Drake Ayala staked his claim, emphatically, as one of the country's best pound-for-pound wrestlers on Saturday night. Ayala beat California standout Richie Figueroa, 5-3 in sudden victory ...

University of Iowa junior Drake Ayala earned his second runner-up finish at the NCAA Div. I Wrestling Championships on Saturday night from Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. The former three-time ...

If the last two weekends are any indication of what’s to come for Drake Ayala, the Fort Dodge sophomore is in for a big season on the mat. Last weekend, Ayala competed at the Agony in Ames ...

It's Drake Ayala, one of the best Iowa's ever seen, challenging himself, and delivering on that chase with a third state title Saturday night at Wells Fargo Arena. The Fort Dodge senior defeated ...

Drake Ayala got a glimpse of what Saturday night at the NCAA Wrestling Championships feels like last year. Ayala, a former three-time state champion at Fort Dodge Senior High, was the 125-pound ...

Iowa's Drake Ayala secured a return spot to the NCAA Wrestling Championships Friday night. Ayala is a three-time state champion for Fort Dodge Senior High. / X/Iowa Hawkeye Wrestling Drake Ayala ...

They’re looking forward to the competition.” NCAA finalist Drake Ayala and senior Stephen Buchanan are top-seeded at 133 and 197 pounds, respectively. Ayala has bumped a weight class and has ...

EVANSTON, Ill — Iowa men’s wrestling’s No. 1 133-pounder Drake Ayala was pinned 20 seconds into the second period in the weight’s Big Ten championship final on Saturday. Byrd avenged Ayala after ...

IOWA CITY — Drake Ayala wrestled his first dual for top-ranked Iowa on Friday. On Sunday, the Hawkeyes' freshman 125-pounder arrived. Ayala set the tone for Iowa's 36-4 victory over Purdue ...

EVANSTON, Ill. — Top-seeded Hawkeye wrestlers Drake Ayala and Stephen Buchanan stepped up and fulfilled their role as respective one seeds in the Big Ten championships on Saturday, each earning a ...

While unlikely, that would have given the Hawkeyes a mathematical chance to surge above Nebraska if they had flipped the results of Drake Ayala and Michael Caliendo's losses in the finals. Had those ...

Drake Ayala finished second for Iowa at the NCAA Div. I Wrestling Championships Saturday night. / Eric Hartline-Imagn Images University of Iowa junior Drake Ayala earned his second runner-up ...