Xavier Wrestling

6 Metro wrestlers make 3A semifinals

DES MOINES - Six wrestlers from Metro high schools won their matches in the quarterfinals of the Class 3A state tournament Friday morning and will wrestle in the semifinals Friday night at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Sam Uthoff of Prairie (132), Clint Lembeck of Xavier (138), Josh Gehrke of Xavier (145), Logen Rodriguez of Kennedy (152), Shea Hartzler of Linn-Mar (160) and Taylor Mehmen of Prairie (195) are now two victories away from winning a coveted state title.

The Prairie Hawks are tied for fourth in the team standings with 39 points heading into Friday night's action. Kennedy is ninth with 31 points. Xavier is 19th with 19.5 points. Jefferson and Linn-Mar are tied for 20th with 20 points.

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17 Metro wrestlers win state openers

DES MOINES - Seventeen wrestlers from Metro schools won their opening-round matches at the Class 3A state tournament Thursday in Des Moines and advanced to the quarterfinals on Friday.

The Prairie Hawks finished with a 5-3 record in the first round with Conrad Braswell (106), Marcus England (113), Sam Uthoff (132), Morgan Hood (152) and Taylor Mehmen (195) all advancing. Tyler Pasker (220) lost in the first round, but bounced back in a consolation match and stayed alive in the tournament. Trenten Wennermark (126) and Alex Heisdorffer (285) dropped both of their matches for the Hawks and were eliminated.

Prairie is tied for third place in the team standings with 19.5 points with Johnston and West Des Moines Valley. Fort Dodge leads the Class 3A standings with 31 points, with Southeast Polk second at 28.

The Kennedy Cougars had an impressive day in the opening round with Nolan Hromidko (126), Logen Rodriguez (152), Ben Sarasin (160), Garrett Kubovec (170) and Dalles Jacobus (220) all prevailing in the Round of 16. Kennedy is tied for ninth in the team standings with 14 points after going 5-for-5 in their openers.

The Jefferson J-Hawks went 2-2 in the opening round with Joseph Sibomana (113) and Kyle Briggs (152) advancing. Brenden Baker (120) and Nick Dreckman (182) lost in the first round, but won in their wrestle-back to stay alive. The J-Hawks are in 17th place in the standings.

The Xavier Saints went 2-1 in the opening round with Clint Lembeck (138) and Josh Gerke (145) collecting pins. Keegan Schultschik (120) lost in the first round, but won his wrestle-back. The Saints are in 21st place.

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Xavier grapplers knock off Washington

The Dubuque Hempstead wrestling team beat Xavier 55-21 and Washington 64-12, and Xavier also beat Washington 52-21 in a Mississippi Valley Conference double-dual Thursday at Washington.

Clint Lembeck had two pins for Xavier at 138 pounds. Eric Rodriguez (195), Alex Francois (220), Peter Kennedy (106), Jaxson Konzen (113) and Josh Gerke (152) also had pins against Washington. Keegan Schultschik (120) had a pin against Hempstead.

Will Foreman had a pin at 126 against Hempstead for the Warriors.

DUBUQUE HEMPSTEAD 55, XAVIER 21
170 – Brandon Haas (DH) pinned Sam Lampe :24.
182 – Henry Tran (DH) dec. Kyle Krezec 5-4.
195 – Adam Rang (DH) pinned Eric Rodriguez 1:59.
220 – Alex Freiburger (DH) pinned Alex Francois 1:12.
285 – Gannon Gremmel (DH) won by forfeit.
106 – Dillon Gottschalk (DH) pinned Peter Kennedy :28.
113 – Jeff Vipond (X) dec. Joe Pins 5-2.
120 – Keegan Schultschik (X) pinned Hunter Foht 4:55.
126 – Jacob Faber (DH) won by forfeit.
132 – Nathan Feldman (DH) major dec. Garrett Ries 12-0.
138 – Clint Lembeck (X) pinned Landin Kramer 1:46.
145 – Alex Ward (DH) won by forfeit.
152 – Josh Gerke (X) won by forfeit.

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Lembeck, Gerke lead Xavier grapplers

IOWA CITY - Clint Lembeck and Josh Gerke finished with 5-0 records for the Xavier wrestling team Saturday at the Clyde Bean Dual Tournament at Iowa City High.

Lembeck collected four pins and a major decision while Gerke had four pins and a technical fall. Both of them were named to the all-tournament team.

Xavier finished with a 2-3 record in the tournament and placed fourth out of six teams. The Saints defeated Oskaloosa and Muscatine, with losses to Iowa City High, Decorah and Keokuk.

Alex Francois went 4-1 for the Saints with four pins. Keegan Schultschik and Tommy Pudil went 3-2. Schultschik had two pins.

XAVIER 54, OSKALOOSA 30

106 - Peter Kennedy (X) won by forfeit
113 - Jeff Vipond (X) pinned Josh Diehl, 4:43
120 - Talon Munger (O) pinned Jaxson Konzen, 1:59
126 - Keegan Schultschik (X) pinned Kaia Graham, 1:39
132 - Drew Sams (O) pinned JP Segura, 0:34
138 - Clint Lembeck (X) pinned Zaiyan Mamun, 0:43
145 - Christian Klein (X) won by forfeit
152 - Josh Gerke (X) pinned Andy Bonilla, 1:42
160 - Braden Beerbower (O) pinned Jon Bell, 2:20
170 - Jason Beebe (O) pinned Sam Lampe, 0:39
182 - Kyle Krezek (X) won by forfeit
195 - Erik Rodriguez (X) pinned Tyson Breuklander, 3:22
220 - Callan Tomlin (O) pinned Alex Francois, 2:48
285 - Tommy Pudil (X) won by forfeit

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