Mside picks up weekly league award

Morningside University sophomore 197-pounder Kasten Grape (Columbus, Neb.) was named the Great Plains Athletic Conference's Wrestler of the Week for Dec. 6-12.

Grape, improving to 10-3, ran his win streak to seven with a weight class championship at the Buena Vista University Open on Dec. 11. His road included a pair of wins over National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II competitors from Minnesota State University at Mankato.

Head coach Jake Stevenson's Mustangs return to action Thursday, Jan. 6. They travel to the University of Jamestown for conference dual action.