MSU-N's Wilkie wins 149-pound title at Missouri Valley Invite

In the biggest tournament of the season thus far, the Montana State University-Northern wrestling team showed it’s right there with the best of the best in the NAIA.

Last Friday and Saturday, Northern competed at the Missouri Valley Invitational, where the Lights finished eighth with 82.5 points and sent three wrestlers to the podium.

Leading the way for MSU-N was Martin Wilkie, who won the 149-pound championship at the tournament which featured so many top NAIA teams, including champion Grand View. In the championship match of the tournament, Wilkie defeated GVI’s Jack Lattimer, 7-6, to take...