SOU RESULTS

SPOKANE, Wash. – A pair of Southern Oregon wrestlers earned individual championships and 10 total wrestlers placed as No. 1 SOU tallied 183.5 points to place second at the Spokane Open Sunday.

Southern Oregon finished behind only fourth-ranked Great Falls (268) points in the tournament, with its team-total ranking ahead of groups from Oregon State, Simon Fraser, Montana State-Northern and Boise State, among others. The Raiders will return to action in two weeks, when they will travel to Forest Grove for the Pacific Invitational on Dec. 3.

Top-ranked Mitchell Lofstedt (Roseburg, Ore./Roseburg) closed out a strong week with the individual title in the 125-pound weight class, winning all four bouts by fall. He pinned Austin Hudson (unattached from Yakima Valley Community College) in 1:58 in the first round, Jared Berlinger (unattached from Great Falls) in 1:18 in the quarterfinal, Patrick Neal (Great Falls) in 4:34 in the semifinal and Danny Luttrell (unattached from Great Falls) in 4:08 in the championship round.

Fourth-ranked Austin Vanderford (Ninilchik, Alaska/Ninilchik) earned the title in the 184-pound bracket. He pinned his first two opponents, taking down Billy Monroe (unattached from YVCC) in 3:44 in the quarterfinal and Manvir Sahota (unattached from Simon Fraser) in 29 seconds in the semifinal. In the championship bout, Vanderford defeated Clete Hanson (unattached from SFU) by major decision 11-2.

Jimmy Eggemeyer (Kodiak, Alaska/Kodiak) and No. 6 Bubba Owens (Tillamook, Ore./) finished second in the 157 and heavyweight categories for the Raiders. Miguel Baltazar (Culver, Ore./Culver) and No. 3 Derek Mestrovich (Boise, Idaho/Skyview) placed fourth in the 133 and 165 brackets. Brad Tamashiro (Hilo, Hawaii/Hilo) placed fifth in the 141 bracket and three Raiders picked up a sixth-place finish: Kyle Wirkuty (Portland, Ore./Centennial) in the 149, Brock Crocker (Sweet Home, Ore./Sweet Home) in the 157 and Ethan Hinton (Sequim, Wash./Sequim) in the 197.