NIC ROUNDUP: Cardinals pin down Big Bend
WRESTLING
MAPLE VALLEY, Wash. — North Idaho College won three matches via pinfall to beat Big Bend of Moses Lake, Wash., 43-6 in a dual at Tahoma High on Friday.
Daeton Johnson (149 points), Brayden Robison (165) and Seth Martin (184) of Post Falls High had pins for NIC, which opened with a 22-20 home loss to Clackamas on Oct. 30.
Joe Sullivan beat St. Maries High alum Zachary David 5-2 at 157 pounds.
NIC competes in the Mountaineer Open on Sunday at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande, Ore.
125 — Cruz Lambro, NIC, d. Leonel Lustre, 6-5. 133 — Dominic Bozanic, NIC, d. Ah mu Lah Soe, 1:27. 141 — Lamarion Crawford, BBCC, p. Alexander Othon, 2:43. 149 — Daeton Johnson, NIC, p. Robby Vaughn, :14. 157 — Joe Sullivan, NIC, d. Zachary David, 5-2. 165 — Brayden Robison, NIC, p. Brakken Johnston, 4:05. 174 — Simon Jarrell, NIC, md. Kallon Homan, 10-2. 184 — Seth Martin, NIC, p. Graysen Serl, 5:44. 197 — Jackson Lougen, NIC, d. Aiden Ford, 7-3. 285 — Brendan Hughes, NIC, by forfeit.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Arizona Western 72
North Idaho 58
THATCHER, Ariz. — The 20th-ranked Matadors of Yuma, Ariz., scored 24 points off 25 turnovers in a win over the Cardinals at the Gila Monster Invitational at Eastern Arizona College.
“Karsyn Freeman, who scored 38 points in Thursday's opener, was limited by foul trouble and finished with 12 points for NIC. Myckenzee Mitley, a redshirt freshman from Post Falls High, had 12 points for the Cardinals.
"Karsyn got into foul trouble early and sat the entire third quarter," said NIC coach Louie Vargas, whose team was outscored 27-14 in the third quarter. "The third quarter kind of got away from us. We threw some junk defenses at them, changed it from zone to man along the way, which kept them at bay."
Karstyn Kiefer, a freshman from Lakeland High, had four points and five rebounds for NIC (0-2), which faces tournament host Eastern Arizona tonight at 6.
"Karstyn did a good job of controlling our offense and Myckenzee was wise, getting buckets when we needed it late," Vargas said. "With the turnovers, it was buckets for them."
Arizona Western is 2-0.
NORTH IDAHO
Jaelyn McCormack-Marks 1-2 0-0 3, Karsyn Freeman 4-12 3-6 12, Kaytie Aanstad 3-7 2-4 8, Ellanani Fiefea 3-7 1-1 9, Kalea Schlenker 1-7 2-2 4, Liv Whitemarsh 1-4 1-2 4, Karstyn Kiefer 2-8 0-0 4, Brooke Hoyer 0-1 0-2 0, Myckenzee Mitley 3-5 5-6 12, Kailey Walton 0-1 2-2 2, Stella Barrett 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-54 16-25 58.
ARIZONA WESTERN
Garance Soulas 3-10 1-2 8, Chen Pan 7-11 1-2 16, Jessica Liena 5-13 14-22 24, Jocelyn Chavez 2-9 0-2 5, Aline Mastelic 2-3 1-2 5, Garance Mauger 4-7 3-6 11, Madison McDonald 0-2 0-0 0, Luana Luz 0-0 0-0 0, Anaiah Brown 1-1 1-4 3. Totals 24-56 21-40 72.
North Idaho 13 19 14 12 — 58
Arizona Western 18 14 27 13 — 72
3-point goals — NIC 6-19 (McCormack-Marks 1-1, Freeman 1-8, Fiefea 2-4, Schlenker 0-1, Whitemarsh 1-2, Mitley 1-3), AWC 3-16 (Soulas 1-4, Pan 1-4, Chavez 1-6, Mauger 0-1, McDonald 0-1). Rebounds — NIC 35 (Fiefea 11), AWC 35 (Soulas 12). Assists — NIC 8 (Schlenker, Kiefer 2), AWC 11 (Mauger 4). Team fouls — NIC 27, AWC 21. Fouled out — Mitley, Pan.