Wrestling team wins three duals, boosts record to 3-3

Live wrestling action is back at Chadron State College this evening starting at 7 p.m. against the New Mexico Highlands University Cowboys, Las Vegas. The Cowboys are bringing their 2-0 record to challenge the Eagles. The Eagles are currently 3-3.

The students at Chadron State College have enjoyed a month long break. However, over Christmas break, they competed in three duals and gained the advantage in all three.

The Eagles competed first against the 3-7 Dickinson State University Blue Hawks, Dickinson, N.D.; second against the 2-2 Northern State University Wolves, Aberdeen, S.D., and third against the 4-6 Morningside College Mustangs, Sioux City, Iowa.

In the push against the Blue Hawks, the Eagles beat their opponents in all but one weight class.

Alex Kopp, redshirt freshman of Yuma, Colo., at 125-pounds; Jay Stine, redshirt freshman of Worland, Wyo., 141-pounds; Cj Clark, junior of Rapid City, S.D., 157-pounds; Tyler Smart, junior of Wheatland, Wyo., 165-pounds; Dylan Fors, junior of Roseburg, Ore., 174-pounds; and Jordan DeBus, senior of Mitchell, 197-pounds, tallied six decisions.

Jacob Anderson, freshman of Central City, 149-pounds, tallied CSC’s one major decision. Devan Fors, junior of Roseburg, Ore., 197-pounds, tallied CSC’s one technical fall, and Dustin Stodola, senior of Clarkson, 133-pounds, accomplished the Eagle’s single pin.

Chadron State also pushed the pace offensively, finishing with 22 takedowns and had seven near-falls. The final score was 33-4.

Three days after the home turf victory over Dickinson State, the Eagles were matched up against the Northern State Wolves, who met the same end as the Blue Hawks.

The Wolves won three matches and the Eagles won the remaining seven matches.

The Eagle’s three loses were decisions. Stodola, Clark, Smart, and Dylan Fors secured their wins with decisions.

Anderson and Michael Hill, junior of Fort Laramie, Wyo., accomplished pins.

The final score was 28-9.

The Eagles rounded out their wrestling action over break by traveling to Valentine to overtake the Morningside Mustangs.

They won the dual with a score of 27-15 by accomplishing five of seven match wins.

Stodola, Stine, DeBus, and Fors won their matches by forfeit, and Dylan Fors won his match by decision.