Dec. 12, 1998

Senior Lance Opitz (Webster, S.D.) and freshman Nick Nihill (Buhl, Idaho) both placed sixth at the St. Cloud State University Invitational Sunday. Both won two matches, and Nihill narrowly missed placing fifth, losing the final match in a close 4-2 decision. Opitz won his first two decisions before being pinned and defaulting the rest of the day due to an injury. NSU placed 11th out of 12 teams with a team score of 22.5. Augsburg won the invite with 164.5 points.

Results on St. Cloud State site

Here are the Northern wrestler's results from the day:

141 - Brian Jees, Augsburg, pinned Nathan Salsbery, Northern State, 2:55; Jason Moore, Valley City State, dec. Salsbery 7-3.

149 - Cory Schwartz, Northern State, maj. dec. Wade Blankenbaker, Dickinson State, 15-6; Lance Harpster, Ridgewater CC, maj. dec. Schwartz 11-3; Schwartz defeated Kyle Schell, Moorhead State, by injury default, :40; Raymond Lana, St. John's, maj. dec. Schwartz 19-11.

157 - Jason Thompson, Moorhead State, pinned Nick Nihill, Northern State, 2:47; Nihill dec. Corey Hanson, Valley City State, 9-3; Nihill dec. Dan Wagner, St. Cloud State, 2-1; Justin Baker, Augsburg, tech. fall Nihill, 15-0; Wyatt Pollert, Jamestown College, dec. Nihill 4-2.

165 - Lance Opitz, Northern State, dec. Sean Sjadin, Concordia (Moorhead), 8-4; Opitz pinned Nick Slack, Augsburg, 2:30; Klaus Alberts, St. Cloud State, pinned Opitz 4:37; Opitz injury defaulted from there.

174 - Jim Peterson, Augsburg, pinned Eddie Heisinger, Northern State, 1:32; Heisinger tech. fall Eric Peterson, Valley City State, 16-0; Nate Reiff, Concordia (Moorhead), pinned Heisinger, :56.

184 - Jason Htchett, University of Mary, pinned Brent Babcock, Northern State, 5:19; Babcock maj. dec. Nick Hamm, Concordia (Moorhead), 12-4; Ryan Tietz, St. John's, pinned Babcock, 3:24.

197 - Ryan Marx, St. Cloud State, tech. fall Dale Daugherty, Northern State, 16-0; Dave Roberts, Moorhead State, dec. Daugherty 3-2.