Central Oklahoma coach David James seems to like Wheeling, West Virginia. The Bronchos won National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national titles in Wheeling in 1979, with James winning top honors on the mat, and in 1987 under James' tutelage. Now James has the Wheeling trifecta after his Central Oklahoma squad won the Division II Wrestling Championships in the West Virginia city March 14-15.

Central Oklahoma captured its 14th national wrestling title with the help of individual crowns from Mark Dodgen (125-pound class), Cole Province (133) and Shawn Silvis (165) to pull away from Nebraska-Kearney. The Bronchos won their second straight title.

"Wheeling was good to us in the past and it was again this weekend," said James, who has led the Bronchos to 11 of their 14 titles (including NAIA crowns). "Obviously I've got great feelings and emotions right now because this is a tremendous achievement for our program."

The top-ranked Bronchos, who entered the evening with a slim four-point lead, finished with 87 ¹/2 points. Nebraska-Omaha was third, followed by North Dakota State and Findlay.

Central Oklahoma's Jeff Henning finished third at 184 and Jerod Goodwin was seventh at 149, helping the Bronchos overcome the upset losses of Matt Dodgen (141) and Jason Tapia (174) early in the tournament.

"We had to battle through some adversity here but we had some guys really come through for us when the pressure was on," James said. "Our three champions really stepped it up, but I can't say enough about the job Jeff and Jerod did."

Mark Dodgen won his title by breaking a scoreless tie with Western State's Jared Haberman early in the second period with a reverse, taking Haberman directly to his back and getting a pin at the 3:53 mark. It was the 25th straight win for the senior, who finished the season 27-2 while ending his career with a 78-16 record.

Province followed with the tournament-clinching victory, dominating Nebraska-Omaha's Mitch Waite, 6-1, for his third straight title.

The junior had takedowns in each of the first two periods and racked up more than three minutes of riding time, putting the finishing touch on a 26-0 campaign and stretching his winning streak to 38.

Silvis won his second consecutive individual title with an 8-4 finals triumph over Minnesota State-Mankato's Jake Emerick at 165.

TEAM RESULTS

1. Central Okla. 87 1/2; 2. Neb.-Kearney, 73 1/2; 3. Neb.-Omaha, 65 1/2; 4. North Dakota St., 63; 5. Findlay, 57 1/2; 6. Adams St., 56; 7. Northern Colo., 52; 8. San Francisco St., 47 1/2; 9. St. Cloud St., 44; 10. South Dakota St., 40; 11. Pitt.-Johnston, 39 1/2; 12. Wis.-Parkside, 37; 13. Western St., 33 1/2; 14. Minn. St-Mankato, 32 1/2; 15. (tie) Gannon and UNC-Pembroke, 29 1/2; 17. Central Wash., 28 1/2; 18. Ashland, 28; 19. Central Mo. St., 23; 20. Mercyhurst, 22; 21. Truman, 20; 22. Indianapolis, 18; 23. Chadron St., 17 1/2; 24. Fort Hays St., 13 1/2; 25. Augustana (S.D.), 13; 26. SIU-Edwardsville, 11 1/2; 27. West Liberty St., 9; 28. Kutztown, 8 1/2; 29. Northern St., 5 1/2; 30. Colorado Mines, 4; 31. Southwest St., 3; 32. Minn. St.-Moorhead, 1 1/2; 33. Anderson, 1/2.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

125-pound class

Main bracket

First round: James Phillips, Ashland, def. Aaron Graumann, Augustana (S.D.), 2-1 (tiebreaker); Jared Haberman, Western St., def. Desmond Radunz, Minn. St.-Moorhead, 14-1; Dan Hilario, Neb.-Omaha, def. Donald Dew, Findlay, 8-2; Bryce Abbey, Neb.-Kearney, def. Drew Passley, Central Mo. St., 6-4; Joey Bareng, San Francisco St., def. Wiley Craft, Indianapolis, 6-4; Matt Strawser, North Dakota St., pinned Ryon Mazzacco, Pitt.-Johnstown, 4:09; Mark Dodgen, Central Okla., def. Aaron Mann, Central Wash., 10-5; Doug Curnes, West Liberty St., def. Mark Hastings, Northern Colo., 7-5.

Second round: Haberman def. Phillips, 7-2; Abbey def. Hilario, 3-1; Strawser def. Bareng, 2-2 (tiebreaker); Dodgen def. Curnes, 2-0.

Semifinals: Haberman def. Abbey, 8-2; Dodgen def. Strawser, 7-1.

Final: Dodgen pinned Haberman, 3:53.

