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Photos: Linn-Mar beats Iowa City High in MVC boys’ wrestling dual between top-10 teams
No. 4 Lions roll to 49-21 win over No. 9 Little Hawks

Jan. 6, 2023 9:12 am, Updated: Jan. 6, 2023 10:09 am
No. 4 Linn-Mar beat No. 9 Iowa City High in an Iowa high school boys’ wrestling dual at Linn-Mar High School in Marion on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.
Iowa City High’s Kael Kurtz controls Linn-Mar’s Brayden Parke in the 132 pound match at Linn-Mar High School in Marion on Thursday, January 5, 2023. (Cliff Jette/Freelance)
Linn-Mar’s James Bouska controls Iowa City High’s Raphael Etuma during the 195 pound match at Linn-Mar High School in Marion on Thursday, January 5, 2023. (Cliff Jette/Freelance)
Linn-Mar’s Tate Naaktgeboren is sent to the mat by Iowa City High’s Gabe Arnold in the 182 pound match at Linn-Mar High School in Marion on Thursday, January 5, 2023. (Cliff Jette/Freelance)
Linn-Mar’s Gavin Howk-Erwin tries to send Iowa City High’s Shaaban Naim to the mat in the 220 pound match at Linn-Mar High School in Marion on Thursday, January 5, 2023. (Cliff Jette/Freelance)
Iowa City High’s Kael Kurtz, right, catches his breath after defeating Linn-Mar’s Brayden Parke in the 132 pound match at Linn-Mar High School in Marion on Thursday, January 5, 2023. (Cliff Jette/Freelance)
The Iowa City High benchreacts as Kael Kurtz wrestles Linn-Mar’s Brayden Parke in the 132 pound match at Linn-Mar High School in Marion on Thursday, January 5, 2023. (Cliff Jette/Freelance)
Iowa City High’s Jake Mitchell, top, wrestles Linn-Mar’s Austin Vandersee in the 145 pound match at Linn-Mar High School in Marion on Thursday, January 5, 2023. (Cliff Jette/Freelance)
Linn-Mar’s Grant Kress pins Iowa City High’s Ryan Ott in the 160 pound match at Linn-Mar High School in Marion on Thursday, January 5, 2023. (Cliff Jette/Freelance)
Linn-Mar’s Tate Naaktgeboren, left, tries to keep Iowa City High’s Gabe Arnold in bounds in the 182 pound match at Linn-Mar High School in Marion on Thursday, January 5, 2023. (Cliff Jette/Freelance)
Iowa City High’s Drew Nye, left, wrestles Linn-Mar’s Landen Bushman in the 170 pound match at Linn-Mar High School in Marion on Thursday, January 5, 2023. (Cliff Jette/Freelance)
Iowa City High’s Cale Seaton works pins Linn-Mar’s Keaton Williams in the 126 pound match at Linn-Mar High School in Marion on Thursday, January 5, 2023. (Cliff Jette/Freelance)
Linn-Mar’s Nate Fish tries to keep Iowa City High’s Edger Mhoon Lopez from escaping during the 120 pound match at Linn-Mar High School in Marion on Thursday, January 5, 2023. (Cliff Jette/Freelance)
Iowa City High’s Kael Kurtz controls Linn-Mar’s Brayden Parke in the 132 pound match at Linn-Mar High School in Marion on Thursday, January 5, 2023. (Cliff Jette/Freelance)
Linn-Mar head wrestling coach Doug Streicher yells to Brayden Parke as he faces Iowa City High Kael Kurtz in the 132 pound match at Linn-Mar High School in Marion on Thursday, January 5, 2023. (Cliff Jette/Freelance)
Iowa City High’s Kael Kurtz, left, tries to free his leg from Linn-Mar’s Brayden Parke in the 132 pound match at Linn-Mar High School in Marion on Thursday, January 5, 2023. (Cliff Jette/Freelance)
Linn-Mar students celebrate as Griffin Schultz pins Iowa City High’s Trey Dervrich in a 285 pound match at Linn-Mar High School in Marion on Thursday, January 5, 2023. (Cliff Jette/Freelance)
Iowa City High head wrestling coach watches Kael Kurtz wrestle Linn-Mar’s Brayden Parke in the 132 pound match at Linn-Mar High School in Marion on Thursday, January 5, 2023. (Cliff Jette/Freelance)
Iowa City High’s Kendall Kurtz lifts Linn-Mar’s Aiden Kiesey off the matt during the 106 pound match at Linn-Mar High School in Marion on Thursday, January 5, 2023. (Cliff Jette/Freelance)
Linn-Mar’s Malik DeBow works on pinning Iowa City High’s Christopher Davis in the 113 pound match at Linn-Mar High School in Marion on Thursday, January 5, 2023. (Cliff Jette/Freelance)
Linn-Mar ’s Griffin Schultz works on pinning Iowa City High’s Trey Dervrich in a 285 pound match at Linn-Mar High School in Marion on Thursday, January 5, 2023. (Cliff Jette/Freelance)