Jefferson Wrestling

Prairie, Jeff matmen fall in semifinals

DES MOINES - The Cedar Rapids Prairie and Cedar Rapids Jefferson wrestling teams got off to promising starts at the Class 3A State Duals Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Both teams prevailed against strong competition in the opening round, then both clubs smacked into brick walls in the semifinals.

The Prairie Hawks were socked by top-ranked Southeast Polk in the semifinals, 56-12, and the Jefferson J-Hawks lost to second-ranked Bettendorf, 44-29.

Prairie and Jefferson advanced to the "Battle of Southwest Cedar Rapids" for third place Wednesday night, while Southeast Polk and Bettendorf were headed for a showdown for the title.

Prairie dumped fifth-ranked West Des Moines Valley, 35-23, in the opening round Wednesday. Jefferson bumped off third-ranked Johnston, 33-19, for a pair of satisfying victories over CIML clubs.

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J-Hawks win district, send 8 to state

WAVERLY – The Jefferson wrestling team won the Class 3A district meet with 214 points Saturday at Waverly-Shell Rock and qualified eight wrestlers for the state tournament, which opens Thursday in Des Moines.

The J-Hawks finished with 214 points. Kennedy was fourth with 152.5 points and sent three wrestlers to state. Washington finished eighth with 30 points and did not have a state qualifier.

Jefferson crowned three champions. Zach Main won a 7-4 decision over Waverly-Shell Rock’s Derick Wyatt at 106 pounds, Kelly May pinned Waterloo West’s Sam Gerst in 1 minute and Dalton Kuehl won a 7-2 decision over Waterloo East’s Omar Begic.

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J-Hawks pin Bobcats, make state duals

Cedar Rapids Jefferson senior Dalton Kuehl plans to enroll at Coe this summer to begin his college education and play football, but he's toying with the idea of wrestling for the Kohawks as well.

Based on what he's accomplished with the Jefferson wrestling team this season, it might be hard to walk away from the sport.

Kuehl collected a pin in 2 minutes, 50 seconds Wednesday night at 285 pounds to help the J-Hawks flatten 13th-ranked Western Dubuque, 46-15, in the Class 3A dual meet regional finals at Jefferson.

The sixth-ranked J-Hawks (13-4) will face third-ranked Johnston (23-4) in the quarterfinals of the state dual meet tournament next Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

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J-Hawks stick Cougars, Rams

DUBUQUE - Dalton Kuehl, Seth Jellison, Matt Culver and Tavian Rashed were double-winners on the mat Thursday night as the Jefferson J-Hawks defeated Kennedy and Dubuque Senior in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet in Dubuque.

Jefferson clipped Kennedy, 52-19, and rolled by Dubuque Senior, 69-6. Kennedy knocked off Dubuque Senior, 51-21.

Jefferson finished the regular season with an undefeated record against Iowa teams in dual meets.

Kuehl and Culver had two pins for the J-Hawks. Jellison and Rashed both had a technical fall and a pin.

Logen Rodriguez collected two pins for Kennedy. Garrett Kubovec also won two matches for the Cougars.

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