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Raider wrestlers claim NWC championship TACOMA, Wash. � Southern Oregon stormed to the team championship and also garnered two major individual awards Saturday at the Northwest Wrestling Conference Championships at Pacific Lutheran University. The Raiders scored 111 points and, in the championship finals, had wrestlers in all but two weight classes. At two weights, they had both finalists. In addition, SOU�s Mike Ritchey was chosen coach of the year, and freshman John Sills, who won the 165-pound championship, was named the meet�s outstanding wrestler. "I was pretty proud of the boys today," said Ritchey. "We had some pretty good matches and avenged some losses we had during the year, so it was a good tournament for us." Sills earned the top individual award because he defeated a couple of veteran district champions en route to the title. In the finals, he beat Matt Ballard of Central Washington, 8-5. Ballard won the weight class last year. Earlier, Sills defeated Troy Hall of Pacific, who took the 157 title last year and was third this year at 165. TEAM SCORES Southern Oregon 111, Central Washington 74, Pacific 59, Pacific Lutheran 41, Simon Fraser 27.5. CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS 125 � Nolan Harris, SOU, dec. Tony Churchill, SFU, 14-2; 133 � Ross Kondo, CWU, dec. Kahaa Rezantes, pac, 10-8 ()T; 141 � Jeremy Wynia, SOU, dec. Cole Dennison, CWU, 9-5; 149 � Colin Murphy, SOU, pinned Jesse Fouch, Pac, 1:15; 157 � Tom Brown, PLU, dec. Scott Armstrong, SOU, 9-7; 165 � John Sills, SOU, dec. Matt Ballard, CWU, 8-5; 174 � Ryan Schumann, SOU, and Zack Mock, SOU, co-champs; 184 � Dan Sturgell, SOU, dec. Abe Haddon, SOU, 3-2; 197 � Devin Parks, SOU, dec. Ben Reinhard, Pac, 4-3; 285 � Jon Small, Pac, dec. Jess Workman, CWU, 4-1. THIRD PLACE 125 � Matt Holt, PLU, pinned Todd Knutson, Pac, 5:42; 133 � Jason Chao, SOU, dec. Karl Krebs, PLU, 11-8; 141 � Guy Delemeau, Pac, dec. John Henry, PLU, 10-3; 149 � Rich Vigorito, PLU, dec. Ken Salvini, CWU, 11-6; 157 � Nathan Rolfe, SFU, pinned Kyle Smith, CWU, 3:34; 165 � Troy Hall, Pac, dec. Brian Wilson, SOU, 9-1; 174 � Franco Santiago, CWU, dec. Jacob Pence, Pac, 3-1; 184 � Luigi Bianco, SFU, dec. Ty Roberts, CWU, 4-3; 197 � D.C. Hazen, CWU, dec. Rob DeCou, Pac, 9-3; 285 � John Fisher, SOU, dec. Adrian Olmstead, Pac, 9-3. Women�s Basketball ALBERTSON 58, SOUTHERN OREGON 47 � At Ashland, No. 7 Albertson College clinched at least a tie for the Cascade Conference championship Saturday night when the Coyotes knocked off No. 23 Southern Oregon at McNeal Pavilion. Albertson (20-6, 12-2) jumped in front 18-4 en route to taking a 32-20 halftime advantage. The Coyotes then withstood a second-half rally as it moved two games ahead of the second-place Raiders (13-13, 10-2). Jaime Stanford topped Southern Oregon with 28 points and nine rebounds, while Melissa Core had 12 points and six boards. ALBERTSON (20-6, 12-2) � Bates 5-14 0-0 13, Sloan 1-9 5-6 7, Thompson 3-4 2-4 9, Jensen 3-7 2-4 9, Pincock 5-9 5-7 15, Shiraki 1-3 0-0 2, Goicochea 0-3 0-0 0, Hnrichs 1-3 1-3 3, Empey 0-3 0-0 0. Totals: 19-55 15-24 58. SOUTHERN OREGON (13-13, 10-4) � Merritt 5-15 0-0 12, Richards 1-7 0-2 2, Core 5-10 1-4 12, Stanford 6-15 6-7 18, Petersen 1-5 0-0 2, Wiley 0-3 1-2 1, Hilaire 0-2 0-0 0, Magee-Arick 0-3 0-0 0, Murphy 0-0 0-0 0, Nunley 0-0 0-1 0, Tangedahl 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 18-61 8-16 47. Halftime score � Albertson 32, Southern Oregon 20. 3-Point goals � Albertson 5-13 (Bates 3-8, Sloan 0-1, Thompson 1-1, Jensen 1-2, Shiraki 0-1). Southern Oregon 3-13 (Merritt 2-8, Richards 0-1, Core 1-2, Hilaire 0-1, Magee-Arick 0-1.). Total Fouls � Alertson 20, Southern Oregon 21. Fouled out � Stanford. Rebounds � Albertson 49 (Sloan 9, Jensen 9, Pincock 9). Southern Oregon 39 (Stanford 9). Assists � Albertson 15 (Thompson 4). Southern Oregon 10 (Richards 3). Turnovers � Albertson 15 (Bates 2, Sloan 2, Jensen 2, Pincock 2, Henrichs 2, Empey 2). Southenr Oregon 14 (Merritt 5, Richards 5). Steals � Albertson 9 (Pincock 9). Southern Oregon 5 (Richards 3). Att � 758. Mail Tribune Home | Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. | Dow Jones & Co., Inc. | Privacy | Contact Us Copyright � 2001 Mail Tribune, Inc.