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    Loras defeats Simpson

    No. 16 Loras (8-5, 2-2 IIAC) defeated Simpson (2-6-1, 0-3 IIAC) in an Iowa Conference wrestling dual Jan. 19 in Indianola. The Duhawks' Mark Beatty opened the meet with a 6-1 victory over Tony Hager (Sr., Odgen, Iowa, Ogden H.S.) at 125 pounds. Jordan Joy increased the Loras lead to 6-0 with an 8-2 win over Matt Koch (So., Indianola, Iowa, Indianola H.S.) in their 133-pound matchup.

    Boomer Mears was awarded a default victory at 141. Billy Smith needed a reversal with 15 seconds to go in his 149-pound match against Curtis Barber (Fr., Winterset, Iowa, Winterset H.S.) to earn victory. By riding Barber out in the final period, Smith ended the contest with a 12-9 win. Kellen Delaney (Sr., Kansas City, Mo., Park Hill H.S.) earned the lone Storm decision as he defeated Mark Kaprain 15-2 at 157.

    Dave Early posted a 11-1 score over Tom Koch (Sr., Runnells, Iowa, Southeast Polk H.S.) at 165 while Brandon Bauer needed to go to triple overtime to defeat Trent Byler (Jr., Lorimor, Iowa, Winterset H.S.) 6-5 at 174 pounds. Jay Figgins recorded the lone pin of the night when he stuck Ryan Napoli (Fr., Kansas City, Mo., St. Pius X H.S.) at the 3:52 mark of the 184-pound contest. Ryan Allen earned a 9-2 decision over Sam Collora (Fr., Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, Mt. Pleasant H.S.) at 197 while Trevor Kaufman ended the night with 10-0 victory over Chris Downing (Jr., Creston, Iowa, Creston H.S.) at heavyweight.

    Simpson resumes action Saturday when the Storm travel to Pella for duals against William Penn at 9 a.m. and Augustana (Ill.) at 12 p.m.

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