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By Ken McDowell Sports Editor SIDNEY, NEB. – The Sterling Tiger wrestlers turned in a solid performance Saturday in the Sidney, Neb., Invitational Tournament, placing fourth out of nine teams with 66.5 points. Placing fi rst for the Tigers was sophomore Joel Contreras with a 4-0 mark in the 138 lb. class. Freshman Colby Duncan was a runner-up fi nisher in the 106 lb. class with a 2-1 record. Sophomore Corbin Usry was a second place fi nisher in the 126 lb. class with a 3-1 slate and senior Tristen Whited was second at 170 lbs. with a 3-1 record. Sophomore Jacob Beltran was

third at 113 lbs. with a 1-2 mark and fourth place fi nishers were junior Austin Krier at 132 lbs. with a 103 record and freshman Erick Krier at 145 lbs. with a 2-2 mark. Sophomore Zach Little placed fi fth at 195 lbs. with an 0-4 record. Also competing for the Tigers were freshman Logan Guenzi at 152 lbs. (0-1) and freshman Patrick Holtzhauser at 182 lbs. (1-2). The Tigers will compete in a non-league dual meet Thursday at Wray to close out the 2012 portion of the season. Sterling will resume action after the holiday break Thurs., Jan. 10, 2013 at home against Brush at 6:30 p.m. in the fi rst Patriot League match of the season.

Sterling results in the Sidney Invitational include: Team scores – Lexington, Neb., 128; Cozad, Neb., 79.5; Sidney, Neb., 68; Sterling, 66.5; Gering, Neb., 59; Bayard, Neb., 50.5; Kimball, Neb., 41; Ogallala, Neb., 36; Chase County, Neb., 9. 106 lbs. – Colby Duncan, 2-1, 2nd: Won by 8-2 decision over Rowdy Keller, Kimball; lost by 6-5 decision to Pascual Francisco, Lexington; won by injury default over Ben Goble, Sidney. 113 lbs. – Jacob Beltran, 1-2, 3rd: Lost by fall to Mike Nyugen, Lexington, 5:04; won by fall over Garrett Ryan, Kimball, 5:58; lost by fall to Baily Hort, Gering, 3:27. 126 lbs. – Corbin Usry, 3-1, 2nd: Won by fall over Kelsey Hutson, Gering, 2:15; won by fall over Jacob Hoffman, Cozad, 4:42; won by 18-1 technical fall over Tatum Morgan, Kimball; lost by fall to Danny Ibarra, Lextington, 2:45. 132 lbs. – Austin Krier, 1-3, 4th: Lost by 7-0- decision to Dakota Hernandez, Lexington; lost by fall to Clay Trejo, Cozad, 1:41; won by fall over Elkanah Riley, Ogallala, 1:16; lost by 7-0 decision to Michael Muggli, Sidney. 138 lbs. – Joel Contreras, 4-0, 1st: Won by 4-3 decision over Luke Tinnon, Ogallala; won by fall over Brandon Bowers, Bayard, 1:13; won by fall over Jordan Hovie, Lexington, 3:07; won by fall over

Nathaniel Votruba, Sidney, 2:41. 145 lbs. – Erick Krier, 2-2, 4th: Won by fall over Lane Riley, Sidney, 3:23; won by fall over Quentin Timblin, Gering, 2:52; lost by 15-6 major decision to Seth Shield, Lexington; lost by 12-5 decision to Michael May, Chase County. 152 lbs. – Logan Guenzi, 0-1: Lost by injury default to Javier Figueroa, Kimball. 170 lbs. – Tristen Whited, 3-1, 2nd: Won by fall over Saige Valenzuela, Cozad, 2:59; lost by 3-2 decision to Elijah Timblin, Gering; won by fall

over Tristan Hunter, Bayard, 3:30; won by fall over Ryan Wooley, Sidney, 1:09. 182 lbs. – Patrick Holtzhauser, 1-2: Received bye; Lost by 3-2 decision to Blake Rains, Gering; lost by fall to Kelby Christian, Sidney, :41. 195 lbs. – Zach Little, 0-4, 5th: Lost by fall to Tanner Willey, Bayard, 3:19; lost by fall to Matthew Skinner, Ogallala, 4:38; lost by fall to Alex Boryca, Cozad, 1:29; lost by fall to Tanner Wintholz, Sidney, :47.

The Northeastern Junior College (NJC) Men’s Basketball team will be hosting two basketball camps on Thurs., Jan. 3, 2013. The fi rst camp has been designated for both boys and girls in grades Pre K-3rd, and will run from 9-11:30 a.m. The second camp has been designed for both boys and girls in grades 4th-8th and will run from 1-3:30 p.m. Each camp will cost $20 respectively. “We are excited to offer these camps to the public,” explains Head Coach Eddie Trenkle. “Members of our team will be reporting back from Christmas Break this day and this will be an wonderful opportunity to ease our

team back in to the basketball mentality. There is nothing better than working with young children and young adults and teaching them the fundamentals of the game of basketball.” Each camper will receive free admission to the NJC Men’s and Women’s games versus North Platte Community College on Tues., Jan. 8, 2013. Registration can be done at the door or mailed in. Make check payable to: NJC Basketball Camp, 100 College Blvd., Sterling, CO 80751. If you have any questions, comments or concerns please contact Steve Soza at 521-6769 or Steve.Soza@njc.edu.

The Sterling Elks Lodge has set the date for its 41st Annual Hoop Shoot contest. The event will be held on Sat., Jan. 5, 2013 in the auxiliary gym in the Bank of Colorado Events Center on the Northeastern Junior College (NJC) campus. The contest is free and open to all young boys and girls between

the ages of 8 and 13. Sign-up begins at 8 a.m. with the contest to begin at 9 a.m. The winners of each age group at the local contest will compete in the District Finals, also to be held at NJC on Jan. 19. For more information, call Rich Pollman at 522-0223 or email him at rip@bresnan.net.

NJC is hosting basketball camps

Annual Elks Hoop Shoot set for Jan. 5

Junior Austin Krioer of the Tigers wrestles at home during a recent match against Fort Morgan. Krier placed fourth in the 132 lb. class in the Sidney Invitational Saturday. (SPS Photo By Ken McDowell.)

Tiger wrestlers place fourth in Sidney Invitational Tournament