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Wrestlers open season in South Dakota

Janelle Kesterson

Saturday the Eagle wrestling team will compete at the Wyoming Cowboy Open, Laramie. The tournament begins at 9 a.m.

“We will continue to work hard in the practice room,” Head Coach Brett Hunter said. “We are getting geared up for the Cowboy Open this weekend.”

Sunday the Eagle wrestlers traveled to Brookings, South Dakota, to compete in the Daktronics Open. This tournament was the opener for all 14 teams that wrestled. Many teams competing were Division I.

Reed Burgener (157), left, sophomore of Douglas, Wyoming, fights for position against Johnny Porter (157), right, freshman of Bellevue, Oct. 24 during the Black and Cardinal Classic in the NPAC. —Photo by Jordyn Hulinsky
Reed Burgener (157), left, sophomore of Douglas, Wyoming, fights for position against Johnny Porter (157), right, freshman of Bellevue, Oct. 24 during the Black and Cardinal Classic in the NPAC. —Photo by Jordyn Hulinsky

In the 141-pound weight class, Terrance McKinney, sophomore of Spokane, Washington, wrestled five matches, finishing 3-2. He won two matches by decision, and pinned his fourth opponent in 2 minutes and 34 seconds in the first period. He said there are still things he will work on to improve this weekend.

“For the Cowboy Open, I’m working on staying on my opponents for seven minutes and giving them no time to breathe,” McKinney said. “I made a few mistakes that I will learn from. I’d like to become more focused and be in better control of my weight. “

At 149-pounds, Jacob Anderson, sophomore of Central City, wrestled four matches, going 2-2. He pinned his second opponent, Joe Umlauf, redshirt freshman of Wausau, Wisconsin, from North Dakota State University, Fargo, 47 seconds into the second period.

“I was not pleased with how I wrestled at Daktronics,” Anderson said. “I can approach it differently by being smarter about my weight and focusing on learning during practice.”

Other CSC wrestlers to gain points were Jake Brown, redshirt freshman of Central City, 165-pounds, and Devon Fors, senior of Roseburg, Oregon, 197-pounds.

Brown pinned his Iowa Central Community College opponent 1:27 into the second period.

Fors gained a 3-0 decision over Lane Lettau, redshirt freshman of Pierre, South Dakota, from Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

“I thought our effort and fight was there last weekend at the Daktronics Open and that’s great to see,” said Hunter.