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File photo by Mackenzie Dahlberg Olivia Waufle (10), right, freshman of Thornton, Colorado, and Bailey Brooks (21), middle, senior of Douglas, Wyoming, pressures Mountaineer Emmery Wagstaff (3), senior of Evanston, Wyoming, during the women’s basketball game against Western Colorado University, Saturday, Dec. 4 in the Chicoine Center.

Eagles lose while on the road

u By Mackenzie Dahlberg

Sports Editor

Chadron State women’s basketball team battled against Western Colorado University after the game was moved back to 1 p.m., Sunday, but take a tough loss to the Mountaineers in overtime, 83-80.

The Eagles quickly fell behind by nine points from the start until Samiyah Worrell, junior of Fountain, Colorado, got the ball rolling for the Eagles after nearly four minutes passed.

CSC quickly cut down Western Colorado’s lead to tie the game in the first quarter following a good three-pointer from Jori Peters, senior of Mitchell.

The lead changed 20 times and scores tied 14 times throughout the game, finishing the first half at 3636, and at 66-66 by the end of regular play.

Despite the Mountaineers scoring the first points of the night, Worrell made a three-pointer to push the team in the lead by a point.

Worrell led the Eagles with 24 points, being eight of 17 for field goals, four of 10 for three-pointers and four of seven at the free-throw line.

Ashayla Powers, freshman of Longmont, Colorado, put 17 points on the board with six field goals and five free-throws. She also had five rebounds, three being offensive.

Peters was the third Eagle to reach double digits with 13 points, being 100% from both the arc and the free-throw line with three and two respectively.

The Eagles were unable to break their current streak of losses and fell short to Black Hills State University in a low scoring game, 5745, Tuesday in Spearfish, South Dakota.

Peters led the night with nine points, once again being 100% from the arc with two shots and making her only free throw.

Worrell; Olyvia Pacheco, junior of Rawlins, Wyoming, and Bailey Brooks, senior of Douglas, Wyoming, were three players that weren’t far behind Peters with seven points each.

The Eagles return to the Chicoine Center to take on South Dakota School of Mines at 5:30 p.m., Saturday, followed by Westminster University at 2 p.m., Monday.

Track continues to succeed in the new year

u By CSC Sports Information

Chadron State College athletes won 10 events during the Myrle Hanson Open Indoor Track and Field Meet at Black Hills State in Spearfish on Saturday. The meet was the first of the New Year for each of the four teams that participated.

Two Eagles won two events apiece. They are sophomores Carlie Collier of Dunning, who swept the women’s 60 and 200-meter dashes, and Morgan Fawver of McCook, who won the men’s 60 dash and long jump.

Collier’s winning time of 7.97 seconds in the 60 is a personal best. That’s significant since she was unable to compete last year because of an injury. She won the 200 in 26.47, two-tenth of a second ahead of the second-place time.

Fawver won the men’s 60 in 6.80 seconds, matching his best time of a year ago, when he consistently placed high in the sprints and missed qualifying for nationals in the 60 by two one-hundredths of a second. He won the long jump Saturday by going 22-3 ½.

Other event winners among the Chadron State men were sophomore Logan Peila of Miles City, Mont., 200 meters; Greg Logsdon of Yoder, Wyo., 400; Reid Spady of Oshkosh, shot put; and Derrrick Nwagwu of Aurora, Colo., triple jump.

Peila also was the runner-up in the 60 high hurdles, while Logsdon was just a fraction of an inch behind Peila in the 200, and won the 400 by 2 ½ seconds.

Spady’s winning shot put exceeded his best of a year ago, when he was a freshman, by 18 inches.

The Eagles dominated the long and triple jumps. Seniors Brock Voth of Berthoud, Colo., and Joss Linse of Plattsmouth, Neb., placed second and third, respectively, in both of those events behind only Fawver and Nwagwu.

CSC’s Alec Penfield of Lusk, Wyo., cleared 6-4 ¼ while placing second in the high jump.

Another high jumper from Lusk, senior Miranda Gilkey, cleared 5-3 ½ to win the women’s event at the season-opener. Three younger teammates shared second by going over 5-1 ¼.

The other event winner, for the women, was freshman Danae Rader of Hansen, Neb., who won the 60 high hurdles in 9.58 seconds. Another promising newcomer, Caydince Groth of Cheyenne, Wyo., was third in both the 60 and 200 dashes.

