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Dec. 2, 2021 | The Eagle | csceagle.com Sports
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Lunch & Dinner Specials As of Dec. 1, 2021 1. Regis 2. MSU-Denver 3. New Mexico Highlands 4. UCCS 5. Adams State 6. Colorado Mesa 7. Fort Lewis 8. CHADRON STATE 9. Colorado Christian 10. CSU-Pueblo 11. Black Hills State
2021-22 SEASON WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS
As of Dec. 1, 2021
1. Colorado Mines 2. Colorado Mesa 3. CSU-Pueblo 4. MSU-Denver 5. Colorado Christian 6. New Mexico Highlands 7. Adams State 8. Western 9. Black Hills State 10. UCCS 11. Westminster 12. CHADRON STATE
Photo by Mackenzie Dahlberg Eli Hinojosa, redshirt junior of Imperial, pushes down on his opponent Kordell Culhane, freshman of Fort Collins, Colorado, in the 197-pound weight class during the Eagles’ opening meet of the season against Northeastern Junior College, Monday, Nov. 1 in the Chicoine Center.
Wrestlers place against strong competition
By Mackenzie Dahlberg
Sports Editor
Chadron State men’s wrestling team saw four placements against strong competition, Saturday at the Cowboy Open in Laramie, Wyoming.
“We all wrestled tough, everyone showed a lot of e ort against such tough competition,” Ethan Leake, redshirt sophomore of Clovis, California, said. “We still got things to work on, but it was good for everyone to get out there and wrestle those tough guys to see where they are at.”
At 197 pounds, Eli Hinojosa, redshirt junior of Imperial, was the second wrestler to nish with a fourth place going 2-2 for the day. Hinojosa took a decision win over his rst opponent, 8-3. His following two matches ended with major decisions with Hinojosa losing one, 16-4, and winning the next, 14-3. To nish out his day, he was beat out of third place by Jack Forbes of Utah Valley University, freshman of Littleton, Colorado, by one point for a decision, 5-4.
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Delimont nished the weekend of Puerto Rico in the lead with 19 points against the University of Sacred Hearts. He led in eld goals, being ve of 12, and in three-point shots being ve of 11. He also made four of his ve free throws.
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Photo by Mackenzie Dahlberg Rowdy Pfeil, sophomore of Moorcroft, Wyoming, stands against his opponent during the Eagles’ first meet of the season, Monday, Nov. 1, against Northeastern Junior College in the Chicoine Center.
Leake started his day off strong with wins over his first two opponents in the 141-pound weight class. He pinned his first opponent at 4:30 before taking a decision win over University of Wyoming’s Aidan Noonan, freshman of Bernard, Iowa, 7-2.
He continued to his third match, being pinned at 2:33 by his opponent. Leake faced No. 24 Chase Zollmann, redshirt senior of Poway, California, from University of Wyoming, and Leake finished the day fourth after a decision loss 6-5.
“I think that I wrestled pretty good,” Leake said. “I still have a lot to work on by the end of the season, but it was good to get out there against tough competition and see where we are at, especially this early in the season.”
Competing unattached in 141 weight class, Hunter Gilmore, freshman of Arlington, was another Eagle place winner. He pinned in his first and third matches, 4:24 and 4:07.
In his second match, he took a technical fall loss, 17-1 at five minutes before also facing Zollman in his final match and taking a major decision loss, 15-2 and finishing the meet in fifth.
To finish out the placers for CSC, Rowdy Pfeil, sophomore of Moorcroft, Wyoming, started the meet with a decision win, 6-2, before going up against No. 5 Tyce Raddon, sophomore of Beaver, Utah, of Western Wyoming.
Against Raddon, Pfeil ended the match with a major decision loss, 14-6. He finished out his day in fifth place after being pinned by his last two opponents at 2:39 and 4:14.
The men’s wrestling team have this weekend off before they return to the mats for Chadron State Duals, Saturday, Dec. 11, against the University of Nebraska-Kearney, Augustana University, and San Francisco State University.
Leake said the team will continue to push and keep getting better over the break, using the time to continue to improve and work hard.
