Wrestling Roundup: City High Falls to Western Dubuque in Regional Championship
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City High got some revenge on Wednesday with a win over Cedar Rapids Prairie but came up a win shy of a return to the State Dual Meet.
Class 3A No. 22 City High upset No. 10 Cedar Rapids Prairie 39-30 before falling to eighth-ranked Western Dubuque 40-21 on Wednesday in a 3A regional dual in Epworth.
City High won eight matches, five via pin, in a semifinal win over Cedar Rapids Prairie that avenged a 44-30 regular season loss to the Hawks in December.
Ethan Wood-Finley, Michael Santoro, Kyle Hefley, Joe Ring and Jacob Murry all picked up pins in the semifinals as City High set up a regular season rematch with Western Dubuque.
A year after falling to City High in the regional title match Western Dubuque got some revenge of its own.
The Bobcats closed the dual with five consecutive wins to pull away for a 40-21 win.
Wood-Finley, Carter Newton, Gable Mitchell, Hefley and Reece Caven all had wins for City High in the title match.
City High 39, Cedar Rapids Prairie 30
106 – Ethan Wood-Finley (ICH) pinned Hunter Kalous :59
113 – Austin Kegley (CRP) pinned Reese Hayden :38
120 – Garrett Bormann (ICH) dec. Austin Steuhm 5-1
126 – Michael Santoro (ICH) pinned Austin Nicewanner 3:54
132 – Conrad Braswell (CRP) pinned Gable Mitchell 1:56
138 – Johnny Washburn (CRP) pinned Will Flack 1:59
145 – Ryan Ceynar (ICH) dec. Brady Nicewanner 3-1
152 – Justin Kruse (CRP) dec. Reece Caven 10-6
160 – Kyle Hefley (ICH) pinned Bronson Kepner 1:41
170 – Brandon Lalla (ICH) dec. Colton LaGrange 3-2
182 – Joe Ring (ICH) pinned Nick Pearson 1:10
195 – Logan Andeway (CRP) dec. Jason Lemus 7-5
220 – Ashton Stoner-DeGroot (CRP) pinned Davryn Stewart 1:48
285 – Jacob Murry (ICH) pinned Jordan Jacobus 1:11
Western Dubuque 40, City High 21
106 – Ethan Wood-Finley (ICH) pinned Max Clasen 1:17
113 – Dawson Biermann (WD) dec. Reese Hayden 14-8
120 – Carter Newton (ICH) tech. fall Campbell Conway 23-7
126 – Trent Busch (WD) dec. Garrett Bormann 6-2
132 – Gable Mitchell (ICH) dec. Dakota Lau 6-2
138 – Jared Cordes (WD) pinned Ryan Ceynar 4:00
145 – Reece Caven (ICH) major dec. Tony Lyon 12-4
152 – Kyle Hefley (ICH) dec. Elijah Demmer 6-0
160 – Ryker Kurimski (WD) pinned Kevin Berg :48
170 – Jake Hosch (WD) major dec. Brandon Lalla 12-4
182 – Carter Kluesner (WD) pinned Joe Ring :45
195 – Devin Ludwig (WD) pinned Drake Patterson :49
220 – Jason Simon-Ressler (WD) pinned Davryn Stewart 3:36
285 – Double forfeit
West High Falls to CR Kennedy in Regional Semifinal
West High had its dual season end with a 60-22 loss to No. 11 Cedar Rapids Kennedy on Wednesday in a Class 3A regional semifinal in Waukee.
Grant O’Dell, Parker McBride, Keaton Speicher and Joe Dixon had wins for West High.
Fourth-ranked Waukee defeated Cedar Rapids Kennedy 50-21 in the regional title match to advance to the state dual meet.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy 60, West High 22
106 – Grant O’Dell (ICW) pinned Jonah Hallam 5:31
113 – Parker McBride (ICW) pinned Gunner Sparks 2:50
120 – Jacob McLeod (CRK) pinned Jack Clark 1:36
126 – Ty Pfiffner (CRK) pinned Mark Mueller :29
132 – Keaton Speicher (ICW) pinned Ben Hoeger 4:46
138 – Dylan Falck (CRK) pinned Mukucha Omari :24
145 – Noah Cunningham (CRK) won by forfeit
152 – Divion Ocheltree (CRK) pinned Noah Terwilleger 1:04
160 – Joe Dixon (ICW) major dec. Alex Koch 18-7
170 – Jay Oostendorp (CRK) pinned Mason Sorge 1:31
182 – Cael Knox (CRK) pinned Abraham Keita :33
195 – Cade Parker (CRK) pinned Marco Avalos 1:35
220 – Gavin Bascom (CRK) won by forfeit
285 – Josh Vis (CRK) pinned Jordan Hughes :35
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