Xavier Wrestling

3 Metro teams make wrestling poll

Jefferson, Prairie and Linn-Mar have been ranked in the top 10 of the initial Class 3A wrestling poll for the 2014-15 campaign.

The J-Hawks are ranked No. 3, Prairie is ranked No. 4 and Linn-Mar is ranked No. 7.

Southeast Polk is ranked No. 1 in Class 3A, followed by Bettendorf.

Jefferson has seven ranked wrestlers with Brenden Baker No. 2 at 113 pounds, Luke Sedlacek No. 3 at 160, Kyle Briggs No. 4 at 132, Dalton Kuehl No. 5 at 285, Kelly May No. 6 at 182, Tavian Rashed No. 7 at 152 and Joseph Sibomana No. 10 at 120.

Prairie features six ranked wrestlers with Marcus England No. 2 at 106 pounds, Josh Wenger No. 2 at 138, Sam Uthoff No. 3 at 126, Jarod Cadena No. 8 at 182, Jonah Manson No. 8 at 220 and Taylor Mehman No. 9 at 195.

Linn-Mar has five ranked grapplers with Shea Hartzler No. 2 at 160, Matt Wempen No. 3 at 145, Noah Ajram No. 5 at 120, Sam Nowak No. 6 at 220 and Toby Northrup No. 8 at 152.

The Xavier Saints have three ranked wrestlers with Clint Lembeck No. 2 at 132, Josh Gerke No. 6 at 126 and Jeff Vipond No. 9 at 106.

Kennedy has two ranked wrestlers with Nolan Hromidko No. 3 at 120 and Logen Rodriguez No. 5 at 145.

CLASS 3A TEAM RANKINGS
The Predicament

1. Southeast Polk, 2. Bettendorf, 3. Jefferson, 4. Prairie, 5. Iowa City West, 6. Fort Dodge, 7. Linn-Mar, 8. North Scott, 9. Dowling, 10. Council Bluffs Jefferson.

Saints forfeit 7 matches in loss

IOWA CITY - The Xavier Saints forfeited seven matches Thursday night and lost to fifth-ranked Iowa City West, 51-26, in a Mississippi Valley Conference wrestling meet in Iowa City.

Josh Gerke (132), Alex Francois (220) and Michael Maher (285) collected pins for Xavier. Clint Lembeck (138) won a technical fall.

IOWA CITY WEST 51, XAVIER 26

106 - Jeff Vipond (X) dec. Alex Aguirre, 6-3
113 - Aaron Stumpf (ICW) won by forfeit
120 - Hunter Davis (ICW) won by forfeit
126 - Nelson Brands (ICW) won by forfeit
132 - Josh Gerke (X) pinned Jeff Garbutt, 0:51
138 - Clint Lembeck (X) tech fall Tyler Yoerger, 18-2
145 - Carter Rohweder (ICW) won by forfeit
152 - Sam Cayler (ICW) won by forfeit
160 - Ben Bertell (ICW) won by forfeit
170 - Nathan Kelsay (ICW) def. Ryan Williams, 2-1
182 - Karl Ratner (ICW) won by forfeit
195 - Donovan Doyle (ICW) pinned Sam Meyers, 1:42
220 - Alex Francois (X) pinned Guy Snow, 0:55
285 - Michael Maher (X) pinned Blake Moser, 0:56

Baker, Lembeck, Turner take 3rd at state

DES MOINES - One guy was elated, another guy philosophical in defeat and the third guy sorely disappointed.

That's what happens when you finish third at the state wrestling tournament. The level of happiness - or sadness - depends on your point of view.

Cole Turner (285) of Xavier, Ross Lembeck (152) of Linn-Mar and Brenden Baker (106) of Jefferson all placed third at the Class 3A state meet at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines Saturday afternoon.

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4 Metro wrestlers eye state titles

DES MOINES - The Linn-Mar Lions and Prairie Hawks have staged a friendly battle for bragging rights in Metro wrestling for a number of years, usually taking turns at the top.

They'll settle this year's tussle at the Class 3A state tournament in Des Moines Saturday night.

Both Linn-Mar and Prairie will have two experienced grapplers in the championship round - although not against each other - and the results of those four matches could determine who finishes higher in the team standings.

The Lions enter the final day of the state tournament in fourth place with 73.5 points. The Hawks enter the final day in fifth place with 67 points, within striking distance.

Alijah Jeffery (120) and Andrew Holladay (195) will be going for the gold for Linn-Mar. Trey Blaha (152) and Skyler St. John (160) are in the finals for Prairie.

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