Eagles are off to the races Friday
The indoor track and field team starts its season at the Yellow Jacket Holiday Open with a roster of 84 returning and new athletes
u By Mackenzie Dahlberg
Sports Editor
Indoor track and field team is ready for the blanks to fire, signaling the start of its season.
“I’m excited to see how our marks and times improve this year from last year,” Shane Collins, sophomore of Bison, South Dakota, said.
He said that the unknowns that last year held made thinks hard on athletes to perform at their best and this year’s stability will bring accomplishments above their current expectations.
The men’s indoor track and field team have welcomed back over thirty athletes like Naishaun Jernigan, junior of Springfield, Massachusetts, who placed eighth with a leap of 23 feet, 10.25 inches in the long jump during last season’s NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships and earned All American honors.
The team will also see sprinter and jumper Morgan Fawver, junior of McCook, back on the track along with the members of last year’s 4x400 relay team: Osvaldo Cano, junior of Oshkosh; Osiel Cano, junior of Oshkosh; Harley Rhoads, senior of Douglas, Wyoming; and Gregory Logsdon, sophomore of Torrington, Wyoming.
A number of placing jumpers returned as well as throwers like Collins and Jordyn Spencer, junior of Loveland, Colorado.
There will be 20 new men’s track athletes building a roster that currently consists of 54 athletes.
“It has been great having new athletes on the team,” Collins said. “It always brings a little extra competition into the mix.”
Chadron State women’s track team is filled with 30 athletes, 18 of the athletes returning from last year.
Miranda Gilkey, senior of Lusk, Wyoming, and Destiny Pelton, sophomore of Fort Morgan, Colorado, are some jumpers leaping back into the season for jumps along with multis like Julieanne Thomsen, redshirt junior of Custer, South Dakota, and Johannah Christie, sophomore of Alpine, Wyoming.
Throwers Morgan Ekwall, Becca Monahan, and Courtney Smith have been back in the ring, all of the throwers working with a new coach.
Collins said that the new coach has been great to work with so far.
“There is always an adjustment period when a new coach comes in but I think that what Coach Lizzie brings to the program will be beneficial to the program as we continue through the season.”
Last year the indoor season consisted of seven meets, four of them being hosted by Black Hills State University.
This year, the season will begin at BHSU for the Yellow Jacket Holiday Open, Friday and Saturday before the Eagles make trips to Golden, Colorado, and Brookings, South Dakota.
Collins said he hopes to improve this season by passing some mental barriers that keeps him from accomplishing things.
“For this weekend, I’m hoping to see myself and my teammates hit some solid marks and times and really set this season off in the right direction,” he said.
Photo by Mackenzie Dahlberg Taj Toney (10), left, sophomore of Cleveland, Ohio, reaches for a rebound over Rychell Janga during the men’s basketball game, Sunday against the University of Sacred Heart at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
Photo by Mackenzie Dahlberg CJ Jennings (4), senior of Colorado Springs, Colorado, lifts the ball for a free throw shot during the men’s basketball game Saturday against the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
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Photo by Mackenzie Dahlberg Tejaun Hale (21), middle, freshman of Berkeley, California, shoots the ball against Dolphin defenders during the men’s basketball game Sunday against the University of Sacred Heart at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
Eagles enchant the court in P.R.
u By Mackenzie Dahlberg
Sports Editor
CSC men’s basketball team was able to travel to the island of enchantment and play three games against island teams.
While in Puerto Rico, the Eagles CSC took three wins by ten points or more even with a portion of their players out for injuries, evening out their overall record 4-4 with different Eagles on the leader board game to game.
“Everyone gave us valuable minutes throughout the weekend at some point in those three games,” Shane Paben, head men’s basketball coach, said. “Those guys really stepped up when we were in foul trouble, injuries, guys getting thrown into different positions and stuff. I’m just proud of the entire group.”
For the first game, Teddy Parham, junior of Los Angeles, led the Eagles with 15 points against the University of Puerto Rico-Carolina on Friday.
The Eagles took a quick lead over the Jaguars to finish the first half, 43-24. Chadron State continued to drive for points taking a 24-point win, 81-57.
