Zack Nguyen gives his teammates a reassuring look during his quarterfinal match against Medical Lake's Victor Long at the Blackhawk Invite. Nguyen defeated Long via a 17-2 technical fall.
During their Jan. 5 Great Northern League match against Clarkston, the Cheney High wrestling team was down 21-0 when Zack Nguyen stepped on the mat to wrestle Jake Freeman.
After he was down 6-1, Nguyen pinned Freeman in the second round to give his team their first win of the night. Francisco Martinez followed it up with a first-round pin of his own.
This set the momentum for the Blackhawks to come back and defeat the Bantams, 42-39 - marking Cheney's first wrestling win over Clarkston in several years.
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