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City High crowned three individual champions and added a runner-up finish on its way to a fifth-place team finish at the Jack Mendenhall Invitational on Saturday at Ames High School.

Ben Kueter, Gabe Arnold and Cale Seaton all won individual titles for the Little Hawks and Kael Kurtz and Jake Mitchell finished runner-up as 3A fifth-ranked City High finished with 142.5 points.

Class 3A seventh-ranked Ankeny won the team title with 211.5 points, fourth-ranked Fort Dodge was fourth with 153 points followed by Cedar Rapids Prairie with 147 and West Des Moines Valley with 146.5.

Top-ranked Kueter was dominant on his way to the 220-pound title.

Kueter (18-0) went 3-0 with three pins, pinning 2A fifth-ranked Henry Christensen of Ballard in 2:00 in semifinals and 3A ninth-ranked Will Hinrichs of Ankeny Centennial in 32 seconds in the final.

Arnold was equally impressive on his way to the 182-pound title.

Top-ranked Arnold (20-0) posted a pair of tech falls including a 25-9 win over 3A No. 7 Xander Kenworthy of Ankeny Centennial in the semifinals before earning a 14-7 decision over 2A No. 3 Brody Simpson of Ballard Jr in final.

Second-ranked Seaston (22-1) went 4-0 with a tech fall, a major decision and a pin on his way to the 126-pound title.

Seaton earned a 4-3 decision over fourth-ranked Ames sophomore Jabari Hinson in the championship match.

Kurtz finished runner-up at 132 pounds dropping a 6-2 decision to Cal Price of Papillion-La Vista (Nebraska) in the championship.

Mitchell was runner-up at 138 pounds with a loss to fourth-ranked Ben Hansen of Ankeny in the championship match.

Kendall Kurtz finished fifth at 106 pounds and Zach Fern was seventh at 145 pounds for City High.

Jack Mendenhall Invitational

At Ames High School

Team scores – 1. Ankeny 211.5; 2. Fort Dodge 153; 3. Cedar Rapids Prairie 147; 4. West Des Moines Valley 146.5; 5. City High 142.5; 6. Indianola 137; 7. Papillion-La Vista 106.5; 8. Carroll 100.5; 9. Ames 91; 10. Ballard 90; 11. Clarion-Goldfield-Dows 84; 12. Spencer 68; 13. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 66.5; 14. West Des Moines Dowling 61; 15. Boone 43.5; 16. Mason City 36 17. Perry 25

Championship matches; area placewinners

106 – 1. Kale DiMarco (MC) dec. Dylan Munson (CRP) 6-2; 5. Kendall Kurtz (ICH)

113 – 1. Dru Ayala (FD) tech. fall Tyler Durden (P-LV) 23-6

120 – 1. Bowen Downey (IND) dec. Blake Gioimo (CRP) 7-4

126 – 1. Cale Seaton (ICH) dec. Jabari Hinson (AME) 4-3

132 – 1. Cal Price (P-LV) dec. Kael Kurtz (ICH) 6-2

138 – 1. Ben Hansen (ANK) tech. fall Jake Mitchell (ICH) 17-2

145 – 1. Cooper Ludwig (CAR) dec. Nic VanArkel (WDV) 6-4; 7. Zach Fern (ICH)

152 – 1. Jace Anderson (ANK) pinned Jahkari Clark (WDV) 1:13

160 – 1. Damarion Ross (FD) dec. Cinsere Clark (WDV) 1-0

170 – 1. Jackson Winkey (AME) pinned Teagen Peiffer (ANK) 3:53

182 – 1. Gabe Arnold (ICH) dec. Brody Sampson (BAL) 14-7

195 – 1. Dreshaun Ross (FD) dec. Gabriel Christensen (BAL) 7-2

220 – 1. Ben Kueter (ICH) pinned Will Hinrichs :32

285 – 1. Kyler Hall (AME) dec. Logan Huckfelt (SPE) 11-7

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