AMES - Sam Uthoff and Taylor Mehmen of Cedar Rapids Prairie captured individual titles at the Jack Mendenhall Invitational wrestling tournament in Ames Saturday.

Uthoff raised his record to 20-0 by taking top honors at 132 pounds with a 10-2 victory over Grant Stotts of West Des Moines Valley in the finals. Uthoff collected two quick pins in the tournament in 40 and 59 seconds.

Mehmen raised his record to 22-1 by winning the 195-pound class with a 10-5 verdict over Brenden Wheeler of Omaha Skutt Catholic in the finals. Mehmen also had two pins in the tournament and won another match by injury default.

West Des Moines Valley won the tournament with 211 points. Prairie finished second with 174 points and Cedar Rapids Kennedy was third with 149 points.

Prairie received second-place finishes from Conrad Braswell (106) and Marcus England (113). Tyler Pasker finished fourth at 220 for the Hawks. Chase St. John (138), Casey Hogan (145), Morgan Hood (160) and Preston LaGrange (182) placed fifth for Prairie.

The Kennedy Cougars got second-place showings from Dylan Ironside (138), Garrett Kubovec (182) and Dalles Jacobus (220). Nolan Hromidko (132), Logen Rodriguez (152) and Ben Sarasin (160) finished third. Matt Murphy placed fifth at 285.

Jacobus lost to Rocky Lombardi of West Des Moines Valley, 7-2, in the finals at 220. Lombardi transferred from Cedar Rapids Washington to Valley prior to his freshman year in high school and is the son of former Washington football coach Tony Lombardi.

Team Standings

1. West Des Moines Valley 211, 2. Prairie 174, 3. Kennedy 149, 4. Indianola 133.5, 5. Omaha Skutt Catholic 132, 6. Dowling Catholic 130, 7. Clarion 128.5, 9. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 110, 10. Ames 82, 11. Perry 64.5, 12. Carroll 63, 13. OA-BCIG 55, 14. Ballard 51, 15. Boone 36, 16. Aplington-Parkersburg 24, 17. Nevada 14.