Wrestlebacks

First round: Graumann def. Radunz, 6-1; Passley def. Dew, 11-3; Craft def. Mazzacco, 7-4; Mann def. Hastings, 5-4.

Second round: Graumann def. Curnes, 3-2; Passley def. Bareng, 3-2; Craft def. Hilario, 6-1; Mann def. Phillips, 2-1

Third round: Graumann def. Passley, 7-5; Mann pinned Craft, 5:56.

Semifinals: Abbey def. Graumann, 6-4; Strawser def. Mann, 12-7.

Third place: Abbey def. Strawser, 6-1.

Fifth place: Mann def. Graumann, 9-1.

Seventh place: Passley pinned Craft, 1:16.

133-pound class

Main bracket

First round: Joey Simco, Findlay, def. Ross Kondo, Central Wash., 17-0 (technical fall, 6:00); Andre Vandervelde, Augustana (S.D.), def. Earl Wilson, Indianapolis, 9-4; Donald Lockett, San Francisco St., def. Zach Meissner, Ashland, 16-1 (technical fall, 3:57); Mitch Waite, Neb.-Omaha, def. Matt Jacobs, Wis.-Parkside, 7-3; Cole Province, Central Okla., def. Nick Magee, North Dakota St., 10-2; Adam Keiswetter, Neb.-Kearney, def. Curry Pickard, UNC-Pembroke, 11-9; Tony Fratzke, Minn. St.-Mankato, pinned Keefer Jensen, Southwest St., 6:18; Thad Benton, Pitt.-Johnstown, pinned Adam Mars, Adams St., 6:51.

Second round: Simco def. Vandervelde, 13-2; Waite def. Lockett, 2-1 (tiebreaker); Province def. Keiswetter, 6-4; Fratzke def. Benton, 5-3.

Semifinals: Waite def. Simco, 6-5; Province def. Fratzke, 12-4.

Final: Province def. Waite, 6-1.

Wrestlebacks

First round: Wilson pinned Kondo, 2:49; Meissner def. Jacobs, 4-3; Pickard pinned Magee, 2:57; Mars pinned Jensen, 5:31.

Second round: Benton pinned Wilson, 1:41; Keiswetter def. Meissner, 5-3; Pickard def. Lockett, 14-8; Mars def. Vandervelde, 17-6.

Third round: Benton def. Keiswetter, 6-2; Mars def. Pickard, 10-6.

Semifinals: Simco def. Benton, 4-3; Fratzke def. Mars, 12-5.

Third place: Fratzke def. Simco, 8-2.

Fifth place: Benton pinned Mars, 2:45.

Seventh place: Keiswetter pinned Pickard, 3:19.

141-pound class

Main bracket

First round: Ronald Paterniti, Gannon, def. Mitch Jackson, Minn. St. Moorhead, 13-7; Shaine Jaime, Central Wash., def. Jeremy Roe, South Dakota St., 7-2; Merrick Meyer, Truman, pinned Zach Leathers, Shippensburg, 2:18; Pacifico Garcia, San Francisco St., def. Ronald Stafford, Northern Colo., 3-1; R.C. LaHaye, Western St., def. Roderick Ratcliff, Neb.-Omaha, 12-0; Brad Russell, Wis.-Parkside, def. Will Tedder, Mercyhurst, 8-2; Shane Barnes, Adams St., def. Ryan King, Augustana (S.D.), 6-2; Jason Nestor, Pitt.-Johnstown, def. Matt Dodgen, Central Okla., 1-1 (tiebreaker).

Second round: Jaime def. Paterniti, 3-2; Meyer def. Garcia, 6-1; Russell def. LaHaye, 14-4; Barnes def. Nestor, 2-1 (tiebreaker).

Semifinals: Meyer pinned Jaime, 3:23; Barnes def. Russell, 3-1.

Final: Barnes def. Meyer, 15-3.

Wrestlebacks

First round: Jackson def. Roe, 12-3; Stafford def. Leathers, 13-12; Tedder def. Ratcliff, 6-1; Dodgen def. King, 6-0.

Second round: Nestor def. Jackson, 2-1; Stafford def. LaHaye, 8-7; Garcia pinned Tedder, medical forfeit; Paterniti def. Dodgen, 9-5.

Third round: Stafford def. Nestor, 2-0; Paterniti def. Garcia, 9-3.

Semifinals: Jaime def. Stafford, 2-1 (tiebreaker); Russell def. Paterniti, 2-1.

Third place: Jaime def. Russell, 4-2.

Fifth place: Stafford def. Paterniti, 8-4.

Seventh place: Garcia def. Nestor, 6-3.

