Niles suffers first loss of season

Published 10:22 am Sunday, January 20, 2013

STEVENSVILLE – The No. 5-ranked Niles wrestling team fell from the ranks of the undefeated Saturday at the Lakeshore Super Duals.

The Vikings went 3-1, falling to No. 8-ranked (Division 3) Shelby in their final match of the day, 31-29.

Niles (28-1) defeated Rockford 39-22, Grandville 34-28 and Mason 36-33 to finish second.

Shelby went 4-0 to win the team championship. Grandville and Mason tied for third with 2-2 records, while host Lakeshore was 1-3 and Rockford 0-4.

 

Lakeshore Super Duals

Team records

Shelby 4-0, Niles 3-1, Grandville 2-2, Mason 2-2, Lakeshore 1-3, Rockford 0-4

 

Niles match scores

Niles 39, Rockford 22; Niles 34, Grandville 28; Niles 36, Mason 33; Shelby 31, Niles 28

 

Undefeated Niles wrestlers

119: Nicholas Zimmerman; 125: Darek Bullock-Mills; 152: Fritzel Findeisen; 189: Ryan Casey