"We came out and performed the way I expected us to tonight," said UGF head coach Caleb Schaeffer, who ran his dual record to 5-0 against his alma mater. "This is always a hard dual to coach for me, personally, because of the ties I have to the Lights wrestling program. But, with that said, I’m proud to be the head wrestling coach here at the University of Great Falls and I’m certainly proud of the effort our guys put forth tonight."
Redshirt freshman Brian Borst (Duanesburg, NY/Cortland State University) led off the night for UGF at 125 pounds and scored a 21-6 technical fall against Northern’s Chase Dirden (Harlem, MT). True freshman Myles Mazurkiewicz (Havre, MT/Havre High School) put the Argos up 8-0 with a hard fought 6-4 decision against Northern’s Sean Costello (Kodiak, AK) at 133 pounds.
The Lights gained some momentum when freshman Steven Quesada (Silverton, OR) defeated returning All- American Jason Costello (Redmond, WA/Squalicum High School) 5-4 in the 141 pound match-up. But, the Argos closed the door as juniors Byron Kuylen (Sidney, MT/MSU Northern) and Ross Mosher (Augusta, MT/Augusta High School) and redshirt freshman Michael Hader (Columbia Falls, MT/Columbia Falls High School) scored back-to-back-to-back pins at weight classes of 149, 157 and 165, respectively.
Senior Brendon DeCock (Huntley, MT/Huntley Project High School), the No. 1 ranked wrestler in the nation at 174 pounds, was awarded a forfeit victory and fellow senior Alex Calvi (Cut Bank, MT/Cut Bank High School) won his match-up with Evan Mattingly (Vashon Island, WA) at 197 pounds by a 4-0 final. The Lights managed two wins the final three match-ups of the night as Evan Hinebauch (Havre, MT) defeated UGF’s Michael French (Malta, MT/Malta High School) in overtime, 5-3, in a match-up of the No. 2 and No. 3 nationally ranked wrestlers in their 184 pound weight class. French had previously defeated Hinebauch in overtime to win his weight class at the Northwest Open (Powell, WY) on November 7.
Northern’s Jim Eavenson (Caldwell, ID) took a 5-4 decision over the Argos’ Paden Jenkins (Florence, MT/Florence High School) in the heavyweight division to close out the dual.
The Argos get back at it tomorrow with three duals scheduled against different opponents at North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene, ID before closing out the week by competing in the Spokane (WA) Open on Saturday.
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