CHADRON, Neb. - Every weight class was a battle and Colorado School of Mines was in it to the end, but fell 22-12 at #12 Chadron State Friday night.

The Orediggers (4-2, 2-2 RMAC) picked up four victories courtesy of Cody Thompson, Jaron Mahler, Tristin David, and Ryan Cody, and were within three points heading into the final bout, but the Eagles (5-1, 3-0 RMAC) picked up a pair of bonus point wins and a pin to finish in their victory.

Chadron State went up 10-0 as they won at 125, 133, and 141 to start, but Mines rallied and won the next three to tie it 10-10. The run started with #12 Cody Thompson's 9-4 win over Torry Early at 149, and Mahler earned a 10-2 major decision against Clayton Robinson at 157 before David won a hard-fought 7-5 decision over Jaziah Whaley at 165 with a late takedown. 

That leveled things with four bouts to go, but CSC came away with a win at 174 in a clash of nationally-ranked grapplers as #10 Logan Berger got a takedown at the buzzer to edge #11 Wyatt Reisz 5-4. Keegan Gehlhausen followed that with an 11-10 win over Mason Diel, but Ryan Cody beat Eli Hinojosa at 197 to make it a 16-13 deficit heading to heavyweight; #5 Mason Watt shut the door with a pin, however, to hand the Eagles the win.

Mines will stay on the road for a dual at Colorado Mesa next Saturday before returning home to host Adams State on Feb. 3.
 

#12 CHADRON STATE 22, COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES 12
125: #7 Quade Smith (CSC) over Christian Lopez (MINES) (MD 11-2) 
133: #2 Quentrevion Campbell (CSC) over Trebor Moreno (MINES) (Dec 9-3) 
141: Ethan Leake (CSC) over #8 Grayston DiBlasi (MINES) (SV-1 4-1) 
149: #12 Cody Thompson (MINES) over Torry Early (CSC) (Dec 9-4) 
157: Jaron Mahler (MINES) over Clayton Robinson (CSC) (MD 10-2) 
165: Tristin David (MINES) over Jaziah Whaley (CSC) (Dec 7-5) 
174: #10 Logan Berger (CSC) over #11 Wyatt Reisz (MINES) (Dec 5-4) 
184: Keegan Gehlhausen (CSC) over Mason Diel (MINES) (Dec 11-10) 
197: Ryan Cody (MINES) over Eli Hinojosa (CSC) (Dec 13-8) 
285: #5 Mason Watt (CSC) over Cade Whish (MINES) (Fall 4:46) 
165 EXTRA: Jakob Smith (MINES) over Hunter Gilmore (CSC) (Dec 4-0)
(Mines deducted one team point for unsportsmanlike conduct)