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Photos: Cedar Rapids Prairie vs. Linn-Mar, Iowa high school wrestling

Jan. 14, 2021 9:15 pm, Updated: Jan. 14, 2021 10:26 pm
Action from Linn-Mar's dual with Cedar Rapids Prairie in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021.
Linn-Mar's Gavin Howk-Erwin wrestles Prairie's Muhanned Al-Suleiman (bottom) at 285 pounds at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar teammates enter the gym at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
The Linn-Mar bench reacts as Linn-Mar's Gavin Howk-Erwin pins Prairie's Muhanned Al-Suleiman (bottom) at 285 pounds at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie's Blake Gioimo (right) wrestles Linn-Mar's Keaton Wiliams at 106 pounds at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie's Blake Gioimo (left) wrestles Linn-Mar's Keaton Wiliams at 106 pounds at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie's Hunter Kalous (right) and Linn-Mar's JeanLuc Bitonganya (left) wrestle at 113 pounds at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Kalous won by fall. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie's Hunter Kalous (right) and Linn-Mar's JeanLuc Bitonganya (left) wrestle at 113 pounds at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Kalous won by fall. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar's Bryce Parke (right) works to take down Prairie's Colin Winborn (left) at 132 pounds at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Parke won by fall. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar's Bryce Parke (right) works to pin Prairie's Colin Winborn (left) at 132 pounds at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Parke won by fall. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar's Grant Kress (top) wrestles Prairie's Logan Redig at 138 pounds at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Linn-Mar won the dual. Kress won by fall. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar's Grant Kress (left) wrestles Prairie's Logan Redig at 138 pounds at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Linn-Mar won the dual. Kress won by fall. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar's Grant Kress (right) wrestles Prairie's Logan Redig at 138 pounds at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Linn-Mar won the dual. Kress won by fall. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar's Grant Kress (right) wrestles Prairie's Logan Redig at 138 pounds at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Linn-Mar won the dual. Kress won by fall. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar's Kain Wempen (bottom) wrestles Prairie's Austin Nicewanner in their 160-pound bout at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Wempen won by fall. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar's Kain Wempen (right) wrestles Prairie's Austin Nicewanner in their 160-pound bout at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Wempen won by fall. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie head coach Kane Thompson celebrates a point at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar's Kain Wempen (left) wrestles Prairie's Austin Nicewanner in their 160-pound bout at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Wempen won by fall. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar's Kain Wempen (right) pins Prairie's Austin Nicewanner in their 160-pound bout at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Wempen won by fall. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar's Wyatt Willey (left) and Prairie's Brady Nicewanner at 170 pounds at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Willey won the bout. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar's Wyatt Willey (right) and Prairie's Brady Nicewanner wrestle at 170 pounds at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Willey won the bout. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar's Wyatt Willey (right) and Prairie's Brady Nicewanner wrestle at 170 pounds at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Willey won the bout. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar's Wyatt Willey (left) and Prairie's Brady Nicewanner wrestle at 170 pounds at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Willey won the bout. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar's Wyatt Willey (left) and Prairie's Brady Nicewanner wrestle at 170 pounds at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Willey won the bout. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar's Wyatt Willey (foreground) and Prairie's Brady Nicewanner wrestle at 170 pounds at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Willey won the bout. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar coach Doug Streicher encourages Wyatt Willey as he wrestles Prairie's Brady Nicewanner at 170 pounds at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie's Clayton Scott (left) wrestles Linn-Mar's Evan Gaby in their 182-pound match at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Scott won by fall. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie's Clayton Scott (right) wrestles Linn-Mar's Evan Gaby in their 182-pound match at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Scott won by fall. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie's Clayton Scott (left) wrestles Linn-Mar's Evan Gaby in their 182-pound match at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Scott won by fall. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie's Clayton Scott (left) bumps fists with coach Kane Thompson (right) after his win over Linn-Mar's Evan Gaby in their 182-pound match at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Scott won by fall. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar's Dylan Page (top) wrestles Prairie's Colin Velky in their 195-pound bout at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Page won by fall. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar's Dylan Page (left) wrestles Prairie's Colin Velky in their 195-pound bout at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Page won by fall. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar's Dylan Page (right) works to pin Prairie's Colin Velky in their 195-pound bout at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Page won by fall. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar's Luke Gaffney works to take down Prairie's Carter Dawley (left) in their 220-pound match at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Gaffney won by fall. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar's Luke Gaffney (background) wrestles Prairie's Carter Dawley (left) in their 220-pound match at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Gaffney won by fall. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar's Luke Gaffney (right) works to take down Prairie's Carter Dawley (left) in their 220-pound match at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Gaffney won by fall. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
LInn-Mar's Kinnick Lechtenberg (left) and Prairie's Grant Beach (right) wrestle at 120 pounds at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
LInn-Mar's Kinnick Lechtenberg (left) and Prairie's Grant Beach (right) wrestle at 120 pounds at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Lechtenberg won the bout. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
LInn-Mar's Kinnick Lechtenberg (right) and Prairie's Grant Beach (left) wrestle at 120 pounds at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Lechtenberg won the bout. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
LInn-Mar's Kinnick Lechtenberg (right) and Prairie's Grant Beach (left) wrestle at 120 pounds at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Lechtenberg won the bout. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie's Wyatt Vlasek (left) wrestles Linn-Mar's Brayden Parke at 126 pounds at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Parke won by fall. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Prairie's Wyatt Vlasek wrestles Linn-Mar's Brayden Parke at 126 pounds at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Parke won by fall. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Linn0-Mar's Reece Seery (left) pins Prairie's Jake Thompson in their 145-pound match at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar's Abass Kemokai (rigth) wrestles Prairie's Nick Smith (left) in their 152-pound bout at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Kemokai won the match. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar's Abass Kemokai (rigth) wrestles Prairie's Nick Smith (left) in their 152-pound bout at a high school wrestling dual with Prairie High School and Linn-Mar in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Kemokai won the match. Linn-Mar won the dual. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)