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Postseason begins Saturday for wrestling and boys swimming

Sports

February 5th, 2016 by admin

The postseason is upon us for the winter sports season. Wrestlers in Classes 1A and 2A will be competing in Sectional meets around the state on Saturday.  Boys swimming teams will also be in action Saturday with District meets that will determine state qualifiers.

Wrestling sectional assignments can be found here:

Class 2A Sites & Assignments

Class 1A Sites & Assignments

The 1st and 2nd place winners in each weight class will advance to district meets on Saturday, February 13th. The Atlantic/CAM wrestlers will be competing in Winterset in Class 2A, Sectional 4 along with Central Decatur, Clarke, Creston O-M, Van Meter, and Winterset. Atlantic will be the host site for the district 2.  The other sectional competing to get to Atlantic is Sectional 3 in Glenwood that features Bedford/Lenox, Clarinda, Glenwood, Harlan, Red Oak, and Shenandoah.

Boys swimming teams will be competing Saturday at 6 district meets around the states.  Time will be compiled electronically in Des Moines from all of the meet sites and the top 24 times will qualify for the state meet on Saturday, February 13th.

The Atlantic Boys Swimming team will be competing in Indianola at 12:30pm.  Included in the district at Indianola are: Atlantic, Des Moines Lincoln, Des Moine Roosevelt, Dowling Catholic, Indianola, Lewis Central, Oskaloosa, and Southeast Polk.

Listen in to our Saturday Morning Coaches Show at 8:30am to hear a preview from Atlantic Head Wrestling Coach Tim Duff and Atlantic Head Swimming Coach Dean Junker.