MSU-Northern Wrestling Update
11/02/04

Twelve wrestlers went to the Dino Classic in Alberta, Canada on Saturday, October 30^th (my birthday, I turned 29).  I will not get into details about the new scoring, F.I.L.A. has new rules and the officiating was a circus.  David Waters competed at 84 Kg (184.8 lbs.) and took 1^st, in the semi-finals he defeated the Calgary wrestler whom pinned him in the dual meet here on October 22^nd.   Ryan Mattingly at 78 Kg (171.6 lbs) took 3^rd place and lost to the Korean in the semi-finals, whom Emmett said was the real deal and won the weight class.  We had three 6^th places and one 5^th place.  There were teams from Cuba, Korea, of course Canada and Montana Northern represented the U.S.

Also on October 30^th (my birthday) was the prestigious Sunkist Open held in Phoenix, Arizona.  Former MSU-Northern National Champion Glenn Garrison was competing and placed 2^nd in the Greco Roman Division at 145 lbs.  His final match had a couple of controversial calls that should have gone Glenn’s way, reported by ex-Northern Wrestler and All-American Nate Laslovich who went down to watch.

This week Northern competes in two duals on Friday, November 5^th at 5 pm and 7 pm in Cody, WY, then onto Powell, WY for the Northwest Open on Saturday, starting at 9 am.