Lions roar past Prairie; finish 5th at Waterloo
WATERLOO -- Linn-Mar won all three of its meets Saturday to capture fifth place at the Battle of Waterloo dual meet wrestling tournament at the Young Arena.
The No. 9 Lions avenged a loss to No. 5 Cedar Rapids Prairie the Hawks hung on them at last Saturday's Five Season Duals in Cedar Rapids. Linn-Mar won eight of the 14 weight classes with two pins, a technical fall and two major decisions mixed in and beat Prairie, 34-22.
The Lions opened the day with a 37-21 win over No. 7 Mason City and closed it with a 50-19 rout of Nashua-Plainfield. Linn-Mar was 5-1 in the two-day event. The Lions also swept a pair of Mississippi Valley Conference meets Thursday at Dubuque, giving them a three-day mark of 7-1.
Andrew Holladay (170) and and Matt Wempen (106) had pins for Linn-Mar against Prairie. Ross Lembeck had a technical fall at 145 and Josh Pederson and John Connor had major decisions at 152 and 160, respectively.
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