“You’ve always got to be ready if something goes down,” NIC wrestling coach and Tri-State Invitational tournament director Derrick Booth said. “But anymore, coaches and wrestlers really do a good job of keeping everything going smoothly throughout the entire weekend.”
“After the match, I hugged each girl and told them you’ve got to be proud of the season we had,” first-year NIC coach Brittany Tilleman said. “We played with so much trust and energy when we’re on. Our practices help us compete for moments like this. It’s always been us against us. To do it against a team like that, we just weren’t prepared for that. Our season was a complete team effort and everyone involved. I’m sad to see the sophomores go, but I’m proud of them.”
NIC’s wrestling team took a narrow criteria loss to Montana State University-Northern’s Lights in their first inter-squad dual of the season on Saturday night, in a dual NIC Assistant Coach Cooper Thomas described as “electric.” The Cardinals started off strong with a quick thirty-second fall from Freshman 125-lb wrestler Elijah Cater. Sophomore 133-pounder Zach Lopez […]