Former NIACC wrestler Joe Corso will be inducted into the Iowa High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame on Feb. 22 at the state wrestling tournament in Des Moines.
Corso, a two-time all-American at NIACC in 1972 and 1973, was a state champion at West Des Moines Valley in 1971 and a state runner-up in 1970. Corso was inducted into the NIACC Hall of Fame in 2006.
Other wrestling honorees are coach John Siegel (Morning Sun) and wrestlers Davenport Assumption’s Pete Bush (1979), Eagle Grove’s Jeff Coltvet (1984) and Westwood’s Jeff Harrison (2000).
Those being honored in basketball on March 15 at the boys state basketball tournament are coaches Bob Haak of Spencer and Steve Blazek of Atlantic and players Pleasantville’s Lloyd Thornburg (1968), Southeast Polk’s Mark West (1977), Sioux City North’s Jeff Donaldson (1983), Bellevue Marquette’s Robbie Sieverding (1997) and Mason City’s Jeff Horner (2002).