LAS VEGAS - The North Idaho College wrestling team, ranked No. 1 in the NJCAA, had pins in five of 10 weight classes to beat the Western Wyoming Community College Mustangs of Rock Springs 45-3 on Thursday night at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

"I thought we wrestled pretty well," NIC coach Pat Whitcomb said. "The guys came out, wrestled hard and it was a good warmup going into the tournament."

Jared Miller (125 pounds), Carlos Lozoya (133), Terrance McKinney (141), V.J. Giulio (197) and Taylor Kornoely (285) each won by pin for NIC (5-1), which competes in the Cliff Keen Invitational today and Saturday in Las Vegas. NIC and Western Wyoming are the only two-year schools in the tourney, competing against four-year schools.

"Even with Johnathon's (Dennis) loss, he wrestled tough," Whitcomb said. "He was starting to catch him at the end of the match. I was really happy with all the guys. It was a good all-around team effort."

125 - Jared Miller, NIC, p. Brenn Schiess, 2:12. 133 - Carlos Lozoya, NIC, p. Alfredo Orozco, 1:13. 141 - Terrance McKinney, NIC, p. Damon Mele, 2:37. 149 - Jeremy Golding, NIC, tf. Adrian Avelar, 4:27, 19-3. 157 - Nicholas Moreno, NIC, md. Dixon Richins, 14-6. 165 - Derrick Booth, NIC, d. Hunter Riggs, 4-2. 174 - Kyle Foy, WWC, d. Johnathen Dennis, 9-5. 184 - Matt Hopkins, NIC, d. Austin Beaman, 9-4. 197 - V.J. Giulio, NIC, p. Jorge Alatorre, :45. 285 - Taylor Kornoely, NIC, p. Kade Earley, 2:51.