TEAM SCORES – 1. Menlo (Calif.) 156, 2. Providence (Mont.) 133.5, 3. Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 119.5, 4. Southern Oregon 115, 5. Corban 91.5, 6. Eastern Oregon 79.5, 7. Montana State-Northern 78.5, 8. Vanguard (Calif.) 36, 9. Simpson (Calif.) 22.5, 10. Arizona Christian 17, 11. Evergreen (Wash.) 0.5

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LA GRANDE – Southern Oregon junior Evan Potter, already a two-time All-American, made a coveted addition to his hardware collection by becoming a Cascade Conference champion for the first time Saturday evening at Quinn Coliseum.

The NAIA's No. 1-ranked junior from Junction City completed his unbeaten run through the 141-pound bracket and was joined in the final session by teammate Simon Graeber, a No. 10-ranked sophomore who took second place at 133. As for the rest of the Raiders, there was good news and bad news on the second day of the CCC Championships presented by U.S. Bank.

The good news: SOU qualified nine individuals automatically for the NAIA Championships, the team's highest number since its most recent national runner-up finish in 2015. It had been six years since the Raider produced more than five qualifiers. Fourth-place finishers Vonn Fenn (125 pounds), Aaron Gandara (157) and Alex Hernandez (174), and fifth-place finishers Anthony Perez (141), Travis Thorpe (149), Dylan Straley (157) and Andrew Herrera (197) each earned passes to compete in Park City, Kan., on Feb. 29 through March 2.

The bad: No one else joined Potter and Graeber in the All-CCC circle as the No. 14-ranked Raiders couldn't unseat defending champion Menlo (Calif.), landing fourth in the team standings with 115 points. The No. 3-ranked Oaks won with 156, well ahead of No. 4 Providence (Mont.) (133 ½ points) and No. 11 Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) (119 ½). They boasted three individual champs and three more finalists.

Potter, whose only losses this season were medical forfeits, brought his record to 23-2. He held off a pair of defensive Corban opponents, No. 24 Bo Davis and Luke Jensen, in the semifinals and finals, both by 6-2 decision. Graeber, back after going 1-2 at the tournament as a freshman last year, got Colby Evens of Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) by 9-2 decision in the semis before Menlo's No. 2 Jovan Garcia defeated him by technical fall for the title.

Fenn, Gandara and Hernandez each settled for fourth after going down in the semifinals, though Hernandez nearly upset No. 2 NaKoda Siegel of MSU-Northern in his before a takedown with 10 seconds left gave Siegel a 5-4 victory.

The Raiders' high qualifier total was thanks to their fifth-place finishers – namely Perez, Thorpe and Straley, each of whom outperformed their seeds to clinch national berths. Perez, who was not even a top-eight seed at 141 entering the tournament, set himself up by knocking off No. 20-ranked Christian Lopez on Friday and by defeating the higher-seeded Terrell Kinlicheenie twice, including a 10-3 victory in the fifth-place match.

Thorpe and Straley both had to win their fifth-place matches to extend their seasons. Thorpe, the No. 7 seed at 149 did so by technical fall over Corban's Lance Stover. Straley, the No. 6 seed at 157, finished with a 12-8 win over MSU-Northern's Justin Windauer.

Adrian Chavez-Morales came up a win short of qualifying at 184, placing sixth.

The NAIA will announce 30 addition wild-card national qualifiers next week.

COMPLETE SOU RESULTS (AQ – auto NAIA Championships qualifier)
125 – No. 18 Vonn Fenn (4th place, AQ)
Friday's Results
R1 – Fenn p. Peyton MacDonald, Simpson, 0:57
Quarterfinals – Fenn dec. Dominic De'altonaga, Vanguard, 7-0
Saturday's Results
Semifinals – No. 14 Nicolas Aguilar, Menlo, major dec. Fenn, 12-1
Consolation Semifinals – Fenn dec. No. 23 Landon Smith, Embry-Riddle, 8-1
3rd-place Match – No. 15 Allan Hendricks, Embry-Riddle, dec. Fenn, 9-2

133 – No. 10 Simon Graeber (2nd place, AQ)
Friday's Results
R1 – Bye
Quarterfinals – Graeber dec. Julian Leon, Vanguard, 4-1
Saturday's Results
Semifinals – Graeber dec. Colby Evens, Embry-Riddle, 9-2
Championship – No. 2 Jovan Garcia, Menlo, tech. fall Graeber, 18-2 (4:37)

141 – Anthony Perez (5th place, AQ)
Friday's Results
R1 – Perez dec. No. 20 Christian Lopez, Embry-Riddle, 4-1 (SV)
Quarterfinals – Perez major dec. Terrell Kinlicheenie, Arizona Christian, 14-4
Saturday's Results
Semifinals – Luke Jensen, Corban, tech. fall Perez, 15-0 (3:23)
Consolation Semifinals – No. 20 Christian Lopez, Embry-Riddle, dec. Perez, 4-2
5th-place Match – Perez dec. Terrell Kinlicheenie, Arizona Christian, 10-3

