Linn-Mar Wrestling

Prairie wins pool at Waterloo

WATERLOO – The Cedar Rapids Prairie wrestling team won Pool D in the Battle of Waterloo on Friday at Young Arena.

Linn-Mar took fifth place in Pool B.

The Prairie Hawks beat Nashua-Plainfield 81-0, beat Clear Lake 50-15 and beat Pleasant Valley 55-15.

Morgan Hood (152 pounds) and Nick Hogan (170) each had three pins for Prairie, which will face Independence on Saturday in the championship bracket.

The Lions lost to Don Bosco 48-25, beat Waterloo Columbus 56-18, and beat Denver-Tripoli 48-33.

Shea Hartzler had three pins at 170 for Linn-Mar, Alex Streicher had a pin and two decisions at 132, and Manny Jeffery had two pins at 160.

Linn-Mar matmen stick Waterloo East

WATERLOO - The Linn-Mar Lions lost the first four matches Thursday night before storming back for a 48-18 victory over Waterloo East in a Mississippi Valley Conference wrestling meet in Waterloo.

Joey Sullivan (106), Johnny Clymer (145) and Toby Northrup (152) had pins for Linn-Mar.

LINN-MAR 48, WATERLOO EAST 18

182 - Eric Gleiter (WE) pinned Logan Hagmeier, 4:35
195 - Avery Walker (WE) pinned Baylor Pree, 1:42
220 - Nekema Carter (WE) dec. Tylor Newhouse, 3-2
285 - Omar Begic (WE) major dec. James Hoff, 10-1
106 - Joey Sullivan (LM) pinned Darrell Lowery, 1:10
113 - Charlie Petersen (LM) dec. Brayden Good, 6-1
120 - CJ Garnett (LM) won by forfeit
126 - Noah Ajram (LM) major dec. Kyler Lowe, 13-5
132 - Logan Dulin (LM) won by forfeit
138 - Alex Streicher (LM) major dec. Nathan Nielson, 9-0
145 - Johnny Clymer (LM) pinned Jeremiah Jordan, 3:24
152 - Toby Northrup (LM) pinned Dalyne King, 1:51
160 - Manny Jeffery (LM) dec. Chase Pryor, 5-2
170 - Shea Hartzler (LM) major dec. Quallan Phillips, 9-0)

No. 3 Jeff vs. No. 4 Prairie tonight

The Jefferson J-Hawks are ranked No. 3 and the Prairie Hawks are ranked No. 4 in the first Iowa Wrestling Coaches Association dual meet poll of the season.

Jefferson and Prairie tangle Thursday night in a Mississippi Valley Conference showdown at Prairie.

The Linn-Mar Lions are ranked 13th in the poll. Southeast Polk and  Bettendorf rank 1-2.

The IWCOA rankings are used to determine which 16 teams will qualify for the Class 3A dual meet playoffs later this season.

IWCOA RANKINGS

1. Southeast Polk (4-0), 2. Bettendorf (2-0), 3. Jefferson (4-0), 4. Prairie (4-1), 5. Dowling (5-1), 6. West Des Moines Valley (3-0), 7. North Scott (6-2), 8. Johnston (2-1), 9. Pleasant Valley (9-1), 10. Fort Dodge (4-1), 11. Iowa City West (4-2), 12. Western Dubuque (8-2), 13. Linn-Mar (2-5), 14. Hempstead (5-2), 15. Waverly-Shell Rock (2-2), 16. Norwalk (6-0).

Baker helps J-Hawks slay ranked foes

IOWA CITY - Brenden Baker needs to give up gymnastics as a hobby and stick with wrestling.

It's a lot safer.

Baker broke four toes on his left foot trying to do a flip at the gymnastics academy where he works and was sidelined for three months, but he returned to the wrestling mat in fine form Thursday night to help the third-ranked Jefferson J-Hawks beat two ranked teams in a double-dual meet in Iowa City.

Baker, ranked No. 2 at 113 pounds, collected two pins in his first action of the season as Jefferson defeated seventh-ranked Linn-Mar, 45-17, and topped fifth-ranked Iowa City West, 44-27, in the Mississippi Valley Conference affairs.

It was the second straight year that the vastly improved J-Hawks have defeated the two traditional MVC powers.

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