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A strong regular season for the Clear Creek Amana wrestling team was followed by a historic postseason effort by the Clippers on Saturday.

Clear Creek Amana qualified a school record eight wrestlers for the state meet on Saturday in a third-place team finish at the Class 3A, District 3 meet at Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School.

Beck Arant, Kaden Phan and Ethan Williams all finished runner-up and five other Clippers qualified for the state meet February 15-18 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines with third-place finishes as Clear Creek Amana rolled up 149 points.

Second-ranked Waverly-Shell Rock had 10 champions and won the team title with 279.5 points while Cedar Rapids Prairie was second with 178.

Arant (32-11) went 2-1 on his way to a runner-up finish at 145 pounds.

The senior won a 5-2 decision over Ottumwa sophomore Koby Chanthalavanh in the semifinals before being pinned by top-ranked Bas Diaz of Waverly-Shell Rock in the second period in the title match.

Phan and Williams joined Arant was district runners-up.

Williams (25-14) won a 1-0 decision over Cedar Rapids Prairie junior Collin Velky in the semifinals before being pinned by second-ranked McCrae Hagarty of Waverly-Shell Rock in the 195-pound championship.

Phan (32-12) posted back-to-back pins to reach the 182-pound championship where he dropped a 9-5 decision to Waverly-Shell Rock junior Cole Thompson.

Cale Nash, Jose Mendieta, Nolan Howell, Jay Halverson and Benjamin Haughey all secured at spot at state with a third-place finish on Saturday.

A state qualifier last season as a freshman, Nash (36-6) became the eighth multi-year qualifier in program history with a third-place finish at 113 pounds.

Nash

Mendieta (18-27) was third at 120 pounds, Howell (33-16) was third at 126 and Halverson was third at 132 pounds.

Haughey (25-25) finished third at 170 pounds.

Class 3A, District 3

At Cedar Rapids Jefferson  

Team scores – 1. Waverly-Shell Rock 279.5; 2. Cedar Rapids Prairie 178; 3. Clear Creek Amana 149; 4. Marion 82; 5. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 81; 6. Cedar Rapids Washington 65; 7. Ottumwa 59; 8. Cedar Rapids Jefferson

Championship matches; state qualifiers

106 – 1. Dylan Munson (CRP) pinned Brennan Geers (CRW) 4:26; 3. Lucas Stearns (MAR)

113 – 1. Ryker Graff (WSR) pinned Ashton Grace (OTT) 1:27; 3. Cale Nash (CCA)

120 – 1. Blake Gioimo (CRP) dec. Alex Hornyak (WSR) 9-5; 3. Jose Mendieta (CCA)

126 – 1. Isaiah Price (CRW) dec. Alex Bumba (CRP) 10-5; 3. Nolan Howell (CCA)

132 – 1. Zane Behrends (WSR) pinned Tyler Lee (CRP) 3:12; 3. Jay Halverson (CCA)

138 – 1. Ryder Block (WSR) medical forfeit Wyatt Vlasek (CRP); 3. Wes Logan (MAR)

145 – 1. Bas Diaz (WSR) pinned Beck Arant (CCA) 2:59; 3. Casey Kelley (CRP)

152 – 1. Braylon Griffiths (OTT) dec. Ethan Bibler (WSR) 3-1; 3. Logan Redig (CRP)

160 – 1. Danny Diaz (WSR) pinned Colin Falck (CRK) 3:09; 3. Rigley Koch (CRP)

170 – 1. Zander Wedemeier (WSR) major dec. Wyatt Young (CRW) 16-4; 3 Benjamin Haughey (CCA)

182 – 1. Cole Thompson (WSR) dec. Kaden Phan (CCA) 9-5; 3. Jordan Twitty (CRK)

195 – 1. McCrae Hagarty (WSR) pinned Ethan Williams (CCA) 1:02; 3. Collin Velky (CRP)

220 – 1. Caden Wetherell (WSR) pinned Asher Smith (CRK) 5:39; 3. Colin Woods (CRJ)

285 – 1. Jake Walker (WSR) dec. Carter Dawley (CRP) 7-0; 3. Noah Case (MAR)

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