KEARNEY, Neb. - #21 Colorado School of Mines went 1-1 in the Midwest Duals at the University of Nebraska-Kearney on Saturday, handily defeating Central Missouri before running up against the host Lopers later in the morning.

The Orediggers (5-1) rested starters at four weight classes as they prepare for the RMAC stretch run, but still came away with some big results including Carter Noehre's upset of UNK's #5-ranked Jacob Wasser in the day's second dual.
 

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#21 Colorado School of Mines 38, Central Missouri 6

Mines won nine of 10 bouts including five with bonus points to rout Central Missouri 38-6 early in the session.

Christian Lopez got Mines off to a flying start with a 15-0 technical fall at 125 pounds as the Orediggers on their first seven weight classes. Tyler Krause and Grayston DiBlasi put together back-to-back major decisions, 10-2 and 14-0 at 133 and 141, respectively, and Cody Thompson pinned his opponent in 46 seconds before UCM forfeited 157 and KJ Kearns outlasted Emmett Kuntz in the second overtime period 6-4. Levi Farris' 8-3 decision at 174 put the Orediggers up 31-0.

The Mules' only win was by fall at 184 as Zach Hazen won over Aidan Funk in the second period, but Mines finished strongly as Perry Rodenbeck dominated in a 14-3 major decision at 197, and Anthony Atria edged Trevor Hankins 5-3 at 285.

125 - Christian Lopez (Colorado School of Mines) over Trevor Wishne (Central Missouri) TF 15-0
133 - Tyler Krause (Colorado School of Mines) over Terrell Carter-Williams (Central Missouri) Maj 10-2
141 - Grayston DiBlasi (Colorado School of Mines) over Joel Ridle (Central Missouri) Maj 14-0
149 - Cody Thompson (Colorado School of Mines) over Ethan Ewing (Central Missouri) Fall 0:46    
157 - Carter Noehre (Colorado School of Mines), by forfeit
165 - KJ Kearns (Colorado School of Mines) over Emmett Kuntz (Central Missouri) TB-1 6-4
174 - Levi Farris (Colorado School of Mines) over Austin Morgan (Central Missouri) Dec 8-3
184 - Zach Hazen (Central Missouri) over Aidan Funk (Colorado School of Mines) Fall 4:01
197 - Perry Rodenbeck (Colorado School of Mines) over Dayton Brown (Central Missouri) Maj 14-3
285 - Anthony Atria (Colorado School of Mines) over Trevor Hankins (Central Missouri) Dec 5-3
 

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#3 Nebraska-Kearney 38, #21 Colorado School of Mines 3

#3 UNK showed why they're a national championship contender as they won nine weight classes on the way to a 38-3 win to end the tournament. 

Mines' performance was highlighted by Noehre's upset of #5 Jacob Wasser at 157 pounds as Noehre prevailed 9-5. Christian Lopez battled at 125 in a 6-2 setback to #8 Josh Portillo, as did KJ Kearns at 165 against #2 Matt Malcolm in a 15-9 decision. In all, the Lopers had eight nationally-ranked individuals in the lineup.

125 - #8 Josh Portillo (Nebraska-Kearney) over Christian Lopez (Colorado School of Mines) Dec 6-2    
133 - #2 Wesley Dawkins (Nebraska-Kearney), by forfeit
141 - #11 Nick James (Nebraska-Kearney) over Wes Rayburn (Colorado School of Mines) Maj 13-0
149 - #1 Sam Turner (Nebraska-Kearney) over Cody Thompson (Colorado School of Mines) Fall 1:08
157 - Carter Noehre (Colorado School of Mines) over #5 Jacob Wasser (Nebraska-Kearney) Dec 9-5
165 - #2 Matt Malcom (Nebraska-Kearney) over KJ Kearns (Colorado School of Mines) Dec 15-9
174 - #5 Austin Eldredge (Nebraska-Kearney) over Levi Farris (Colorado School of Mines) TF 20-2
184 - Billy Higgins (Nebraska-Kearney) over Aidan Funk (Colorado School of Mines) TF 15-0
197 - #11 Hayden Prince (Nebraska-Kearney) over Perry Rodenbeck (Colorado School of Mines) Dec 7-0
285 - #7 Lee Herrington (Nebraska-Kearney) over Mike True (Colorado School of Mines) Dec 7-1
 

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Individual Matches

In addition to the dual tournament, UNK ran a mat of individual matches with all five Orediggers in action producing victories. Garrett Bakarich and Wes Rayburn each won with first-period falls, and Teague Dilbeck, Daniel Caddy, and Tristan David all won by decision; Bakarich was pinned in his second match at 174 pounds.

141 - Wes Rayburn (Colorado School of Mines) won by fall over Cael Figueroa (Adams State) Fall 1:20
141 - Teague Dilbeck (Colorado School of Mines) won by major decision over Alex Alvarez (Western Colorado)  Maj 10-2
149 - Daniel Caddy (Colorado School of Mines) won by decision over Jacob McCarley (Western Colorado)  Dec 12-9
157 - Tristan David (Colorado School of Mines) won by decision over Walker Heckendorf (Western Colorado)  Dec 8-1
174 - Garrett Bakarich (Colorado School of Mines) won by fall over Wyatt Hayes (Nebraska-Kearney)  Fall 2:35
174 - Jimmy Laconte (Western Colorado) won by fall over Garrett Bakarich (Colorado School of Mines) Fall 4:08