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Video: Banged-up Ballweg gets to 141 quarters
Grant Burkhardt
Mar. 21, 2013 8:33 pm
Iowa's Mark Ballweg - wrestling with a "tweaked" knee - advanced to the 141-pound quarterfinals with his second win of Thursday's wrestling action in Des Moines. Here's how it happened:
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Iowa's Ballweg wrestles to 141 quarters
Hawkeye wrestler Mark Ballweg tweaked his knee at Big Tens but still advanced in Des Moines
Storified byStorified by CR Gazette Sports· Thu, Mar 21 2013 18:28:51
Ballweg up now against Penn's Charles Cobb at 141.K.J. PilcherBallweg with the leg.. looking to scoreIowaWRLiveBallweg in on single, but ends in stalemate. 0-0 with :39 to go in first. #d1wrestleK.J. PilcherScoreless after first period of Ballweg/Cobb match. #d1wrestleK.J. PilcherBallweg will start down to begin the 2nd….IowaWRLiveBallweg escape for 1-0 lead in second. #d1wrestleK.J. PilcherEnd of 2, Ballweg is up 1-0 on Cobb.Rob HoweCobb in on the leg…… ballweg defending….IowaWRLiveBallweg comes out on top of scramble with takedown with :43 to go in thrid for 3-1 lead over Cobb. #d1wrestleK.J. Pilcher141-Ballweg dec. Cobb 3-2 #d1wrestleAndy HamiltonIowa's Mark Ballweg beats Penn's Cobb, 3-2, to advance to 141 quarterfinal. #d1wrestleK.J. Pilcher#Iowa's lightweights keep on trucking. McD won, 5-1. Ramos scored another first-period fall. Ballweg, on a limp leg, scored a 3-2 win.Cody GoodwinBallweg's wearing sleeve b/c he tweaked knee at B1G. After a few questions: "I'm kinda sick of talking about my knee. Any other questions?"Sam Louwagie

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