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JANUARY 29: NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS vs ADAMS STATE: LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO
JANUARY 30: NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS at AIR FORCE: LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO
LAS VEGAS, N.M. and COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The New Mexico Highlands wrestling team (5-3, 0-2 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) kicks off a busy week Thursday (Jan. 29) when it battles rival Adams State (0-5, 0-5 RMAC) at 7 p.m. The Cowboys finish off the weekend on Friday (Jan. 30) against Air Force (1-4) at 5 p.m.
New Mexico Highlands Projected line-up 125 Redshirt Sophomore
Jacob Espana (9-4)
133 Redshirt Junior
Tre Humphrey (5-3)
141 Redshirt Junior
Dan Gaylor (3-10)
149 Redshirt Freshman
Reis Humphrey (11-6)
157 Freshman
Kellen Pelzel (7-8)
165 Redshirt Junior
Juan Alvarado (9-7)
174 Junior
JB Bechtloff (6-8) or Freshman
Jacob Hawthorne (1-8) or Redshirt Freshman
Hayden Riggs (3-4)
184 Senior
Easton Hargrave (9-9)
197 Redshirt Sophomore
Luis Terrazas (14-8)
285 Redshirt Sophomore
Cody Marquez (15-6)
Alvarado led the way in the Cowboys competition in the Midwest Duals at Nebraska-Kearney on Jan. 17, going 3-1 and helping the Cowboys knock off Newman, 37-6. Hargrave and Humphrey went 2-2.
Adams State Starting Line-Up125 Jerry Huff (18-5)
133 ---
141 J.C. Henderson (0-2)
149 Devin Vasquez (0-9) or Jacob Deaguero (0-5)
157 Jacob Deaguero (0-5) or Devin Vasquez (0-9)
165 ---
174 Mark Mabry, Jr. 13-10
184 Mario Garcia (1-10)
197 Amer Tipura (7-9)
285 Austin Andrade (0-5)
The only ranked wrestler is Huff at 125, who is ranked third in the nation. Both Adams State and Highlands have two common opponents in San Francisco State and Cal Baptist, who both teams lost to.
Air Force Starting Line-Up125 Drew Romero (4-1) or Evan Ulinski (9-4)
133 Lyle Plummer (5-4) or Anthony McHugh (10-9)
141 Conor O'Hara (8-4) or Carter McElhany (8-9)
149 Jerry McGinty (12-11) or Dane Robbins (2-4)
157 Sam Kreimier (8-7) or Jordan Wengreen (7-5)
165 Jesse Stafford 18 (12-4) or Michael Billingsley (7-4)
174 Scott Reilly (6-9) or Adam Jackson (1-2)
184 Zen Ikehara (7-6) or Willie Baker (3-4)
197 Jack Carda (12-10) or Parker Hines (1-6)
285 Marcus Malecek (11-11)
Jesse Stafford at 165 is ranked 18th in the nation according to the latest Intermat Wrestling Rankings.
Next Up It will be a busy week as the Cowboys will have three RMAC duals in four days, beginning with a match at CSU-Pueblo on Tuesday (Feb. 3). Highlands then returns home to face both Chadron State on Thursday (Feb. 5) at 7 p.m. and Colorado School of Mines on Friday (Feb. 6) at 2 p.m.
