TOURNAMENT CENTRAL

GREAT FALLS, Mont. – Max Miller won the 165-pound bracket to headline the Southern Oregon men's wrestling team's efforts Saturday at the Battle of the Rockies tournament.

Miller, a sophomore from Meridian, Idaho, needed two wins for the title and got both by decision – 13-8 over Montana State-Northern's Devin Crawford and 11-4 over Eastern Oregon's John Bittinger.

Second-place Lorenzo Vasquez and third-place Pudge Monroy also impressed for the Raiders.

Vasquez reached the 125 title match with an 8-1 decision over Simpson (Calif.)'s Nicholas Stringer and a 7-2 decision over Eastern Oregon's Adrian Guevara. He was stopped short of a title by Beaver Dam RTC's Caleb Coyle, 9-2.

Monroy was SOU's top scorer at 157. After dropping his first match by sudden victory to Simpson's Tyler Diaz, he won four in a row – three by fall, another by injury default. He pinned MSU-Northern's Connor Harris in 3:45 in the third-place match.

Ayden Wolgamott (174) and John White (197) both placed fourth. JJ Talavera (157) and Jacob Bernstein (285) were fifth in their brackets.

SOU wrestles next on Dec. 12 in Salem, facing North Idaho C.C. in an exhibition and Cascade Conference opponent Corban on the Warriors' home mat.

COMPLETE SOU PLACERS
1st place – Max Miller (165)
2nd place – Lorenzo Vasquez (125)
3rd place – Pudge Monroy (157)
4th place – Ayden Wolgamott (174), John White (197)
5th place – JJ Talavera (157), Jacob Bernstein (285)
No place – Nick Peterson (141), Jacky Hawkins (149)