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Class 3A state wrestling: Finals matchups, storylines to watch
The final day is here. Miss anything from Des Moines, or need a quick refresher? Wrestling reporter K.J. Pilcher catches you up on the top Class 3A state wrestling storylines in the area in the video above.
Here are Saturday night's finals matchups, with area wrestlers listed in bold.
106: No. 3 Nick Oldham (West Des Moines Valley, 42-7) vs. No. 1 Kyle Biscoglia (Waukee, 56-1)
113: No. 1 Brody Teske (Fort Dodge, 45-0) vs. No. 2 McGwire Midkiff (Council Bluffs Jefferson, 55-5)
120: No. 1 Jack Wagner (Bettendorf, 33-0) vs. No. 4 Adam Brown (Southeast Polk, 34-5)
126: No. 2 Nathan Lendt (Southeast Polk, 37-7) vs. No. 1 Triston Lara (Fort Dodge, 43-2)
132: No. 2 Grant Stotts (West Des Moines Valley, 42-3) vs. No. 5 Austin Yant (Waverly-Shell Rock, 46-8)
138: No. 3 Nelson Brands (Iowa City West, 56-3) vs. No. 4 Clint Lembeck (Cedar Rapids Xavier, 44-2)
145: No. 1 Michael Zachary (West Des Moines Dowling, 42-0) vs. No. 4 Colten Mertens (Mount Pleasant, 44-0)
152: No. 4 Logen Rodriguez (Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 41-7) vs. No. 1 Colton Clingenpeel (Council Bluffs Jefferson, 62-0)
160: No. 6 Jacob Carlson (Mason City, 36-6) vs. No. 2 Shea Hartzler (Linn-Mar, 46-3)
170: No. 2 Deion Clayborne (Sioux City North, 46-1) vs. No. 1 Marcus Coleman (Ames, 45-1)
182: No. 1 Max Lyon (Western Dubuque, 53-0) vs. No. 5 Jamiir Moore (Waverly-Shell Rock, 42-3)
195: No. 4 Taylor Mehmen (Cedar Rapids Prairie, 43-5) vs. No. 1 Sam Cook (Fort Dodge, 47-0)
220: No. 1 Ethan Andersen (Southeast Polk, 42-1) vs. No. 3 Wyatt Wriedt (North Scott, 48-3)
285: No. 4 Aaron Costello (Western Dubuque, 52-4) vs. No. 1 Gannon Gremmel (Dubuque Hempstead, 48-0)
And the top 10 teams entering Saturday's final round:
1. Southeast Polk 141.5
2. Fort Dodge 119.5
3. West Des Moines Valley 109.5
4. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 72.0
4. Waverly-Shell Rock 72.0
6. Cedar Rapids Prairie 62.0
7. Dubuque Hempstead 61.5
8. Pleasant Valley 52.0
9. Western Dubuque 51.5
10. Clinton 48.0
10. Council Bluffs Jefferson 48.0
Cedar Rapids Kennedy's Logen Rodriguez locks up Pleasant Valley's Christian Foote in a 152-pound class 3A semifinal match at the 2016 State Wrestling Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Friday, Feb. 19, 2016. Rodriguez won the match with a 12-2 major decision. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
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