NIC ROUNDUP: Top-ranked Cardinal wrestlers knock off No. 3 Clackamas

| January 20, 2013 8:00 PM

* WRESTLING

OREGON CITY, Ore. - Brock Banta won his match at 125 pounds to get the top-ranked North Idaho College wrestling team started in a 27-13 win against the third-ranked Clackamas Cougars on Saturday night.

"Our smaller guys like Brock (Banta), Mikey (Rodriguez) and Jeremy (Golding) really got things rolling for us," NIC coach Pat Whitcomb said. "It was a big win for Golding to avenge an earlier loss and for V.J. (Guilio) to go out and dominate his match the way he did, it should give him some confidence going forward. It's important to see how you're going to stack up against a ranked team like Clackamas, and I think our guys stepped up and put together a No. 1-ranked effort, especially in a hostile environment."

NIC competes in the Clackamas Open today in Oregon City.

125 - Brock Banta, NIC, md. Chris Omelas, 10-1. 133 - Mikey Rodriguez, NIC, p. Raymond Evans, 6:17. 141 - Jarrett Morrill, NIC, d. Alex Ballard, 6-2. 149 - Jeremy Golding, NIC, d. Beau Roberts, 5-1. 157 - Nicholas Moreno, NIC, tf. Bruno Brecerra, 15-0. 165 - Niko Hughes, CCC, md. Connor Pelzel, 12-4. 174 - Trent Noon, CCC, d. Kyle Sweedman, 3-0. 184 - Caleb Rivera, NIC, d. Steve Conn, 7-5. 197 - V.J. Guilio, NIC, d. Jacob Laden, 7-1. 285 - Jacob Mitchell, CCC, p. Curtis Berger, 4:12.

* MEN'S BASKETBALL

North Idaho 104

Colorado Northwestern 46

COEUR d'ALENE - Keon Lewis had 19 points, five assists and three steals as the 14th-ranked (NJCAA) Cardinals rolled past the Spartans in a Scenic West Athletic Conference game at Rolly Williams Court.

Nathan Rathbun had 11 points and five blocked shots off the bench for NIC (19-3, 6-1 SWAC), which hosts Snow on Thursday.

"Nathan hurt his ankle early this season, so we wanted to get him some playing time," NIC coach Jared Phay said. "He's a kid from Deary that just needed to get some experience under his belt."

In other SWAC action, Southern Idaho (15-6, 3-4) trounced Utah State-Eastern (11-10, 2-5) 103-39 in Twin Falls and Salt Lake (18-2, 6-0) remained atop the league with a 67-66 win against Snow (15-5, 3-3) in Ephraim, Utah.

COLORADO NORTHWESTERN

Nathan Terrin 1-8 4-4 6, Ivan Sifuentes 3-10 2-2 9, J. Hawkins 0-0 0-0, Thomas Powers 0-1 0-0 0, Khalid Smith 3-10 5-10 11, Taylor Yager 2-7 6-8 11, Anthony Papelbon 0-2 1-2 1, Damian Trost 1-7 0-3 2, Jaxon Knighton 0-3 5-6 5. Totals 10-48 24-37 46.

NORTH IDAHO

Jordan McCloud 3-7 0-0 6, Jalil Abdul-Bassit 3-5 0-0 8, Chris Sarbaugh 2-4 0-0 5, Jason Wheelock 2-4 1-2 5, Drae Hildreth 1-2 0-0 2, Andrew Baracco 0-3 0-0 0, Keon Lewis 6-11 7-7 19, Michael Middlebrooks 2-4 2-2 6, Mikey Hope 7-9 1-1 17, Dalen Erickson 2-7 0-0 5, James Webb 4-5 1-2 9, Cole Luckett 1-5 0-0 3, Nathan Rathbun 5-9 1-2 11, Kaj Sherman 3-6 2-2 8. Totals 41-81 15-18 104.

Halftime - NIC 58-21. 3-point goals - CNCC 2-10 (Terrin 0-3, Sifuentes 1-2, Smith 0-1, Yager 1-3, Papelbon 0-1), NIC 7-26 (McCloud 0-1, Abdul-Bassit 2-3, Sarbaugh 1-1, Wheelock 0-2, Baracco 0-2, Hope 2-3, Erickson 1-5, Webb 0-1, Luckett 1-3, Rathbun 0-1, Sherman 0-1). Rebounds - CNCC 36 (Yager 7), NIC 50 (McCloud, Middlebrooks 10). Assists - CNCC 5 (Trost 2), NIC 17 (Lewis 5). Team fouls - CNCC 18, NIC 27. Fouled out - Knighton, McCloud.

* WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

North Idaho 87

Colorado Northwestern 53

COEUR d'ALENE - Georgia Stirton had 14 points and four assists to lead the second-ranked (NJCAA) Cardinals past the Spartans in a Scenic West Athletic Conference game at Rolly Williams Court.

"It was a very physical game tonight," NIC coach Chris Carlson said. "Colorado's getting better and fighting to get some respect and get another notch up, and sometimes they get physical with their defense."

NIC made 29 of 37 free throws in the game.

Hannah Love scored 13 points and Katie Buskey added 11 for NIC (21-1, 6-1 SWAC), which hosts Snow on Thursday. Colorado Northwestern (12-10, 1-6) has lost five straight conference games.

In other SWAC action on Saturday, Southern Idaho (11-10, 5-2) beat Utah State-Eastern (5-14, 2-5) 97-69 in Twin Falls and Salt Lake (13-6, 4-2) beat Snow (8-12, 2-4) 55-43 in Ephraim, Utah.

COLORADO NORTHWESTERN

Madison Peterson 1-10 2-2 5, Desiree Anderson 5-16 0-0 14, Kehana Grayer 4-11 0-0 9, Nyashak Bile 1-1 0-0 2, Michelle Blanton 3-8 0-0 6, Jasmine Thomas 0-4 4-4 4, Kayla Strobel 0-0 0-0 0, Rachel Graham 1-5 0-0 3, Kayla Bell 0-0 0-0 0, Darien Page 1-2 1-2 3, Kristena Wilson 0-0 0-0 0, Julie Harness 1-1 0-0 3, Attirah Munir 0-0 4-4 4. Totals 17-58 11-12 53.

NORTH IDAHO

Angela Woods 1-3 2-2 4, Katie Buskey 4-9 1-2 11, Kabri Emerson 2-5 1-1 5, Georgia Stirton 3-6 7-9 14, Hannah Love 5-7 3-3 13, Jansen Butler 1-3 0-0 2, Tori Davenport 1-2 2-3 5, Aimee Durbidge 2-5 5-6 9, Renae Mokrzycki 2-2 3-6 7, Mollie Kramer 2-4 0-0 4, Danika Johnson 3-4 2-2 8, Maggie Kirscher 1-2 3-3 5. Totals 27-52 29-37 87.

Halftime - NIC 41-33. 3-point goals - CNCC 8-29 (Peterson 1-6, Anderson 4-10, Grayer 1-4, Blanton 0-1, Thomas 0-2, Graham 1-5, Harless 1-1), NIC 4-14 (Woods 0-2, Buskey 2-5, Stirton 1-3, Butler 0-1, Davenport 1-1, Durbidge 0-1, Kramer 0-1). Rebounds - CNCC 26 (Blanton, Page 5), NIC 31 (Mokrzycki 6). Assists - CNCC 9 (Peterson 4), NIC 11 (Stirton 4). Team fouls - CNCC 25, NIC 13. Fouled out - Bile, Blanton.