Senior captain Craig Trampe (Ord, NE) reached the finals at 125, but fell short of the title losing to Robert Struthers of Wartburg College 9-4. Freshman Matt Jacobson (Craig, NE) did not place at 125 pounds despite going 4-2 on the day. Freshman Eric Graham (Kansas City, MO) competing at 133, pinned his way to semi-finals, only to meet team-mate Burke Barnes, but Graham came back through the consolation rounds to finish third. Graham was unseeded but recorded victories over the No.4, No. 5, No. 6 and No. 7 seeds. Sophomore Brett Brandl (Madison, NE) finished sixth in the same weight class.
Joining senior Terrence Almond as a place-winner at 141 pounds, was freshman Brian Graham (Kansas City, MO). Fresh off a runner-up finish at the prestigious UNO Open, Brian Graham finished fifth in a tough weight class. At 149, junior Clinton Dale (Las Vegas, NM) competed in the varsity line-up for the first time as a Viking. Dale completed the day with fourth place finish recording defeats over the No. 2 and No. 5 seeds.
At 157, junior Jason Bilinski (Pittsgrove, NJ) coming in as the No. 5 seed pinned his way into the semi-finals eventually falling to the No. 1 seed Jacob Malone of St. Johns, MN and finished fourth on the day. Sophomore Dan Pray (St. George, KS) competed in this weight as well finishing the day 3-2.
Freshman Bulla Tuzon (Wailuku, HI) unseeded, finished third at 165 pounds only losing to the eventual runner-up. Another freshman, Josh Ghobadpoor (Dahlonega, GA) finished the day with a 3-2 record and did not place. Junior captain Webster Farris (Nebraska City, NE) wrestled his way to a third place finish at 184 pounds.
Finally at heavyweight, freshman Jesse Boggs (Deming, NM) lost in the semi-finals to Wartburg's Brian Borchers and eventually settled for a fourth place finish.
The Vikings will be back in action when they travel to the University of Sioux Falls in South Dakota to take on USF on Friday December 8th at 7:00 pm. Another Viking group will travel to Kearney for the annual Kearney Open on Saturday December 9th. Other events coming up are the back to back home duals on December 15 and 16. December 15th is titled "Prep Night" and will feature Dana College vs. Briar Cliff University at 7:00 pm. On Saturday December 16th, the Vikings will host Morningside College at 1:00 pm.
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