At Maquoketa, Iowa: Craig Johnson found a clutch Bradley Waller on a go-ahead 8-yard fourth-quarter touchdown and Waller kicked three field goals as the Cardinals dodged the Hawks in a non-district opener.
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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 …

In a meeting held last night between administrators of both school districts, members of the Independence and West Delaware wrestling communities have agreed to join wrestling programs.
The agreement marks one of the biggest truces between heated rivals since Jenny Hatfield married Ben McCoy.
The new consolidated program will be the only team to compete in Class 4A. The new colors will be Maroon and orange and the team will be called the Hawkstangs.
And as many could suspect: APRIL FOOL’S DAY!

Marion’s Mike Manderscheid and Solon’s Brad Randall were conference coaches of the year in their respective divisions. Their teams shared the overall Wamac title.
Here are the complete teams:
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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: …

DYERSVILLE — The celebratory meals and the congratulatory pats on the back will have to wait, because the Denver-Tripoli wrestling team wasn’t wasting any time to get back to work.
The Titans had practice scheduled just hours after they powered their way to a team title in what was considered one of the tougher sectional fields.
Denver prevailed in fine fashion, advancing 10 to next week’s district meet and winning the Class 2A sectional wrestling tournament at Beckman High School. The Titans had eight champions and tallied 265½ points, 41 more than …

INDEPENDENCE — You might want to ask West Delaware assistant wrestling coach Kris Lenz his selections for the next Powerball. He seems to have a good vision of what’s to come.
Lenz, in his 25th year coaching at West Delaware, stated the higher ranked team doesn’t always win before the latest dual between rivals Independence and West Delaware. Lenz was right on.
The 12th-ranked Hawks scored three falls, propelling them to a 35-31 upset of No. 4 Independence last night in front of a packed gymnasium at Independence High School.
“That was fun,” …

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 …

Benton Community’s Bobcat “Jerry Eckenrod” Invitational boasts one of the strongest fields from all three classes and this Saturday is no different at Van Horne.
The 16-team field includes five ranked tournament teams and almost 40 ranked wrestlers. The field boasts top-ranked Don Bosco, No 4 Belle Plaine and seventh-rated Eddyville-Blakesburg from Class 1A and third-ranked Davenport Assumption and No. 7 Centerville of 2A.
One of the most intriguing weights is 152 pounds, which could include three defending state champions. Cedar Falls’ top-ranked Michael Kelly, a University of Iowa recruit and the …

Here are the conference standings of the Wamac Conference. The dual standings reflect conference records only through Jan. 1 and were submitted by a league coach.
EAST DIVISION
DeWitt Central 2-0
Western Dubuque 2-0
West Delaware 1-0
Anamosa 1-1
Maquoketa 1-1
Solon 0-1
Mt. Vernon 0-2
Dyersville Beckman 0-2
WEST DIVISION
Benton Community 2-0
Independence 2-0
Williamsburg 1-0
Center Point-Urbana 1-1
Marion 1-1
Vinton-Shellsburg 0-1
Waterloo Columbus 0-2
Clear Creek Amana 0-2