Toland: Wrestlers get off to fast starts

By Roger Toland, Journal Sports Writer | Thursday, January 04, 2007

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Two area athletes - Rapid City's Chas Welch and Gregory's Andy Sinclair - are off to impressive collegiate wrestling seasons at Northern State University.

Welch is 10-0 at 125 pounds and is ranked seventh in the nation, while Sinclair is 5-0 at 174 pounds and is rated sixth by the NCAA Division II Wrestling Coaches Association.

Welch holds a 5-3 victory over top-ranked Division III wrestler Nate Hanson of Luther College.

Both Welch and Sinclair are coming off red-shirt seasons.

Other area athletes competing at the collegiate level:

* Taylor Brock, Pierre: 0-2 at 184 pounds for Dakota Wesleyan.

* Ryan Erhardt, Rapid City: 2-3 at 165 for Dakota Wesleyan.

* Jordan Harer, Gettysburg: 16-8 at 133 for Dakota Wesleyan.

* Kyle Henderson, Box Elder: 5-13 at 157 for Dakota Wesleyan.

* Laird Klippenstein, Hot Springs: 9-10 at 157 for Dakota Wesleyan.

* Spencer Novotny, Winner: 3-6 at 149 for Dakota Wesleyan.

* Malik Stewart, Hot Springs: 4-8 at 125 for Dakota Wesleyan.

* Jared Thomas, Chamberlain: 0-5 at 149 for Dakota Wesleyan.

* Myles Ulmer, Winner: 4-10 at 197 for Dakota Wesleyan.

* Skylair Lappe, Box Elder: 8-7 at 141 for Chadron State.

* Jared Webster, Custer: 17-5 at 157 for Chadron State.

* Shane Odell, Buffalo: 7-5 at heavyweight for Chadron State.

* Cale Bickerdyke, Buffalo: Heavyweight recovering from a should injury at Chadron State.

* Chris Moran, Rapid City: 9-8 at 174-184 at South Dakota State.

* Nate Oviatt, Sturgis: 0-1 at 184 at Nebraska-Omaha.

* Preston Pavich, Spearfish: 1-4 at 184 at the University of Wyoming.

* Colt Goff, Moorcroft, Wyo. (157); Shane Bennett, Belle Fourche (165); Stanton Schlecht (174), Justin Schlecht (197) and Andrew Beug (174), Sturgis: All are competing at Dickinson State, but no won-loss records were available.

Classic match-up?

It may not rival the Boise State-Oklahoma football game, but the Lyman-White River boys basketball game Friday night in White River has broad implications as far as the polls are concerned.

Unbeaten Lyman was ranked No. 8 in the first Class A ratings of the season, while White River, which has lost only to Platte, which is No. 6 in Class A, is No. 4 in Class B.

Close contests have been the rule for Lyman, which has captured three overtime games and another by two points.

Can Lyman hold down the high-scoring Louie Krogman, who is averaging 32 points per game? Will it be a "moral" victory to hold him under 30?

This will be a "can't miss" game for fans in the White River area.

Contact Toland at 394-8430 or at roger.toland@rapidcityjournal.com