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Linn-Mar whips Clinton in regionals

Linn-Mar survived an upset of Alijah Jeffery at 120 pounds and squashed Clinton, 48-12, Wednesday night in Class 3A regional dual meet tournament wrestling.

Linn-Mar (26-7) advances to the state dual meet tournament next Wednesday at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. The No.5 Lions will face No.4 Waverly-Shell Rock (20-2) in the first round at 9 a.m. No.1 Southeast Polk (26-0) or No.8 Pleasant Valley (25-10) awaits in the next round. The other qualifiers are Prairie (31-2), West Des Moines Dowling (15-2), Bettendorf (9-1) and Ankeny (29-1).

Clinton (12-3) picked up wins from Jake Oldaker at 285 pounds in the first match of the evening. The River Kings, ranked No.10, also got wins from Hunter Genco (120) and Nick Hatheway (170).

Genco pulled off the stunner of the night when he knocked off the top-ranked Jeffery, 6-4. Genco is ranked No.5.

Linn-Mar wrestlers record four pins and two major decisions. Matt Wempen (113), Toby Northrup (132), Shea Hartzler (138) and Dakota Digmann (160) had pins. Noah Ajram (106) and Joel Northrup (145) had the major decisions.

The Class 3A district tournaments for the traditional state meet are Saturday. The traditional meet runs Feb. 14-16 at Wells Fargo Arena.

Linn-Mar will wrestle at Marion High School.

LINN-MAR 48, CLINTON 12

285 - Jake Oldaker (C) pinned Ben Overdyk, 1:24
106 - Noah Ajram (LM) major dec. Amani Larson, 11-0
113 - Matthew Wempen (LM) pinned Craig Harlock, :31
120 - Hunter Genco (C) dec. Alijah Jeffery, 6-4
126 - Damon Griffin (LM) dec. Curtis Ilg, 8-1
132 - Toby Northrup (LM) pinned Riley Chapman, 3:08
138 - Shea Hartzler (LM) pinned Mike Peters, 1:04
145 - Joel Northrup (LM) major dec. Alex Caldwell, 12-1
152 - Ross Lembeck (LM) dec. Dustin Caldwell, 5-3
160 - Dakota Digmann (LM) pinned Dillion Chase, 2:46
170 - Nick Hatheway (C) dec. Luke Wempen, 4-2
182 - Andrew Holladay (LM) major dec. Josiah Molina, 13-5
195 - Sam Nowak (LM) dec. Justin Guilliams, 8-4
220 - Justin Green (LM) dec. Rafeal Ramirez, 4-2 (OT)

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 06 February 2013 23:29 )  

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