Kennedy Wrestling

Rashed takes 2nd at Keith Young

CEDAR FALLS – Jefferson’s Tavien Rashed took second place at 152 pounds at the Keith Young Invitational on Saturday.

Bettendorf’s Jacob Woodard pinned Rashed in 1 minute, 26 seconds in the championship match as the third-ranked J-Hawks finished sixth with 107 points.

Union won the tournament with 199½ points.

Kyle Briggs (132), Kelly May (182) and Dalton Kuehl (285) each finished third for the J-Hawks.

Kennedy was 13th with 72½ points. Ben Sarasin was third at 138 for the Cougars.

Team scores – 1. Union 199½; 2. Bettendorf 194; 3. West Des Moines Valley 149; 4. North Scott 131½; 5. Pleasant Valley 129; 6. Jefferson 107; 7. Cedar Falls 99; 8. Denver-Tripoli 97; 9. Don Bosco 96; 10. Waverly-Shell Rock 92½; 11. Charles City 80; 12. West Des Moines Dowling 75; 13. Kennedy 72½; 14. Mason City 52; 15. Waterloo West 36; 16. Waterloo Columbus 25.

132 – 3. Kyle Briggs (J) 
138 – 3. Ben Sarasin (K)
152 – 2. Tavian Rashed (J) 
182 – 3. Kelly May (J) 
285 – 3. Dalton Kuehl (J)

3 Metro teams make wrestling poll

Jefferson, Prairie and Linn-Mar have been ranked in the top 10 of the initial Class 3A wrestling poll for the 2014-15 campaign.

The J-Hawks are ranked No. 3, Prairie is ranked No. 4 and Linn-Mar is ranked No. 7.

Southeast Polk is ranked No. 1 in Class 3A, followed by Bettendorf.

Jefferson has seven ranked wrestlers with Brenden Baker No. 2 at 113 pounds, Luke Sedlacek No. 3 at 160, Kyle Briggs No. 4 at 132, Dalton Kuehl No. 5 at 285, Kelly May No. 6 at 182, Tavian Rashed No. 7 at 152 and Joseph Sibomana No. 10 at 120.

Prairie features six ranked wrestlers with Marcus England No. 2 at 106 pounds, Josh Wenger No. 2 at 138, Sam Uthoff No. 3 at 126, Jarod Cadena No. 8 at 182, Jonah Manson No. 8 at 220 and Taylor Mehman No. 9 at 195.

Linn-Mar has five ranked grapplers with Shea Hartzler No. 2 at 160, Matt Wempen No. 3 at 145, Noah Ajram No. 5 at 120, Sam Nowak No. 6 at 220 and Toby Northrup No. 8 at 152.

The Xavier Saints have three ranked wrestlers with Clint Lembeck No. 2 at 132, Josh Gerke No. 6 at 126 and Jeff Vipond No. 9 at 106.

Kennedy has two ranked wrestlers with Nolan Hromidko No. 3 at 120 and Logen Rodriguez No. 5 at 145.

CLASS 3A TEAM RANKINGS
The Predicament

1. Southeast Polk, 2. Bettendorf, 3. Jefferson, 4. Prairie, 5. Iowa City West, 6. Fort Dodge, 7. Linn-Mar, 8. North Scott, 9. Dowling, 10. Council Bluffs Jefferson.

Cougars ride forfeits to victory

The Cedar Rapids Kennedy wrestling team collected 42 points on forfeits Thursday night and defeated Iowa City High, 54-21, in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet at Kennedy.

Iowa City High forfeited seven of the 14 matches.

Ben Sarasin of Kennedy pinned his opponent in 49 seconds at 138 pounds.

KENNEDY 54, IOWA CITY HIGH 21

106 - Cam Shaver (K) dec. Lance Bormann, 7-6

113 - Jacob Powers (ICH) won by forfeit

120 - Nolan Hromidko (K) won by forfeit

126 - Dylan Ironside (K) won by forfeit

132 - Cole Curfman (K) won by forfeit

138 - Ben Sarasin (K) pinned Colton Chalupa, 0:49

145 - Logen Rodriguez (K) won by forfeit

152 - Ali Omar (ICH) dec. Cameron Roehlk, 8-3

160 - Nic Jarvis (ICH) pinned Logen Benion, 1:36

170 - Garrett Kubovec (K) dec. Jacob Dykes, 10-5

182 - Sam Pape (K) won by forfeit

195 - Jack Nolan (K) won by forfeit

220 - Armani Smith (ICH) pinned Dalles Jacobus, 4:40

285 - Justin Johnson (K) won by forfeit

4 Metro wrestlers eye state titles

DES MOINES - The Linn-Mar Lions and Prairie Hawks have staged a friendly battle for bragging rights in Metro wrestling for a number of years, usually taking turns at the top.

They'll settle this year's tussle at the Class 3A state tournament in Des Moines Saturday night.

Both Linn-Mar and Prairie will have two experienced grapplers in the championship round - although not against each other - and the results of those four matches could determine who finishes higher in the team standings.

The Lions enter the final day of the state tournament in fourth place with 73.5 points. The Hawks enter the final day in fifth place with 67 points, within striking distance.

Alijah Jeffery (120) and Andrew Holladay (195) will be going for the gold for Linn-Mar. Trey Blaha (152) and Skyler St. John (160) are in the finals for Prairie.

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