At the annual Shorter Open the Hawks fared well, posting a first, second and third place finishes in the 141, 285, and 165 weight classes respectively.

Kalvin Harris took top honors at 141, tallying a 4-0 day to win the class. His first win of the day came over Isaiah Colgan of Southeastern; where he posted a 6-1 decision. Next, he defeated Caleb Mariakis of Reinhardt 12-6, and Caleb Rudisill of Southeastern 8-7. In the 1^st place match he posted a 6-4 decision over Garrett Webb of Life University.

At 285, Bret Winters finished second, going 3-1 for the event. He opened the day with a win over Adam Boyd of Life via fall in :36. Before topping Raynel Brown of Lindsey Wilson via fall in
4:49, and defeating Brandon Hill of Lie 6-2. His lone loss of the day came against Jacob Roza of Life when he was pinned in 4:54, to take second place.

Kade Kitchens was third in the 165 weight class as he finished 4-1 on the day. He opened the day with a win over Joey Nadotti of Southeastern with a TF 22-5, 4:35 decision. Before topped defeating Michael King of Middle Tennessee State via fall in 2:48. In the semifinals he took a loss, falling to Trace Thome of Florida by an 8-6 decision. But, he came back in the consolation semis with another win of Nadotti, turning in a TF 18-2, 1:58 decision and earned third place with a win over Joeseph Mireles of Southeastern 7-2.

Also competing for Shorter were Chris Way, Stephen Corasaniti, Chance Marriotti, Marlon Morales, Hank Turner and Bo Cummings.

The Hawks will be back in action Saturday, December 3, when they travel to Somers, Wis. to take part in the Wisconsin Open hosted by Wisconsin-Parkside.