Nic Pins Yakima, 43-0

North Idaho College will be riding the momentum of a 43-0 shutout victory when the Cardinals entertain Ricks on Saturday afternoon at 2 in Christianson a matchup of two of the country’s top junior college wrestling programs.

NIC (7-2), top-ranked in the country, won 43-0 at Yakima Valley on Monday night. Ricks is ranked fifth.

The Cardinals had just one pin, by Mark Janke at 158 pounds, but got a technical fall from Jason Moaney at 167, three major decisions and two forfeit victories against the Indians.

College basketball

Paul Rogers was a model of consistency during the weekend. Today he’s the West Coast Conference men’s player of the week.

Gonzaga University’s 7-foot junior from Adelaide, Australia, equally divided 42 points and 20 rebounds in victories over San Diego (60-53) and San Francisco (60-55).

Rogers hit 9 of 10 field goals in a 21-point outing against San Diego and 7 of 10 in scoring 21 against USF, pulling down 10 rebounds in each game.

The Whitworth men (12-3), which won two of three games last week, including a weekend split on the road, climbed to No. 7 from No. 9 in this week’s NAIA Division II poll.

Prep boys basketball

Bill Newbill (16), Jon Newbill (15) and Tim Fischer (15) combined for 46 points to lead Christian Heritage to a 60-51 boys basketball victory over visiting Logos of Moscow, Idaho.

Ben Newbill had eight steals for CH. Nathan Wilson had 16 points and 16 rebounds for Logos.

Logos 13 17 7 14 - 51

Christian Heritage 10 16 15 19 - 60

LOGOS Grabke 0, Spencer 15, Wilson 16, Hoover 4, Casebolt 14, Bowen 2.

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE Klein 8, J.Fischer 0, B.Newbill 16, B.Bishop 0, J.Newbill 15, Bell 6, T.Fischer 15.

Prep girls basketball

Kellogg (6-13) used balanced scoring and a full-court press to overcome neighboring rival Wallace 53-41. Pauline Costa led four Wildcats in double figures with 13 points and Joey Luchini added 12 with 11 rebounds. Joy Sperry led Wallace with 15 points.

Wallace 8 8 9 16 - 41

Kellogg 10 11 10 22 - 53

WALLACE Sperry 15, Rose 0, Gregory 2, Calabretta 9, England 2, Branstetter 0, Sleezer 2, Nipp 11.

KELLOGG Rewoldt 4, Berg 0, Grebil 2, Magnus 0, Lemon 12, Reed 0, Connors 0, Costa 13, Hei 10, Hickman 0, Luchini 12, Hunt 0.

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