The eighth-ranked Great Falls wrestling team won three of the first four matches and then held on for a 28-12 victory over 12th-ranked Southern Oregon in front of one of the biggest crowds in the last few years at McNeal Pavilion.

The Argos (1-0) and Raiders (0-1) will both take part in Saturday and Sunday's SOU open.

Great Falls opened the dual with a 14-4 major decision victory by Akmal Adilov at 125 pounds and after SOU's Jared Dalgleish (Kelso, Wash./Kelso) scored a 9-3 victory at 133, Great Falls ran off back-to-back victories for a 10-3 lead.

Junior Tommie Hooper (Burns, Ore./Burns) brought the McNeal Pavilion fans to their feet with a last second 6-4 victory over third-ranked Michael Hader. With the match tied at 4-4 with under 20 seconds left in the final period for the victory. After the Argos were penalized a team point, the Raiders had cut the lead to 9-6.

Ross Mosher put the Argos back in control with a major decision victory at 165, but back came the Raiders at 174.

Seventh-ranked Austin Vanderford (Ninilchik, Alaska/Ninilchik) pinned ninth-ranked Noah Halton in 2:01 to cut the Great Falls' advantage to 13-12.

Top-ranked Michael French had his hands full at 184 with SOU's Tyler Thomas (Salem, Ore./McKay) before pulling out a 7-5 overtime victory to push the UGF lead to 16-12.

"Austin brought us back into match, but we couldn't follow through after that," SOU head coach Mike Ritchey said. "They seemed to want it a little more then we did tonight. We had some young guys out there and they looked a little afraid at times. But it's early in the season. We just need to get used to wrestling harder and finishing matches."

The Argos iced the match with a pin by Levi Morgan at 197 and Juan Enriquez at Heavyweight.

125 Akmal Adilov (UGF) major dec. Jordan Lowe (Keizer, Ore./McNary) 14-4

133 Jared Dalgleish (Kelso, Wash./Kelso) (SOU) dec. Scott Schlosser 9-3

141 Myles Mazurkiewicz (UGF) dec. Brad Tamashiro (Hilo, Hawaii/Hilo) 10-8

149 Anthony Varnell (UGF) dec. Jimmy Eggemeyer (Kodiak, Alaska/Kodiak) 2-1

157 Tommie Hooper (Burns, Ore./Burns)(SOU) dec. Michael Hader 6-4

165 Ross Mosher (UGF) major dec. Justin Mills (Lakeport, Calif./Clear Lake) 14-3

174 Austin Vanderford (Ninilchik, Alaska/Ninilchik) (SOU) fall Noah Hatton 2:01

184 Michael French (UGF) dec. Tyler Thomas (Salem, Ore./McKay) 7-5

197 Levi Morgan (UGF) fall Jacob Abrams (The Dalles, Ore./The Dalles-Wahtonka) 1:41

HWT Juan Enriquez (UGF) fall Robert Ross (Medford, Ore./North Medford) 3:49