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.

In a battle of ranked wrestlers, Prairie's Josh Wenger stuck the Lions' Alijah Jeffery in 3:35 at 113 pounds. The Hawks' Chris Walters had a major decision at 120.

Linn-Mar won nine bouts in disposing of Mason City. The Lions got pins from Trevor Berry at 126, AJ Garcia at 220 and Jeffery at 113.

Lembeck, Ryley Stancel (195), Garcia and Jeffery had pins against Nashua-Plainfield. Wempen and Joel Northrup (138) recorded technical falls and Damon Griffin (120) had a major decision.

Prairie started the day with a 40-33 win over Nashua-Plainfield. The Hawks won the last two bouts to pull out the win. Wenger had a pin at 113 to put the Hawks ahead, 36-33, and Walters closed out the meet with a major decision at 120.

Prairie trailed 27-12 when consecutive pins by Austin Gould at 195, Trent Schulte at 220 and Andrew Netolicky at 285 vaulted it back into the lead at 30-27. Nashua-Plainfield went back ahead, 33-30, when Blake Dietz decked Zack Fiser at 106.

Prairie ran out of gas in its final meet and was pummelled by Mason City, 43-16. Wenger and Jayden Flege (126) had pins for the Hawks.

Iowa City West beat West Delaware, 39-36, to win the championship. Dakota Bauer's technical fall in the meet's final bout gave the Trojans the win.

LINN-MAR 34, PRAIRIE 22

132 - Joel Northrup (LM) dec. Zach Becicka, 6-0
138 - River Whitters (CRP) dec. Spencer Clabough, 7-4
145 - Ross Lembeck (LM) tech. fall Skyler St. John, 15-0
152 - Josh Pederson (LM) major dec. Jamie Day, 10-0
160 - John Connor (LM) major dec. Jarod Cadena, 12-2
170 - Andrew Holladay (LM) pinned Jesse Hynek, 1:25
182 - Austin Gould (CRP) dec. Mark Atwater, 6-4
195 - Ryley Stancel (LM) dec. Trent Schulte, 5-1
220 - Andrew Netolicky (CRP) dec. AJ Garcia, 3-2
285 - Justin Green (LM) dec. Riley Cooling, 6-1
106 - Matt Wempen (LM) pinned Zack Fiser, 3:06
113 - Josh Wenger (CRP) pinned Alijah Jeffery, 3:35
120 - Chris Walters (CRP) major dec. Damon Griffin, 15-6
126 - Jayden Flege (CRP) dec. Trevor Berry, 5-3

PRAIRIE 40, NASHUA-PLAINFIELD 33

126 - Zac Reams (NP) pinned Jayden Flege, 1:52
132 - Zach Becicka (CRP) dec. Jesse Bendickson, 7-4
138 - Cody Marks (NP) dec. River Whitters, 9-3
145 - Skyler St. John (CRP) pinned Reece Reams, 3:17
152 - Christian Miller (NP) pinned Jarod Cadena, 3:53
160 - Taylor Wedeking (NP) pinned Steven Wallace, 3:57
170 - Cam Rathje (CRP) dec. Zach Holthaus, 9-6
182 - Andy Glaser (NP) pinned Jesse Hynek, :33
195 - Austin Gould (CRP) pinned Dakota Hurd, 4:35
220 - Trent Schulte (CRP) pinned Zade McCall, :38
285 - Andrew Netolicky (CRP) pinned Zachary Woodman, 1:33
106 - Blake Dietz (NP) pinned Zack Fiser, 3:33
113 - Josh Wenger (CRP) pinned Jacob Eick, :19
120 - Chris Walters (CRP) major dec. Jake Greer, 20-9

LINN-MAR 37, MASON CITY 21

126 - Trevor Berry (LM) pinned Will Siglin, 1:11
132 - Joel Northrup (LM) dec. Andrew Bartel, 3-2
138 - Blake Spotts (MC) pinned Spencer Clabough, :54
145 - Ross Lembeck (LM) dec. Dillon Coe, 8-4
152 - Josh Pederson (LM) dec. Austin Voves, 3-2
160 - Max Krieger (MC) dec. John Connor, 5-0
170 - Andrew Holladay (LM) major dec. Stone Sturges, 9-1
182 - Jared Bartel (MC) won by forfeit
195 - Mark Atwater (LM) dec. Will Slaven, 8-4
220 - AJ Garcia (LM) pinned Tom Schiffer, 1:24
285 - Dakota Alexander (MC) dec. Justin Green, 2-1 (OT)
106 - Matt Wempen (LM) dec. Kaz Onoo, 3-2
113 - Alijah Jeffery (LM) pinned Matt Tornquist, 1:43
120 - Andres Gonzalez (MC) dec. Damon Griffin, 7-1

MASON CITY 43, PRAIRIE 16

138 - Blake Spotts (MC) major dec. River Whitters, 13-3
145 - Dillon Coe (MC) dec. Skyler St. John, 6-5
152 - Austin Voves (MC) dec. Jamie Day, 11-8
160 - Max Krieger (MC) pinned Jarod Cadena, 3:30
170 - Stone Sturges (MC) dec. Jesse Hynek, 12-6
182 - Jared Bartel (MC) dec. Austin Gould, 3-0
195 - Will Slaven (MC) dec. Trent Schulte, 5-2
220 - Andrew Netolicky (CRP) major dec. Tom Schiffer, 12-0
285 - Dakota Alexander (MC) dec. Connor Nolan, 1-0
106 - Kaz Onoo (MC) pinned Zack Fiser, 1:19
113 - Josh Wenger (CRP) pinned Matt Tornquist, :24
120 - Andres Gonzalez (MC) dec. Chris Walters, 5-3
126 - Jayden Flege (CRP) pinned Will Siglin, :34
132 - Andrew Bartel (MC) pinned Zach Becicka, 5:22


LINN-MAR 50, NASHUA-PLAINFIELD 19

138 -Cody Marks (NP) pinned Spencer Clabough, 1:15
145 - Ross Lembeck (LM) pinned Reece Reams, 1:54
152 - Christian Miller (NP) major dec. Josh Pederson, 11-0
160 - Taylor Wedeking (NP) dec. John Connor, 3-1 (OT)
170 - Andrew Holladay (LM) dec. Zach Holthaus, 6-0
182 - Andy Glaser (NP) won by forfeit
195 - Ryley Stancel (LM) pinned Dakota Hurd, 4:34
220 - Justin Green (LM) won by injury default Zade McCall
285 - AJ Garcia (LM) pinned Zachary Woodman, :30
106 - Matt Wempen (LM) tech. fall Blake Dietz, 16-1
113 - Alijah Jeffery (LM) pinned Shane Usher, 1:28
120 - Damon Griffin (LM) major dec. Jake Greer, 17-7
126 - Trevor Berry (LM) dec. Zac Reams, 11-4
132 - Joel Northrup (LM) tech. fall Jesse Bendickson, 18-3