CHADRON, Neb. -- January 15, 2020 -- The Chadron State College wrestling team will be at home for three duals in the next few days, all of them against Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference opponents.

The foes will be New Mexico Highlands on Thursday at 6 p.m., Colorado State-Pueblo on Saturday at 6 p.m. and Colorado School of Mines at noon on Sunday.  All three matches will be in the Chicoine Center.

Thursday is community night. The public admission price is good at only one dollar, and Chadron youth wrestling will have a chance to perform at intermission, between the fifth and sixth matches. Saturday the team is dubbing "Black Out Night".

CSC Coach Brett Hunter said the Eagles will have their hands full with each of the visitors. That includes Highlands, which is generally not known for its wrestling prowess, but has clout this year.  Last weekend, the Cowboys bested two nationally ranked teams, Findlay of Ohio and Pembroke of North Carolina, during duals at Western Colorado in Gunnison.

Pueblo's lineup includes De'Andre Brumfield, the defending regional champion at 133 pounds, while Colorado Mines heavyweight Weston Hunt won that weight class at last year's regional showdown.

"Both of those teams are strong up and down the lineup," Hunter said.  "Mines is believed to be the best team in the conference, particularly in a dual,"

Chadron State has two defending regional champions in its lineup. They are Chase Clasen, the 149-pound winner last year and now a 157-pound entry, and Wade French, the 197-pound champ a year ago and a contestant there again this year.

The Eagles' lineup will be pretty much at full strength for the duals.  The only exception is junior Caleb Haskell, a 149-pounder who suffered a knee injury last weekend while wrestling in San Francisco.  Hunter said he'll probably miss a few weeks, but another junior, Chance Karst, is now available at that weight after missing the fall semester while recovering from a knee problem.

Projected lineups:

Chadron State
125lbs. Tate Stoddard                          Fr.                   6-11                 4 Falls
 
133lbs. *Brandon Kile                         RSr.                 8-2                   0 Falls
           
141lbs. Joseph Taylor                          RFr.                 0-3                   0 Falls
OR Joseph Ritzen                               RSo.                 3-9                   0 Falls
 
149lbs. Chance Karst                          RJr.                 0-2                   0 Falls
 
157lbs. *Chase Clasen                         RSr.                 7-3                   0 Falls
           
165lbs. Tate Allison                             RJr.                 8-4                   3 Falls
OR       Preston Renner                        RFr.                 11-9                 1 Falls
 
174lbs. Gavin Eason                            RFr.                 4-12                 1 Falls
 
184lbs. Terry Winstead                       RFr.                  6-9                  4 Falls
OR        Jay Westcott                           Sr.                  10-10                4 Falls
 
197lbs. *Wade French                         Sr.                    10-3                 3 Falls
 
285lbs. Mason Watt                             RFr.                 10-4                 5 Falls
OR        Eli Hinojosa                            RFr.                 14-5                 3 Falls

New Mexico Highlands
125    Marcus Santillanes                    So.                    2-6
133    Isaac Garcia                               Jr.                     2-4
141    Jonathan Trujillo                        So.                   13-5
149    Logan Pine                               R-Jr.                   3-7
157    Allen Michel                              R-Jr.                   3-5
165    Thomas Tolbert                          Fr.                     7-9
174    Kenneth Yara                            R-Jr.                   4-7
184    Lance Kilgore                           R-So.                  8-7
197    Denzel Morrow                         R-Sr.                   4-5
285    Julian Sanchez                         R-So.                 13-3

CSU-Pueblo
125           Parker McBride              Jr.                  6-4(2 falls)
133           D'Andre Brumfield      R-Sr.               2-1 (0 falls)
141           Tristan Hendrickson     Fr.                4-13 (0 falls)
149           Gavin Melendez            R-Jr.              12-8 (1 falls)
157           Ruben Garcia                  Jr.                12-8 (4 falls)
157/165    Isaiah Diggs                   R-Sr.                 1-1 (0 falls)    
165           Justin Davis                   R-So.               6-7 (4 falls)
174           Theodore Csenar           So.                 5-9 (2 falls)
174           Brendon Kelley               Jr.               10-12 (6 falls)
184           Jayson Davis                   Fr.                9-10 (4 falls)
197           Ben Gould                        Fr.                14-6 (3 falls)
285         Gavin Nye                      R-So.               8-6 (3 falls)

Colorado School of Mines
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