Alijah Jeffery and Ross Lembeck highlighted a seven-pin performance by Linn-Mar wrestlers and the Lions routed Dowling Catholic, 53-18, Wednesday night in a Class 3A regional meet at Linn-Mar.

Linn-Mar (22-6) qualified for the state dual meet tournament next Wednesday (Feb. 19) at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

The Lions are seeded fifth and will meet fourth-seeded Prairie (20-3) in the quarterfinals at 9 a.m.

Jeffery pinned his Dowling foe in 34 seconds at 120 pounds and Lembeck recorded a 35-second fall at 152.

Lembeck's pin ended a string of seven straight match wins by Linn-Mar that built a 35-6 lead.

Emmanuel Jeffery at 138, Alexander Geers at 145, Shea Hartzler at 170, Andrew Holladay at 195 and Sam Nowak at 220 all recorded falls for Linn-Mar.

LINN-MAR 53, DOWLING CATHOLIC 18

106 - Jake Watters (DC) pinned Charlie Petersen, 1:52
113 - Noah Ajram (LM) dec. Nate Sheehy, 11-4
120 - Alijah Jeffery (LM) pinned Soren Khyl, :34
126 - Damon Griffin (LM) major dec. Caleb Murray, 11-3
132 - Matthew Wempen (LM) major dec. Merrick Purcell, 16-8
138 - Emmanuel Jeffery (LM) pinned Kaden Sauer, 3:24
145 - Alexander Geers (LM) pinned Marc Moon, 3:25
152 - Ross Lembeck (LM) pinned Ben McLuen, :35
160 - Isaiah Patton (DC) pinned Andrew Verhile, 3:14
170 - Shea Hartzler (LM) pinned Eli Gaul, 2:42
182 - Jared Jaeger (DC) dec. Brayden Schultz, 9-2
195 - Andrew Holladay (LM) pinned Rodney Harris, 3:44
220 - Sam Nowak (LM) pinned Carter Havekost, 3:42
285 - Eli Alger (DC) dec. Dallas McFarland, 4-2