Xavier Wrestling

Vipond, Lembeck win mat titles

MOUNT VERNON - Jeff Vipond and Clint Lembeck of Xavier won individual titles at the Mount Vernon wrestling tournament Saturday.

Vipond claimed the 113-pound title with a 5-2 victory over Gannon Cook of East Buchanan. Lembeck captured the 138-pound crown with a 13-1 major decision over Cooper White of West Marshall.

Josh Gerke placed second at 145 pounds for the Saints.

The Marion Indians saw Colin Conway finish second at 152, Caleb Conway place third at 145 and Brady Bartz finish fourth at 160.

Davenport Assumption won the team championship. Xavier placed fifth out of 13 teams and Marion was 10th.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Davenport Assumption 210, 2. Lisbon 202, 3. Mount Vernon 194.5, 4. West Liberty 161, 5. Xavier 143, 6. West Marshall 115.5, 7. East Buchanan 89, 8. Sigourney-Keota 86.5, 9. Mid-Prairie 78, 10. Marion 69, 11. Beckman Catholic 67, 12. Louisa-Muscatine 33, 13. Anamosa 24.

No. 8 Cougars pin Xavier Saints

The eighth-ranked Kennedy Cougars collected seven pins Thursday night and topped Xavier, 48-30, in a Mississippi Valley Conference dual wrestling meet at Kennedy.

Eli Benion (106), Austin McLeod (126), Nolan Hromidko (132), Logen Rodriguez (152), Ben Sarasin (160), Garrett Kubovec (182) and Sam Pape (195) had pins for the Cougars. McLeod, Hromidko, Rodriguez, Sarasin and Kubovec got their pins in less than 60 seconds.

Clint Lembeck (138), Josh Gerke (145) and Alex Francois (220) had pins for Xavier. Lembeck, who is ranked No. 1 at 138, posted his pin in 33 seconds.

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Prairie grapplers win Independence title

INDEPENDENCE - Cedar Rapids Prairie crowned three champions and captured top honors at the Independence wrestling tournament Saturday.

Marcus England, Sam Uthoff and Taylor Mehmen came home with titles for the Hawks.

England pinned Kyle Prewitt of Christian Brothers College in 1:46 for the crown at 113 pounds. Uthoff pinned Chase Lienhard of Crestwood in 3:20 for the championship at 132 pounds. Mehmen trimmed Matt McMillan of Independence, 9-7, in overtime for the title at 195.

Clint Lembeck of Xavier won the 138-pound title with a 10-4 victory over Drew Davis of Independence in the finals.

Johnny Clymer of Linn-Mar won the 145-pound crown with a 4-3 victory over Josh Gerke of Xavier.

Prairie claimed the team championship with 223.5 points. Crestwood finished second with 159 points. Linn-Mar placed sixth and Xavier finished seventh out of 12 squads.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Prairie 223.5, 2. Crestwood 159, 3. Independence 145.5, 4. Alburnett 139.5, 5. Christian Brothers College 130, 6. Linn-Mar 128, 7. Xavier 122.5, 8. Hampton-Dumont 119, 9. Osage 113, 10. North Fayette 104, 11. Algona 68, 12. Chariton 28.5.

Saints pinned by Iowa City West

The Xavier wrestling team opened the match with three pins, but the Saints lost to Iowa City West 53-23 in a Mississippi Valley Conference dual meet Thursday at Xavier.

Jeff Vipond pinned Keaton Speicher in 1 minute, 38 seconds at 113 pounds for the Saints, Keegan Schultschik pinned Hunter Davis in 1:53 at 120, and Patrick Chambers pinned Miguel Parades in 28 seconds at 126.

Xavier’s Clint Lembeck added a 16-1 technical fall in 2:21 over Jeff Garbutt at 138, but the Trojans won every other match. Lembeck is ranked No. 1 in the state.

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