Washington Wrestling

Burkle's pin lifts Warriors past Marion

Tyler Burkle pinned Jacob Ottaway at 170 pounds in the meet's final match to lift Cedar Rapids Washington past Marion, 34-33, Tuesday night in prep wrestling at Marion.

Marion had taken a 33-28 lead in the penultimate bout at 160 pounds when the Indians' Jack Serbousek stuck Washington's Mason Gee in 1 minute.

Washington also got pins from Patrick Reirdan at 220 and Trey Schuler at 132. Marion got an additional pin from Colin Conway at 138.

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Gillis qualifies for state mat meet

Linn-Mar wrestling coach Doug Streicher never panicked when the Lions kept losing to Cedar Rapids Prairie during the season.

He knew he had a potent lineup that could accomplish great things this season once it was healthy and fully assembled.

They proved it Saturday.

Linn-Mar topped Prairie for the Class 3A district title with an impressive performance Saturday and qualified a school-record 12 grapplers for the state meet.

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Warrior wrestlers drop a pair

IOWA CITY - Trey Schuler had a pair of pins, but Washington lost of wrestling meets Thursday at Iowa City West.

Washington (6-13, 3-10) was beaten by Dubuque Senior, 48-31, and Iowa City West, 60-13.

The Warriors won six matches, four by fall, against Senior. Besides Schuler at 120, JP Mercado (145), Noah Fox (195) and Zac Gillis (285) also had pins. Devin Dills (126) won by major decision.

Washington forfeited eight of the 14 matches against West. They split the six matches that were contested. Schuler had a pin, Jared Eicher (152) won by major decision and Gillis won a sudden victory match.

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Burkle's fall lets Warriors beat Wahawks

Washington's Tyler Burkle pinned Waterloo West's John Ramirez at 160 pounds in the final bout of the meet to lift the Warriors past the Wahawks, 39-33, Thursday night at Washington.

The Warriors later lost to Linn-Mar, 70-12. Linn-Mar also beat Waterloo West, 62-14.

Washington trailed West 33-27 after the Wahawks' Jacob Showalter pinned JP Mercado at 145 pounds.

Jared Eicher's fall at 152 tied the match for the Warriors and set the stage for Burkle, who flattened Ramirez in 1:43.

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