149-pound class

Main bracket

First round: Waylon Lowe, Findlay, def. Loren Hutchins, Northern Colo., 13-5; Andy Messersmith, Adams St., def. Brad Becker, Wis.-Parkside, 13-8; Brendon Bosco, Gannon, def. Austin Scarset, Augustana (S.D.), 14-6; Mitch Napier, Indianapolis, def. Luke Santos, San Francisco St., 4-3; Brandon Pfizenmaier, Neb.-Kearney, def. Jerrod Goodwin, Central Okla., 5-3; Ryan Ickes, Pitt.-Johnstown, def. Jared Barnes, South Dakota St., 4-0; Eric Pizzi, Central Mo. St., def. Jared Webster, Chadron St., 5-4; Aaron Monseau, West Liberty St., def. Zach Stevens, North Dakota St., 11-8.

Second round: Lowe def. Messersmith, 7-4; Napier def. Bosco, 6-4; Pfizenmaier def. Ickes, 8-7; Monseau def. Pizzi, 5-4 (tiebreaker).

Semifinals: Lowe def. Napier, 15-7; Pfizenmaier def. Monseau, 8-3.

Final: Lowe def. Pfizenmaier, 5-3.

Wrestlebacks

First round: Becker pinned Hutchins, 6:45; Santos def. Scarset, 4-3; Goodwin def. Barnes, 5-2; Stevens def. Webster, 7-3 (sudden victory).

Second round: Becker def. Pizzi, 6-3; Santos def. Ickes, 9-7; Goodwin def. Bosco, 4-1; Messersmith def. Stevens, 10-9.

Third round: Santos def. Becker, 9-4; Messersmith def. Goodwin, 14-2.

Semifinals: Napier def. Santos, 4-1; Messersmith def. Monseau, 15-0 (technical fall, 3:00).

Third place: Messersmith def. Napier, 16-8.

Fifth place: Santos def. Monseau, 5-3.

Seventh place: Goodwin def. Becker, 11-3.

157-pound class

Main bracket

First round: Adam Morris, Findlay, def. Travis Peak, Chadron St., 10-6; Jared Cooley, Southwest St., def. Daniel Dutch, St. Cloud St., 10-3; Travis Koppenhafer, Adams St., def. Skyler Waddell, Gannon, 20-7; Brody Olson, Northern Colo., def. Dan Dempsey, Wis.-Parkside, 16-7; Corey Crandall, Truman, def. Matt McDougall, Augustana (S.D.), 7-5; Gary Skoch, Ashland, def. Aaron Dalton, Neb.-Kearney, 7-4; Paul Carlson, North Dakota St., def. Ryan Hunter, Central Mo. St., 16-4; Bruno Iorfido, Pitt.-Johnstown, def. Jack Quintana, Western St., 4-2 (sudden victory).

Second round: Morris def. Cooley, 12-7; Olson def. Koppenhafer, 5-2; Skoch pinned Crandall, 8:13 (tiebreaker); Carlson def. Iorfido, 10-3.

Semifinals: Olson def. Morris, 3-1; Carlson def. Skoch, 3-2.

Final: Carlson def. Olson, 2-1.

Wrestlebacks

First round: Peak def. Dutch, 4-3; Dempsey pinned Waddell, 3:43; Dalton def. McDougall, 17-11; Quintana def. Hunter, 8-0.

Second round: Iorfido def. Peak, 3-1; Dempsey def. Crandall, 11-3; Koppenhafer def. Dalton, 13-5; Quintana pinned Cooley, 6:46.

Third round: Dempsey pinned Iorfido, 1:16; Quintana def. Koppenhafer, 14-12 (sudden victory).

Semifinals: Dempsey def. Morris, 10-5; Quintana def. Skoch, 7-2.

Third place: Quintana def. Dempsey, 7-3.

Fifth place: Morris def. Skoch, medical forfeit.

Seventh place: Koppenhafer pinned Iorfido, 5:43.

165-pound class

Main bracket

First round: Dwayne Coward, UNC-Pembroke, def. Lee Gatlin, Central Mo. St., 15-9; Tyler Bryant, South Dakota St., def. Josh McDonald, San Francisco St., 5-2; Shawn Silvis, Central Okla., def. Anthony Corpora, Kutztown, 7-1; Riley Ross, Neb.-Kearney, def. Jared Deaguero, Northern Colo., 4-2; Jake Emerick, Minn. St.-Mankato, def. Jordan Johnson, Chadron St., 19-6; Matt Neely, Ashland, def. Fred Joseph, Wis.-Parkside, 3-1 (sudden victory); Greg Chirieleison, Colorado Mines, def. Matt Neumuller, St. Cloud St., 5-0; Lucas Mackesey, Findlay, def. Derek Donelson, Indianapolis, 11-3.

