Kennedy Wrestling

5 Seasons Duals set for Saturday

The 2015 Five Seasons Dual Team Wrestling Tournament will be held at Kennedy High School this Saturday with a new format.

The tournament has been condensed to 10 teams and all of the matches will be held at Kennedy. Washington High School previously served as co-host, but the Warriors have withdrawn from the event.

Kennedy, Prairie, Linn-Mar, Alburnett, Bettendorf, Iowa City West, Iowa City High, Pleasant Valley, Urbandale and West Delaware are competing this year. The teams have been divided into two pools and each team will have four pool matches.

Bettendorf, Prairie, Iowa City West, Kennedy and Urbandale are in one pool. Pleasant Valley, Alburnett, Linn-Mar, West Delaware and Iowa City High have been assigned to the other pool.

The tournament is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m., with the championship round set for approximately 5 p.m. The two pool champions will meet for the title and there also will be matches for 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th place.

Kennedy grapplers trim City High

IOWA CITY - The eighth-ranked Kennedy wrestling team collected five pins Thursday night and topped Iowa City High, 39-31, in a Mississippi Valley Conference dual meet in Iowa City.

Blaine Morton (120), Gaige Allen (126), Noah Cunningham (138), Trevor Wieland (160) and Cameron Jones (182) had quick pins for the Cougars. None of their matches lasted more than 2 1/2 minutes.

Todd Gusta won an 8-3 decision at 170 for Kennedy.

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J-Hawks stick Cougars, Rams

DUBUQUE - Dalton Kuehl, Seth Jellison, Matt Culver and Tavian Rashed were double-winners on the mat Thursday night as the Jefferson J-Hawks defeated Kennedy and Dubuque Senior in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet in Dubuque.

Jefferson clipped Kennedy, 52-19, and rolled by Dubuque Senior, 69-6. Kennedy knocked off Dubuque Senior, 51-21.

Jefferson finished the regular season with an undefeated record against Iowa teams in dual meets.

Kuehl and Culver had two pins for the J-Hawks. Jellison and Rashed both had a technical fall and a pin.

Logen Rodriguez collected two pins for Kennedy. Garrett Kubovec also won two matches for the Cougars.

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Wempen lifts Lions by Cougars

Matt Wempen defeated Logen Rodriguez in the final bout of the match Thursday night to give Linn-Mar a 32-31 victory over Kennedy in a Mississippi Valley Conference wrestling meet at Linn-Mar.

Wempen trimmed Rodriguez, 8-4, at 145 points to give Linn-Mar three points and the verdict.

Manny Jeffery (160) and Alex Streicher (132) had pins for Linn-Mar. Toby Northrup (152) collected a technical fall for the Lions.

Shaun Beyer (195) and Dalles Jacobus (220) had pins for Kennedy. Nolan Hromidko had a technical fall for the Cougars.

Linn-Mar also defeated Cedar Falls, 51-17.