141 – No. 1 Evan Potter (1st place, AQ)
Friday's Results
R1 – Potter dec. Cole Cross, EOU, 16-9
Quarterfinals – Potter tech. fall Channing Porter, Arizona Christian, 17-2 (7:00)
Saturday's Results
Semifinals – Potter dec. No. 24 Bo Davis, Corban, 6-2
Championship – Potter dec. Luke Jensen, Corban, 6-2

149 – Jonathan Hernandez
Friday's Results
R1 – Bye
Quarterfinals – No. 15 Jalen Vladic, Providence, dec. Hernandez, 8-2
Consolation R2 – Lance Stover, Corban, p. Hernandez, 4:09

149 – Travis Thorpe (5th place, AQ)
Friday's Results
R1 – Thorpe p. Lance Stover, Corban, 2:09
Quarterfinals – No. 8 Jonah Chew, Embry-Riddle, dec. Thorpe, 2-1
Consolation R2 – Bye
Saturday's Results
Consolation R3 – Thorpe dec. Rico Robles, Arizona Christian, 9-2
Consolation Semifinals – No. 15 Jalen Vladic, Providence, dec. Thorpe, 6-4 (tiebreaker)
5th-place Match – Thorpe tech. fall Lance Stover, Corban, 17-1 (3:44)

157 – No. 11 Aaron Gandara (4th place, AQ)
Friday's Results
R1 – Gandara dec. Tyler Diaz, Simpson, 2-0
Quarterfinals – Gandara major dec. Ruben Rodriguez, Vanguard, 11-0
Saturday's Results
Semifinals – No. 4 David Rubio, Corban, dec. Gandara, 4-1
Consolation Semifinals – Gandara dec. Dylan Straley, SOU, 5-1
3rd-place Match – No. 13 Bridger Hall, Providence, p. Gandara, 1:05

157 – Dylan Straley (5th place, AQ)
Friday's Results
R1 – Bye
Quarterfinals – No. 3 Kanaipono Tapia, Menlo, major dec. Straley, 13-3
Consolation R2 – Straley dec. Ryan Graves, MSU-Northern, 5-3
Saturday's Results
Consolation R3 – Straley dec. Tyler Diaz, Simpson, 4-0
Consolation Semifinals – No. 11 Aaron Gandara, SOU, dec. Straley, 5-1
5th-place Match – Straley dec. Justin Windauer, MSU-Northern, 12-8

165 – Noah Talavera
Friday's Results
R1 – No. 10 Seth Borba, Menlo, p. Talavera, 0:27
Consolation R1 – Talavera major dec. Jacob Inton, Evergreen, 15-4
Consolation R2 – No. 16 Devin Crawford, MSU-Northern, p. Talavera, 4:11
Saturday's Results
Consolation R3 – No. 23 Sheldon Cole, Embry-Riddle, p. Talavera, 2:09

174 – No. 8 Alex Hernandez (4th place, AQ)
Friday's Results
R1 – Hernandez tech. fall Malachi Dowdell, Simpson, 19-4 (6:07)
Quarterfinals – Hernandez major dec. No. 15 Tyson Stover, Corban, 15-1
Saturday's Results
Semifinals – No. 2 NaKoda Siegel, MSU-Northern, dec. Hernandez, 5-4
Consolation Semifinals – Hernandez dec. Cade Gubler, MSU-Northern, 12-5
3rd-place Match – No. 9 Daniil Gorshkov, Embry-Riddle, dec. Hernandez, 4-2

184 – Adrian Chavez-Morales (6th place)
Friday's Results
R1 – No. 21 Rylin Burns, MSU-Northern, tech. fall Chavez-Morales, 17-1 (5:19)
Consolation R1 – Bye
Consolation R2 – Chavez-Morales p. No. 7 Austin Vanek, MSU-Northern, 3:53
Saturday's Results
Consolation R3 – Chavez-Morales p. Kaden Martin, Arizona Christian, 2:22
Consolation Semifinals – No. 8 Kyle Knudtson, Eastern Oregon, major dec. Chavez-Morales, 12-0
5th-place Match – Isaiah Twait, Corban, dec. Chavez-Morales, 12-8

197 – No. 13 Andrew Herrera (5th place, AQ)
Friday's Results
R1 – Herrera p. Isaiah Hernandez, Vanguard, 6:03
Quarterfinals – No. 23 Carl Hansen, MSU-Northern, dec. Herrera, 4-3
Consolation R2 – Herrera major dec. Gabe Vasa, Evergreen, 11-2
Saturday's Results
Consolation R3 – Herrera dec. Jett Swain, Embry-Riddle, 7-2
Consolation Semifinals – No. 20 Jay Smith, Eastern Oregon, dec. Herrera, 4-1
5th-place Match – Herrera def. Isaiah Hernandez, Vanguard, by medical forfeit