By: SOU Sports Information
HAVRE, Mont. – Southern Oregon's most lopsided dual win against Montana State-Northern in 14 years was a 31-9 final on Saturday night that saw the Raiders ring up bonus points five times at Armory Gymnasium.
The No. 6-ranked Raiders took the first four matches of the night and got pins later from 165-pound freshman
Ryan Carroll and 184-pound senior
Adrian Chavez-Morales to run their record to 14-1. The Lights fell to 1-5.
After
Isaac Hampton accepted a forfeit to start the night at 125,
Zach Keinonen (133) and No. 22-ranked
Tyler Rhue (141) pulled out tight decisions against Kolten Powers and Caleb Morales.
Dylan Clark – fresh off a top-12 upset in Friday's win at Providence (Mont.) – made the score 17-0 by scraping together 21 points to win by technical fall against Jackson Syron.
Ryan Graves (157) gave the Lights on the board, but Carroll followed by earning his first dual win with a second-round pin of Diego Manzo. Chavez-Morales, ranked No. 4 at 184, later got No. 19 Cade Gubler by fall in 2:39, and No. 4
Asher Ruchti (197) finished the scoring with an 11-0 major decision over Nathan Andrina.
The Raiders moved to 8-0 against Cascade Conference opponents. Since the start of the 2023-24 season, they're 30-2 against CCC foes.
After meeting Eastern Oregon in Springfield next Friday, they'll make their final home appearance Feb. 7 against Linfield at 4 p.m.
No. 6 Southern Oregon 31, Montana State-Northern 9
125 – No. 7
Isaac Hampton, SOU, wins by forfeit. (6-0)
133 –
Zach Keinonen, SOU, dec. Kolten Powers, 4-2. (9-0)
141 – No. 22
Tyler Rhue, SOU, dec. Caleb Morales, 5-1. (12-0)
149 –
Dylan Clark, SOU, tech. fall Jackson Syron, 21-5. (17-0)
157 – No. 20 Ryan Graves, MSUN, dec.
Cole Zoller, 5-4. (17-3)
165 –
Ryan Carroll, SOU, p. Diego Manzo, 4:30. (23-3)
174 – No. 11 Justin Windauer, MSUN, dec. No. 22
Jackson Potts, 8-4. (23-6)
184 – No. 4
Adrian Chavez-Morales, SOU, p. No. 19 Cade Gubler, 2:39. (29-6)
197 – No. 4
Asher Ruchti, SOU, major dec. Nathan Andrina, 11-0. (33-6)
285 – No. 18 Shane Mattson, MSUN, dec.
Sebastian Echeverria, 5-1. (33-9)
*SOU penalized 2 points for unsportsmanlike and singlet violations. (31-9)