NIACC advances 5 to round of 16

NIACC's Kendall Sandifer controls Minnesota West's Braydon Johnson in his first round match at 157 pounds.
NIACC's Kendall Sandifer controls Minnesota West's Braydon Johnson in his first round match at 157 pounds.
March 6, 2020

COUNCIL BLUFFS - The NIACC wrestling team moved five wrestlers to the round of 16 at the NJCAA Division I national wrestling tournament Friday morning.

Winning first-round matches for the Trojans were Clarence Lee-Green (125), Tony Mendoza (149), Kendall Sandifer (157) and Holton Truax (197). Christian Minto (165) had a first-round bye as the tournament's top seed in his weight class.

Lee-Green won by technical fall over Northwest's Dawson Barfuss, 17-0; Mendoz topped Labette's Parker Price, 5-1; Sandifer nipped Minnesota West's Braydon Johnson, 4-3; and Truax pinned Lackawanna's Jayden Bortz in 1 minute, 23 seconds.

Brock Luthens (133), Hunter Luke (141), Cody Klettheimer (174) and Reldon Miller (184) all dropped first-round contests Friday morning. Luthens, Luke and Klettheimer will wrestle in consolation matches Friday afternoon.