TEAM SCORES (Day 1 of 2) – 1. Southern Oregon 73, 2. Providence (Mont.) 56.5, 3. Arizona Christian 53.5, 4. Corban 51, 5. Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 48.5, 6. Eastern Oregon 38, 7. Montana State-Northern 36.5, 8. Simpson (Calif.) 18.5, 9. Westcliff (Calif.) 17.5, 10. Evergreen (Wash.) 8, 11. Hope International (Calif.) 6.5

TOURNAMENT CENTRAL

SALEM – By building a 16 ½-point cushion through Day 1 of the Cascade Conference Men's Wrestling Championships presented by U.S. Bank, No. 6-ranked Southern Oregon positioned itself on Friday to win another title at the Salem Armory Auditorium.

The Raiders sent eight of their 12 individuals to the semifinals and kept three more alive in the consolation brackets, accumulating 73 points compared to second-place Providence (Mont.)'s 56 ½. Overall, their wrestlers combined for 19 wins and just five losses.

They'll attempt to complete their championship defense when wrestling starts up again at 10 a.m. Saturday. Providence remains in the hunt with six semifinalists and five in the consolation rounds, while third-place Arizona Christian (53 ½ points) is still in shouting distance with 10 wrestlers still going, including four in the semis.

Still in the championship brackets for SOU are Isaac Hampton (125 pounds), Dylan Clark (141), Tyler Rhue (141), Avant Stepherson (157), Braylin Ruchti (174), Adrian Chavez-Morales (184), Elias Corona (197) and Asher Ruchti (197). Of those, only Clark, Rhue and Corona needed multiple wins to reach the semis.

Clark, an All-CCC third-place finisher as a freshman at 133 last year, surprised the field again with two tight victories. He entered the tournament unranked but knocked off Embry-Riddle's No. 23 Adam Stanley, 7-6, and Arizona Christian's No. 14 Michael Trujillo, 4-1 in overtime. He and Rhue – who went 3-0 and beat ACU's No. 21 Channing Porter, 5-2, in his quarterfinal – are on opposite sides of a bracket whose No. 1 seed was upset.

Corona dominated both of his opponents, ACU's Kaden Martin by major decision and Simpson's Luke Miller by fall. He and Ruchti, the defending 197 champion, are also on opposite sides of their bracket.

In consolation action, the Raiders will have Kyle Sieminski (125), Cole Zoller (157) and Jackson Potts (174) going on Saturday. Each of them bounced back from quarterfinal losses with consolation wins. In fact, all 12 Raiders appeared in the quarters.

When the Raiders won their title last year, they had nine semifinalists and a 9 ½-point lead through Day 1.

COMPLETE SOU RESULTS
125 – No. 7 Isaac Hampton
Quarterfinal – Hampton dec. No. 20 Boden Banta, UP, 4-1 (SV-1)

125 – No. 17 Kyle Sieminski
Round 1 – Sieminski p. Joseph Davis, ESC, 2:47
Quarterfinal – No. 25 Christopher Calderon, WU, tech. fall Sieminski, 19-4 (5:25)
Consolation R2 – Sieminski dec. Jaren Kimura, ERAU, 4-1

141 – Dylan Clark
Round 2 – Clark dec. No. 23 Adam Stanley, ERAU, 7-6
Quarterfinal – Clark dec. No. 14 Michael Trujillo, ACU, 4-1 (SV-1)

141 – No. 22 Tyler Rhue
Round 1 – Rhue p. Gerardo Hernandez, ESC, 3:20
Round 2 – Rhue dec. Santiago Pacheco, WU, 5-1
Quarterfinal – Rhue dec. No. 21 Channing Porter, ACU, 5-2

149 – No. 12 Kolton Malone
Round 1 – Malone tech. fall Orion Rhinehart, ESC, 16-0 (3:42)
Quarterfinal – Carlos Stanton, ACU, tech. fall Malone, 18-3 (2:28)
Consolation R2 – Rico Robles, ACU, dec. Malone, 8-5 (SV-1)

157 – No. 6 Avant Stepherson
Quarterfinal – Stepherson p. Gus Menne, CRB, 5:30

157 – Cole Zoller
Round 1 – Zoller major dec. Keegan Hanson, MSUN, 14-2
Quarterfinal – No. 7 Hunter Hobbs, UP, major dec. Zoller, 10-0
Consolation R2 – Zoller major dec. Nicolas Naranjo, HIU, 10-1

174 – No. 22 Jackson Potts
Round 1 – Potts dec. Armando Nicacio, CRB, 11-7
Quarterfinal – No. 24 Orion Thivierge, MSUN, dec. Potts, 8-6
Consolation R2 – Potts tech. fall Landon Hernandez, WU, 15-0 (5:54)

174 – No. 11 Braylin Ruchti
Quarterfinal – Ruchti major dec. No. 13 Brady Ellison, UP, 12-1

184 – No. 4 Adrian Chavez-Morales
Quarterfinal – Chavez-Morales p. Tautaina Tuikolongahau, ERAU, 1:10

197 – No. 13 Elias Corona
Round 1 – Corona major dec. Kaden Martin, ACU, 8-0
Quarterfinal – Corona p. Luke Miller, SU, 1:51

197 – No. 4 Asher Ruchti
Quarterfinal – Ruchti tech. fall Asaiah Kamplain, CRB, 17-2 (7:00)