Ernest James helped the Fighting Scots win a pair of EWL matches last week with victories over Cleveland State and Bloomsburg. The fifth-year senior avenged past defeats at the hands of Bloomsburg’s Justin Grant and Cleveland State’s Riley Shaw, improving to 20-5 on the year. James capped the off the win over the Huskies with his first win in four tries against Grant. James came in ranked 16th by Amateur Wrestling News and 19th by InterMat, while Grant was ranked 14th by Amateur Wrestling News. James would prevail with a 2-1 decision, the same score that Grant beat James by in the PSAC finals in December. Against Cleveland State, he squared off against Shaw, who he had lost to a year ago in the EWL Championships, 4-3 in a tiebreaker, propelling Shaw to a berth at Nationals. James claimed a victory by the identical 4-3 score.
