Oregon State heavyweight Clayton Jack celebrates his title at the Cliff Keen Invitational. Larry Slater photo.

LAS VEGAS – Oregon State’s Clayton Jack found the perfect way to cap an entertaining two days of wrestling.

Down by a point late in his finals match at heavyweight, Jack delivered by launching Ohio State’s Peter Capone to his back to earn a dramatic fall to cap the Cliff Keen Invitational on Saturday at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

The second-seeded Jack recorded the fall with seven seconds left in the match against the No 12 Capone.

“I was down by a point – I had to find an opening and find a way to win,” Jack said. “I just had to keep attacking. It’s fun to win like that, but these are matches to get me ready for nationals. It’s a good victory, but nationals are what we are working toward.”

Jack and teammate Michael Mangrum (141), the tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler, each won titles for the Beavers.

Sixth-ranked Ohio State, led by champion Logan Stieber (133), captured the team title with 129 points. Michigan was second with 116, Wyoming took third with 114.5 and Nebraska was fourth with 106.

Stieber was one of seven freshmen in the young and talented Buckeye lineup. Stieber downed Aaron Schopp of Edinboro 10-5 in the finals.

“I wanted to score right away,” Stieber said. “I was real close to getting choked out. He had a real tight lock and I almost started to see stars for a second. The first scramble we got in, he took me down. He locked something up and it was tight. I was able to battle back after that, but I can’t have mental lapses like that.”

Two-time NCAA champion Kyle Dake of Cornell capped a strong two days by blanking Nebraska-Kearney’s T.J. Hepburn 4-0 in the 157 finals.

Dake, a junior, owns NCAA titles at 141 and 149. He is looking to become the first Division I wrestler to win NCAA titles in three different weight classes.

“I just tried to push the pace,” Dake said. “I didn’t score as many points as I wanted to, but I got the win. I’m trying to get early takedowns, get some riding time and then work a little bit more on my feet than on the mat.”

Mangrum won a loaded 141 weight class to earn the OW honor. He downed true freshman Hunter Stieber of Ohio State 6-3 in the finals. Stieber had knocked off top-ranked and returning NCAA champion Kellen Russell in Friday’s quarterfinals.

Michigan’s Eric Grajales, a USA Wrestling age-group standout, looks poised to make a big impact on the college level after winning the title at 149. Grajales earned a 9-1 win over Air Force’s Cole Von Ohlen in the finals.

Wyoming teammates Shane Onufer (165) and Joe LeBlanc (184) also captured titles along with Kent State’s Nic Bedelyon (125), Cal Poly’s Ryan DesRoches (174) and Edinboro’s Chris Honeycutt (197).

FINALS RESULTS

125 POUNDS
Nic Bedelyon (Kent State) dec. Frank Perrelli (Cornell), 3-1

133 POUNDS
Logan Stieber (Ohio State) dec. Aaron Schopp (Edinboro), 10-5

141 POUNDS
Michael Mangrum (Oregon State) dec. Hunter Stieber (Ohio State), 6-3

149 POUNDS
Eric Grajales (Michigan) dec. Cole Von Ohlen (Air Force), 9-1

157 POUNDS
Kyle Dake (Cornell) dec. T.J. Hepburn (Nebraska-Kearney), 4-0

165 POUNDS
Shane Onufer (Wyoming) dec. Paul Gillespie (Hofstra), 4-2

174 POUNDS
Ryan DesRoches (Cal Poly) dec. Justin Zeerip (Michigan), 6-5 TB

184 POUNDS
Joe LeBlanc (Wyoming) dec. Steve Bosak (Cornell), 7-3

197 POUNDS
Chris Honeycutt (Edinboro) dec. Matt Powless (Indiana), 10-4

285 POUNDS
Clayton Jack (Oregon State) pinned Peter Capone (Ohio State), 6:51