CHADRON, Neb. -- November 16, 2022 -- The Chadron State College men's wrestling team has three competitions lined up for this week, both on the road.

The first two will be on Thursday, November 17. The Eagles will travel just over the state line to Sterling, Colorado, for two junior college duals in the afternoon. They wrestle Northwest College, of Powell, Wyoming, at 3 p.m., and take on host Northeastern Junior College following the first dual meet.

Northeastern is ranked 11th in the NJCAA coaches poll, while Northwest is No. 17.

The Northwest Trappers hosted their own open meet on November 5, and then defeated Northwest Kansas Technical College 28-21, at a neutral site in Rock Springs, Wyoming.

The Northeastern Plainsmen lost a 43-6 decision at Western Colorado, and then competed at the last two open meets that CSC attended, the Mines Rookie Open and the Cowboy Open.

CSC defeated the Plainsmen in the season opener in Chadron last year, by a 43-0 margin. They have not seen Northwest in a dual meet at all, in the past decade.

Following the two duals will be a trip back to Kearney for the Younes Hospitality Open, at the Buffalo County Fairgrounds. The Eagles will enter nearly 30 wrestlers in the massive tournament, which so far 29 teams have registered for.

At last year's open, Darwin Hull, then a freshman, placed fifth at 174 pounds, while sophomore Harrison Gocke was sixth at 149. However neither wrestler was able to compete all the way through the bracket, as every competitor is limited to six matches. Rarely does anyone other than the finalists find out where they would have placed without the limit.

The dual lineup for CSC:

125 - Quade Smith
133 - Quentrevion Campbell
141 - Ethan Leake
149 - Brandon Paredes
157 - Luke Goncalves
165 - Dean Neff
174 - Rowdy Pfeil
184 - Keegan Gehlhausen
197 - Bryan Zutavern
285 - Mason Watt