Huskies to compete in NCAA DII
North Regional Championships
February 22, 2007
The St.
Cloud State wrestling team (4-7 overall, 0-3 NCC), ranked sixth in
the region, will compete at the NCAA Division II North Central Regional
Championships this Sunday, February 25, in Moorhead. The meet will be
wrestled at Alex Nemzek Hall and will begin at noon.
Junior, Nick Wilkes, earned the highest ranking for the Huskies, slated
second at 184 pounds. Grant Johnson was the other Husky ranked in the
top four in his weight class at 149 pounds.
Huskies end season on a high note
The St. Cloud State wrestling team dropped a tough loss to no.4 ranked
Minnesota State University Mankato on Thursday while picking up a huge
win over the University of Mary while honoring their lone senior.
The Huskies, 38-3 loss to MSUM, was highlighted by a win at the 184
weight class, charted by Nick Wilkes. Wilkes got a slight scare as he
went down early and used his injury time-out but was able to fight back
charting a 14-9 decision over MSUM’s Kevin Wallraff. Wilkes sat out of
Friday’s meet against Mary to recover before regionals.
While honoring their lone senior, Tom Messerli (Lafayette) on Friday,
the Huskies charted their fourth win of the season, 31-12, over the
Univesrity of Mary Marauders.
The Huskies recieved a quick six points at hte 125 pound weight class
as a default by the University of Mary gavve Westy Hanson the victory.
Sonny Silva increased his overall duals record to 5-2 at 133 pounds
after beating the Marauder’s Aric Tarr, 10-5, earning 8 of his points
on take-downs. Tim Whitley earned the Huskies second six-point default
after Mary forfeited at 141 pounds.
Grant Johnson earned a two point take-down in the first period of the
149 pound match, and followed with a single point escape in the second
after choosing to go down to start the period. A near pin late in the
third earned Johnson his additonal points, winning by decision 8-0 over
Mary’s Shawn Sneva. A take-down and a reversal evened the score2-2 in
the first thirty seconds of the 157 pounds match between Marauder’s
Devin Nagel and SCSU’s Adam Minnette. After being down, 6-4, at the end
of the first period, Minnette chose to be nuetral at the start of the
second, with his decision paying off as he tallied his fifth pin of the
year at 4:39.
Tom Anderson increased SCSU’s lead to 28-0, winning by decision, 6-3,
over Mary’s Brady Nagel. Anderson, wrestling at 165 pounds, lead 3-2
nearly the entire match, but picked up two points just before time
expired in the second and charted his final point from riding time.
Neil Russell picked up two points on a takedown in the third to lead
him to victory, 7-3, winning by decision over David Oliver at 174
pounds. Adam Hill, wrestling in his second dual match of the year at
184 pounds, was unable to overcome Kurt Weidrich of Mary, falling at
2:25.
After a double-forfeit at 197 pounds, Jairo Sandoval from SCSU faced
off against Mary’s heavyweight, Kevin McCleary. Despite earning the
first two points, Sandoval was unable to overcome the heavyweight
falling at 3:25.