At A Glance Lassen At Nic

When, where 7:30 p.m. Friday, Christianson Gym

Match notes

NIC is rated No. 1, Lassen No. 4. … Lassen’s Richard Paulikonas competed in the 2000 Olympics for his native Lithuania… . Lassen hosted a 12-team dual tournament last weekend with several top JC schools on hand. Ricks and Highline, Region 18 rivals of NIC, each went 3-0. NIC dominated second-ranked Ricks at a dual on Nov. 10 and No. 8 Highline on Nov. 4… . Montana State-Northern, rated No. 3 in NAIA, visits NIC on Saturday at 7:30.

Coaches’ comments “We don’t have the big guns we used to have, but we have some real good kids that work hard. We’ll give them a run for their money. I don’t think it’ll be a blowout.”

Lassen assistant Lonnie Nalls.

“Since I started coaching (four years ago), they’ve never beat us here and we’ve never beat them there. It’s really important for the rest of the year. If we win both of these matches, we’re on a roll.” - NIC coach Pat Whitcomb.

Tentative lineup

(NIC listed first):

125 - Ale De La Pena vs. Jermain Hodge

133 - Ozzie Saxon vs. Gabe Smith

141 - Ravil Mukhamediyev vs. Oliver Vasquez

149 - Stryder Davis vs. Brandon Cleaves

157 - Trevor Floerchinger vs. Al Daniels

165 - Travis Liermann vs. Junor Liberal

174 - Nathan Pascoe vs. Justin Ruggio

184 - Josh Birt vs. Johnson Forest

197 - Alain Djoumessi vs. Richard Paulikonas

285 - Mike Whitehead vs. Randall Brown