Third-ranked Lights head to Missouri

The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team is trending in the right direction for sure. Northern’s dominant win over Dickinson State last week, coupled with a new No. 3 NAIA ranking are definite signs of that.

But the Lights are also about to get their biggest and best test of the new year, and perhaps, the regular season thus far when they travel to this weekend’s Missouri Valley Invitational.

The Lights, who moved up from No. 5 to No. 3 in the new NAIA Coaches Poll, will be competing in Missouri against a national-tournament caliber field that includes 16 of the Top 20 tea...