TOURNAMENT CENTRAL
TEAM SCORES – 1. Menlo (Calif.) 60, 2. Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 58.5, 3. Providence (Mont.) 49.5, 4. Eastern Oregon 45, 5. Southern Oregon 44.5, 6. Life Pacific (Calif.) 38, T7. Arizona Christian 37, T7. Montana State-Northern 37, 9. Simpson (Calif.) 25, 10. Corban 21.5, 11. Warner Pacific 20, 12. Vanguard 12

ATHERTON, Calif. – Three Southern Oregon University men's wrestlers advanced to semifinals and seven are still alive after Friday's opening day of the Cascade Conference Championships presented by U.S. Bank at Haynes-Prim Pavilion.

Sophomore 133-pounder Justin Coon, junior 141-pounder Justin Acuff and sophomore 157-pounder JJ Talavera are each two wins away from individual titles going into the second half of the third annual tournament, which will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday. The Raiders are fifth in the points standings with 44 ½, but just a half-point behind Eastern Oregon and five back of third-place and ninth-ranked Providence.

Sixth-ranked host Menlo tops the standings with 60 points, just ahead of defending champion and 14th-ranked Embry-Riddle with 58 ½.

Coon – last year's second-place CCC finisher and the current No. 15 133-pounder in the NAIA – breezed into his semifinal matchup with No. 6 Blaysen Terukina of Menlo, a defending conference champ. He pinned his first-round opponent, Sunny Luna of Vanguard, in 1:14, and took an 8-4 decision from Providence's Clayton Gilliam to bring his season record to 17-8.

Acuff will appear in the semifinals for the first time, matching up against Eastern Oregon's Blake McNall, last year's third-place finisher. After defeating Life Pacific's Aaron Mora 11-4 in the first round, he banked a 7-2 quarterfinal upset of Providence's 19th-ranked TJ Baun.

Talavera, making his first appearance at the tournament with a No. 7 national ranking, will meet No. 15 Sheldon Cole of Embry-Riddle in the semifinals. He eked out a 2-1 first-round win over Providence's Boon Guilio before downing Life Pacific's Noel Magallanes, 9-1.

Layn Pannkuk (149), Noah Talavera (165) and Tanner Sallee (174) all got through the day with quarterfinal wins. Cylus Hoke (197) is also still alive after a first-round win, a quarterfinal loss and a consolation bye.

COMPLETE SOU RESULTS
125 – Lorenzo Vasquez
R1 – Vasquez p. Christopher Lacoyo, Simpson, 1:58.
Quarterfinals – Nick Kunz, MSUN, dec. Vasquez, 2-0.
Consolation R2 – Jacob Mendoza, Menlo, dec. Vasquez, 4-1.

125 – Beau Shatto
R1 – Alexander Nunez, LPU, p. Shatto, 0:47.
Consolation R1 – Nathan Yanez, Vanguard, dec. Shatto, 10-4.

133 – Justin Coon
R1 – Coon p. Sunny Luna, Vanguard, 1:14.
Quarterfinals – Coon dec. Clayton Gilliam, Providence, 8-4.

141 – Matt Peterson
R1 – Clayton Currier, MSUN, dec. Peterson, 14-9.
Consolation R1 – Cory Sego, ACU, p. Peterson, 3:14.

141 – Justin Acuff
R1 – Acuff dec. Aaron Mora, LPU, 11-4.
Quarterfinals – Acuff dec. TJ Baun, Providence, 7-2.

149 – Layn Pannkuk
R1 – Pannkuk p. Michael Leinenger, Vanguard, 1:44.
Quarterfinals – Devin Everk, Menlo, dec. Pannkuk, 6-4.
Consolation R2 – Pannkuk p. Paulson Lane, MSUN, 0:57.

157 – JJ Talavera
R1 – Talavera dec. Boon Guilio, Providence, 2-1.
Quarterfinals – Talavera major dec. Noel Magallanes, LPU, 9-1.

165 – Kama Suzuki-Scott
R1 – Suzuki-Scott p. Edward Schmelzer, WPU, 3:55.
Quarterfinals – Alejandro Garcia, Menlo, major dec. Suzuki-Scott, 13-5.
Consolation R2 – Lano Luna, ACU, p. Suzuki-Scott, 6:06.

165 – Noah Talavera
R1 – Talavera p. Lano Luna, ACU, 6:37.
Quarterfinals – Jordan Komac, Providence, dec. Talavera, 6-5.
Consolation R2 – Talavera tech. fall Antonio Viorato-Castillo, Simpson, 21-3 (4:44).

174 – Tanner Sallee
R1 – Sallee major dec. Nick Nelson, Corban, 11-1.
Quarterfinals – Daniel Butler, ERAU, major dec. Sallee, 12-3.
Consolation R2 – Sallee p. Easton Howe, Simpson, 1:20.
 
184 – Josh Hammers
R1 – Tyler Hall, ERAU, p. Hammers, 4:52.
Consolation R1 – Hammers major dec. Andrew Shin, Vanguard, 10-2.
Consolation R2 – Jeremiah Smith, LPU, dec. Hammers, 3-1.

197 – Cylus Hoke
R1 – Hoke dec. Diego Torres, ACU, 5-3.
Quarterfinals – Ryan Redford, EOU, p. Hoke, 2:58.
Consolation R2 – Hoke received a bye.