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    Clackamas wins team title at NJCAA Championships

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    SPOKANE, Wash. -- Clackamas Community College won the team title with 109 points at the 2011 National Junior College Athletic Association national wrestling tournament in Spokane, Wash.

    Clackamas held the top spot since early in the competition Friday, Feb. 25. There was only a one-point spread between Clackamas and second-place North Idaho College at the end of the championship semi finals Saturday, Feb. 26. The lead expanded to a 13.5-point difference after the consolation semi finals. Clackamas clinched the tournament team title with 10.5 points over second-place North Idaho College. The tight team race ended with Rend Lake College in third place with 94 points and Iowa Central Community College in fourth place with 93 points.

    “This was an extremely competitive tournament with the national championship on the line until the very end,” said NIC Athletics Director Al Williams. “The tournament was a great representation of the parity and competiveness of teams across the nation. We’re honored to have had the opportunity to hold the tournament in our region.”

    North Idaho College and Rend Lake Community College of Illinois both had two individual national champions.

    The tournament’s four returning national champions all made it to the tournament finals.

    Victor DeJesus of Iowa Lakes Community College defended his 2010 national championship, taking Jason Gray of Highline Community College in a hard-fought 3-2 decision to become a two-time national champion at 149 pounds.

    Jamelle Jones defeated Walker Clarke at 197
    The 197-pound bracket pitted defending national champion Walker Clarke of Labette Community College against North Idaho College’s Jamelle Jones, who was looking to win his second national championship after winning the title in 2008 while wrestling in the 184-pound weight class for St. Louis Community College-Meramec in Missouri. The score was tied at 0 at the end of the first period, until Jones scored a one-point escape at the start of the second period followed by a two-point takedown to lead 3-0 midway in the second period.

    Forty-two seconds into the period, Jones turned Clarke into a near-fall position and then scored a pin. With the pin, North Idaho College received six points, taking the team from fourth to second in the tight team race.

    In another dramatic contest, the 2010 heavyweight champion Tyrell Fortune of Clackamas defeated Iowa Central’s Seth McGregor 4-3 to win his second consecutive national title at 285.

    North Idaho College was the host college for the NJCAA national tournament for the first time. The event was held at the Spokane Convention Center and included a total of 250 wrestlers representing 36 community colleges across the country.

    Visit www.nic.edu/athletics/wrestlingnationals for complete tournament results.

    Team Results
    1 Clackamas Community College 109
    2 North Idaho College 98.5
    3 Rend Lake College 94
    4 Iowa Central Community College 93
    5 Labette Community College 85.5
    6 Harper College 84
    Lincoln College 84
    8 Northwest College 72.5
    9 Muskegon College 69
    10 Highline Community College 67.5

    All-Americans
    (The top five are recognized by the NJCAA)

    125
    First: Mike Garofalo, Nassau Community College
    Second: Josh Heinzer, Iowa Central Community College
    Third: Steven Romero, Highline Community College
    Fourth: Jeff Vesta, Neosho County Community College
    Fifth: T. T. Prayther, Rend Lake College
    Sixth: Kyle McCrite, North Idaho College
    Seventh: Garret Jones, Labette Community College
    Eighth: Eduardo Dominguez, Harper College

    133
    First: Tyler Holloway, Rend LakeCollege
    Second: Jesse Hillhouse, Northwest College
    Third: Brandon Wright, Iowa Central Community College
    Fourth: Martin Gonzalez, Clackamas Community College
    Fifth: John Miller, Nassau Community College
    Sixth: D’Marcus Spencer, Lincoln College
    Seventh: Tim Hubbard, Mercyhurst North East
    Eighth: Wismit Moinius, North Iowa Area Community College

    141
    First: Wilson Metellus, Ellsworth Community College
    Second: Vinnie DiGravio, Mercyhurst North East
    Third: DaMonte Riley, Lincoln College
    Fourth: Sean Turner, Muskegon College
    Fifth: Cody Randall, Clackamas Community College
    Sixth: Kodie Silvestri, Nassau Community College
    Seventh: Casey Williams, Itasca Community College
    Eighth: Jace Campbell, Colby Community College

