CHADRON — Spurred by a large and noisy crowd, the Chadron State College wrestlers dominated Colorado State-Pueblo 26-10 in a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference dual Friday night.
 
The Eagles won seven of the 10 matches and earned bonus points in four of them.
 
One of the highlights belonged to CSC redshirt freshman Zack Denney, a 149-pounder who posted a 20-2 technical fall in what officially was his first collegiate match. Denney's opponent, Jose Chavez, scored first with a takedown, but Denney rang up the next 20 points in just two periods.
 
Denney has been plagued with hard luck the past year and a half. He won 166 matches during his career at North Platte High School, including 49 as a senior in 2012 when he was the Class A 145-pound champion at the Nebraska State Tournament.

Denney redshirted his first year at CSC, then missed the entire 2013-14 schedule because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his knee. He damaged the same knee again while working out last summer, forcing him to sit out the first three months of this season.
 
Just recently, Denney was cleared to resume full-scale action and he definitely had an impressive debut.
 
The Eagles, now 7-6 in duals this season, received major decisions from Taylor Summers at 133 pounds, Jacob Anderson at 149 and Devan Fors at 184. 
 
Another CSC entry, Caleb Copeland, won the 174-pound match 13-6, just one point shy of a major decision.
 
The other winners for CSC were Devan Fors, who dominated the 197-pound match 7-1 while accumulating 3 minutes and 25 seconds of riding time, and freshman Chance Helmick, who took a 14-10 decision at 165 pounds for his sixth consecutive victory, the longest on the team.
 
The wins were the 20^th of the season for both Summers and Anderson and the 18^th for Copeland.
 
Pueblo got its victories from Alex Baca, a 4-3 winner at 125 pounds; Steven Kelley, who took a major decision at 157; and heavyweight Niko Bogojevic, who used a takedown in overtime to edge Jake Weber 5-3.
 
Bogojevic leads the ThunderWolves, now 6-6 in duals this season, with a 21-9 record.
 
The Eagles will be at home again on Saturday, Jan. 31 against Western State.
 
CSC 26, CSU-P 10             
125—Alex Baca, CSU-P, dec. Robert Ozuna, 4-3.
133—Taylor Summers, CSC, major dec. Aaron Carrera, 14-0.
141—Zack Denney, CSC, tech. fall Kyle Fantin, 20-2.
149—Jacob Anderson, CSC, major dec. Jose Chavez, 14-4.
157—Steven Kelly, CSU-P, major dec. Reed Burgener, 18-7.
165—Chance Helmick, CSC, dec. Phil Young, 14-10.
174—Caleb Copeland, CSC, dec. Steven Ullman, 13-6.
184—Dylan Fors, CSC, major dec. Anthony Ball, 8-0.
197—Devan Fors, CSC, dec. Allen Emmons, 7-1.
Hwt—Niko Bogojevic, dec. Jake Weber, 5-2 (OT).