Mitch Lofstedt of Southern Oregon won the championship at 125 lbs, and Southern Oregon finished as the team runner-up for the second straight year. Notre Dame College won the championship, and have risen quickly as program after only being in existence 3 1/2 years. The Notre dame team scored 179.5 points to easily win the team title.  Southern Oregon was second at 120 pts., followed by western rival Great Falls at 118.5 pts.

Lofstedt was also named the NWCA/NAIA Wrestler of the Year for the outstanding season he produced for the Raiders. Teammate Barry Johnson chalked up a championship as well, defeating teammate Kyle Wirkuty in the finals, 6-4. Enoch Francois of California Baptist also finished as runner-up.

http://naia.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/030610aah.html

Notre Dame College has all but wrapped the NAIA team championship up, but individual titles are on the line as the championships head into the final day. The Notre Dame has put on a very impressive performance and lead the team race by 47 points earlier this morning. 

A few western teams appear to be in position to battle it out for 2nd place.  Southern Oregon and rival Great Falls are in race for the runner-up honors. SOU advanced seven wrestlers into all-American, including three wrestlers who will go for individual titles tonight.  Mitch Lofstedt at 125 returns to the finals for the second time. Last year he finished as runner-up.  He will face Chauncey Phillips of Cal Baptist.  The Raiders will also watch as Kyle Wirkuty and Barry Johnson will face each other for the national title.  Defending champion Chris Platt was eliminated for the Raiders.

Once again,  Montana State University is hosting a Division 1 college wrestling dual in Bozeman.  This year it is #9 Boise State vs. North Dakota State.  It is being held the same weekend as a big high school tournament in Bozeman. Last year, Michigan and Oregon State battled it out in Bozeman. This article talks a lot about the push to bring Division 1 college wrestling to the state. 


http://billingsgazette.com/sports/high-school/wrestling/article_20908c52-ff4f-11de-9c7b-001cc4c002e0.html

The competition schedule is busy once again this coming week.  Lots of teams are right back in action, and many are getting heavily  into their conference dual season.  We have a summary of what is going on out west this week in college wrestling, and also for western teams on the road. 


Wednesday, January 13
North Idaho at Yakima Valley CC
North Idaho vs. Highline CC at Yakima, Wash.
Mesa State at Nebraska-Kearney

Thursday, January 14
Adams State at Chadron State
Southern Oregon at San Francisco State
Mesa State at Fort Hays State
North Idaho at SW Oregon CC
Cal Poly at San Francisco State
Cal Poly vs. Southern Oregon at San Francisco, Calif.


Friday, January 15
Adams State at Colorado School of Mines
Boise State vs. North Dakota State at Bozeman, Mont.
North Idaho at Clackamas CC
Northern Colorado at Wyoming
UC Davis at Oregon State
Cal Baptist at Grand Canyon
Cal Baptist vs. CSU-Pueblo at Phoenix, Ariz.
CSU-Pueblo at Grand Canyon


Saturday, January 16
Cal Baptist vs. Great Falls at Prescott, Ariz.
Cal Baptist vs. Simon Fraser at Prescott, Ariz.
Cal Baptist vs. Southern Oregon at Prescott, Ariz.
CSU-Pueblo at Embry-Riddle
Eastern Michigan vs. Stanford at East Lansing, Mich.
Great Falls at Embry-Riddle
Nebraska-Kearney vs. New Mexico Highlands at Grand Prairie, Texas
New Mexico Highlands vs. Newman at Grand Prairie, Texas
Utah Valley vs. Arizona State at Grand Prairie, Texas
Harvard vs. Arizona State at Grand Prairie, Texas
Harvard vs. Utah Valley at Grand Prairie, Texas
Air Force vs. Arizona State at Grand Prairie, Texas
Air Force vs. Northwestern at Grand Prairie, Texas
Brown vs. Air Force at Grand Prairie, Texas
Brown vs. Utah Valley at Grand Prairie, Texas
Western State at Grand Canyon
Clackamas Open- Oregon City, Oregon
Menlo at Embry-Riddle
Stanford at Michigan State

Sunday, January 17
Cal State-Bakersfield at Oregon State
Stanford at Central Michigan
Wyoming at Nebraska

