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LA GRANDE – In Eastern Oregon's Mountaineer Open, the Southern Oregon men's wrestling team won four individual titles and produced 10 top-three placers on Sunday at Quinn Coliseum.

After each winning matches in Saturday's dual victory over EOU, SOU senior Pancho Barrera (125 pounds), freshman Evan Potter (133) and sophomore Aaron Gandara (157) followed up with tournament titles. SOU's fourth champion, sophomore Anthony Perez, was making his Raider debut.

The Raiders had runners-up in Lorenzo Vasquez (133), Nick Peterson (141) and John White (197). Their third-place finishers were Jacky Hawkins (149), Pudge Monroy (157) and Angel Blas (285). Of the 17 other Raiders who competed, 12 of them placed fourth through sixth.

The tourney hosted eight teams: SOU, Corban, EOU, Beaver Dam RTC and four junior college squads.

Barrera, ranked 13th in the NAIA at 125, breezed through his three matches with back-to-back pins and a 14-4 major decision over EOU's Adrian Guevara in the final. Potter earned wins by technical fall in his quarterfinal and semifinal matches before slipping past his teammate, Vasquez, in a 3-2 final.

Perez was tested in the first round with a sudden victory against Big Bend C.C.'s Dominic Martinez. After winning by decision in the semifinals, he also narrowly defeated a Raider teammate, Peterson, in the first-place match by 7-6 decision. Peterson had scored bonus points in each of his first three matches, winning twice by fall.

Gandara went 3-0 with a major and two decisions, shutting down Beaver Dam RTC's Thomas Strassenburg 4-0 in the final. He gave up just one point on the day.

White registered two pins before dropping the 197 final to EOU's Jay Smith. Hawkins ended the day as one of SOU's highest scorers with three falls.

The Raiders are home for the first time at 7 p.m. Thursday to face Menlo (Calif.).

SOU RESULTS
1st place – Pancho Barrera (125), Evan Potter (133), Anthony Perez (141), Aaron Gandara (157)
2nd place – Lorenzo Vasquez (133), Nick Peterson (141), John White (197)
3rd place – Jacky Hawkins (149), Pudge Monroy (157), Angel Blas (285)
4th place – Cael Morrison (141), Travis Thorpe (157), Dylan Straley (165), Ayden Wolgamott (174), Curtis Strahm (197), Bubbles Jenkins (285)
5th place – Max Miller (165), Noah Talavera (174), Jacob Bernstein (285)
6th place – Nolan Randles (157), Caleb Zinn (174)
No place – Robert Gomez (141), Fabian Miranda-Walls (165), Jay Juarez (165), Brayden Clayburn (184), Cody Stahl (184)