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Hansen sparks Prairie by City High

Sawyer Hansen rolled a 223 game and 404 series Friday to help Prairie top Iowa City High, 2903-2573, in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet at Lancer Lanes.

Matt Galloro had a 200 game for Prairie (2-6).

Kolby Melsha of Iowa City High (0-8) matched Hansen with a 404 series to share top honors.

IOWA CITY HIGH: Logan Crawford 143-175 = 318, Austin Young 141-171 = 312, Kolby Melsha 183-221 = 404, Adam Fiagle 157-161 = 318, Paul Sirena 152-129 = 281, Garrett Highly 210-156 = 366.

PRAIRIE: Sam Michaud 171-177 = 348, Matt Galloro 200-168 = 368, Zach Zimmerman 179-174 = 353, Lucas Galloro 183-168 = 351, Walker Hunt 170-163 = 333, Sawyer Hansen 181-223 = 404.

Iowa City High: 1718 + 855 = 2573
Prairie: 1824 + 1079 = 2903

Wenger helps Prairie pin Linn-Mar

Josh Wenger has enjoyed an extraordinary week with the Cedar Rapids Prairie wrestling team.

It began this past Saturday, when Wenger broke the school record for victories and helped the Hawks capture the Geneseo Invitational in Illinois.

On Monday, he visited Grand View University in Des Moines and accepted an offer to wrestle for the three-time defending NAIA champions next year as a freshman in college.

On Thursday night, he collected a technical fall to help the fourth-ranked Hawks flatten No. 16 Linn-Mar, 52-22, in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet in the Linn-Mar gym.

That's a pretty good six-day stretch for someone who is devoted to his sport.

"He's a pretty special kid," said Prairie Coach Blake Williams.

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Prairie matmen ranked 4th by IWCOA

Cedar Rapids Prairie is ranked fourth in Class 3A in the new dual meet rankings by the Iowa Wrestling Coaches Association (IWCOA).

Cedar Rapids Jefferson is ranked seventh and Linn-Mar is 16th.

TThe top 24 teams will compete in the dual meet regional tournament on Feb. 11, based on new rankings at that time with the top eight teams receiving byes. The top eight teams will host a one-night regional, facing the winner of a match between two lower seeds The eight regional winners will advance to the state dual meet tournament in Des Moines on Feb. 18.

IWCOA RANKINGS
Through Jan. 21
CLASS 3A

1. Southeast Polk (17-0), 2. Bettendorf (15-3), 3. Johnston (20-2), 4. Prairie (17-4), 5. West Des Moines Valley (15-2), 6. Dowling (11-3), 7. Jefferson (9-4), 8. North Scott (17-7), 9. Iowa City West (14-7), 10. Sioux City North (18-1).

11. Fort Dodge (5-4), 12. Western Dubuque (22-8), 13. Norwalk (16-2) 14. Hempstead (13-5), 15. Waverly-Shell Rock (7-6), 16. Linn-Mar (17-12), 17. Council Bluffs Jefferson (11-2), 18. Lewis Central (14-9), 19. Pleasant Valley (14-16), 20. Glenwood (9-1).

21. Fort Madison (7-4), 22. Clinton (9-4), 23. LeMars (12-4), 24. Ankeny Centennial (5-6).

No.8 North Scott tops Prairie

ELDRIDGE - Marlon Stewart and Cortez Seales scored 18 points apiece Tuesday night as eighth-ranked North Scott downed Cedar Rapids Prairie, 70-49, in a non-conference game in Eldridge.

JoJo Simpson scored 14 points for Prairie (5-7).

North Scott led by only five points at halftime, 32-27, before pulling away. Grant Grahm added 14 points for the Lancers (9-3).