHSAU State Wrestling Tournament at Xtream Arena in Coralville. VeDepo entered the tourney ranked No. 1 at 105 lbs. by IAwrestle but fell in the first round and first consolation round, ending her championship quest with a 36-4 record this season.

Heartbreak on the mats

Madeleine Willis February 13, 2025

CORALVILLE — The four state qualifiers from Solon High School sat on the floor of Xtream Arena with tear-filled eyes. On Thursday, February 6, the Lady Spartans state qualifiers – Olivia Bonnema,...

Lucy Miller battles Mid-Prairie’s Emmerson Moore in a 135-pound semifinal match Friday, Jan. 31, in a Class 1A Regional Tournament in Solon. Miller pinned Moore in 4:37.

Lady Spartan wrestlers take 2nd at Regional Tourney, send four to State

February 5, 2025

SOLON — Four varsity Lady Spartan wrestlers qualified for this week’s 2025 IGHSAU State Tournament with their performances in a Class 1A Regional Tournament Friday, Jan. 31, at the Solon High School. Kara...

Jordan Schmidt tries to pin Beckman Catholic’s Shawn Brunsman in the 144-pound match Thursday, Jan. 30. Schmidt settled for a 16-1 technical fall in 5:37 as the Spartans dominated the Blazers 74-4 in a night of dual meets.

Spartan boys’ wrestlers get the sweep in home quad meet

Kyle Prondzinki, For the Solon Economist February 5, 2025

SOLON — When the Spartans welcomed three high schools for a quad meet last Thursday, one match stood out. Maquoketa Vs. Beckman Catholic wrapped up early, leaving eyes from all four sections of the...

Spartan wrestlers 7th at WaMaC Tourney

February 5, 2025

VAN HORNE — The varsity Spartans took seventh place in the 2025 WaMaC Conference Tournament Saturday, Feb. 1 at Benton Community HS in Van Horne. Williamsburg claimed the Conference championship with...

McKenna Rogers takes down Mount Vernon’s Kiersten Swart in the 110-pound match Thursday, Jan. 23 at home. Swart and Rogers battled through nearly the full three periods before Swart got the advantage over Rogers, pinning her in 5:51. Mount Vernon took the dual meet 49-27.

Lady Spartans wrestlers fall to rival Mustangs

Joel Kellar, Reporter January 30, 2025

SOLON — The Solon girls wrestling star, Kara VeDepo, ran into a Mount Vernon freshman that was hungry to prove herself inside the circle during the senior night meet for Solon. VeDepo worked methodically...

Charlie Karam goes for the pin against Mount Vernon’s Chasen Caskey in the 138-pound match Thursday, Jan. 23 at home. Karam won by technical fall, 16-0, in 4:03.

Spartan Wrestling unable to take down Mount Vernon

Joel Kellar, Reporter January 30, 2025

SOLON — Down 24-20, the Solon Spartan wrestling team looked upon Lucas Feuerbach to grab the lead back in the 215-pound match against rival Mount Vernon. Feuerbach entered the circle ranked third in...

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