A much larger contingent of Eagles will compete at South Dakota State University’s gigantic meet this coming Saturday, CSC Coach Riley Northrup said. The Eagles will host their annual Don Holst Open Meet the following Saturday, Jan. 29.

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File photo by Mackenzie Dahlberg KJ Harris (23), junior of McKinney, Texas, shoots against the arms of a Griffin defenders during the men’s basketball game against Westminster University Saturday night in the Chicoine Center.

Eagles take a win and loss against RMAC teams

u By Mackenzie Dahlberg

Sports Editor

CSC men’s basketball team put 107 points on the board against Western Colorado University, the most points the Eagles have stacked on a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference opponent in 19 years with five Eagles reaching double digits and beating the Mountaineers, 107-96.

“It was exciting to see our guys attack the basket,” Shane Paben, head men’s basketball coach, said. “We went at them, we were the aggressors.”

KJ Harris, junior of McKinney, Texas, lead the team with his season best of 23 points. He was seven of eight for field goals and three of four for three pointers. Harris was one of two players to be 100% from the freethrow line with six shots.

Marcus Jefferson, junior of Lewisville, Texas, hit a double-double night by scoring 18 points and crashing the boards for 10 rebounds to lead the team.

CJ Jennings, senior of Colorado Springs; Mason Hiemstra, junior of Alliance; and Porter Anderson, sophomore of Russellville, Arkansas, were two points above one another with 17, 15 and 13 points respectively.

“It felt good to hit double figures on Saturday especially it being my first game back in almost two weeks,” Hiemstra said. “I was mainly just happy to get the win on the road.”

Paben said Hiemstra has had bad luck with his season and being able to suit up for games.

“But that’s just pretty much our season,” he said. “If we wouldn’t have bad luck, we wouldn’t have luck at all.”

Jennings was the second player for the Eagles to be 100% from the free-throw line with seven attempts.

Jennings carried his game into Tuesday’s game to lead the Eagles with 21 points against Black Hills State University in Spearfish, South Dakota. He built the lead up to 48-43 with three baskets from the arc in the first five minutes of the second half.

“I thought we played a really good 23 minutes,” Paben said. “They (BHSU) are a good team, and you have to put together 40 minutes to win a game. Our lack of depth really hurts us too.”

Jefferson was the only other Eagle to hit double digits against BHSU with 16 points.

CSC started off strong, scoring the first points of the game and finishing the first half with a one-point lead, 35-34.

The Eagles weren’t able to hold onto their lead when the Yellow Jackets soared past when their shots started sinking. CSC wasn’t able to catch back up and took the loss, 83-65.

“In the second half, they (BHSU) just had a couple good runs, and we had some shots that didn’t fall for us that usually do.” Hiemstra said. “They got some momentum and we just never seemed to get it back late in the second half,”

CSC face South Dakota School of Mines at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Chicoine Center, following the woman’s basketball team.

Women’s wrestling, from page 13

Maddison Christiansen, freshman of Oshkosh, and Jeslyn Jindra, junior of Box Elder, South Dakota, joined on the road as well. Christiansen took on NAIA’s No. 1 Oklahoma City University’s Destiny Lyng, senior of La Mesa, California, and was pinned by the top-ranked wrestler.

Jindra was also pinned in her 155-pound matches taking on Menlo College’s Alia Abushi, sophomore of San Leandro, California, in her opening match.

“I’ve been having a lot of fun being on an all-girls team so far,” Dye said. “I’ve never been on a girl’s wrestling team before, so it is definitely different, but also really comforting.”

Jeffery said the team is focusing on amplifying strengths and getting rid of little mistakes that are causing some troubles on the mat.

The women’s wrestling team is currently scheduled to travel to dual against Colorado Mesa University Friday in Grand Junction.

“This dual against Colorado Mesa is a big deal for us because this is going to be the first time that two RMAC schools with women’s wrestling have had competed in a dual against each other,” Jeffery said. “Hopefully this will spark some ideas and get some of these other RMAC schools interested and get on board with women’s wrestling.”

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Photo by Mackenzie Dahlberg CSC men’s wrestling team watches its teammate Darwin Hull, front, freshman of Schertz, Texas, during the men’s wrestling dual against Adams State University, Thursday in the Chicoine Center.

Eagles protect their home mat

u By Mackenzie Dahlberg

Sports Editor

Chadron State men’s wrestling team takes two more dual wins, remaining undefeated in the Chicoine Center after wrestling against No. 13 Adams State University on Thursday and New Mexico Highlands University on Friday.

