Alumni wrestlers pick up close win

The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team began its yearly drive toward an NAIA national wrestling title with the annual alumni duals on Saturday morning.

The Lights ended up losing the dual with former Lights stars by a score of 19-15. But head coach David Ray, who is now in his 10th year guiding the Lights, was happy with the way the morning went.

"Every year I get a good idea of what our team will be like from what the alumni wrestlers think," Ray said. "And after the dual all of those guys were telling me that we are going to have a pretty tough team this year. So I was happy to...