Cheney Free Press -

MEDICAL LAKE — Cardinal head wrestling coach Matt Leenhouts, coming off a hard-fought, close loss against Cheney at the Scabland Scuffle the day before, bragged that he worked his team harder than anyone else.

“We’ve got Colville tomorrow,” he said as his wrestlers made their way out of the Cheney gymnasium. “It’s going to show tomorrow.”

And show it did, in the Cardinal’s 42-33 defeat of Colville, their first dual win against the Indians in over decade — since 2009 to be exact — on Thursday, Jan. 9.

In the 132-pound weight class, Cardinal Alex Gonzales pinned Colville�...