Tigers, Beavers To Travel To Lisbon Tuesday For Regional Duals

TIPTON — The Tipton and Wilton wrestling teams will represent the River Valley Conference this Tuesday, February, 10 when they travel to Lisbon as two of the 16 dual teams remaining statewide.  The Tigers qualified for the regional tournament for the first time in program history after securing the runner-up spot at the North Cedar sectional.  The Beavers won the English Valleys sectional meet.

Eight teams will qualify for the state dual team tournament in each of the three wrestling classes, 1A, 2A and 3A.  The champion and runner-up from the same sectional may, or may not be assigned to the same regional dual.  The regional semifinal parings will place the highest ranked team at a regional dual team site against the lowest ranked team and the second highest ranked team against the second lowest ranked team according to the mid-January IWCOA dual Team Rankings.  Each class 1A/2A regional meet is a double dual.  The teams winning in the first round of the regional would dual will compete in the finals with the winning team qualifying for the state dual team tournament in Des Moines. 

Admission will be general admission $6.

The State Dual Team Tournament will be held on Wednesday, February 18 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.  Class 1A and 2A starts at 9, while class 3A starts at 11.

Class 1A Regional Dual Assignments

Tuesday, February 10

At Alburnett

Semi-Final Round

#3 Alburnett vs. #24 South Winneshiek

#16 Sumner-Fredericksburg vs. #22 MFL-Mar-Mac

At Clarion-Goldfield-Dows

Semi-Final Round

#1 Clarion-Goldfield vs. UR – Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire

#12 South Central Calhoun vs. #32 Alta-Aurelia

At Don Bosco

Semi-Final Round

#3 Don Bosco vs. #44 North Butler

#8 Lake Mills vs. #21 Manson-NW Webster

At Eddyville-Blakesburg

Semi-Final Round

#5 Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont vs. UR English Valleys

#10 Dike-New Hartford vs. #18 Sigourney-Keota

At Lisbon

Semi-Final Round

#6 Lisbon vs. #50 Tipton

#11 Maquoketa Valley vs. #14 Wilton

At Logan Magnolia 

Semi-Final Round

#7 Logan Magnolia vs. UR – AHSTW, Avoca

#19 Riverside vs. #46 East Mills

At SE Warren, Liberty Center

Semi-Final Round

#2 SE Warren vs. UR – Lynville-Sully

#13 West Marshall vs. #25 I-35, Truro

At Woodbury Central, Moville

Semi-Final Round

#8 Woodbury Central vs. UR – West Lyon

#15 Sibley-Ocheyedan vs. #17 Westwood, Sloan