NIACC advances 6 to tonight's quarterfinals

COUNCIL BLUFFS - The NIACC wrestling team moved six wrestlers to Friday night's quarterfinals at the NJCAA national wrestling tournament at the Mid-America Center.

The quarterfinals are set to begin at 6:15 p.m. Friday.

Heading into the Friday afternoon consolation round, NIACC is in second place with 30 points. Iowa Central leads with 31 points and Clackamas is in third with 27.5 points.

Advancing to the quarterfinals for NIACC were Paul Mascarenas (125), third-ranked Shiquan Hall (133), Taylor Lehman (141), seventh-ranked Quincy Kalkbrenner (157), seventh-ranked Kyler Mathews (197) and Mario Pena (285).

Mascarenas (15-6) faces Western Wyoming's third-ranked Cole Verner in the quarterfinals; Hall (12-4) faces Niagara's top-ranked Kyle McGregor in the 133-pound quarterfinal match; and Lehman (14-14) takes on Southwest Oregon's top-ranked Brayden Akeo at 141 pounds.

Also for the Trojans in Friday night's quarterfinals, Kalkbrenner (16-6) wrestles Northwest Wyoming's Cameron Braden at 157 pounds; Mathews (7-6) will wrestle Clackamas' top-ranked John Morin at 197 pounds; and Pena (19-8) wrestles Nassau's seventh-ranked Jenard Rosemond at 285 pounds.

NIACC's Jake Niichel (17-13) stayed alive on the consolation side of the bracket Friday afternoon at 149 pounds with a 6 minute, 32 second pin of Northwest Tech's Dominique Evans.

NIACC's Tristan Luther (174) and Ben Wallace (184) were eliminated with losses in the consolation round Friday afternoon.

NIACC'S FIRST ROUND RESULTS

141 -Taylor Lehman (N) tech. fall James Henry (Bergen), 17-2.

149 - Jake Niichel (N) pinned Pedro Martinez (Triton).

157 - Quincy Kalkbrenner (N) pinned Jeff Fresch (Lincoln), 4:54.

174 - Tristan Luther (N) pinned Tamchybai Turusbekov (Harper), 1:40.

184 - Ean Eichert (Triton) major dec. Ben Wallace (N), 13-5.

285 - Mario Pena (N) dec. Devante Ragland (Colby), 3-1 (OT).

NIACC'S SECOND ROUND RESULTS

125 - Paul Mascarenas (N) pinned James Gallardo (Triton), 4:30.

133 - Shiquan Hall (N) tech. fall Nicholas Arroyo (Springfield Tech), 20-3.

141 - Taylor Lehman (N) pinned Abbas Tamradze (Springfield Tech), 6:27.

149 - Bryan Burnett (Labette) dec. Niichel (N), 5-4.

157 - Kalkbrenner (N) pinned Mike Dusold (Nassau), 4:30.

174 - Jacobe Smith (NE Oklahoma) pinned Luther (N), 1:46.

197 - Kyler Mathews (N) major dec. Travis Quarterman (Pratt), 13-0.

285 - Pena (N) dec. Robert Carson (Triton), 2-1.

NIACC CONSOLATION RESULTS

149 - Niichel (N) pinned Dominique Evans (NW Tech), 6:32.

174 - Skyler Bloomer (Labette) pinned Luther (N), :40.

184 - Heber Shepard (NW Wyoming) pinned Wallace (N), 3:43.