Debut: Lights ready to rumble with NIC

The only opponents the Montana State University-Northern Lights have tangled with so far this fall were also wearing Northern singlets. However, that all changes Saturday night.

The Northern wrestling team, led by veteran head coach Tyson Thivierge and ranked fourth in the NAIA Preseason Coaches Poll, will make its season debut Saturday night when the Lights host junior college powerhouse North Idaho College inside the Armory Gymnasium.

The dual is an annual season-opening tradition for the Lights and Cardinals, and this season it shifts to Havre, where Thivierge has a strong team waiting...