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No.5 Kohawks trim Central, 23-16

PELLA - Coe heavyweight Kirk Owens pinned Jamie Miranda Thursday night to give the fifth-ranked Kohawks a 23-16 victory over Central College in an Iowa Conference dual meet at the Kuyper Gym in Pella.

The Kohawks won the meet even though fourth-ranked Ryan Sheldon lost at 184 pounds and third-ranked Donnie Horner was upset at 197.

Brody Beck collected a pin for Coe at 157 pounds. Farai Sewera won by technical fall at 165. Luke Kremer (141) and Josh Donkle (149) won decisions for the Kohawks.

COE 23, CENTRAL 16

125 - Daniel Page (Central) dec. Jan Rosenberg, 10-3

133 - Aaron Anderson (Central) major dec. Mike Gussarson, 12-4

141 - Luke Kremer (Coe) dec. Jordan Richardson, 7-5

149 - Josh Donkle (Coe) def. Ryan Vandall, 3-2

157 - Brody Beck (Coe) pinned Mike O'Connor, 3:45

165 - Farai Sewera (Coe) tech fall Dillon Anderson, 5:55 (18-1)

174 - Sam Apland (Central) dec. Garrett Kelsen, 4-3

184 - Tyler Lowy (Central) dec. Ryan Sheldon, 5-2

197 - Matt Seabold (Central) dec. Donnie Horner, 6-5

285 - Kirk Owens (Coe) pinned Jamie Miranda, 6:30

Sheldon, Horner lead Coe wrestlers

DECORAH - Ryan Sheldon and Donnie Horner paced the Coe wrestling team at the Luther Open in Decorah Saturday.

Sheldon compiled a 3-1 record and finished second at 184 pounds. He lost to Sam Brooks of Iowa, 18-3, in the finals.

Horner went 4-1 and placed third at 197 pounds. He won his first two matches before losing to Nathan Burak of Iowa, 16-7, and then came back with two more victories in the consolation bracket.

Mike Gussarson placed fifth at 133 pounds with a 3-2 record for the Kohawks in the first meet of the season.

Jan Rosenberg went 1-2 at 125 pounds, Luke Kremer was 0-2 at 141, Josh Donkle wsa 2-2 at 149, TJ Morrell was 0-2 at 149, Nik Ramirez was 0-2 at 157, Ryan Donovan went 0-2 at 165, Garrett Kelson was 2-2 at 174, Michael Rathbun was 0-2 at 184, Kirk Owens was 2-2 at 285 and Creighton Fox went 1-2 at 285.

The Kohawks are ranked fifth in NCAA Division III.

Kohawks take 4th at NCAA wrestling

John Oostendorp learned a few things about sustained excellence during his years as an All-American wrestler for Dan Gable at the University of Iowa.

He's carried those lessons with him to Coe College as their successful head coach the past 13 years.

The Kohawks cannot match the Iowa Hawkeyes in terms of NCAA wrestling titles, but they've performed at a high level under Oostendorp for a long time now.

Coe did it again Saturday night, finishing fourth at the NCAA Division III national tournament at the U.S. Cellular Center in downtown Cedar Rapids, extending an impressive streak that began in 2008.

In six of the last seven years, the Kohawks have finished fifth or better at the NCAA tournament on six occasions. They placed fourth in 2008, fourth in 2009, fourth in 2010, fifth in 2001, third in 2012 and now fourth again.

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Boyer aims to finish career with NCAA title

When you spot a wrestler named Dimitri, you expect to meet someone from Russia.

Not this guy.

Dimitri Boyer is from Eddyville, a small town in southeast Iowa of about 1,024 folks down by Oskaloosa and Ottumwa. He was a two-time state champion at Eddyville-Blakesburg High School, where he fashioned an impressive 180-12 record before enrolling at Coe College four years ago.

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