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Dodgers roll

MARSHALLTOWN — The third-ranked (Class 3A) Fort Dodge wrestling team remained unbeaten in duals here Thursday night, scoring a convincing 64-6 victory over Marshalltown.

The Dodgers (12-0 overall) earned bonus points in 10 matches, as Drevon Ross, Kaden Smith, No. 9 Keaton Dornath, Triston Licht and Logan Finowski all picked up falls.

“Logan and Drevon looked really sharp,” said Fort Dodge head coach Bobby Thompson. “Logan beat a kid that he had lost to last year and he is making huge gains at heavyweight.

“Drevon made some hughe gains as well.”

Triston Lara, unbeaten and ranked first at 138 pounds, had a technical fall in 1:58 over Carlos Gomez, while No. 8 Damond Lockner and Brooks Cowell each had major decisions. Top-ranked Brody Teske and Drew Bennett picked up forfeits to remain perfect on the year.

As a team, Fort Dodge recorded 29 takedowns on the night to just four by the Bobcats. They also had six three-point near-falls and eight two-point near-falls. Levi Egli, filling in at 145 pounds, and third-ranked Cayd Lara had decisions.

“Levi, bumping up a weight class, proves that we have some depth if we have injured guys,” Thompson said.

The Dodgers and Marshalltown will see each other again at the conference meet and during a district meet hosted by FDSH.

Next up for the Dodgers is the J-Hawk Invitational in Cedar Rapids on Saturday. Joining Fort Dodge in the field will be No. 1 (2A) New Hampton, fifth-ranked (1A) Alburnett, No. 10 (3A) Dubuque Hempstead, 10th-rated (1A) Underwood, Boone, Cedar Rapids Jefferson, Clinton, Davenport Central, Fort Madison, Indianola, Marshalltown, Moline (Ill.), Muscatine, Waterloo East and West Delaware.

“This is a huge tournament for us,” Thompson said. “We will see ranked wrestlers from all three classes and have a lot of quality opponents. We will see some teams we don’t normally see.

“This will give us some exposure to rated guys. It will be nice to see the guys compete.”

FORT DODGE 64,

MARSHALLTOWN 6

120 — Brody Teske, FD won by forfeit; 126 — Damond Lockner, FD major dec. Keygan Hansen, 14-2; 132 — Drevon Ross, FD pinned Tristen Traylor, 1:44; 138 — Triston Lara, FD tech. fall Carlos Gomez, 16-0, 1:58; 145 — Levi Egli, FD dec. Wyatt Himes, 5-2; 152 — Cayd Lara, FD dec. Reese Hageman, 9-2; 160 — Dorian Franklin, FD dec. Brian Trowbridge, 5-2; 170 — Kaden Smith, FD pinned Kegan Jass, 3:52; 182 — Keaton Dornath, FD pinned Chayton French, 6:00; 195 — Triston Licht, FD pinned Jordan Fox, 2:42; 220 — Andy Bitker, M pinned Larzao Lerma, 4:50; 285 — Logan Finowski, FD pinned Luis Ortiz, 5:42; 106 — Brooks Cowell, FD major dec. Zach Bitker, 12-1; 113 — Drew Bennett, FD won by forfeit.

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