KMCH SPORTS: WD Hawks Boys Wrestling advances back to State Dual Team Tournament for 9th straight year

BY JON SWISHER – SPORTS DIRECTOR:

The West Delaware Boys Wrestling team took down North Fayette-Valley 46-25 last night in a Class 2A Team Regional Dual inside Seedorff Gymnasium at WDHS. The Hawks earn a trip to the State Dual Team Tournament for the 9th season in a row and the 15th time in program history since 1991.

The Independence Mustangs got by Benton Community 32-28 for their 14th State appearance, 2nd straight and 5th in the last 6 years.

Also in Class 2A, Anamosa was beat in the semifinal by West Liberty 35-32.

Western Dubuque fell in their semifinal 46-29 to Dubuque Hempstead.

Four total WaMaC schools will be in the Class 2A field as Mount Vernon and Williamsburg picked up wins as well. The other 2A teams advancing on include Winterset, AAlgona, Clarion-Goldfield and Sergeant Bluff-Luton. The pairings will be released sometime today with the tournament beginning at 9am on Saturday morning at the Xtream Arena in Coralville.

Coverage area basketball from last night:

GIRLS-

West Delaware was clipped by Solon53-52

Ed-Co fell to Springville 70-46.

North Linn thumped Starmont 93-19

Beckman Catholic lost to Bellevue 44-22

Cascade 66-38 over Anamosa

Maquoketa held off Monticello 29-23

Western Dubuque lost to Iowa City West 69-51

BOYS-

West Delaware was edged by Solon 65-61

Maquoketa Valley beat Central City 52-40

Ed-Co was beaten by Springville by 79-50

North Linn hammered Starmont 103-47

Anamosa lost to Cascade 70-50

Monticello defeated Maquoketa 61-35

Beckman Catholic got by Bellevue 61-55

Western Dubuque lost to Iowa City West 68-30

In Bowling from last night:

At the Legacy Lanes in Monticello the West Delaware Boys beat the Panthers 2917 to 2807.

The Hawk girls were also victorious 2600-2074.