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Linn-Mar's Jeffery escapes in overtime to reach first state final
DES MOINES -- Linn-Mar's Alijah Jeffery was inches from falling short again of the state finals. But he fought off a deep overtime shot by Southeast Polk's Nolan Hellickson and went on to win in a tie-break period, moving on to the finals for the first time in his career.
Neither Jeffery nor Hellickson could get past the other's defense for almost the entire match. And after Jeffery rode Hellickson for the entire 30 seconds of his tie-break period, he burst up and kicked loose from the bottom for the winning point.
Jeffery will face Bettendorf's Paul Glynn in the 3A 120-pound finals tomorrow.
Southeast Polk's Nolan Hellickson (left) tries to hold off Linn-Mar's Alijah Jeffery in a Class 3A semifinal round 120-pound match at the 2014 Iowa High School Wrestling Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Friday, February 21, 2014. Jeffery won 4-1. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)
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