    149
    First: Victor DeJesus, Iowa Lakes Community College
    Second: Jason Gray, Highline Community College
    Third: Frankie BueneFuente, Bergen Community College
    Fourth: Mark Marianovich, Lincoln College
    Fifth: Michael Perez, Labette Community College
    Sixth: Tyler Peet, Alfred State College
    Seventh: Adam Will, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
    Eighth: Justin Schumacher, Western Wyoming Community College

    157
    First: PJ Starnes, Harper College
    Second: Jeremy Bommarito, North Idaho College
    Third: Justin Pencook, Glouscester County College
    Fourth: Matt Melendrez, Clackamas Community College
    Fifth: Eric Jones, Highline Community College
    Sixth: Eric Telford, Muskegon College
    Seventh: Quinten Haynes, North Iowa Area Community College
    Eighth: Scott Verner, Western Wyoming Community College

    165
    First: Isaiah Williams, Rend Lake College
    Second: Derek Mestrovich, Clackamas Community College
    Third: Dan McGillivray, Iowa Lakes Community College
    Fourth: Isaiah Tatum, North Iowa Area Community College
    Fifth: Troy Ireland, Niagara County Community College
    Sixth: Theo Jensen-Innis, Rochester Community and Technical College
    Seventh: Jake Mason, North Idaho College
    Eighth: Lance Wade, Nassau Community College

    174
    First: Jesse Nielsen, North Idaho College
    Second: Keithen Cast, Northwest College
    Third: Travis Peralta, Ridgewater College
    Fourth: Khari Washington, Harper College
    Fifth: James Haywood, Lincoln College
    Sixth: Jules Doliscar, Nassau Community College
    Seventh: Carl Foreside, Iowa Central Community College
    Eighth: John McArdle, Middlesex County College

    184
    First: Nick Petersen, Northwest College
    Second: Austin Moorehead, Rend Lake College
    Third: Brett Sanchez, Clackamas Community College
    Fourth: Ray Hall, Labette Community College
    Fifth: Arber Bebo, Harper College
    Sixth: Marlon Baker, Mercyhurst North East
    Seventh: Michael Johnson, Lincoln College
    Eighth: Teagan Franco, Yakima Valley Community College

    197
    First: Jamelle Jones, North Idaho College
    Second: Walker Clarke, Labette Community College
    Third: Nick Pica, Iowa Central Community College
    Fourth: Darren Faber, Highline Community College
    Fifth: Trent Flegel, Muskegon College
    Sixth: Vinny Campanille, Ellsworth Community College
    Seventh: Fred Moses, Lincoln College
    Eighth: Cully Butterfield, Itasca Community College

    285
    First: Tyrell Fortune, Clackamas Community College
    Second: Seth McGregor, Iowa Central Community College
    Third: Adam Chalfant, Harper College
    Fourth: Matt Wyss, Iowa Lakes Community College
    Fifth: Reno Redleaf, Labette Community College
    Sixth: Kyle Gibas, Niagara County Community College
    Seventh: Karl Green, Rend Lake College
    Eighth: Ryan Steverson, Muskegon College

    Awards
    NJCAA Wrestling Man of the Year: Bergen Community College Head Coach Mike Massenzio

    Hall of Fame Inductees: Western New England College Wrestling Coach Anibal Nieves and SCIFIT Board Member and former longtime coach at Black Hawk Community College in Illinois Denton Smith

    Falls Award: (Most falls in the least amount of time) Eric Telford, 157 of Muskegon College, with four falls

    Sportsmanship Award: Walker Clarke, 197, Labette Community College

    Non-Scholarship Coach of the Year: Coach Paul Schmidt of Nassau Community College

    Scholarship Coach of the Year: Josh Rhoden of Clackamas Community College

    Wrestler of the Year: Jamelle Jones, 197, North Idaho College
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