Thursday night Del Norte wrestling played host to Sierra Grande-Centennial and Sargent for a Triangular. The Panthers-Rams dispatched both of the other squads thanks to a large team. SG-Centennial got the better of Del Norte 48-28 and cleared Sargent 53-11. Del Norte 30, Sargent 24 The first dual of the night took place between the host Tigers and the Sargent Farmers. As seemed to be the theme of the night, the two teams didn’t share a whole lot of weights in common. Twelve of the points in the dual came from actual matches while the rest were the result of forfeits. The first match of the night was Diego Heredia of Del Norte against Sargent’s Marcus Lopez in the heavyweight class. After a little pacing, Heredia took a shot and earned a takedown quickly following it up with a pin to put the Tigers a 6-0 lead. Del Norte’s Isaac Peerman faced Manuel Morales-Palma of Sargent at 152 pounds. Peerman and Morales lasted into the second period. Del Norte’s Peerman carried a 4-2 lead into the second period and continued to score. A reversal from Morales in the second period led to a pin for from the Farmer to even things at 6 points. Following the assignment of the forfeits, Del Norte claimed the 30-24 win. Sierra Grande-Centennial 48, Del Norte 28 In the second dual of the night, the Tigers and Panther-Rams faced off. The first bout of the contest took place between Del Norte’s Anthony Balderas and SG-Centennial’s Bobby Maes. Balderas was in control for the majority of the first period scoring with a takedown and picking up 6 near fall points to lead 8-0 into the second period. A takedown in the second period and a reversal and 3 more near-fall points pushed Balderas to a 15-0 Major Decision giving the home team a 4-0 lead. The second match took place between Del Norte’s Preston Terrell and Isabella Durgan in the 170-pound class. Durgan was a state qualifier last year. Through the first two periods, Terrell was scoring consistently while Durgan picked up two points with escapes. Terrell led entering the third period 12-2. There Terrell would score with 5 more near-fall points to earn a major decision over Durgan 17-2. The final weight up for grabs in the dual was 152 pounds and pit Isaac Peerman of Del Norte against Brady Kuhns of SG-Centennial. Kuhns qualified for the State Tournament at 152 pounds last year representing Sanford. Kuhns earned a win with a pin at 1:15 to get Sierra Grande’s first on the mat points of the night trailing 10-6. Sierra Grande-Centennial fielded a larger team in the dual and picked up the lion’s share of the forfeit points to take a 48-28 win.