The public address announcer inside the Jack Stephens Center made sure everyone in attendance knew the stakes as the final bout began late Saturday afternoon in Little Rock.
CORVALLIS, Ore. - The ARIZONA STATE Sun Devils defended their Pac-12 Wrestling title, claiming their fourth championship in five years and their 20th overall as a program with a victory Sunday at Oregon State’s Gill Coliseum. The Sun Devils compiled five individual titles from Brandon Courtney (125), Jacori Teemer (157), Anthony Valencia (165), Kordell Norfleet (197) and Cohlton Schultz (HWT), ultimately earning 138 points on the evening. Schultz’s win was the first conference title of his career, while the others were repeat champions.
OREGON STATE, the host team, finished in second with 123 points. The Beavers saw Devan Turner (133) and Grant Willits (141) become the seventh and eighth wrestlers in program history to win multiple Pac-12 titles after Turner won his class last year and Willits captured his class in 2019.