Waterloo United Titans Girls Wrestling

Summer open mats starting June 10! Wednesdays from 5-6 at West High, and Sundays from 5-6 at East High! Time to build on what we have started and get better together!

Huge spotlight on all of our graduating seniors from our team this year! These young ladies have all contributed to building something special in Waterloo. Whether they came out for the first time this year or wrestled for all 4 years of their high school career, each of these girls contributed and were a vital part that helped to make our team special. Over the past week, we have gotten to see 12 girls from 3 different schools walk across the stage as they move on to begin realizing their next goals in life. So as we wrap up this school year, we celebrate the graduates from:

Dunkerton:
Kaycee Tyler

East High:
Payton Carpenter
Honey Govea
Ty'Onna Scott
Libby Stocks
Daniesha Watson

West High:
Phinn Burt
Kennedee Dunning
Lizzy Roberts
Emily Sonnenberg
Kate Willey
Lovettee Yeanay

Congrats Lizzy!

Meet Elizabeth "Lizzy" Roberts, a history-maker from the West High Class of 2026. Lizzy describes her time as a Wahawk as Guiding, a journey that helped her find her path as both a scholar and a standout student-athlete.
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Lizzy’s favorite memories are rooted on the wrestling mat. She was a member of the very first sanctioned girls' wrestling team at West, a group that became more like a family than a roster. With their support, she pushed through the mental and physical rigors of the sport to qualify for State as a freshman. This fall, she’s taking that competitive spirit to Coe College, where she will be part of their first-ever women’s wrestling team while studying Kinesiology to become a licensed athletic trainer.
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Reflecting on how West High shaped her discipline, Lizzy shares:
"West has prepared me for my future in many ways... helping me build a steady schedule and develop my time management. Especially being a student-athlete, you need to constantly be aware of the time you have so as to evenly divide it between practice and school work."
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Lizzy’s advice for the girls following in her footsteps is deeply personal: "Don't let your self-worth be dictated by those around you or by comparing yourself to others. Don’t let anyone influence you to go against your morals or aspirations. Soak up every bit [of high school] you can."
I am West. 🍎🤼‍♀️

Congrats and well said, Day Day!

Meet Daniesha Watson, a focused and community-minded member of the East High Class of 2026. Looking back on her journey, Daniesha describes her time as a Trojan in one word: Memorable.
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Daniesha made the most of the diverse academic opportunities at East, challenging herself with a heavy load of Pre-IB, IB, AP, and concurrent enrollment courses. This rigorous path has prepared her for her next big step: attending the University of Northern Iowa. There, she plans to major in Spanish and earn certificates in Linguistics and American Sign Language (ASL) to pursue her goal of becoming a professional Spanish interpreter.
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Reflecting on how East High equipped her for the next level, Daniesha says:
"East High School helped prepare me for the rigorous expectations and curriculum of college classes by providing Pre-IB, IB, AP, and concurrent classes."
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When she wasn't hitting the books, Daniesha was making lasting connections, citing her junior prom as her favorite high school memory. Her advice for future Trojans is all about exploration and community: "Take however long you need to discover what you want to do... Learn more about your community and how you can get involved; it can improve your networking skills."
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I Am a Trojan. 🧡🤟

Amazing news! Love seeing more programs start up!

A historic day for Iowa State, a historic day for women's wrestling.

𝗜𝗼𝘄𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗪𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀 𝟭𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝗩𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺

📰 https://cyclones.com/news/2026/4/16/athletics-iowa-state-adds-womens-wrestling-as-18th-varsity-program

Iowa State Athletics Iowa State University

Guest clinician for Thursday at East from 6:30-8 pm!

As we continue our journey and process of Crowning the Standard. Let’s give a huge welcome to Alex Dolly who will be our clinician this coming Thursday!

Multiple-time Indiana State Champion.
Multiple-time NCAA Qualifier at UNI.
Represented on the National Team for Ireland.
And now bringing knowledge from the highest levels D1 all the way down to high school.
This is more than a practice…this is an OPPORTUNITY.
An opportunity to learn.
An opportunity to be pushed.
An opportunity to see what the next level really looks like.
You don’t get better by staying comfortable…you get better by stepping into rooms like THIS.
Be there. Be ready. Be hungry. Let’s work. 💯

The student newspaper wrote a couple of articles the past couple of weeks about the girls and the team that were really well done. Thanks for writing Wahawk Insider (second article in comments)

PHOTOS: Leaving it all on the Mat Senior nights are full of tears, laughter and recognition of all the dedication student athletes put in during their time in high school. On January 22, both boys and girls varsity wrestling teams held their seniors night as a duel against the Cedar Rapids Washington Warriors. The girls’ wrestling...

This weekend, there were 19 Waterloo girls who competed at AAU Girls State, 7 of them placed, and we wanted to give them all a shout out for wrestling hard all weekend and making gains! Lots of really good wrestling from all these girls!

Harlow Hakeman (📌📌) 7th place
Caysie Hildman
Macy Miehe (📌)
Carson Hildman
Lilliah Gaston
Brooklyn Redding (📌📌)
Ellery Evans (📌📌) 3rd place
Aylla Karahodzic (📌📌📌) 6th place
Kaycee Tyler
Isabella Dzehverovic
Amarreia Brown (📌)
Ty'Onna Scott 5th place
Aja Stallman
Emma Obic (📌)
Addyson Shimp (📌📌)
Serenity Bishop
Sofia Constan Arias (📌📌) 8th place
Joslynn Dvorak (📌📌) 2nd place
Evelina Duratovic (📌) 3rd place

Getting some new decor for the room thanks to help from and 📷 Natecastillophoto and 📷 from West High's own Jacy Gomez! Thanks for the help making this come together!

As we complete updating stats for the season, we wanted to recognize some of the major accomplishments these Waterloo girls have made over the past 4+ years and this season. We had 5 girls this season win 20+ matches:
Libby Stocks (33), Daniesha Watson (29), Maddison Younger (24), Lizzy Roberts (20), and Aylla Karahodzic (20).

We have had 5 separate individuals qualify for state under the IGHSAU: Libby Stocks (3x qualifier), Lydia Parkhurst, Lizzy Roberts, Kammie Gleiter, and Daniesha Watson.

This year we had 2 girls surpass the 100 win mark: Libby Stocks (121) and Lizzy Roberts (102).

We had 1 girl surpass the 100 pin mark: Libby Stocks (104)

We have had 3 individuals place: Carlie Frost (IWCOA 2019 138 # - 6th), Libby Stocks (2025 115 #- 3rd), and Daniesha Watson (2026 130 # - State Champion)

Daniesha Watson is the 126th State Champ in all of Waterloo (including Columbus), the 117th in district history (including East, West, Orange, and Central High schools), and the first in the IGHSAU.

Together, the team finished with a winning dual record for the first time this season (9-6 in duals), placed 14th in the Battle of Waterloo (highest finish as a dual team), and they went 5-0 in duals in January.

To all of the girls who have helped build this program to where it is today over the past 9+ years since you started to try and make a place for yourselves in the sport: thank you. From having 1-2 girls venturing out in the few years as the IWCOA began the push to sanction girls wrestling, to the 36 girls who finished the season with us this year: none of these accomplishments would have been possible without each and every one of you. So thank you.