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Raphael Etuma won an individual title to help City High to an eighth-place team finish at the 17-team J-Hawk Invitational on Saturday at Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School in Cedar Rapids.

Etuma highlighted a group of four City High wrestlers to post top-four finishes as City High racked up 101 points.

Alburnett had a pair of champions and a runner-up finish and won the team title with 224 points.

Waukee Northwest was runner-up with 214.5 followed by Pleasant Valley with 182.5, Fort Dodge with 178 and Dallas Center-Grimes with 176.5.

Etuma went 4-0 on Saturday on his way to the 215-pound title, earning a 10-3 decision over Danny Small of Center Point-Urbana in the championship match.

Malachi Clement finished third at 132 pounds for the Little Hawks and Chase Williams was fourth at 113 pounds and Zyaire Washpun was fourth at 132.

Kane Willey finished sixth at 285 pounds while Blaine Heick was eighth at 190 and Jimmy Milder was eighth at 144 pounds.

J-Hawk Invitational

Team scores – 1. Alburnett 224; 2. Waukee Northwest 214.5; 3. Pleasant Valley 182.5; 4. Fort Dodge 178; 5. Dallas Center-Grimes 176.5; 6. Bondurant-Farrar 175; 7. West Des Moines Valley 130; 8. City High 101; 9. Center Point-Urbana 80; 10. Clinton 67.5; 11. Forest City 66.5; 12. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 51; 13. Davenport North 49.5; 14. Cedar Falls 45; 15. Muscatine 42; 16. Davenport Central 34; 17. Waterloo East 31.5

Individual champions; area medalists

106 – 1. Knox Ayala (FD) dec. Lucas Reeder (PV) 2-1 TB-1

113 – 1. Carew Christensen (WNW) major dec. Damien Yeoman (FD) 22-9; 4. Chase Williams (ICH)

120 – 1. Trace Rial (FD) dec. Liam Fitzgibbon (PV) 6-3

126 – 1. Coby Fiser (B-F) dec. Joey Cahill (WNW) 2-1

132 – 1. Kam Roberts (ALB) dec. Avery Van Zelderen (DC-G) 8-1; 4. Zyaire Washpun (ICH)

138 – 1. Jeran Gilge (B-F) major dec. Blake Forrester (DC-G) 10-1; 3. Malachi Clement (ICH)

144 – 1. Owen Henriksen (ALB) dec. Hayden Hutt (WNW) 3-2; 8. Jimmy Milder (ICH)

150 – 1. Soren Kelsall (PV) tech. fall Will Griswold (CP-U) 20-2

157 – 1. Nolan Fellers (B-F) tech. fall Brogan Ganshert (DC) 21-4

165 – 1. Brayden Grosser (DC-G) major dec. Rylee Brown (FD) 15-4

175 – 1. Tyde Nelsen (DC-G) dec. Gabe Rubino (WNW) 7-4

190 – 1. Andy Franke (MUS) major dec. Jesse Egli (FD) 16-3; 8. Blaine Heick (ICH)

215 – 1. Raphael Etuma (ICH) dec. Danny Small (CP-U) 10-3

285 – 1. Dreshaun Ross (FD) tech. fall Eaghan Fleshman (ALB) 21-6; 6. Kane Willey (ICH)

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