Miners try to dig in at Saratoga

Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) wrestlers went up against a Saratoga team that was waiting for them.

Saratoga hosted HEM and North Park from Walden, Colo. on Jan. 23.

"The Panthers did a great job preparing for Jon (Nelson)," Lyle Richardson, head coach for the Miners wrestling team, said. "Jon always works hard."

Nelson wrestles at 170 pounds.

Richardson said the results from matches at Saratoga were bittersweet, because even though there were losses, he was happy with what he was seeing from his wrestlers.

He continued to see good things from Adrian King, who had never wrestled until...