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. 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 http://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