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Rowdy Pfeil, freshman of Moorcroft, Wyoming, wrestles against Eli Hinojosa, sophomore of Imperial, at practice Wednesday at the Nelson Physical Activity Center.

Eagles struggle to soar against rough winds

u By Mackenzie Dahlberg

Sports Editor

At their first dual of the 2021 wrestling season, Chadron wrestled against University of Nebraska Kearney, Saturday at Kearney. UNK having wrestled in six different matches came away with the win, 43-3.

Wrestling at 174 pounds, Rowdy Pfeil, freshman of Moorcroft, Wyoming, was the wrestler that put points up on the board for the Eagles, with a decision for his match.

Pfeil started his match strong with a takedown and a near fall, sitting 4-0 after the first period. After a takedown by his opponent, Terrell Garraway, junior of Lenexa, Kansas, in the second period, Pfeil came back in the third with two escapes, and a takedown while Garraway had a takedown and a penalty point for stalling.

“The expectation for Rowdy, we knew he was good, and we were excited we got him to come here,” Head Wrestling Coach Brett Hunter said, “When you’re wrestling the same guy in practice, it’s hard to see how good anyone is. Rowdy’s mentality is he doesn’t care who he’s wrestling, he just goes out and he wrestles hard.”

At 149 pounds, Sebastian Robles, junior of Port Orchard, Washington, remained close throughout his match against Loper Sam Turner, senior of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Both wrestlers had a takedown each as the match moved into the third period, only for Turner to have an escape and a takedown to Robles’s escape, ending the match 5-3 in the Lopers’ favor.

Athletes Weekof the

Naishaun Jernigan

Hometown: Springfield, Massachusetts Class: Sophomore Sport: Track & Field

At the first meet of the season, Jernigan marked 48 feet, 4 inches in the triple jump, and 23 feet, 8 inches in the long jump, placing first in both events at WSC Indoor Classic, Saturday, at Wayne. Please see Wrestling, page 15

Rowdy Pfeil

Hometown: Moorcroft, Wyoming Class: Freshman Sport: Wrestling

In his college debut, Pfeil earned the Eagle’s three points at 174 pounds with a decision win and a major upset against No. 4 UNK Loper Terrell Garraway, Saturday, at Kearney.

2021

Men’s Basketball Standings

1. Colorado Mesa 2. Colorado School of Mines 3. Westminster 4. Adams State 5. South Dakota Mines 6. MSU Denver 7. Chadron State

2021

Women’s Basketball Standings

1. Western 2. Colorado Mesa 3. Westminster 4. Colorado School of Mines 5. Black Hills State ... 15. Chadron State

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Eagles soar to victory against Mountaineers

u By Mackenzie Dahlberg

Sports Editor

Chadron scored 48 points in the first half, and 37 in the second to win against Western Colorado University, 85-73, Friday at the Chicoine Center, making their season record 3-3.

After two steals by the Mountaineers with 1:30 minutes left for the game, closing the gap to 10 points, the closest WSC was in the second half. The Eagles recovered with stops defensively and four free throws from Marcus Jefferson, junior of Lewisville, Texas, finishing the game with a gap of 12.

“We still have to take steps just how to handle big leads, put teams away,” Head Men’s Basketball Coach Shane Paben said. “I thought it was a perfect scenario, the fact that I thought we played well, and shot the ball well. I thought it was really practice what we preached. We got the paint touches and the post touches.”

Marcus Jefferson led the Eagles with the most boards, with two offensive and seven defensive rebounds, and eight assists.

The top scorer of the night was Jacob Jefferson, junior of Buckeye, Arizona, with 24 points, reaching his season high and tying his career high. He made two shots from the arc and was 10 of 14 from the field.

“He (Jacob Jefferson) is a very skilled offensive player,” Paben said. “I wasn’t surprised by anything he did, I see it every day in practice.”

Deundra Roberson, junior of Columbia Heights, Minnesota, was the second leading scorer of the night with 18 points, with seven field shots and three three-pointers. Roberson also grabbed four rebounds for the night.

Brady Delimont, senior of Ainsworth, ended the night with 14 points, third in scoring leaders, 4 of 9 from the arc, and contributed four rebounds. “I thought as a group they just did exactly what we kind of asked them to do, especially offensively,” Paben said. “Obviously, there’s things defensively that I’ll talk to the team about that we need to keep getting batter at and keep our focus. But as an overall group, I was very proud of them.”

The Eagles were 54.7% for field goal shots, 50% at the three-point line, and 75% from the free throw line for the night. They had 24 points in the paint and eight fast break points, and having the lead since the beginning of the game.

The Eagles are scheduled to play South Dakota School of Mines today, the women’s game starting at 5:30 p.m., followed by the men’s at 7:30 p.m.

Wrestling, from page 14

The Eagles were pinned in four matches, in the 133, 141, 157 and 285 weight classes. UNK earned a technical fall, two major decisions and two decisions.

Eagles were able to gain more experience during the exhibition matches, even though the results of the matches didn’t contribute to the team’s points.

“Our focus is just kind of going back to our basics,” Hunter said. “We’re working on better positioning and getting back to our roots a little bit. Understanding that we can’t go to our back, we can’t give up points in that manner, and getting beat that way.”

The Lopers improve their record 4-3 overall with November and December competitions, while the Eagles, unable to previously compete due to COVID-19 complications, are now 0-1.

“Yeah, with our sport if you get off track with training it’s different than every other sport because our weight,” Hunter said, “Wrestling is very taxing on the body so anytime that we have kids that are having to quarantine or close contact, they lose that shape so quick.”

Chadron will host their next match 6 p.m. tonight against Colorado Mesa University in the Chicoine center, before heading back to Kearney for Midwest Duals against Adams State University, Newman University and University of Central Missouri, Saturday morning.

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Photo by Mackenzie Dahlberg Marcus Jefferson, junior of Lewisville, Texas, goes up for a lay-up against Mountaineer Jackson Ehrlin, senior of Colorado Springs, Colorado,Friday night in the Chicoine Center.