PORTLAND — The return to the top of the wrestling world is sweet for Crook County, while Culver somehow continues to find ways to maintain its reign, and Mountain View has made its case as the next big thing.

A year after losing by half a point to end its four-year run as the Class 4A state champ, the Cowboys returned with two state champions and four runners-up to record 238.5 points at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, defeating second-place Marshfield, which had 155.5 points, and third-place Sweet Home, the defending state champ who finished with 146 points.

“It feels really good,” said Crook County coach Jake Huffman, whose team won a fifth state title in six years. “It’s something we’ve thought about for a long time, since this tournament last year, and something we’ve talked about a lot and focused on and made it a goal of ours to get a championship back to Crook County. It’s something all of our kids, they really cared about it. You could definitely tell. We had a great tournament. Expectations were exceeded, we fought, we were in better shape, and we were ready.”

Crook County boasted six wrestlers in the finals on Saturday, including a pair of Cowboys in the 106-pound championship. There, top-seeded Hunter Mode defeated Crook County teammate Steven Ware 15-0 to claim the title. At 120, No. 1 Pacer Quire, a Cowboys senior who had never before advanced to the final, won by fall for the state championship.

“He’s been good enough the last few years to win a championship, but for whatever reason he wasn’t able to pull it all together,” Huffman said of Quire. “So to see him, his senior year, finish up on top, it’s pretty special.”

Also for Crook County, Tannon Joyner, at 113, Zachary Mauras, at 126, and Kyle Knudtson, at 170, each took second, while Tyler Fioravanti placed third at 138. Taking fourth for the Cowboys were Colton Burkhardt at 160 and Caleb Parrott at 285, and Trevor Martin finished fifth at 113.

“They’re all equally good, just different,” Huffman said of his program’s most-recent state title. “You have a tendency to take that stuff for granted. But this one’s pretty special, because you get something like that taken away from you and you think about it and take it back, it’s really gratifying and it’s validating to us that we’re doing the right things.”

In the 2A/1A meet, Culver won its 11th state title in 12 years with 201.5 points — one point back of the 2A/1A record it set last year — while Central Linn finished second with 104 points.

“This group had a pretty steep learning curve,” said Bulldogs coach J.D. Alley. “But there were kids waiting in the wings, like (Saturday’s 160-pound champ) Jerron Rhen, who got his chance, same with Cylus (Hoke, the 195-pound winner). … We didn’t start out with a house of fire (at the start of the season), but I think we got better fast.

“And at the end of the year, we’re very similar with the team we put on the mat last year. And that’ll be the goal next year.”

Along with Rhen and Hoke winning championships for Culver, junior Lorenzo Vasquez, No. 1 at 120, won the state title Saturday for his third straight championship. Top-seeded Jorge Olivera recorded a 55-second fall at 145 to win his third title in four year for the Bulldogs, while Victor Torres, No. 1 at 152, also claimed a championship for Culver.

Anthony Hood was second at 113, and Orlando Torres finished runner-up at 126 for Culver. Brody Piercey (106) and Lane Downing (132) each placed third. Hunter Augustynovich was fourth at 145, and Joseph Russo was fourth at 170.

“We talk about how we don’t want to let the past down,” Alley said, “and (alumni) are still living vicariously though us and take tremendous pride in being a Bulldog. There’s a lot of pressure. … But like they say, ‘It’s lonely at the top, but it’s a great view.’

“But another saying is, ‘You’ve got to work harder to stay at the top than to get there.’ And that is really, really true.”

In 5A, Mountain View reached its first podium as a team by taking fourth with 136.5 points. Dallas captured the championship with 188 points, followed by Crater with 158 and Thurston with 141. Beau Ohlson, No. 1 at 126, became the first two-time state champ for the Cougars, and second-seeded Frankie Lesowske won the 170 title to become the third-ever Mountain View wrestler to win a title. Blake Ohlson, at 145, and Luke Schulz, at 182, each placed fourth, Evan Mclean (132) and Reed Sehorn-Hurst (285) both took fifth, and Cannon Potts was sixth at 132 for the Cougars.

Redmond, which took sixth with 103.5 points, was highlighted by freshman Kagen Lawrence, who placed second at 106 pounds. Clayton Elrod, at 160, and Wyatt Gross, at 170, each placed fourth for the Panthers. John Crivellone placed fifth at 195, and Diego Suganuma (113) and Trae Bolken (138) each took sixth for Redmond. Bend High’s Haakon Kjellesvik rebounded from a semifinal loss to win back-to-back matches and place third at 182.

Harrison Manu nearly became the fifth-ever Madras state champ but settled for second at 195 in the 4A championship. In 3A, La Pine, which was sixth with 103 points, was paced by Derrik Kerr winning his second state title, this time at 120, and Tommy Gallamore claiming the 126-pound title. Willamina won its first state championship since 1999 with 181.5 points.

Ridgeview’s Bailey Dennis won 4-1 in the girls 160-pound championships, while four Central Oregon wrestlers — Bend’s Kyleigh Cuevas at 100, Bend’s Charli Stewart at 105, Mountain View’s Taylor Ohlson at 125, and La Pine’s Sydney Bright at 145 — all placed third. The Hawks’ Evangelina Torono was fourth in the girls 180-pound bracket.