Second round: Coward def. Bryant, 5-3 (sudden victory); Silvis def. Ross, 5-2; Emerick pinned Neely, 6:19; Mackesey def. Chirieleison, 2-1 (tiebreaker).

Semifinals: Silvis def. Coward, 14-7; Emerick def. Mackesey, 10-3.

Final: Silvis def. Emerick, 8-4.

Wrestlebacks

First round: McDonald def. Gatlin, 11-9; Deaguero pinned Corpora, 3:30; Johnson pinned Joseph, 5:49; Neumuller def. Donelson, 6-5.

Second round: Chirieleison def. McDonald, 8-3; Deaguero def. Neely, 18-6; Ross def. Johnson, 14-3; Neumuller def. Bryant, 4-1 (tiebreaker).

Third round: Deaguero def. Chirieleison, 7-3; Neumuller def. Ross, 10-3.

Semifinals: Deaguero pinned Coward, 3:44; Neumuller def. Mackesey, 9-2.

Third place: Neumuller def. Deaguero, 5-2.

Fifth place: Coward pinned Mackesey, 6:43.

Seventh place: Ross def. Chirieleison, 3-2.

174-pound class

Main bracket

First round: Tanner Linsacum, Northern Colo., def. Randy Pyle, Pitt.-Johnstown, 3-1; Drew Bouwman, Southwest St., def. Cameron Bretz, Western St., 9-1; Jon Duncombe, St. Cloud St., def. Careef Robertson, Anderson, 15-2; Jason Tapia, Central Okla., pinned Erich Singer, Fort Hays St., 4:12; Frank Kuchera, Neb.-Kearney, pinned Brett Barbarick, Central Mo. St., 4:23; Thad Pike, North Dakota St., def. Tommy Bauer, Ashland, 3-1; Zach Stephens, SIU-Edwardsville, def. Don Ortega, Adams St., 10-3; Nick Brumbaugh, Kutztown, pinned Bryan Cowdin, South Dakota St., 3:59.

Second round: Linsacum def. Bouwman, 8-7 (tiebreaker); Duncombe def. Tapia, 5-3; Kuchera def. Pike, 4-1; Stephens def. Brumbaugh, 10-4.

Semifinals: Duncombe def. Linsacum, 12-5; Kuchera def. Stephens, 3-1.

Final: Kuchera def. Duncombe, 3-2.

Wrestlebacks

First round: Bretz def. Pyle, 7-3; Robertson def. Singer, 4-1; Bauer def. Barbarick, 11-5; Cowdin def. Ortega, 14-5.

Second round: Brumbaugh pinned Bretz, 1:57; Pike def. Robertson, 5-2; Bauer def. Tapia, 7-4; Cowdin def. Bouwman, 4-3.

Third round: Pike def. Brumbaugh, 6-3; Bauer def. Cowdin, 13-5.

Semifinals: Pike def. Linsacum, 12-6; Stephens def. Bauer, 8-7.

Third place: Pike def. Stephens, 2-1 (tiebreaker).

Fifth place: Linsacum def. Bauer, medical forfeit.

Seventh place: Cowdin pinned Brumbaugh, 1:56.

184-pound class

Main bracket

First round: Derek Brunson, UNC-Pembroke, def. Ben Holscher, Chadron St., 11-5; Sam Kenton, Augustana (S.D.), def. Rory Herring, Wis.-Parkside, 11-9; Mauricio Wright, San Francisco St., def. Kris Klepacz, Findlay, 18-1 (technical fall, 5:23); Zach Stalder, Neb.-Omaha, def. Tim Johns, Southwest St., 26-9 (technical fall, 7:00); Jeff Henning, Central Okla., pinned Joel Schrimpf, Minn. St.-Mankato, 5:23; Ben McAvinew, Mercyhurst, def. Jordan Nichols, Fort Hays St., 12-5; Tyler Jones, South Dakota St., pinned Ryan Kopiasz, Minn. St.-Moorhead, 4:13; John Burda, Pitt.-Johnstown, def. Mark Dubrovich, Colorado Mines, 2-1 (tiebreaker).

Second round: Brunson def. Kenton, 5-3; Wright def. Stalder, 5-4; Henning def. McAvinew, 15-6; Jones def. Burda, 18-1 (technical fall, 5:26).

Semifinals: Wright def. Brunson, 11-5; Jones def. Henning, 8-2.

Final: Wright def. Jones, 3-2.

Wrestlebacks

First round: Herring pinned Holscher, 4:26; Klepacz def. Johns, 9-7; Nichols def. Schrimpf, 12-5; Dubrovich def. Kopiasz, 7-4.

