Cedar Rapids Jefferson senior Dalton Kuehl plans to enroll at Coe this summer to begin his college education and play football, but he's toying with the idea of wrestling for the Kohawks as well.

Based on what he's accomplished with the Jefferson wrestling team this season, it might be hard to walk away from the sport.

Kuehl collected a pin in 2 minutes, 50 seconds Wednesday night at 285 pounds to help the J-Hawks flatten 13th-ranked Western Dubuque, 46-15, in the Class 3A dual meet regional finals at Jefferson.

The sixth-ranked J-Hawks (13-4) will face third-ranked Johnston (23-4) in the quarterfinals of the state dual meet tournament next Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Kuehl is an accomplished football player, but he's also the second-ranked heavyweight in the state. It would be difficult to compete in both sports in college, but it can be done.

"I don't know," he said. "It's still up in the air."

Jefferson overpowered Western Dubuque and captured 10 of the 14 bouts. Kuehl, Seth Jellison (126), Matt Culver (145) and Luke Sedlacek (160) had pins for the J-Hawks and Brenden Baker (113) had a technical fall.

Joseph Sibomana (120) and Kyle Briggs (132) posted major decisions. Cody Clendenen (152), Nick Dreckman (182) and Kelly May (195) scored regular decisions for Jefferson.

The top eight teams in the IWCOA rankings all won in the regional finals Wednesday night. The state pairings will feature No. 1 Southeast Polk against No. 8 Dowling, No. 4 Prairie against No. 5 West Des Moines Valley, No. 2 Bettendorf against No. 7 North Scott, and No. 3 Johnston against No. 6 Jefferson.

Jefferson will face Bettendorf or North Scott in the semifinals Wednesday in the one-day tournament.

"It feels good," said Kuehl. "All our hard work has paid off. We're obviously not satisfied yet. Our goal is to place top-3 in the state."

Kuehl has become an elite wrestler this year and was modestly confident he could do it. "I don't want to sound cocky," he remarked. "As hard as I've worked, I think it's deserving."

Kuehl committed to the Coe football program a few weeks ago. "I just like the atmosphere there, a smaller college feel," he said. "The education I'll get there is a pretty big thing."

JEFFERSON 46, WESTERN DUBUQUE 15

160 - Luke Sedlacek (CRJ) pinned Jacob Burds, 5:47
170 - Max Lyon (WD) pinned Caleb Ziegenhorn, 1:49
182 - Nick Dreckman (CRJ) dec. Alex Wernimont, 5-0
195 - Kelly May (CRJ) dec. Ryan Kenneally, 5-1
220 - Dylan Hoefler (WD) dec. Erik Hovey, 5-4
285 - Dalton Kuehl (CRJ) pinned Aaron Costello, 2:50
106 - Collin Koerperich (WD) dec. Zach Main, 10-5
113 - Brenden Baker (CRJ) tech fall Bradan Birt, 16-1
120 - Joseph Sibomana (CRJ) major dec. Jacob Close, 13-3
126 - Seth Jellison (CRJ) pinned Quinn Mettert, 0:40
132 - Kyle Briggs (CRJ) major dec. Bailey Thurm, 11-1
138 - Dain Gansen (WD) dec. Dylan Pappas, 3-0
145 - Matt Culver (CRJ) pinned Jackson Healey, 3:20
152 - Cody Clendenen (CRJ) dec. Mitch McAndrew, 7-3