DES MOINES - Eight Metro wrestlers rolled into the semifinals of the Class 3A wrestling tournament Friday night at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
Alijah Jeffery (120) of Linn-Mar, Damon Griffin (126) of Linn-Mar, Clint Lembeck (132) of Xavier, Nick Drahozal (145) of Xavier, Ross Lembeck (152) of Linn-Mar, Trey Blaha (152) of Prairie, Skyler St. John (160) of Prairie and Andrew Holladay (195) of Linn-Mar won their matches in the quarterfinals Friday to maintain hopes of winning a state crown.
Eight Metro wrestlers are alive in the consolation rounds with a shot at finishing third when the three-day tournament ends Saturday. Brenden Baker (106) of Jefferson, Noah Ajram (113) of Linn-Mar, Nolan Hrmidko (113) of Kennedy, Kyle Briggs (120) of Jefferson, Sam Uthoff (120) of Prairie, Matt Wempen (132) of Linn-Mar, Josh Wenger (138) of Prairie and Cole Turner (285) of Xavier have lost one match in the tournament and are fighting back for points.
All 16 of the Metro wrestlers who compete Friday night are assured of placing in the top-8 when the three-day tournament ends Saturday.
Six Metro wrestlers lost their second match Friday and were eliminated. Marcus England (106) of Prairie, Logen Rodriguez (126) of Kennedy, Tavian Rashed (145) of Jefferson, Sean Ickes (170) of Xavier, Josh Allen (182) of Jefferson and Dalton Kuehl (285) of Jefferson saw their seasons come to an end.
The Linn-Mar Lions traded spots with the Prairie Hawks in the standings and climbed into fourth place with 48.5 points. Prairie was fifth heading into Friday night's session with 37 points.
The surging Xavier Saints stood in 10th place with 26 points. Jefferson fell to 19th with 16.5 points.
Southeast Polk led the team standings with 78 points, followed by Bettendorf (73) and Waverly-Shell Rock (65).
Linn-Mar sent six wrestlers into action Friday night. Prairie had four, Xavier three, Jefferson two and Kennedy one. Linn-Mar had four wrestlers in the semifinals. Prairie and Xavier had two apiece.
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