Second round: Burda def. Herring, 13-5; McAvinew def. Klepacz, 5-2; Stalder def. Nichols, 4-2; Kenton def. Dubrovich, 5-3.

Third round: McAvinew def. Burda, 7-3; Stalder def. Kenton, 3-1.

Semifinals: Brunson def. McAvinew, 10-5; Henning def. Stalder, 4-0.

Third place: Henning def. Brunson, 18-2 (technical fall, 4:58).

Fifth place: Stalder def. McAvinew, 3-2.

Seventh place: Burda def. Kenton, 4-2 (sudden victory).

197-pound class

Main bracket

First round: Ryan Kirst, Ashland, pinned John Goral, Wis.-Parkside, 4:25; Brian Kraemer, North Dakota St., def. Jeff Sylvester, Neb.-Kearney, 12-5; Corey Winston, UNC-Pembroke, def. Seth Shippy, Central Mo. St., 11-4; Drew Dunbar, San Francisco St., def. Mike Engelmann, Minn. St.-Mankato, 8-6; Chad Wallace, Neb.-Omaha, def. D.C. Hazen, Central Wash., 19-7; Justin Mautz, Mercyhurst, pinned Brian Tesch, Southwest St., 5:22; Jeff Rusher, Chadron St., def. Tim Boldt, South Dakota St., 13-10; Clinton Salisbury, Findlay, pinned Cory Wellnitz, Northern St., 6:45.

Second round: Kraemer def. Kirst, 7-5 (sudden victory); Dunbar def. Winston, 11-7; Wallace def. Mautz, 8-2; Rusher def. Salisbury, 15-8.

Semifinals: Kraemer def. Dunbar, 11-2; Wallace def. Rusher, 7-5 (sudden victory).

Final: Wallace def. Kraemer, 10-3.

Wrestlebacks

First round: Sylvester def. Goral, 16-0 (technical fall, 3:14); Shippy pinned Engelmann, 5:31; Hazen def. Tesch, 6-4; Boldt def. Wellnitz, 9-1.

Second round: Sylvester def. Salisbury, 9-1; Mautz def. Shippy, 7-3; Hazen def. Winston, 6-5; Boldt pinned Kirst, 6:32.

Third round: Mautz def. Sylvester, 9-3; Boldt def. Hazen, 10-1.

Semifinals: Mautz def. Dunbar, 10-9; Rusher def. Boldt, 6-2.

Third place: Rusher def. Mautz, medical forfeit.

Fifth place: Boldt def. Dunbar, 7-1.

Seventh place: Sylvester pinned Hazen, 2:42.

Heavyweight class

Main bracket

First round: Lyneil Mitchell, Gannon, pinned Joe Bryce, North Dakota St., 3:25; Andrew Ubben, Fort Hays St., def. Evan Love, Indianapolis, 3-1; Les Sigman, Neb.-Omaha, def. Aldo Campea, Ashland, 6-0; Baron Blanchard, Northern St., def. Chuck Halstead, Colorado Mines, 6-1; Bob Murphy, Neb.-Kearney, def. Celester O'Garro, Carson Newman, 5-3; Howard Bell, Pitt.-Johnstown, def. Dusty Hoffschneider, Northern Colo., 4-2; Plamen Pasklev, Central Mo. St., def. Luke Roberts, Central Wash., 13-6; Dustin Darveaux, St. Cloud St., def. Tom Poe, West Liberty St., 9-4.

Second round: Ubben pinned Mitchell, 4:32; Sigman def. Blanchard, 6-1; Bell def. Murphy, 6-0; Darveaux def. Pasklev, 7-1.

Semifinals: Sigman def. Ubben, 10-5; Darveaux def. Bell, 11-2.

Final: Sigman def. Darveaux, 6-0.

Wrestlebacks

First round: Bryce def. Love, 3-2 (tiebreaker); Campea def. Halstead, 3-2; Hoffschneider def. O'Garro, 9-6; Roberts def. Poe, 10-4.

Second round: Pasklev def. Bryce, 2-1; Campea def. Murphy, 3-2; Blanchard def. Hoffschneider, 5-2; Mitchell def. Roberts, 10-2.

Third round: Pasklev def. Campea, 4-2 (tiebreaker); Mitchell pinned Blanchard, 4:53.

Semifinals: Pasklev def. Ubben, 5-3; Mitchell def. Bell, medical forfeit.

Third place: Mitchell def. Pasklev, 5-4.

Fifth place: Ubben def. Bell, medical forfeit.

Seventh place: Blanchard def. Campea, 3-0.