PRINEVILLE — Freshmen Trey Shores and Brent Bannon won a pair of pivotal matches for Crook County on Thursday as the Cowboys rolled past Mountain View 54-17 in an Intermountain Hybrid wrestling dual.

Ahead just 6-3 after the first two matches of the night, Sholes pinned Cougar junior Zach Howe in the second period of their 106-pound match and Bannon topped Mountain View freshman Halen Jolley 10-8 in overtime at 113 pounds to help the Cowboys improve to 8-0 in dual matches this season.

“It’s nice to see the freshmen embrace the spotlight,” Crook County coach Jake Huffman said. “They get fired up and that gets the crowd fired up.”

Huffman also pointed out the performances of Grayson Munn at 126 pounds, Aaron Swindle at 170 and Dean Blasius at 182.

Munn’s pin of Chase Misener gave the Cowboys a 21-6 advantage that helped Crook County build a lead that proved to be insurmountable.

Swindle turned in a win in his first varsity match and Blasius edged out Mountain View’s Andrew Bright 3-1 in one of the closest competitions of the evening.

Cougar senior Trevor Roberts highlighted the dual for Mountain View with a 12-6 decision over Curtis Crouch at 220 pounds in the first match of the night. J.T. Ayers (120 pounds), Kaleb Winebarger (132) and Tracy Pitcher (138) added wins for the Cougars.

“That’s a team capable of doing well at the (state) tournament,” Huffman said about Mountain View. “They’re tough and they’ve improved a lot.”

“The score may not show it, but I thought we wrestled pretty well,” Cougar coach Les Combs said. “There’s been nights when (Crook County) has roughed us up pretty good, but we battled today.”

Both squads are off until next week. Crook County wrestles at Culver in the Cowdog Classic on Thursday, while Mountain View hosts Redmond High the same day.