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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/2/1612362456547.jpeg" alt="Joel Ostrom earned a pin over Alex Young of Labette in CCCC's first dual of the day. Photo courtesy cloudtbirds.com" />
 <figcaption>Joel Ostrom earned a pin over Alex Young of Labette in CCCC's first dual of the day. Photo courtesy cloudtbirds.com</figcaption>
 </figure>CONCORDIA -- Rolling to four straight match victories to open the day, the number-20 ranked Cloud County Community College wrestling team picked up a 34-21 home win over number 17-ranked Labette Community College before pushing number-11 Northwest Kansas Tech to the limit in a 28-19 loss to split a home double-dual inside of Arley Bryant Gymnasium on Tuesday.Cloud County now sits at 3-2 overall and 2-2 in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference with all three dual victories coming over nationally-ranked opponents. Labette would drop a pair of duals on Tuesday after falling 36-9 to Northwest Tech in the opening dual of the day while the Mavericks won both of their duals that they competed in.&nbsp;Against LabetteCloud County would open the dual with the Cardinals spotting six points on an open weight class at 125 pounds before seeing the T-Birds get a second-period fall from&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudcountycc.prestosports.com/sports/wrest/2020-21/bios/govette_toby_42lm" target="_blank">Toby Gavette</a>. The Eaton, Colorado native would get a takedown and three near-falls to score a 12-0 lead after three minutes of wrestling and then take advantage of being on top position to start the second and end things just over a minute into the period to give CCCC a 12-0 lead heading into the 141-pound match.&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudcountycc.prestosports.com/sports/wrest/2020-21/bios/barfuss_michael_g98b" target="_blank">Michael Barfuss</a>&nbsp;would score a takedown on Dylan Priddy before finding his way to a fall at the 2:53 mark in his match before seeing sophomore&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudcountycc.prestosports.com/sports/wrest/2020-21/bios/ostrom_joel_tbc1" target="_blank">Joel Ostrom</a>&nbsp;making quick work of Alex Young by earning a fall at the 1:25 mark of the first period.&nbsp;Labette would then manage to get on the scoreboard with number-two ranked Cade Wathke getting a fall over&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudcountycc.prestosports.com/sports/wrest/2020-21/bios/givens_kase_8kpc" target="_blank">Kase Givens</a>&nbsp;at 157 pounds before seeing the T-Birds fire back with&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudcountycc.prestosports.com/sports/wrest/2020-21/bios/mosier_cooper_rn54" target="_blank">Cooper Mosier</a>&nbsp;at 165 pounds. Mosier would control his match from start to finish, giving up three escapes and one reversal while taking down Jonathan Vincent on six different occasions and earning a four-point near fall as part of a 17-5 major decision. The Cardinals would then go on to win each of the next two matches with&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudcountycc.prestosports.com/sports/wrest/2020-21/bios/garrison_dakota_9h1h" target="_blank">Dakota Garrison</a>&nbsp;falling at 174 pounds by fall and&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudcountycc.prestosports.com/sports/wrest/2020-21/bios/paxton_brian_zwyt" target="_blank">Brian Paxton</a>&nbsp;losing a 12-10 sudden victory overtime heartbreaker at 184 pounds after being up 9-5 going to the third period to make the score 28-13 heading into the final two matches.&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudcountycc.prestosports.com/sports/wrest/2020-21/bios/ferris_zach_aepr" target="_blank">Zach Ferris</a>&nbsp;would close things off with a first-period fall over Christian Brinkley at 197 pounds as the T-Birds would then have an open weight class at heavyweight to put the final score at 34-21.&nbsp;Against NW TechAction would get underway at the 165-pound weight class in the nightcap as CCCC would jump out to an early lead thanks in part to a second-period fall from Mosier over Trevion Harley. Nationally-ranked Jacobi Deal at 174 pounds and Jacari Deal at 184 pounds would then earn back-to-back falls for the Mavericks to put Northwest Kansas Tech on top 12-6 after three matches before seeing Ferris work his way to a 9-2 decision victory at 197 pounds to remain undefeated on the year and pull the T-Birds within three at 12-9. A major decision by&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudcountycc.prestosports.com/sports/wrest/2020-21/bios/orr_thomas_hl3e" target="_blank">Thomas Orr</a>&nbsp;in the 285-pound match would give Cloud County the lead at 13-12 as things would flip back over to the 125-pound class where Connors would battle throughout against Skyler Hunt before giving up a late third-period takedown that would lead to a fall at the 6:13 mark.With Northwest Kansas Tech leading 18-13, the Mavericks would add to their lead in each of the next two matches with Gavette dropping an 11-5 decision at 133 pounds and Barfuss falling to nationally ranked Chinzorig Tsermaa by a score of 22-8 as the T-Birds would be put in a position where they needed falls in each of the final two matches.&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudcountycc.prestosports.com/sports/wrest/2020-21/bios/crome_jonny_zlki" target="_blank">Jonny Crome</a>&nbsp;would deliver in the 149-pound match, turning an early takedown into a fall just 1:39 into his only match of the day to bring CCCC back within six at 25-19 with the 157-pound weight class deciding the outcome of the dual. Ostrom would be tasked with taking on nationally-ranked and returning national qualifier Chinges Tsermaa in the final match, with Tsermaa building an early 4-2 lead after one period and managing to fend off a late rally for a 6-4 decision that would give the Mavericks the dual win.&nbsp;What's next?Cloud County will have the rest of the week off before getting back to action next Tuesday when they play host to number-five ranked Cowley Community College in dual action at 7 p.m. The Tigers feature nationally-ranked wrestlers in six of 10 weight classes and are 4-0 after defeating Colby 51-3 and Neosho 30-15 in double-dual action on Tuesday night.--<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com">cloudtbirds.com</a>--

Cloud wrestling downs No.17 Labette, battles No. 11 NW Tech to earn home split