Parham contributed five of eight field goals, three of five three pointers, and made both of his free throw attempts. He also led the team with nine rebounds, finishing the game just shy of a double-double.
The second game against the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras remained a little closer, the biggest lead for the Eagles being 23 points with about 13 minutes left of the second half.
“Playing three straight days is always tough,” Paben said. “It’s not an easy thing to do and do we have enough energy. They were not bad teams down there. We had to go out there and compete, hit some shots.”
CJ Jennings, senior of Colorado Springs, Colorado, led the second game against the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras with 21 points. He was 100% from the free throw line, gaining 10 of his points off of the Roosters’ fouls.
Jennings was four of 12 for field goals and three of seven for three-pointers. Similar to Parham during Friday’s game, Jennings also led the Eagles with six rebounds on Saturday.
During Sunday’s game, Brady Delimont, senior of Ainsworth, and Jennings, battled against University of Sacred Heart’s Rychell Janga on the arc which tied the score eight times and the lead changed 12 times.
Delimont led the Eagles with 19 points, making five from within the arc and at the arc. He also made four of five free throws.
“It was a great weekend for our team,” Delimont said. “I wouldn’t have been the leading scorer without the help of my teammates. It was great to achieve that but winning was even better. We took a big step as a team this weekend.”
Jennings was right behind with 18 points: four field goals, four three-pointers and being six of eight for free throws.
The Eagles eventually broke away from the dolphins with a three pointer from KJ Harris, junior of McKinney, Texas, with 8:50 left in the second half.
For the last six minutes of the game, Jennings made four free throws while Delimont made two of his three-pointers to extend the Eagles’ lead to 10 points before the buzzer sounded to signal CSC’s full sweep in Puerto Rico.
“Whenever you get an opportunity to get in the game, you have to make the most of it,” Delimont said. “Everyone did that and that is showed going 3-0.”
Harris and Marcus Jefferson, junior of Lewisville, Texas, played through all three games consistently.
Harris scored 10 points Friday, 14 points Saturday and seven points Sunday. Over the weekend, he scored 12 of 21 field goals and five of 11 three-pointers. He had a strong presence with rebounds with six on both Friday and Sunday and two Saturday.
Jefferson finished the weekend with a total of 34 points. He had 11 makes within the arc, seven three-pointers, and five free throws.
Still facing a number of injuries, the Eagles return to play in Chicoine against Fort Lewis College on Friday and Western Colorado University on Saturday. They will play after the women’s basketball team plays at 5:30 p.m., both days.
“We’re adjusting on the fly. It kind of feels like COVID almost like every day is like I don’t know what’s going to happen,” Paben said. “So, if we weather the storm and come together, this group could really be special in January and February. Not the season I envisioned but we’re still battling.”
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Photo by Mackenzie Dahlberg Brady Delimont (5), right, senior of Ainsworth, shoots over Gian Rivera during Saturday’s men’s basketball game at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. CSC men’s basketball team watches from the bench during the men’s basketball game, Friday against University of Puerto Rico-Carolina at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
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Photo by Mackenzie Dahlberg Marcus Jefferson (3), junior of Lewisville, Texas, wrestles for the ball against Jaguar player during the men’s basketball game, Friday against University of Puerto Rico-Carolina at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
Photo by Mackenzie Dahlberg Teddy Parham (2), middle, junior of Los Angeles, attempts to steal a pass between Dolphin players Daniel Mangual, left, and Rychell Janga during Sunday’s men’s basketball game against University of Sacred Heart at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
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Photo by Mackenzie Dahlberg Beau Bragg (33), freshman of Combine, Texas, spins against his defender during the men’s basketball game, Saturday against the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
Photos by Mackenzie Dahlberg ABOVE: Taj Toney (10), sophomore of Cleveland, Ohio, throws the ball back in bounds at an opponent during the men’s basketball game Friday against the University of Puerto Rico-Carolina at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
LEFT: KJ Harris (23), junior of McKinney, Texas, drives toward the basket against Fernando Rangel during the men’s basketball game Sunday against the University of Sacred Heart at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
