GOLDEN, Colo. -- With a 37-11 victory over Simon Fraser on Thursday, the Chadron State College men's wrestling team has finished the regular season with a record of 10-1 overall and 8-0 in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference duals.
 
The Eagles already clinched the RMAC title after defeating CSU-Pueblo on Saturday.
 
In Thursday's dual, which was held in Golden, Colorado on Colorado School of Mines campus, CSC won the 125, 133, 141, 149, 165, 184 and 197 weight classes.
 
At 125 pounds, #8 Quade Smith, a junior from Layton, Utah, earned a first period fall in 2:01.
 
#2 Quen, Campbell, a senior from Tifton, Georgia, needed less time than Smith to finish his match at 133 pounds. Campbell immediately scored a takedown and four nearfall points to begin the match before recording a pin in 0:57.
 
Leading 12-0, Chadron State's lead was extended to 24-0 after forfeits by the Red Leaf's at 141 and 149 pounds.
 
Simon Fraser won their first match of the day with a decision at 157.
 
Jaziah Whaley, a redshirt freshman from Gilcrest, Colorado, needed 6:50 to tech fall his opponent 17-1 at 165 pounds.
 
After the Red Leaf's won by decision at 174 pounds, CSC won the following two weight classes.
 
At 184, Keegan Gehlhausen, a redshirt sophomore form Pinedale, Wyoming, was victorious with a 16-2 major decision. Dominic Joyce, a freshman from North Port, Florida, scored the Eagles last four team points with a 22-11 major decision at 197.
 
An 18-3 tech fall in Simon Fraser's favor at 285 pounds made the final score 37-11.
 
Chadron State will have a group of wrestlers partake in the Rocky Mountain Open hosted by Colorado School of Mines on Sunday before wrestling at regionals on March 1.

CSC men need wins to reach playoffs again

CHADRON, Neb. -- With six games still on the schedule, the Chadron State College men's basketball team has its backs against the wall if it is to qualify for the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference's post-season tournament again this season.
             
The first four of the remaining games will be played in the Eagles' Chicoine Center, including dates with New Mexico Highlands this Friday night and Colorado State-Pueblo on Saturday night. Both double-headers will begin at 5:30 p.m. with the women's teams taking the court first.
             
The second set of games will also be at home.  Those opponents will be Metro State and Colorado School of Mines on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 23 and 24, respectively.  The Eagles will end the regular season at South Dakota Tech in Rapid City and Black Hills State in Spearfish on March 1 and 2.
             
At 11-11 and 8-8, the Chadron State men are even-Steven both overall and in the RMAC standings. The conference record puts them in seventh place entering this weekend's competition. The top eight teams qualify for the playoffs. 
             
The Eagles qualified a year ago with a 16-6 conference record. A couple of wins this weekend would help immensely. Both Highlands and Pueblo are 5-11 in RMAC action.  CSC played both on the road to open the RMAC slate in early December.  The Eagles visited Pueblo first and edged the ThunderWolves 84-82 on Bryce Latimer's layup with three seconds remaining, but fell to the Cowboys in Las Vegas 75-61.
             
Pueblo has dropped its last six conference games, but has some firepower. Its leading scorer is 6-foot-4 senior Brevin Walter, who is averaging 17 points a game. Three teammates also are averaging least 11 points.
             
Highlands has won just one of nine games since Jan. 5, but has scored at least 82 points in each of its last four contests. 
             
The Eagles dropped two nail-biters on the road last weekend, when they were forced to play without Latimer, because he was ill. He's the conference's second leading scorer at 18.8 points a game and leads the league in assists per game. Earlier in the week, Latimer said he has recovered and ready to play again.
             
Following an array of injuries, CSC Women's Coach Travis Brewster said for the first time in nearly a month, he expects to have all 12 of his players available.
             
At 6-14 for the season and 4-12 in the conference the Lady Eagles are not in the playoff hunt, but are determined to play their best basketball the next three weekends.  The Highlands Cowgirls also have struggled, but the Pueblo women are 8-8 in RMAC play and hopeful of qualifying for the post-season.
             
The ThunderWolves are built around junior forward Alisha Little, who at 6-foot-1 is not little.  She is the conference's second leading scorer at 19.8 points a game and is tied for the rebounding lead with a 11.5 average.

Softball begins RMAC play in Golden

CHADRON, Neb. -- The Chadron State College softball team starts Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play with four games against Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday's doubleheader begins at 12 p.m., and Sunday's will start at 11 a.m.
 
A year ago, Colorado Mines defeated CSC in three of four games.
 
Colorado School of Mines is currently 3-3 overall. Chadron State is searching for its first win of the season after started 0-10 while playing ten games in Florida.
 
Offensively this season, the Eagles are led by Aliyah Rothstein, a junior from Lakewood, Colorado, with a .310 average. Jessie Henchenski, a senior from Fort Collins, Colorado, had a team high four runs, three doubles and two homers while hitting .276 during the trip.
 
A total of three Eagles started games in the circle defensively. Kenzi Garner, a junior form Broomfield, Colorado, led the group with an ERA of 3.94 in 21.1 innings.
 
Kendall Aragon leads the Orediggers with an average of .400 and eight hits. As a team, Mines has only hit one homerun in its six games but have recorded a total of 15 RBI's.
 
Four different pitchers have started for the Orediggers and two remain undefeated. Kat Miller has an ERA of 1.50 while posting a record of 1-0 and Sadriena Rodriguez is 2-0 with an ERA of 2.50. The duo has only walked three batters and struck out 17.
 
Both teams are beginning RMAC play this weekend that will continue over the following 11 weeks.