Senior Katie Biscoglia, who is apart of the Raccoon River Northwest Wrestling Team, which is a combination of Adel-DeSoto-Minburn, Van Meter, Waukee, and Waukee Northwest High Schools, describes how her older brother supported her after her Class 2A Individual State Championship loss in early February.

Biscoglia came into the 2025-26 season as a three-time state champion, and was looking for her fourth straight title, which would’ve set the precedence for becoming the first female in Iowa to win four championships since the sport of wrestling was sanctioned in the state. Biscoglia was ranked first in weight class 110, and first took care of Norwalk’s Merci Scholten in a two-minute fall, then beat Southeast Polk’s Glanna Halsted in a fall (1:16), and then defeated Central DeWitt’s Greenley Grell by a 17-1 technical fall to set up the championship match versus Ankeny’s Lauren Watson.

It wasn’t the first time that Biscoglia went against Watson, as earlier in the season on December 11th, RRW beat Ankeny in a head to head dual, with Biscoglia winning over Watson by a 10-1 major decision. However, at the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union State Wrestling Tournament, Watson flipped the script and was able to grab the victory over Biscoglia with a 43-second fall. The loss denied Biscoglia notching her fourth individual state title, but she handled it with grace showing good sportsmanship with Watson while fighting tears.

Biscoglia really put together an astonishing high school wrestling resume with tallying 206 total wins and only two losses, then garnered 100 pins in addition to being a three-time champion. Her older brother, Kyle, who currently attends the University of Northern Iowa, was a three-time champion at Waukee High School, and Katie says he was crucial for her mental recovery.

“He has always been there to crack a little joke whenever I need one, or make fun of me a little bit whenever I need my ego checked. But he’s also really been there for me when I have had tough times. I can tell my entire family was bummed for me, because that’s a hard thing to watch your kid go through, but he sent me a really nice note about how everyone saw how much work I put in, and it’s not about the outcome, it’s about what happens after that. So he’s been there to give me a lot of good advice.”

Similar to Kyle, Katie will also be going competing at the next level as she’ll be wrestling at Wartburg College in Waverly following graduation this spring.