Argos crush Lights in dual action in Great Falls
George Ferguson
Havre Daily News sports editor
gferguson@havredailynews.com
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team has had its share of
difficulties early this season. Nothing, however, was more devastating than the
Lights' 31-6 loss Thursday night to a second-year program in the University of
Great Falls.
The Lights traveled to UGF as the No. 18-ranked team in the country, while the
Argos came in ranked fourth. Still, the dual was expected to be close between
the two teams.
It turned out anything but.
UGF won eight straight matches from 125 pounds
to 184 pounds before the Lights even scored a point.
UGF's Forest Bouge dismantled Zach Morgan at 125 to get the dual started. Bouge
scored six takedowns en route to an 18-5 win that got the
What followed was an onslaught of UGF wins by Jason Harrington, Spencer
Griffiths, Jon Muri, Adam Monroe, Mike Kummer and Dan Gordon.
Gordon earned a hard-fought 10-6 upset win over Northern's Ryan Mattingly in
the 184-pound match.
By the time Northern's Brian Fritchman pinned former Chinook standout Eric
Hinebauch in the 197-pound match, the dual was completely over on the
scoreboard.
Fritchman's win over Hinebauch was another in what has become quite a battle
between the two nationally ranked wrestlers this season. In the final match of
the night, UGF's Luke Roberts earned a 3-1 decision over MSU-N heavyweight Josh
Robinson.
The historic win over the Lights was a dramatic turnaround for the UGF program.
In its first year as a program, the
Northern won't be back in action until Dec. 29 when the team travels to the
Midlands Invitational.
Great Falls 31, MSU-Northern 6
125-Forrest Bouge, Great Falls, dec. Zach Morgan, 18-5; 133-Jason Harrington,
Great Falls, dec. Michael McPeak, 12-9; 141-Spencer Griffiths, Great Falls,
dec. Chris Smith, 3-2; 149-Jon Muri, Great Falls, dec. Colt Heger, 11-9;
157-Adam Monroe, Great Falls, dec. Ty Aiken, 7-6; 165-Ryan Smith, Great Falls,
dec. Aaron Jensen, 7-2; 174-Mike Kummer, Great Falls, pinned Colter Dimas,
5:15; 184-Dan Gordon, Great Falls, dec. Ryan Mattingly, 10-6; 197-Brian
Fritchman, MSU-Northern, pinned Eric Hinebauch, 3:41; Hwt-Luke Roberts, Great
Falls, dec. Josh Robinson, 3-1.