DUBUQUE - Prairie dusted off Kennedy and Dubuque Hempstead to finish in a tie with Linn-Mar for the Mississippi Valley Conference Valley Division wrestling title Thursday night at Hempstead.

The Hawks (24-3, 12-1) clobbered Kennedy 53-22 and pummelled Hempstead 62-13.

Prairie may have suffered a blow to its state dual meet title hopes, however. Josh Wenger, the Hawks' 126-pounder, had to default because of injury in his match against Kennedy's Nathan Waterhouse.

Prairie had seven falls against Kennedy. Trey Blaha (138), Skyler St. John (145), River Whitters (160), Cam Rathje (170), Jarod Cadena (182), Casey Becker (195), Jesse Hynek (220) and Sam Uthoff (106) all had pins.

The Hawks had seven more falls against Hempstead, all by the same wrestlers. Nick Hogan (152) had a technical fall.

Kennedy was beaten by Hempstead, 37-25.

PRAIRIE 53, KENNEDY 22

138 - Trey Blaha (CRP) pinned AJ Losch, 1:14
145 - Skyler St. John (CRP) tech. fall Austen Winders, 2:00 (20-4)
152 - Shaun Beyer (CRK) pinned Nick Hogan, 5:17
160 - River Whitters (CRP) pinned Andrew Stastny, 1:15
170 - Cam Rathje (CRP) pinned Riley Ovenshire, :29
182 - Jarod Cadena (CRP) pinned Nick Polum, 4:44
195 - Casey Becker (CRP) pinned Mason Jacobs, 1:02
220 - Jesse Hynek (CRP) pinned Zack Goodall, 1:40
285 - Andrew Netolicky (CRP) won by forfeit
106 - Sam Uthoff (CRP) pinned Dylan Elsbery, :38
113 - Logen Rodriguez (CRK) major dec. Zack Fiser, 14-5
120 - Taylor Moss (CRK) dec. Jayden Flege, 6-4
126 - Nathan Waterhouse (CRK) won by injury default Josh Wenger, 1:45
132 - James Ruzicka (CRK) dec. Seth Wennermark, 8-2

PRAIRIE 62, HEMPSTEAD 13

145 - Skyler St. John (CRP) pinned Adam Hancock, 1:46
152 - Nick Hogan (CRP) tech. fall Mitch Pfohl, 4:44 (16-0)
160 - River Whitters (CRP) pinned Kevin Pape, 1:09
170 - Cam Rathje (CRP) pinned Carter Daack, 3:08
182 - Jarod Cadena (CRP) pinned Ernest Harris, 5:55
195 - Casey Becker (CRP) pinned Nick Wissing, 1:30
220 - Gannon Gremmel (DH) major dec. Jesse Hynek, 11-3
285 - Andrew Netolicky (CRP) won by forfeit
106 - Sam Uthoff (CRP) pinned Riley Mohr, :59
113 - Zack Fiser (CRP) won by forfeit
120 - Ian Hurst (DH) tech. fall Jonah Nassif, 4:28 (18-3)
126 - Kaleb Phillips (DH) major dec. Austin Erlandson, 13-5
132 - Seth Wennermark (CRP) dec. Jacob Duccini, 5-2
138 - Trey Blaha (CRP) pinned Cody Callahan, 1:43