Thunderwolves sink teeth into Eagle wrestlers

The Chadron State wrestling team lost 24-19 to the Colorado State University-Pueblo Thunderwolves at home in the Nelson Physical Activity Center Saturday.

The first match, Lyle Evans, senior of Grantsville, Utah, won by forfeit in the 125-pound class putting CSU-Pueblo six team points in the lead.

Dustin Stodola, sophomore of Clarkson, won by major decision over Stephen Gengo, sophomore of Charleston, S.C., 10-2 in the 133-pound match.

Then Jimmy Savala, senior of Clovis, Calif., won the 141-pound match 12-5 against Saul Guerrero, junior of Fort Lupton, Colo., putting the Eagles in the lead in team points, 7-6.

The 149-pound class went to Pueblo wrestler Jacob Snider by technical fall, over the Eagles’ Phil Bullington, sophomore of Benson, Ariz., 16-1.

Matt Addington, freshman of Florence, Colo., won the 157-pound bout over Mikah Kadera, junior of Sheridan, Wyo., by decision, 12-4.

Senior Justin Grant of Winnemucca, Nev., beat Briston Brenton, junior of Sheridan, Wyo., by an 8-2 decision in the 165-pound class.

Eagle wrestler Trent Zempel, senior of Diamondville, Wyo., paused the Thunderwolves’ winning streak when he defeated Levi Jutila, sophomore of North Pole, Alaska, by a 7-5 decision.

Joe Giron, freshman of Arvada, Colo., pinned Jordan Debus, freshman of Mitchell, in 1:38 at the 184-pound class.

Chris Leak, sophomore of Omaha, responded and pinned Mitchel Mueller, junior of Swink, Colo., in 2:24 the 197-pound class bout.

Eagle heavyweight wrestler Sam Udell of Colorado Springs, Colo., was the third senior to overcome his Thunderwolf opponent and won by a 4-3 decision over Patrick Carey, senior of Tempe, Ariz., but the Eagles were still not able to pick up the extra 5 points for the win. The final team scores were 24-19.