Full Tri State brackets, curtousy of Idaho Wrestling News. Lots more Tri State matches and interviews coming, please be patient.  Very slow wireless service in gym, should be up tonight.


http://idahowrestlingnews.com/results/tournaments/0910/tristate/TriState_Rd1.asp

 103 Andrew vs. Solar, Hopkins vs. Peterson

112 Heinzer vs. Kirkendall, Maynes vs. Miller

119 Adams vs. Meza, Templeman vs. Rodrigo

125 Calderon vs. Ost, Perales vs. N Brown

130 Beard vs Pereti, Gannon vs Giberson

135 Mowry vs Mann, George vs Rodriquez

140 Schmidt vs Riehle, McLeod vs Lamb

145 Bacon vs Silva, Metz vs Frisbey

152 Richardson vs Zumwalt, Villani vs King

160 Mason vs Allen-Schmidt, Anderson vs Rogers

171 Pickard vs beckstrom, Millard vs. Rutledge

189 Meeks vs. Steed, Bayer vs. Johnson

215 Knutsen vs Chamberlain, Orgill vs Trotter

285 Burton vs Taylor, Laden vs White

Fifty teams from four states will invade the small gym of North Idaho College on Friday and Saturday, for the annual Tri State Invitational.  The action promises to be heavy from the first whistle, as several squads battle for trophies.  A few thousand people crowded into a small gym provides for a great environment. Individually, there are several stacked weights that should provide for some great matches and drama.  

Teams that look to be in contention are University of Spokane, Lake Stevens, Hermiston, Orting, and Flathead HS out of Kalispell, Montana.  Don't overlook Deer Park either. Lake Stevens, Hermiston,University, Moses Lake, Deer Park and Orting appear to have the most seeded wrestlers in the early seeds, but we will have to see if they hold.  Efrain Aguilar is the preliminarily the top seed at 125, but he was beaten last night in a dual meet.  Aguilar has to contend with Nathan Brown of North Central this weekend.

The 135 weight class looks to be pretty good, as several quality wrestlers will battle it out.  Braden Mowry of Coeur D Alene gets the top seed here.  Others to watch include Josh Lauderdale, Casey george of Lewiston, Steven Walkley of Lake Stevens and Garrett Mann of Orting.

Another quality weight class is 152. Idaho state champion Brandon Richardson, Tyler King of Mountain View, Josh Villani of Lake Stevens, Idaho state champ Colby Kloetzer of Caldwell, and Washington state runner-up Ryan Zumwalt of University make this weight interesting.

Two state champs only get the 5th and 6th seeds at 119 lbs.  Joey Delgado of Hermiston earns the 5th seed. He was an Oregon state champion last year as a freshman. Drew Templeman, goes in as the 6th seed. He was also a state champ as a freshman. Blake Adams of Deer Park is the top seed. 

Two Washington state champs earn the top seeds at 160 lbs.  Jacob Mason of University and sophomore Jordan Rogers of Mead gain the top seeds. At 189 pounds, top seeded Taylor Meeks looks to stay on track against a tough field.  Dustin Johnson, Tri State runner-up a year ago gets the two seed.  Two time Washington State Champ Nick Bayer comes in at number 3 seed, with Mitch Steed of Emerald Ridge and Cadet all american Curtis Berger of Hermiston getting the 4th and 5th seeds. 

Here are the top 8 seeds for the annual Tri State Tourney this weekend in Coeur D Alene, Idaho. The tournament will have 50+ schools represented from four states. It will all unfold Friday and Saturday. LCW will bring you the action.

103
1.Nate Wright Lakeland
2. Blaine Invernon Bonners Ferry
3. Steven Hopkins Tahoma
4. Eric Solar Lake Stevens

112
1.Josh Heinzer LakeStevens
2.Garrett Belgrade Sandpoint
3.Jarod Maynes Central Valley
4.Sam Chapman Vashon Island
5.Kyle Kirkendall Republic
6.Brandon Matlock University
7.Caleb Piasecki Flathead
8.Riley Miller Kelso 7th, 5th

119
1.Blake Adams Deer Park
2.Ryan Rodorigo Lake Stevens
3.Dylan McCallum LaGrande
4.Martin Meza Caldwell
5.Joey Delgado Hermiston
6.Drew Tempelmen Orting 
7.Michael Baumgarden Lakeside
8.Kyle Siegwarth Coeur d’ Alene

