State duals; 92nd Iowa state meet
When: State duals are Wednesday. Conventional meet is Thursday through Saturday.
Where: Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines

DUAL PAIRINGS

Wednesday
Class 1-A Quarterfinals (All 9 a.m.): No. 1 Clarion-Goldfield (18-1) vs. No. 8 West Branch (21-2); No. 4 Alburnett (21-2) vs. No. 5 Underwood (31-0); No. 2 Don Bosco (23-6) vs. No. 7 Martensdale-St. Marys (24-5); No. 3 Nashua-Plainfield (21-4) vs. No. 6 Woodbury Central (22-3). Consolation semifinals: 11 a.m. Semifinals: 1 p.m. 5th-, 7th-place matches: 5 p.m. Finals, 3rd-place match: 7 p.m.
Class 2-A Quarterfinals (All 9 a.m.): No. 1 Davenport Assumption (29-1) vs. No. 8 Webster City (19-4); No. 4 Creston/Orient-Macksburg (16-0) vs. No. 5 Charles City (17-7); No. 2 West Delaware (21-4) vs. No. 7 Spirit Lake Park (17-6); No. 3 Denver/Tripoli (18-3) vs. No. 6 Atlantic (20-1). Consolation semifinals: 11 a.m. Semifinals: 1 p.m. 5th-, 7th-place matches: 5 p.m. Finals, 3rd-place match: 7 p.m.
Class 3-A Quarterfinals (All 11 a.m.): No. 1 Southeast Polk (23-0) vs. No. 8 Waverly-Shell Rock (20-4); No. 4 WDM Valley (24-1) vs. No. 5 Linn-Mar (29-5); No. 2 Bettendorf (12-1) vs. No. 7 Ankeny (25-2); No. 3 Iowa City West (33-3) vs. No. 6 CR Prairie (27-6). Semifinals, consolation semifinals: 1 p.m. 5th-, 7th-place matches: 5 p.m. Finals, third-place match: 7 p.m.

CONVENTIONAL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Thursday
9 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: 3-A first round and first-round consolations. 2-5:15 p.m.: 2-A first round and first-round consolations. 7-10:15 p.m.: 1-A first round and first-round consolations.
Friday
9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.: 3-A, 2-A quarterfinals, then 3-A, 2-A second-round consolations. 3:30-6:45 p.m.: 1-A quarterfinals, 3-A semifinals, 1-A second-round consolations, 3-A third-round consolations. 8:30-9:35 p.m.: 2-A semifinals and 2-A third-round consolations. 9:35-10:45 p.m.: 1-A semifinals and 1-A third-round consolations.
Saturday
10 a.m.-2:15 p.m.: 3-A, 2-A and 1-A consolation semifinals and consolation finals. 6 p.m.: 3-A, 2-A and 1-A finals. TV: Saturday’s finals are on KPTM 3.2 (Cox Cable 121)

Qualifying leaders
Class 1-A: 9 weight classes: Clarion-Goldfield. 8: Don Bosco. 7: Eddyville-Blakesburg, West Marshall. 6: Underwood, Logan-Magnolia, Nashua-Plainfield, Alburnett, Maquoketa Valley. Among those with 5: Audubon.  Class 2-A: 10 weight classes: Davenport Assumption. 9: West Delaware. 7: Creston/O-M, Perry, Solon. Among those with 5: Atlantic, Sergeant Bluff-Luton. Class 3-A: 12 weight classes: SE Polk, Bettendorf. 10: WDM Valley, Mason City. Among those with 6: SC North. Among those with 5: CB Lewis Central.

Notes
By the numbers: Among the 672 qualifiers, 97 are from The World-Herald’s coverage area. There are 30 in 3-A, 29 in 2-A and 38 in 1-A.

Girl power: Eddyville-Blakesburg junior Megan Black (9-1 at 106) in 1-A enters as the first female to win a district title. She qualified as a runner-up last year at 3-A Ottumwa, but transferred. More than 30 females have competed in Iowa the past two years.

Going for four: John Meeks of Des Moines Roosevelt (138) and Cory Clark of Southeast Polk (126) are attempting to become the 20th and 21st Iowa wrestlers to win four straight titles. Meeks (164-0 career) is seeking to be the first unbeaten 3-A four-time champ since 1993.

Seeking three: Six wrestlers are bidding for their third state titles: juniors Jake Marlin of Creston/O-M (138) in 2-A and Dylan Peters of Denver/Tripoli (120) in 1-A, along with seniors Brandon Sorenson of Denver/Tripoli (132) in 2-A, and Robert Walker of Martensdale-St. Mary’s (145), Jordan Bremer of Woodbury Central (113) and Tyler Shulista of Alburnett (126) in 1-A.

Williams goes for two: Among the 16 Iowans seeking a second state title is Tri-Center junior Loren Williams (48-0 at 152).

Pursuing perfection: Tri-Center’s Williams is among five in The World-Herald’s coverage area trying to finish with perfect records. The others are CB St. Albert senior Marco Naughton (33-0 at 285) in 1-A, along with Atlantic sophomore Darrian Schwenke (33-0 at 106), Carroll Kuemper sophomore Jared Eischeid (39-0 at 113) and Red Oak senior Seth Esaias (46-0 at 182) in 2-A.

Oh, brother: Two sets of wesetern Iowa brothers have qualified: Brad (106) and Blair Kerkhoff (126) of Audubon and Bobby (195) and Andrew Overton (220) of Denison-Schleswig.