Fri - 21 Feb
Written by Metro Sports Report
DES MOINES - Eight Metro wrestlers rolled into the semifinals of the Class 3A wrestling tournament Friday night at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
Alijah Jeffery (120) of Linn-Mar, Damon Griffin (126) of Linn-Mar, Clint Lembeck (132) of Xavier, Nick Drahozal (145) of Xavier, Ross Lembeck (152) of Linn-Mar, Trey Blaha (152) of Prairie, Skyler St. John (160) of Prairie and Andrew Holladay (195) of Linn-Mar won their matches in the quarterfinals Friday to maintain hopes of winning a state crown.
Eight Metro wrestlers are alive in the consolation rounds with a shot at finishing third when the three-day tournament ends Saturday. Brenden Baker (106) of Jefferson, Noah Ajram (113) of Linn-Mar, Nolan Hrmidko (113) of Kennedy, Kyle Briggs (120) of Jefferson, Sam Uthoff (120) of Prairie, Matt Wempen (132) of Linn-Mar, Josh Wenger (138) of Prairie and Cole Turner (285) of Xavier have lost one match in the tournament and are fighting back for points.
All 16 of the Metro wrestlers who compete Friday night are assured of placing in the top-8 when the three-day tournament ends Saturday.
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