Sophomore Kyle Terry was the first of eight straight Sooners to claim titles with a defeat of Luke Ashmore of Oklahoma State at 141 pounds. Seth Vernon continued the Sooner success with a win over Willy Pendleton of Labette to take first at 149 pounds.
Chad Terry won over teammate Shane Vernon and Max Dean over Kyle Griffin of Oklahoma State to claim the 157 and 165-pound titles, respectively.
Jeff James defeated teammate Chris DeVilbiss at 174 pounds to take the title and Joshua Weitzel won the 184-pound bout over Jack Jensen of OSU. There were co-champions at 197 pounds between Sooners Joel Flaggert and Eric Lapotsky, and Nathan Fernandez topped teammate Luis Hernandez in the heavyweight division.
Oklahoma also placed three out of the top four in the 125-pound class. Freshman Joey Fio placed second for the Sooners, followed by Greg Cannon and John Starzky.
Oklahoma State's Jamal Parks, who claimed the 133-pound title, was named the Open's Most Outstanding Wrestler.
The Sooners will begin the Big 12 conference slate next Sunday, Dec. 2, at 2 p.m. versus in-state rival Oklahoma State.
Junior high and high school results at the Oklahoma Open are listed on SoonerSports.com.
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