![Linn-Mar's Dakota Digmann is fired up after pinning Clinton's Dillion Chase in their 160-pound bout of Wednesday's Class 3A regional dual meet at Linn-Mar. The Lions rolled to a 48-12 victory. (Photo by Margaret O'Banion)](/images/resized/images/photos/linn-mar/02_200_151.jpg)
Linn-Mar whips Clinton in regionals
Linn-Mar survived an upset of Alijah Jeffery at 120 pounds and squashed Clinton, 48-12, Wednesday night in Class 3A regional dual meet tournament wrestling.
Linn-Mar (26-7) advances to the state dual meet tournament next Wednesday at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. The No.5 Lions will face No.4 Waverly-Shell Rock (20-2) in the first round at 9 a.m. No.1 Southeast Polk (26-0) or No.8 Pleasant Valley (25-10) awaits in the next round. The other qualifiers are Prairie (31-2), West Des Moines Dowling (15-2), Bettendorf (9-1) and Ankeny (29-1).
Clinton (12-3) picked up wins from Jake Oldaker at 285 pounds in the first match of the evening. The River Kings, ranked No.10, also got wins from Hunter Genco (120) and Nick Hatheway (170).
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