125
1.Efrain Aguilar Graham-Kapowsin
2.Nathan Brown North Central 
3.David Peralez Moses Lake 
4.James Ost Post Falls 
5.Ryan Rollins Republic 
6.Drew Acorn Deer Park 
7.Levi Larson Republic
8.Joaquin Calderon Flathead 

130
1.Brenton Beard Riverside 
2.Conan Kalugin Mary Walker
3.Quinn Gannon West Valley (Spo)
4.TJ Peretti Auburn Mountainview 
5.Kelly Maughan Auburn
6.Joe Hilpert Deer Park 
7.Derrik Booth Post Falls 
8.Steel Hahn Flathead 

135
1.Braden Mowry Coeur d’ Alene
2.Josh Lauderdale Lakeside 
3.Casey George Lewiston 
4.Steven Walkley Lake Stevens 
5.Garrett Mann Orting
6.Tyler Booth Post Falls
7.Justin Hodge Riverside
8.Travis Metcalf Graham Kapowsin

140
1.Shawn Lau Flathead 
2.Tyler Lamb Tahoma 
3.Nico Moreno Moses Lake 
4.Billy Rhoads Deer Park
5.Brandon Riehle Ferris
6.Nathan McLeod Post Falls
7.Trevor Hampton Bonners Ferry
8.Brady Maris Orting 

145
1.Scotty Bacon Republic 
2.Eric Frisbey Moscow
3.Ben Snow Mead
4.Payton Nolan Kuna
5.Wyatt Anderson Reardan
6.Sam Metz Lewiston
7.Jerehiah Gaiser Flathead
8.Josh Seeberger Sentinel

152
1.Brandon Richardson Lakeland 
2.Tyler King Auburn Mountainview 
3.Josh Villani Lake Stevens
4.Colby Kloetzer Caldwell 
5.Ryan Zumwalt University
6. Nikko Veltri Orting
7. Ty Fouty Polson 
8.Cody Spradlin Hermiston

160
1.Jacob Mason University 
2.Jordan Rogers Mead
3.Jacob Anderson Lake Stevens
4.Chase Florez Riverside
5.Caleb Allen Schmidt Flathead 
6.Andrew Grillo Tonasket 
7.Bryce McMahon Hermiston 
8.Niko Knezovich Reardan

171
1.Brock Picard Polson 
2.Dylan Rutledge Auburn 
3.Larry Francis Flathead 
4.Raliegh Beckstrom Reardan
5.Ben Carter North Central 
6.Keegan McCormick Tonasket 
7.Ben Millard Hermiston
8.Tanen Doty Sentinel 

189
1.Taylor Meeks Orting
2.Dustin Johnson University
3.Nick Bayer Tahoma
4.Mitch Steed Emerald 
5.Curtis Berger Hermiston
6.Jace Prideaux Sentinel
7.Nick DesRoches Riverside 
8.Chris Pence Reardan

215
1.Konner Knudtsen Tahoma
2.Jacob Trotter Mead 
3.Hunter Orgill Riverside 
4.Jake Laden University 
5.Brian Chamberlain Moses Lake
6.Ty Williquette Reardan 
7.Bently Alsup Sentinel 
8.Geran Webbmaster Vashon

A 285
1.Shawn Burton Deer Park
2.Conner Thomas Flathead
3.Steven taylor North Central
4.Jared Dorsey Bonney Lake 
5.Kaden Thomas Polson 

The latest NAIA coaches poll has Notre Dame College of Ohio as the No. 1 team. 

Notre Dame earned 101 points, with 10 wrestlers ranked in the top-12 individuals of their weight class.

California Baptist climbed  to No. 2 with 85.5 points. Next is Missouri Valley (84 points), Great Falls (Montana) (82.5), and Southern Oregon (78).


No. 1 wrestlers in the NAIA

125: Mitchell Lofstedt, Southern Oregon

133: Cameron Ream, Oklahoma City University

141: Adam Kobalia, Notre Dame College

149: Matt Burns, Grand View (Iowa)

157: Thomas Straughn, Notre Dame

165: Aaron Winning, McKendree

174: Enoch Francois, California Baptist

184: Michael French, Great Falls

197: Andrew Sanchez, McKendree

Hwt: Byron Stewart, Cumberland (Tennessee)