NIC WRESTLING: Fifth-ranked Cardinals take down Northwest

POWELL, Wyo. — Freshmen Hunter Bidelman (141 pounds), Porter Craig (157) and Conan Northwind (174) won by technical fall for fifth-ranked North Idaho College in a 35-13 win over host Northwest College on Friday night, the first day of the Apodaca Duals.

Freshman Jermiah Zuniga beat Northwest’s Caleb Nadig, the fifth-ranked wrestler in the NJCAA at 149, by a 10-2 major decision.

Craig, who wrestled as a senior at Coeur d’Alene High, beat Jack Lounsbury 19-2. Craig is ranked eighth at 157. Sophomore Bradley Whitwright, fourth at 197, won by pin for NIC.

NIC wraps up the event today with duals against top-ranked Western Wyoming of Rock Springs, Wyo., Snow and Northeastern (Colo.).

125 — Kobi Johnson, NIC, by forfeit. 133 — Kaiden Rubash, NWC, d. Ethan Boulton, 6-1. 141 — Hunter Bidelman, NIC, tf. Treyson Davila, 19-2. 149 — Jermiah Zuniga, NIC, md. Caleb Nadig, 10-2. 157 — Porter Craig, NIC, tf. Jack Lounsbury, 19-2. 165 — Travis Waldner, NIC, md. Orrin Jackson, 11-2. 174 — Conan Northwind, NIC, tf. Jesse Thornton, 20-0. 184 — Aziz Fayzullaev, NWC, md. Noah Poe-Hatten, 20-8. 197 — Bradley Whitwright, NIC, p. Josh Womack, 4:46. 285 — Cody Pinkerton, NWC, p. Shai Murray, 2:25.