126. Portillo vs. Portillo

Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody catches up with Justin and Josh Portillo, twin brothers and state champion wrestlers from Clarion-Goldfield-Dows who are now wrestling at Grand View and Nebraska-Kearney, respectively. On Saturday, they’ll wrestle each other.

STORIES

• Justin and Josh Portillo, twin wrestlers from Iowa, will wrestle each other this weekend when Grand View takes on Nebraska-Kearney: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/iowa/wrestling/2022/01/13/iowa-twin-college-wrestlers-justin-and-josh-portillo-square-off-grand-view-nebraska-kearney/9163148002/ 

• Wrestling Mailbag: Big Ten Networks’ new show, Gable Steveson, Abe Assad, and more: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/iowa/wrestling/2022/01/11/ncaa-iowa-wrestling-btn-gable-steveson-covid-championships-abe-assad/9163038002/ 

• HS Analysis: Underwood’s Gable Porter has now beaten 4 state champs from 4 different states: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/01/10/iowa-high-school-wrestling-gable-porter-southeast-polk-waverly-shell-rock/9109607002/ 

• Hawkeyes thump Purdue to sweep home doubleheader: https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sports/college/iowa/wrestling/2022/01/09/iowa-wrestling-thumps-purdue-36-4-before-another-sell-out-home-crowd/9109577002/

• HS Wrestling: On Indianola’s Ryder Downey and why Class 3A’s 145-pound weight class is so interesting: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/01/09/iowa-high-school-wrestling-ames-mendenhall-invitational-indianola-ryder-downey-150-wins-145-pounds/9109372002/ 

• Iowa State clobbers CSU Bakersfield on Wednesday: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/iowa-state/wrestling/2022/01/12/iowa-state-wrestling-blanks-csu-bakersfield-dominant-win-final-score-results/9163158002/

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