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Four Sooners Punch Tickets to Semifinals in Day One of Southern Scuffle
January 04, 2025 | Wrestling
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The No. 21 Oklahoma wrestling team wrapped up an impressive first day at the 2025 Southern Scuffle presented by Compound Sportswear on Saturday evening, closing out the opening rounds in second place as a team with 92.5 points.
The Sooners will head into day two of the prestigious tournament with four semifinalists, which is tied for the second most among all attending teams. Oklahoma will have a total of nine wrestlers still alive for tomorrow's competition, sharing the lead with Army who sits atop the field in the team race with 97 points.
No. 23 Antonio Lorenzo was the first Sooner to punch his ticket to the semifinals after earning a trio of bonus point wins to stay in the title hunt at 125 pounds. The senior opened his dominant day with back-to-back pins of Chattanooga's Elijah Lowe (1:31) and American's Coen Bainey (4:27) before picking up a 10-1 major decision over Gardner Webb's Jeff Jacome in the quarterfinal bout.
At 149 pounds, No. 13 Willie McDougald capped his perfect day by knocking off Clarion's Kyle Schickel in the quarterfinal round via an 11-3 major decision. Prior to that, McDougald earned tech fall victories over Sean Pitts (Bellarmine) and Yuta Otero (Chattanooga). Competing as the top seed in his respective bracket, McDougald outscored his opponents 52-12 on the day.
Looking to claim the fourth individual tournament title of his career, Tate Picklo put together a strong showing in the 174-pound bracket. The two seed earned a 19-3 (5:26) tech fall over Little Rocks's Austin Keal before following it up with a 10-1 major decision win against Kylan Montgomery (Virginia Tech) and 19-14 decision versus Boeden Greenley (North Dakota State). Picklo will seek to improve on a fourth-place finish from the 2024 Southern Scuffle.
Oklahoma's final semifinalist came at 174 pounds, as No. 8 Gaven Sax is set to represent the Crimson & Cream tomorrow. Sax took care of business in the Saturday night session as the two seed to stay alive, eliminating American's Caleb Campos by decision, 6-1. Sax is competing in his fourth career Southern Scuffle and first as a Sooner. The senior earned fourth place (2022) and third place (2024) podium finishes as a member of North Dakota State.
The Sooners also saw Beric Jordan, Mosha Schwartz, Mannix Morgan, DJ Parker and Bradley Hill compete in the quarterfinal round, but all were defeated to drop to the backside. Cleveland Belton rounds out the group of wrestlers still alive in the consolations heading into tomorrow's action.
The Southern Scuffle resumes tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. CT, with the semifinals and two rounds of consolations. The tournament is scheduled to conclude with the Finals session at 2:00 p.m. CT, with all live coverage of the event being held on FloWrestling.
Full day one results as well as updated brackets of the Southern Scuffle presented by Compound Sportswear can be found here.
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