NIC ROUNDUP: Cardinals put down Montana State-Northern in opener
• WRESTLING
HAVRE, Mont. — With a mix of new and old — facing a familiar face — North Idaho College opened its season against NAIA Montana State-Northern on Friday, beating the Lights 27-10.
“We’ve got a couple of guys that have been in the lineup before,” said NIC coach Derrick Booth, in his third season as coach. “We had a lot of guys that stepped up and showed that they’re ready for the moment.”
Conan Northwind (174 pounds), Chandler Loveless (197), Ethan Boulton (141) and Ansen Wilding (133) had wins by decision for NIC.
Travis Waldner, who wrestled the previous two years at NIC, won via decision at 174 for Montana State-Northern.
“We’ve got a good mix of experience and youth, and a lot of great leaders that lead by example,” Booth said. “They’ve got a lot of heart and they’re going to wrestle a full match each time they go out there.”
NIC hosts Big Bend next Friday.
125 — Elijah Cater, NIC, md. Kolten Powers, 14-4. 133 — Ansen Widing, NIC, d. Kade Willis, 4:31. 141 — Ethan Boulton, NIC, d. Caleb Morales, 9-2. 149 — Samuel Silveria, NIC, tf. Caeleb Ishmael, 17-2. 157 — Jacob Hubby, NIC, d. Justin Windauer, 6-3. 165 — Travis Waldner, MSUN, d. Colton Theobald, 5-3. 174 — Conan Northwind, NIC, d. Orion Thivierage, 7-5. 184 — Devin Crawford, MSUN, md. Noah Poe-Hatten, 11-1. 197 — Chandler Loveless, NIC, d. Austin Vanek, 8-5. 285 — Shane Mattson, MSUN, d. Darrell Leslie, 5-4.
• VOLLEYBALL
Utah State-Eastern d.
North Idaho
PRICE, Utah — The Cardinals dropped a Scenic West Athletic Conference match 25-14, 25-20, 25-13 to the fifth-ranked Eagles.
Further details were not available.
NIC (8-12, 3-5 SWAC) travels to Snow today.
Utah State-Eastern is 19-5, 8-0.
• MEN'S GOLF
Cardinals finish 10th
at NJCAA preview
NEWTON, Kan. — North Idaho College, ranked fourth in the latest NJCAA polls, finished 10th out of 15 teams at the NJCAA National Preview at Sand Creek Station, site of this spring’s NJCAA tournament.
Freshman Noah Moody was the top Cardinal finisher, placing 21st with a 230.
Hutchinson’s Charlie Box was medalist with a 7-under-par 209.
NJCAA NATIONAL PREVIEW
At Sand Creek Station
Newton, Kan.
Par 72
7,200 yards
MEDALIST — Charlie Box, Hutchinson, 69-68-72—209.
TEAM SCORES — 1, Hutchinson 292-296-297—885. 2, Western Texas 296-311-298—905. 3 (tie), McLennan 295-306-308—909; Garden City 301-305-303—909. 5, Odessa 297-322-294—913. 6 (tie), Dodge City 293-311-314—918; Indian Hills 295-317-306—918. 8, New Mexico 299-315-305—919. 9, Weatherford 302-307-313—922. 10, North Idaho 304-334-294—932. 11, Eastern Wyoming 318-323-313—954. 12, Eastern Arizona 327-318-312—957. 13, New Mexico Military 336-346-318—1,000. 14, Otero 320-353-328—1,001. 15, Mesalands 356-355-347—1,058.
NORTH IDAHO — 21, Noah Moody 74-82-74—230; t-33, Florian Riedel 79-86-70—235; t-33, Mason Barningham 77-83-75—235; 44, Eli McNelly 74-83-81—238; t-66, Dyson Lish 84-93-75—252.