“I think this is one of the best teams I’ve been a part of, and it shows,” No. 10 Mason Watt, redshirt junior of Broomfield, Colorado, said. “We have great wrestlers throughout the entire line up. So that’s what I accredit all the wins toward.”

The Eagles split matches against the Grizzlies, winning five Thursday and taking the dual, 23-17.

Rowdy Pfeil, sophomore of Moorcroft, Wyoming, started off the night with a technical fall win in three minutes, 16-0.

With three points ahead of Adams State, Darwin Hull, freshman of Schertz, Texas, finished out the night and battled through all three periods of his 174-pound match, finishing over Cody Lewis, redshirt junior of Mesa, Arizona, by one point, 11-10, and securing the win over Adams State.

Colter Julian, sophomore of Kemmerer, Wyoming, also won his match in the 133-weight class with a technical fall over Jimizan Redhorse, redshirt junior of St. Michaels, Arizona, in the third period.

CSC returned to the mat and saddled up against New Mexico Highlands University, taking nine of the matches and winning the dual, 46-3.

“I’ve been happy to see the effort given by my team,” Watt said. “Even if we lose the match, I can count on the fact that full effort was given.”

Hull topped off his strong performance when he returned to the mat against New Mexico Highlands University, Friday. He contributed six points to the Eagles by pinning Cowboy Allen Michel, redshirt sophomore of Moriarty, New Mexico, within the first period. Dull received the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Wrestler of the Week.

Watt put six points on the board both nights with a forfeit win on Thursday and pinning Cowboy Julian Sanchez, redshirt junior of Colorado Springs, with a second left in the first period Friday.

Quade Smith, freshman of Layton, Utah, also earned the team six points in the 125-weight class by pinning his New Mexico Highland’s opponent a little over two minutes.

Eli Hinojosa, redshirt junior of Imperial, battled through the three periods against Jayden Johnson, freshman of Salt Lake City, Utah. Hinojosa finished with a major decision win, 15-7.

Brody Lamb, sophomore of Wellington, Colorado, and Dean Neff, redshirt freshman of Jefferson, Wisconsin, took decision wins over the Cowboys they wrestled against Friday night, each contributing three team points.

“My focus for this next dual is to wrestle well in the neutral position and ultimately to get the win,” Watt said. “As a team, I think out main focus needs to be getting those bonus points and not giving them up. That’s where effort comes into play.”

Watt said he has a lot of concerns regarding COVID-19 and wasn’t sure the likelihood of the team being able to attend Colorado duals.

The RMAC announced that upcoming CSC men’s wrestling duals against Western Colorado University tonight and Colorado Mesa University Friday have been postponed on Friday in accordance with the league’s COVID-19 protocols.

The next meet for the Eagles is currently scheduled to wrestle against Colorado State University-Pueblo on Saturday, Jan. 29 in the Chicoine Center.

Photo by Kamryn Kozisek Cowboy Lance Killgore, front, junior of Tucson, Arizona, throws Dean Neff, redshirt freshman of Jefferson, Wisconsin, down toward the mat during the men’s wrestling dual against New Mexico Highlands University, Friday in the Chicoine Center.

Photos by Mackenzie Dahlberg ABOVE: Eli Hinojosa, redshirt junior of Imperial, keeps his feet inbounds while pushing on his opponent during the men’s wrestling dual against New Mexico Highlands University, Friday in the Chicoine Center.

LEFT: Mason Watt, redshirt junior of Broomfield, Colorado, locks his opponent’s head in his arm during the men’s wrestling dual against New Mexico Highlands University, Friday in the Chicoine Center.

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Photo by Mackenzie Dahlberg Rowdy Pfeil, right, sophomore of Moorcroft, Wyoming, rolls back on the mat, attempting to move his opponent, Cowboy Lance Killgore, junior of Tucson, Arizona, to his back during the men’s wrestling dual against New Mexico Highlands University, Friday in the Chicoine Center.

Photo by Mackenzie Dahlberg Quade Smith, right, freshman of Layton, Utah, tackles his opponent down toward the mat during the men’s wrestling dual against Adams State University, Thursday night in the Chicoine Center.

Photo by Mackenzie Dahlberg

Brody Lamb, sophomore of Wellington, Colorado, fights against his opponent’s hold during the men’s wrestling dual against Adams State University, Thursday night in the Chicoine Center.

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