Iowa City West competes in The Clash 7 wrestling tournament in Rochester, Minnesota. The Tournament will feature 15 of the AWN Prep 40 teams including #17 Iowa City West.

Iowa City West is seeded third in Bracket A. The Trojans will open competition with #2 ranked team in Minnesota's 2A class, Perham. If the seed holds, Iowa City West will face the winner of California's #7 ranked team, Vacaville or Wisconsin's Division 1 #1 ranked team, Wausau West. The winner of this dual will likely face Amateur Wrestling News #6 ranked team, Apple Valley, Minnesota.

The Trojans will wrestle at 9 am, 11 am and 1 pm on Friday, January 2, 2009. How the Trojan's finish in the first day bracket will determine which pool they will compete in on day two. The first day bracket is attached.

The Trojan Wrestling Varsity team competed in the Al Dvorak Memorial Wrestling Invitational on Monday, December 22 and Tuesday, December 23, 2008, at Harlem High School in Machesney Park, Illinois. This 32 team tournament included teams from Illinois, Ohio, Texas, and Wisconsin. The Trojans finished third as a team while having eight wrestlers place.

Winning championships for the Trojans were Derek St John and Nick Moore, both finishing with a 4-0 record. Derek, ranked #1 nationally by Amateur Wrestling News (AWN), was named the tournament's Outstanding Wrestler after beating Bishop Lynch's Justin Armstrong by major decision in the semi-finals and Montini Catholic's Isaiah Gonzalez by 14-7 decision in the finals. Nick Moore, ranked #7 nationally by AWN, was also impressive with an 8-6 upset victory of AWN #6 ranked Bobby Barnhisel of Fenwick High School.

Jack Hathaway finished in third place with a 5-1 record including 2 falls, 2 major decisions, and a decision. Jack was strong in the wrestle backs after suffering a heart breaking lose in the quarterfinals to host school's Derek Elmore of Harlem High School. Justin Koethe finished in fourth place with a 5-2 record including 4 falls and a decision. Both of Justin's loses came at the hands of Neuqua Valley's Andy Spangler. Matt Behnami also finished in fourth place with a 3-2 record including a fall and 2 decisions. Hunter St. John finished in sixth place with a 3-3 record including a fall, a major decision, and a decision. Hunter reached the semi-finals by pinning Montini Catholic's Troy Valdez in the quarter finals. Garrett Hathaway finished in seventh place with a 5-2 record including 2 falls, a major decision and 2 decisions. Garrett avenged a second round lose to Bishop Lynch's Marc Rocha in the seventh place match. AJ Bailey finished in eighth place with a 4-3 record including 3 falls and a decision.

• 103 - Jack Hathaway: 3rd Place, 5-1 record with 2 Falls, 2 Major Decisions, & Decision
• 112 - John Skarda: DNP, 0-2 record
• 119 - Hunter St. John: 6th Place, 3-3 record with Fall, Major Decision, & Decision
• 125 - Gradey Gambrall: DNP, 2-2 record with Fall & Decision
• 130 - Garrett Hathaway: 7th Place, 5-2 record with 2 Falls, Major Decision, & 2 Decisions
• 135 - Tracy Bowers: DNP, 1-2 record with Fall
• 140 - Justin Koethe: 4th Place, 5-2 record with 4 Falls & Decision
• 145 - AJ Bailey: 8th Place, 4-3 record with 3 Falls & Decision
• 152 - Nick Moore: Champion, 4-0 with 2 Falls, Decision, and Forfeit
• 160 - Derek St. John: Champion, 4-0 with Fall, 2 Major Decisions, and Decision
• 171 - David Solis: DNP, 1-2 record with Decision
• 189 - Dexter Curry: DNP, 2-2 record with 2 Falls
• 215 - Matt Behnami: 4th Place, 3-2 with Fall & 2 Decisions
• 285 - Brandon Kuehl: DNP, 1-2 record with Fall