WARRIORS PIN PANTHERS, 45-9

WARRIORS PIN PANTHERS, 45-9

IOWA FALLS, IA – No. 12-rated Indian Hills put a bow on its inaugural regular season slate Wednesday night in Iowa Falls with a 45-9 dual meet ICCAC victory over Ellsworth at Dittmer Gymnasium.

The win moved Coach Cole Spree's first-year program to 7-1 overall and 5-1 in league bouts and added to the remarkable story that's been written in Centerville during this initial campaign.

"It was great to see the guys put an exclamation point on a great regular season," Spree said.  "Now it's time to turn our focus to the postseason and completing the guys' individual goals at the national tournament."

The Warriors had defeated the Panthers 38-4 at a home dual, the program's first-ever, back on February 12 at the Multipurpose Building.  On that night, IHCC took nine of ten matchups.

Wednesday night's rematch included four forfeits, all of which added to the Warriors' runaway total as Chris Busutil (125), Neal Larsen (165), Mouhamadou Sene (174) and Tobias Bell (184) all put up six team points for IHCC unopposed.

In the six meetings that were contested, Indian Hills took four led by pins from Caleb Meekins at 133 pounds, Victor Guzman at 141 and Eli Loyd at 157.  Warrior 197-pounder Deron Pulliam scored the final three IHCC point during the rout with a decision over Jerrell Belcher.

Indian Hills will see where it stacks up nationally in about a month when they take part in the NJCAA National Tournament in Council Bluffs at Reiver Arena.

 

125Chris Busutil (IH) won by forfeit.  (IH leads 6-0)

133Caleb Meekins (IH) won by pinfall over Martin Santana (E). (IH leads 12-0)

141Victor Guzman (IH) won by pinfall over Robert Givens (E). (IH leads 18-0)

149 – Nathan Lendt (E) won by dec. over Jackson Wenberg (IH). (IH leads 18-3)

157Eli Loyd (IH) won by pinfall over Devan Martin (E). (IH leads 24-3)

165Neal Larsen (IH) won by forfeit.  (IH leads 30-3)

174Mouhamadou Sene (IH) won by forfeit.  (IH leads 36-3)

184Tobias Bell (IH) won by forfeit.  (IH leads 42-3)

197Deron Pulliam (IH) won by dec. over Jerrell Belcher. (IH leads 45-3)

295 – Blake Haub (E) won by pinfall over Caleb Collins (IH). (IH wins 45-9)