Kennedy Wrestling

Wenger powers Prairie to Geneseo title

GENESEO, Ill. – Josh Wenger broke the Prairie wrestling team’s all-time record for wins and was named Outstanding Wrestler of the lightweights to lead the Prairie Hawks to a first-place finish Saturday at the Geneseo Invitational.

Prairie scored 186½ points to win the 18-team tournament by 31 points. Kennedy was seventh with 114.

Wenger won the 138-pound title for Prairie and now has 152 wins in his career. Sam Uthoff won the 126 title for his 100th career win.

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Uthoff, Wenger lead Prairie wrestlers to win

AMES – The Prairie wrestling team won two individual titles and scored 206 points for first place at the Mendenhall Invitational. Kennedy was 10th with 88 points.

Sam Uthoff won the 126-pound title for the Prairie Hawks, beating OABCIG in a 5-0 decision. Josh Wenger also won the 138 title with a 10-2 major decision over Ben Sarasin of Kennedy.

Taylor Mehmen was second at 195 for Prairie.

Team scores

1. Prairie 206; 2. West Des Moines Valley 199½; 3. Clarion-Goldfield 163½; 4. Waverly-Shell Rock 150½; 5. Ballard 136½; 6. Ames 134; 7. West Des Dowling 112; 8. Indianola 105; 9. Seargent Bluff Lutton 102; 10.  Kennedy 88; 11. OABCIG 79; 12. Applington Parkersburg 70½; 13. Perry 43½; 14. Carroll 34; 15. Boone 33½; 16. Council Bluffs St. Albert 11; 17. Nevada 8.

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Jambois sparks Kennedy bowlers by Rams

James Jambois had a big 492 series Thursday as the Kennedy Cougars topped Dubuque Senior, 3099 to 2962, in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet at the Cedar Rapids Bowling Center.

Jambois had games of 234 and 258.

Doug Svoboda rolled a 450 series for Kennedy with games of 234 and 216. Mason Bauer of Dubuque Senior had the high game with a 279.

Kennedy 3099, Dubuque Senior 2962

Kennedy: Doug Svoboda 234+216=450, James Jambois 234+258=492, Davis Sutton 173+220=393, Alec White 192+192=384, George (Bert) Goodwin 151+163=314, Aaron Smith 194+187=381.

Dubuque Senior: Andrew Kringle 221+176=397, Noah Paar 189+196=385, Josh Oertel 178+173=351, Kris Mueller 211+205=416, Alex Schmidt 182+156=338, Mason Bauer 151+279=430.

Kennedy: 2100 + 999 = 3099
Dubuque Senior: 1979 + 983 = 2962

3 Cougars win titles in Fort Madison

FORT MADISON - Ben Sarasin, Logen Rodriguez and Sam Pape won championships for the Kennedy Cougars Saturday at the Fort Madison wrestling tournament.

Sarasin breezed through the competition at 138 pounds with four straight pins in 23 seconds, 16 seconds, 1:09 and 2:48 in the finals. He flattened Ben Nelson of Burlington for the title.

Rodriguez claimed top honors at 145 pounds with two quick pins, a 16-4 major decision and a 10-7 verdict over Logan Grimm of Wapello in the finals. His pins took only 15 seconds and 32 seconds.

Pape drew an opening-round bye at 182 pounds and then pinned three straight opponents in 1:07, 1:41 and 10 seconds in the finals. He flattened Ty Stockwell of Van Buren for the title.

Nolan Hromidko placed second for Kennedy at 120 pounds. Dylan Ironside (126) and Dalles Jacobus (220) placed third.

Clinton won the 13-team tournament with 189 points. Kennedy finished fourth.

Team Standings

1. Clinton 189, 2. Ankeny 157, 3. Burlington 155, 4. Kennedy 153, 5. Fort Madison 150, 6. West Hancock 127.5, 7. New London 93, 8. Muscatine 86, 9. Wapello 78, 10. West Burlington/Notre Dame 66.5, 11. Van Buren 66, 12. Keokuk 65, 13. Louisa-Muscatine 21.