5 Trojans advance at nationals

COUNCIL BLUFFS - Five NIACC men's wrestlers advanced Friday morning at the NJCAA national wrestling championships at the Mid-America Center.

Staying alive so far for the Trojans are Isaac Church (141), Cordell White (149), Tanner Warden (157), Jessey Colas (184) and Xander Kenworthy (197).

At 141 pounds, Church, the fourth-seed who received a first-round bye, gained a 17-5 major decision victory over Snow's Will Korth at 141 pounds in his second round match.

Church (14-2) now faces Ryan Paladino of Nassau in a third-round match.

At 149 pounds, White, the 10th seed who received a first-round bye, pinned Otero JC's Dakota Taavialma in 1:26 in his second-round match. White (9-3) now takes on RCTC's Cohen Wiste in a third-round match.

At 157 pounds, Warden, the 15th seed who received a first-round bye, pinned Griffin Jones of Union College in 1 minute, 37 seconds. Warden (8-4) takes on Iowa Central's Darnai Heard in a third-round match.

At 184 pounds, Colas, the ninth seed who received a first-round bye, moved on with a 7-4 win over Iowa Western's Bruce Lukehart. Colas (15-2) now faces Nathan Adrina of Southwestern Michigan in a third-round contest. 

At 197 pounds, Kenworthy stuck Northwest's Josh Womack in 51 seconds in his first-round match. Kenworthy also pinned Solomon Luna of Otero JC in 2:26 in his econd-round match.

Kenworthy, who is 17-11 with 11 falls, takes on Matthew Marcum of Labette in his third-round match.

At 133 pounds, NIACC's McKenley Charelus picked up a 16-1 technical fall over Middlesex's Luis Suriel in his first-round match. Charelus then was pinned by Southwest's Jordan Oehme in 2:19 in his second-round match.

NIACC sits in 12th place with 21.5 points.

NIACC'S FIRST-ROUND MATCHUPS

133 - McKenley Charelus (N) tech. fall Luis Suriel (Middlesex), 16-1.

197 - Xander Kenworthy (N) pinned Josh Womack (Northwest), :51.

SECOND-ROUND MATCHUPS

133 - Jordan Oehme (Southwest) pinned Charelus, 2:19.

141 - (4) Isaac Church (N) major dec. Will Korth (Snow), 17-5.

149 - (10) Cordell White (N) pinned Dakota Taavialma (Otero JC), 1:26.

157 - (15) Tanner Warden pinned Griffin Jones (Union College), 1:37.

165 - (8) Michael Myers (Iowa Central) pinned Emmanuel Celestin (N), 4:58.

174 - (4) Lawrence Rosario (Iowa Central) tech. fall Guzman, 15-0.

184 - (9) Jessey Colas (N) dec. Bruce Lukehart (Iowa Western), 7-4.

197 - Kenworthy pinned Solomon Luna (Otero JC), 2:26.

285 - (6) DJ Moehring (Iowa Central) pinned LB Neloms (N), 2:17.

THIRD-ROUND MATCHES

141 - Church vs. Ryan Paladino (Nassau) 

149 - White vs. Cohen Wiste (RCTC)

157 - Warden vs. Darnai Heard (Iowa Central)

184 - Colas vs. Nathan Adrina (Southwestern Michigan)

197 - Kenworthy vs. Matthew Marcum (Labette)

CONSOLATION MATCHES

133 - Charleus vs. Kolton Field (Pratt)

165 - Celestin vs. Michael Ager (Southwestern Oregon)

174 - Guzman vs. Terek White (Neosho County)

285 - Neloms vs. Mike Clark (Patrick & Henry)

NJCAA MEN'S WRESTLING SCHEDULE

Friday, March 1

9 a.m. - First and second-round preliminaries, first-round consolation round.

6:15 p.m. - Championship quarterfinals, consolation second and third round.

Saturday, March 2

9:30 a.m. - Championship semifinals, consolation quarterfinals, consolation semifinals, consolation finals (third/fourth, fifth/sixth, seventh/eighth place matches).

5:30 p.m. - Opening ceremonies.

5:50 p.m. - Parade of All-Americans.

6 p.m. - Championship finals.