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CORALVILLE — In the semifinals of the 2024 Iowa high school state wrestling tournament — having started the sport just a year prior — freshman Eve Skrocki was knocking on the door to the finals, up 1-0 in the third period, when she felt three pops in her elbow.

“Rewatching the video, it goes in, out, to the left and then back in — so it was pretty bad,” Skrocki, 16, of Dubuque, said. “But I think because of the adrenaline I had during the match, I didn't realize how bad it hurt and how bad it really was.”

She would learn soon enough, forfeiting the tournament — being held in Coralville’s Xtream Arena — and rushing to nearby University of Iowa Health Care, where ER doctors suspected a ligament

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