Cardinals sweep at Umpqua Duals

| January 20, 2018 12:00 AM

ROSEBURG, Ore. — North Idaho, ranked fifth in the latest NJCAA poll, geared up for tonight’s showdown against top-ranked Clackamas with a sweep of 11th ranked Southwestern Oregon and Umpqua at the Riverhawks Duals on Friday.

“Everyone wrestled really well and we were pleased with that coming off the match against Eastern Oregon at Missoula last Saturday,” NIC coach Pat Whitcomb said. “We’ve got some guys that need to get back to their weight classes. The guys are wrestling tough right now and now we’ll see what Clackamas has to offer.”

Trager Abatti (174 pounds), Christian Glover (197) and Damian Trujillo (285) went unbeaten for NIC on Friday.

Tonight’s match against Clackamas starts at 5 in Oregon City.

NORTH IDAHO 28, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON 21

125 — Fransisco Barrera, SO, by forfeit. 133 — Christian Balagso, SO, d. Nicholas Hara, 6-3. 141 — Austin Iorga, NIC, p. Jeff Kovach, 4:43. 149 — Esco Walker, NIC, by forfeit. 157 — Thomas Stevenson, NIC, d. Cade Hite, 6-3. 165 — Austin Howard, SO, p. Jacob Swift, 4:23. 174 — Traeger Abatti, NIC, d. Zachary Hammerschmith, 6-3. 184 — Tanner Harvey, SO, p. Levi Perry, 1:54. 197 — Christian Glover, NIC, p. Kaeoliko Burley, 1:17. 285 — Damian Trujillo, NIC, md. JJ Perez, 12-4.

NORTH IDAHO 43, UMPQUA 12

125 — Esco Walker, NIC, by forfeit. 133 — Nicholas Hara, NIC, p. Grant Laiblin, 2:26. 141 — Kobe Olson, Ump, p. Austin Iorga, 2:19. 149 — Isaiah Lepre, Ump, by forfeit. 157 — Thomas Stevenson, NIC, by forfeit. 165 — Cooper McCullough, NIC, by forfeit. 174 — Traeger Abatti, NIC, p. Hayden Juliano, 1:22. 184 — Levi Perry, NIC, md. Josh Hammers, 12-4. 197 — Christian Glover, NIC, md. Brayden Schultz, 13-4. 285 — Damian Trujillo, NIC, tf. Dallas O’Brien, 21-5.