TOURNAMENT CENTRAL
TEAM SCORES (final) – 1. Menlo (Calif.) 138.5, 2. Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 119.5, 3. Providence (Mont.) 106.5, 4. Eastern Oregon 96, 5. Southern Oregon 80, 6 Life Pacific (Calif.) 76.5, 7. Montana State-Northern 75, 8. Simpson (Calif.) 48, 9. Corban 44, 10. Arizona Christian 42.5., 11. Warner Pacific 26, 12. Vanguard 20

ATHERTON, Calif. – Justin Acuff, JJ Talavera and Noah Talavera became automatic national qualifiers as Southern Oregon finished fifth place at the Cascade Conference Men's Wrestling Championships presented by U.S. Bank on Saturday at Haynes-Prim Pavilion.

Acuff, a junior 141-pounder, and JJ Talavera, a sophomore 157-pounder, both made title-match appearances for the Raiders and took second place in their respective brackets. Noah Talavera, a freshman 165-pounder, claimed fifth place and the final automatic qualifying bid in his weight class.

Bids were allotted based on the number of NAIA Top 20 wrestlers the CCC had in each class.

Because the 141 class had two ranked wrestlers, Acuff took the last in his despite coming into the tournament unseeded. After winning a pair of decisions Friday, he opened Saturday's action with a 7-4 semifinal defeat of Eastern Oregon's Blake McNall. Armand Molina of Simpson defeated him in the title match, 3-1, but Acuff knocked off Providence's TJ Baun for the second time in as many days in a "true" placing match to earn his first national bid.

The 157 class had four bids, so JJ Talavera's place was safe despite being pinned in the third round by Corban's Cooper McCullough in the championship. Ranked seventh in the NAIA, he clinched by starting Saturday with a 2-1 semifinal win against 15th-ranked Sheldon Cole of Embry-Riddle (Ariz.).

Noah Talavera, who also entered the tournament unseeded, won two consolation matches before dropping a 5-3 decision to Menlo's Alejandro Garcia in the consolation semifinals. That sent him to the 165 fifth-place match, where he scored a 4-2 win over Montana State-Northern's Nakoda Siegel.

Acuff and the Talaveras will be at the NAIA Championships on March 6-7 in Wichita, Kan., each making their first appearances.

Justin Coon (133), Layn Pannkuk (149) and Tanner Sallee (174) each came up short in placing matches that would have made them automatic qualifiers.

After losing in a sudden victory in the semis to defending champion Blaysen Terukina of Menlo, Coon won a 6-4 consolation semifinal against MSU-Northern's Landon Bailey but lost another overtime decision to Life Pacific's Anthony Vargas in his third-place match. Pannkuk won his second and third straight consolation bouts Saturday before losing 8-4 to Menlo's Joseph Dominguez in his third-place match, and Sallee dropped a seventh-place match 3-2 to Menlo's Jordan Bernal.

Menlo took the team title, dethroning Embry-Riddle with 138.5 points to the Eagles' 119.5.

National wild card bids will be announced Tuesday with the rest of the field.

COMPLETE SOU RESULTS
125 – Lorenzo Vasquez
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
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
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
R1 – Alexander Nunez, LPU, p. Shatto, 0:47.
Consolation R1 – Nathan Yanez, Vanguard, dec. Shatto, 10-4.

133 – Justin Coon (4th place)
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
R1 – Coon p. Sunny Luna, Vanguard, 1:14.
Quarterfinals – Coon dec. Clayton Gilliam, Providence, 8-4.
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Semifinals – Blaysen Terukina, Menlo, dec. Coon, 3-1 (SV).
Consolation Semifinals – Coon dec. Landon Bailey, MSUN, 6-4.
3rd-place Match – Anthony Vargas, Life Pacific, dec. Coon, 3-1 (SV).

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

141 – Justin Acuff (2nd place)
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
R1 – Acuff dec. Aaron Mora, LPU, 11-4.
Quarterfinals – Acuff dec. TJ Baun, Providence, 7-2.
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Semifinals – Acuff dec. Blake McNall, EOU, 7-4.
Championship – Armand Molina, Simpson, dec. Acuff, 3-1.
2nd place Match – Acuff won (no contest) over TJ Baun, Providence.

149 – Layn Pannkuk (4th place)
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
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.
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Consolation R3 – Pannkuk dec. Jared Brant, EOU, 3-2.
Consolation Semifinals – Pannkuk wins by medical forfeit over Zachery Sias, WPU.
3rd-place Match – Joseph Dominguez, Menlo, dec. Pannkuk, 8-4.

157 – JJ Talavera (2nd place)
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
R1 – Talavera dec. Boon Guilio, Providence, 2-1.
Quarterfinals – Talavera major dec. Noel Magallanes, LPU, 9-1.
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Semifinals – Talavera dec. Sheldon Cole, ERAU, 2-1.
Championship – Cooper McCullough, Corban, p. Talavera, 6:12.

165 – Kama Suzuki-Scott
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
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 (5th place)
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
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).
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Consolation R3 – Talavera tech. fall Collin Nicholson, ACU, 15-0 (5:57).
Consolation Semifinals – Alejandro Garcia, Menlo, dec. Talavera, 5-3.
5th-place Match – Talavera dec. Nakoda Siegel, MSUN, 4-2.

174 – Tanner Sallee (8th place)
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
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.
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Consolation R3 – Chase Short, MSUN, dec. Sallee, 9-3.
7th-place Match – Jordan Bernal, Menlo, dec. Sallee, 3-2.

184 – Josh Hammers
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
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
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
R1 – Hoke dec. Diego Torres, ACU, 5-3.
Quarterfinals – Ryan Redford, EOU, p. Hoke, 2:58.
Consolation R2 – Hoke received a bye.
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Consolation R3 – Falemalama Weggen, Corban, dec. Hoke, 3-1.