NIC ROUNDUP: Cards finish 3-0 at duals tourney

| January 27, 2013 8:00 PM

* WRESTLING

POWELL, Wyo. - Third-year sophomore Caleb Rivera notched a pair of pins on Saturday as top-ranked North Idaho College handled fifth-ranked Iowa Central 31-9 and host and No. 7 Northwest College 27-12 to finish 3-0 at the Apodaca Duals.

"Caleb Rivera is really coming on," NIC coach Pat Whitcomb said. "He's doing everything right; he got three wins this weekend. He wrestled real well."

In beating Northwest for the second time in two tries this season, NIC maintained possession of the traveling moose trophy for the third straight year.

"You come away with three wins - we've done that very seldom down here," Whitcomb said. "It just seems like a tough end-of-the-year road trip, but we need that heading into regionals."

NIC (12-1) plays host to Simon Fraser of Burnaby, British Columbia, on Thursday to close out the regular season. The Region 18 tournament is Feb. 9 in Oregon City, Ore.

NIC 31, IOWA CENTRAL 9

125 - Brock Banta, NIC, d. Tristan Bundy, 9-4. 133 - Mikey Rodriguez, NIC, md. Andrew Robinson, 16-4. 141 - Stephen Mincey, IC, d. Jarrett Morrill, 6-3. 149 - Jeremy Golding, NIC, p. Kristopher Lehman, IC, 1:38. 157 - Devin Geoghegan, IC, d. Nicholas Moreno, 5-1. 165 - Jake Mason, NIC, d. Dillon Geoghegan, 9-2. 174 - Kyle Sweedman, NIC, d. Kenan Jackson, 3-0. 184 - Caleb Rivera, NIC, p. Michael Licht, 2:45. 197 - V.J. Giulio, NIC, p. Brandon Bradley, 1:01. 285 - Malcolm Allen, IC, d. Curtis Berger, 3-2.

NIC 27, NORTHWEST 12

125 - Cody Vichi, NW, d. Brock Banta, 11-9. 133 - Mikey Rodriguez, NIC, d. Teancum Guild, 9-5. 141 - Zach Loveless, NW, d. Jarrett Morrill, 7-3. 149 - Jeremy Golding, NIC, d. Colby Kloetzer, 5-1. 157 - Colton Thornton, NW, d. Nicholas Moreno, 8-4. 165 - Diorian Coleman, NW, d. Jake Mason, NIC, 2-1. 174 - Kyle Sweedman, NIC, d. Cole McArthur, 8-1. 184 - Caleb Rivera, NIC, p. Braden Gibson, 2:13. 197 - VJ Giulio, NIC, by forfeit. 285 - Curtis Berger, NIC, by forfeit.

* SOFTBALL

North Idaho splits

at rainy tourney

LAS VEGAS - Sophomore Shelby Carter hit a 2-run walk-off home run as the Cardinals rallied to beat Chipola 6-5 in their second game on the second day of the Kickoff Classic.

NIC was scheduled to play in the morning on Saturday, but rain pushed games back to the evening. NIC lost to Western Arizona 9-7 to start the day.

"Against Western it was one of those games that we didn't start very well," NIC coach Don Don Williams said. "To finish with the game like that against Chipola, I think we just played better and got better during that game."

NIC (2-3) will face Yavapai today at 8 a.m. and El Paso at 10:30.

Full box scores were not available.