Demons, Huskies claim sectional titles

Both Highland and Washington won Iowa High School Athletic Association sectional wrestling meets Saturday to advance to Tuesday's regional team duals.

Washington will wrestle at Manchester against West Delaware. The winner of that match will face the winner of West Liberty and Camanche for the right to advance to state Feb. 13 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Highland will wrestle at Denver against Denver. The winner will face the winner of Alburnett and Beckman Catholic for the right to go to state.

Individuals that placed first or second advance to Saturday's district meets. Washington is hosting the Class 2A District 8 meet. Highland will go to the Class 1A District 8 meet at Wilton.

At Fairfield, Washington champions were Garrett Ikerd, Dillan Sanders, David Hora, Tristin Westphal-Edwards, Logan Escher and Tristan Allender. Second-place finishers were Walker Ikerd, Brandon Dickel and Ayden Frazier.

At West Branch, Highland had three champions in Brady Hahn, Cory Stewart and Dan Burton. Second-place finishers were Geoff Streb, Cael Yeggy and Jordan Sosa.

Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union and Mid-Prairie wrestled at Solon's sectional. C/W-MU's Jarod Kadel won a sectional title as did Mid-Prairie's Isaac Boucher. Second-place finishers were C/W-MU's Lane Scorpil and Mid-Prairie's Colton Allen. They will advance to the distict at Washington.

WACO and Sigourney-Keota wrestled at Sigourney's sectional. Title winners were Mason Dye of Sigourney-Keota and Jonah Clark and Jalen Collins of WACO, Second-place finishers were Robert Frazer and Larz Smith of WACO with Trent Hendricks of SK. They will advance to the district at Wilton.

Class 2A Section 15 team scores -- 1. Washington 230.5, 2. Centerville 187, 3. Notre Dame/West Burlington 171, 4. Davis County 166, 5. Keokuk 111, 6. Fairfield 84

Class 1A Section 16 team scores -- 1. Highland 177, 2. Wilton 164, 3. Wapello 147.5, 4. North Cedar 136, 5. Northeast 86, 6. West Branch 77, 7. Durant 65, 8. Lone Tree 58

Class 2A Section 16 team scores -- 1. Solon 268.5, 2. West Liberty 227.5, 3. Tipton 145, 4. Louisa-Muscatine 143, 5. Columbus/Winfield-Mt. Union 112, 6. Mid-Prairie 102.5

Class 1A Section 15 team scores -- 1. Pekin 173.5, 2. New London 164, 3. WACO 149, 4. Van Buren 138, 5. Mediapolis 137.5, 6. Cardinal 88, 7. Sigourney-Keota 87