Prep golfers hit the course for Iowa High School Athletic Association championship meets today as 35 sectional meets in all three classes across the state.
Decorah senior Andrew Peter will look to defend his individual state title, and help lead the Vikings back to the Class 3A state meet. The Vikings, who placed fourth at state last season, travel to Charles City for a sectional with Clear Lake, Crestwood, Forest City, Hampton-Dumont, Iowa Falls-Alden and New Hampton. The top four individuals and top two teams advance to next week’s district play, joing a Manchest …

Mother nature has caused a hiccup in the posteason season wrestling schedule. All but one regional dual across the state are postponed until tomorrow evening.
The Class 2A regional dual event at Winterset, featuring  Centerville, Harlan, Creston/orient-Macksburg and Clarke (Osceola) is the only one that will be competed. All others are scheduled for Wednesday at 6 p.m.
CLASS 2A ASSIGNMENTS
AT: GILBERT (POSTPONED UNTIL WEDNESDAY, 2/10, SAME TIME)
Semi-Final Round
Bondurant-Farrar vs. Webster City
Ballard vs. PCM, Monroe
After the completion of the semi-final round, the winners will compete to determine
the team advancing to the State Dual Team Tournament.
AT: …

The top six teams in the rankings have a number of wrestlers on the list. All of them have at least five wrestlers ranked. Defending state champion Ballard still leads the way with Denver-Tripoli and Davenport Assumption close behind. The state tournament could be very interesting depending upon the number of qualifiers each can take to Des Moines.
Top 10 State Tournament Teams (# of ranked wrestlers)
1. Ballard (6)
2. Denver-Tripoli (8)
3. Davenport Assumption (7)
4. Independence (6)
5. Forest City (5)
6. East Marshall (5)
7. Centerville (3)
8. Emmetsburg (4)
9. Dallas Center-Grimes (4)
10. Sgt. Bluff …

NORTH LINN INVITATIONAL
At Troy Mills
Teams — 1. Davenport Assumption 235, 2. Denver-Tripoli 234, 3. Independence 215, 4. Williamsburg 184, 5. Valley Community 87, 6. Center Point-Urbana 86, 7. Wapello 68.5, 8. North Linn 58, 9. Dyersville Beckman 40, 10. Edgewood-Colesburg 20.
Championship matches
103 pounds — Dylan Peters (DT) pinned Austin Evens (IND), :52; 112 — J.C. Vercande (WIL) pinned Grant Rosenboom (DA), 2:53; 119 — Brandon Sorensen (DT) tech. fall Bradley McDermott (DA), 4:59; 125 — Levi Wolfensperger (DT) pinned Logan Mulnix (NL), :44; 130 — Tyler Endres (IND) major dec. …

METRO/IOWA CITY
C.R. Jefferson 37, Cedar Falls 34
C.R. Kennedy 42, Dubuque Hempstead 31
C.R. Prairie 48, Waterloo East 22
C.R. Washington 43, Dubuque Senior 24
Dubuque Wahlert 48, C.R. Xavier 30
Independence 59, Marion 21
Iowa City West 52, Linn-Mar 16
Marion 52, Waterloo Columbus 24
AREA
Alburnett 48, Ed-Co 30
Alburnett 53, Cascade 27
Camanche 46, Midland 30
East Buchanan def. Central City/Springville (no scores provided)
East Buchanan 55, Valley Community 12
East Marshall 37, Lisbon 34
Independence 69, Waterloo Columbus 12
Lisbon 39, Hudson 33
Lisbon 60, South Hardin 13
Maquoketa Valley 54, Starmont 30
Maquoketa Valley 36, North Linn 25
Monticello 64, Central City/Springville 12
Monticello 39, East …

Thursdays are wrestling nights. Here are the Metro/Iowa City duals and another Eastern Iowa triangular that I know is going on tonight. I will be covering the Iowa City West at Linn-Mar dual tonight. You can follow me @kjpilcher on Twitter for match updates.
Duals for Thursday, Dec. 17
Cedar Rapids Prairie at Waterloo East, 7 p.m.
Cedar Rapids Jefferson at Cedar Falls, 7 p.m.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy at Dubuque Hempstead, 7 p.m.
Cedar Rapids Washington at Dubuque Senior, 7 p.m.
Cedar Rapids Xavier at Dubuque Wahlert, 7 p.m.
Iowa City High at Waterloo West, 7 p.m.
Iowa …

MONONA — This season’s poster says it all: “Joining Forces.”
The MFL MarMac and Elkader Central wrestling teams consolidated programs and it seems to be a good merger.
The Bulldogs take a 2-0 dual record into tonight’s triangular with West Delaware and Solon at Manchester.
MFL MarMac has been successful the last decade, winning five straight Upper Iowa Conference titles and six of the last seven. Central has had problems with low numbers, but produced strong individuals.
The move was considered in the past and the combination of proximity and relationships between coaches and …

CLASS 4A
Cedar Rapids Xavier at Linn-Mar
Time & place: 7 p.m., at Armstrong Field.
Radio: WMT-AM (600).
Records: No. 8 Xavier is 8-2; No. 7 Linn-Mar is 9-1.
How they got here: Fifth-seeded Xavier advanced with a 38-21 substate win over Pleasant Valley; Fourth-seeded Linn-Mar rallied past Burlington, 37-14. The Lions beat the Saints, 14-7, in Week 2.
Linder’s pick: Xavier, 21-19.
 
Cedar Rapids Kennedy vs. Cedar Rapids Washington
Time & place: 7 p.m., at Kingston Stadium.
Radio: KGYM-AM (1600).
Records: Kennedy is 5-5; Washington is 8-2.
How they got here: Kennedy, the 14th seed in the 4A East, pulled the upset of …

A thumbnail sketch on the Class 1A girls’ race at the state cross country meet Saturday at Lakeside Golf Course, Fort Dodge.
Time: 2 p.m.
Individual race: It looks like a duel between Audrey Griffin of Clinton Prince of Peace and Katy Moen of Wapsie Valley, who finished 2-3 in the 1A race last year. Both shone brightly in the regional meets, with Griffin winning at Wapello by 20 seconds and Moen claiming a 48-second win over Grace Moore of Mason City Newman, who finished sixth last year.
Team race: With 2008 champion Pekin in …

Here is my final football ballot to be sent shortly to the Associated Press. Not many upsets in Week 9, so not much change. The final poll will be released around 4 p.m. Monday.
CLASS 4A
1. Iowa City High (9-0)
2. West Des Moines Dowling (9-0)
3. Ankeny (8-1)
4. Marshalltown (9-0)
5. Clinton (9-0)
6. Bettendorf (8-1)
7. Linn-Mar (8-1)
8. Cedar Rapids Xavier (7-2)
9. Cedar Rapids Washington (7-2)
10. Urbandale (7-2)
CLASS 3A
1. Harlan (9-0)
2. Carroll (9-0)
3. Clear Lake (9-0)
4. Sioux City Heelan (8-1)
5. Marion (9-0)
6. Centerville (9-0)
7. Williamsburg (8-1)
8. Grinnell (8-1)
9. Ballard (8-1)
10. New Hampton (7-2)
CLASS 2A
1. …