NIACC goes 5-1 in opening round

COUNCIL BLUFFS - Five NIACC wrestlers picked up wins in the first round this morning at the NJCAA national tournament and three others received first-round byes.

Winning first-round matches were Taylor Lehman (141), Jake Niichel (149), Quincy Kalkbrenner (157), Tristan Luther (174) and Mario Pena (285).

Paul Mascarenas (125), Shiquan Hall (133) and Kyler Mathews (197) received first-round byes.

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.