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West High had four individual champions among five state qualifiers while placing third as a team at the Class 3A, District 8 tournament on Saturday at Waverly-Shell Rock High School.

Alexander Pierce, Matthew Tran, Cole Krutzfeldt and Justin Avila all won individual titles and Randale Kelly added a runner-up finish as West High rolled up 159.5 points to finish in a tie for third with Cedar Rapids Xavier.

Host Waverly-Shell Rock won the team title with 193 points followed by Linn-Mar with 176 points.

Pierce won the 113-pound title going 3-0 with a pair of pins on Saturday.

Second-ranked Pierce (44-2) earned a 12-4 major decision win over seventh-ranked Waverly-Shell Rock freshman Kipton Lewis (37-8) in the title match to secure a third consecutive trip to the state tournament.

Tran won the 120-pound title capping an impressive run through the bracket with a 21-5 tech fall over Linn-Mar’s Will Smith in the title match.
Sixth-ranked Tran (40-12) reached the championship with a first-period pin and a 26-10 tech fall over DeShawn Parrow of Waterloo East in the semifinals.

Krutzfeldt (40-4) went 3-0 on the way to the 138-pound title.

Fourth-ranked Krutzfeldt had a pair of first-period pins before winning a 4-2 decision over No. 12 Hud Turner of Linn-Mar in the title match.

Third-ranked Avila (45-3) went 2-0 to win the 150-pound championship.

Avila downed seventh-ranked Noah Howk-Erwin for the third time this season, 9-7 in the championship match.

Kelly (32-17) finished runner-up at 285 pounds falling to Keeron Harris-Neasley of Waterloo East in the championship match.

Class 3A, District 8

At Waverly-Shell Rock High School

Team scores – 1. Waverly-Shell Rock 193; 2. Linn-Mar 176; 3. West High 159.5; 3. Cedar Rapids Xavier 159.5; 5. Waterloo East 128; 6. Cedar Falls 83.5; 7. Marion 34.5; 8. Mason City 8.5

Individual results (championship matches, state qualifiers)

106 – 1. Chase Miller (CF) pinned Mariyon Norton (WE) 5:13; 3. Taitumn Deppe (CRX)

113 – 1. Alexander Pierce (ICW) major dec. Kipton Lewis (WS-R) 12-4; 3. Elliott Gnewuch (CRX)

120 – 1. Matthew Tran (ICW) tech. fall Will Smith (L-M) 21-5; 3. Kane Keller (WS-R)

126 – 1. Malik DeBow (L-M) major dec. Evan Simpson (CF) 11-1; 3. Easton Jorgenson (WS-R)

132 – 1. Ryker Graff (WS-R) pinned Jack Foster (CRX) 1:34; 3. Evan Pulis (L-M)

138 – 1. Cole Krutzfeldt (ICW) dec. Hud Turner (L-M) 4-2; 3. Georvon Tyler (WE)

144 – 1. Isaac Lomas (WE) dec. Kale Leymaster (CRX) 10-8; 3. Aidan Ehlinger (L-M)

150 – 1. Justin Avila (ICW) dec. Noah Howk-Erwin (L-M) 9-7; 3. Germaine Ngoma (CRX)

157 – 1. Bas Diaz (WS-R) pinned Brayden Fish (L-M) 3:22; 2. Ben Backes (CF)

165 – 1. Ethan Bibler (WS-R) dec. Barrett Mieras (L-M) 7-5; 3. Marek McNamara (CRX)

175 – 1. Philip Jacobs (L-M) pinned Dane Melchior (CRX) 2:59; 3. Mekyver Hagarty (WS-R)

190 – 1. Zander Wedemeier (WS-R) major dec. Dusty Cook (CRX) 14-3; 3. Gianni Speller (WE)

215 – 1. Jean Ngoma (CRX) pinned Holden Heideman (L-M) 2:36; 3. Meric Hagarty (WS-R)

285 – 1. Keeron Harris-Veasley (WE) pinned Randale Kelly (ICW) 3:58; 3. Mason Hinrichs (WS-R)

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