4th Annual Mascot Challenge Finals Begin Monday Morning

2/5/2017 2:54:29 PM

LA GRANDE, Ore. –  The stage is set to crown a champion in the 4th Annual CCC Mascot Challenge. No 1 seed Cadmar the Warrior from Corban University will take on No. 2 seed and defending champion Yote the Coyote from The College of Idaho.

Cadmar advanced to the finals with a quarterfinal win over No. 8 seed Warner Pacific's Nitro the Knight and barely got past No. 5 Hootie The Owl from Oregon Tech. In twitter voting Cadmar edged Hootie by no more than 3 votes and less than 1% to advance through the semifinal round.

Yote cruised past No. 7 seed Speedy Q. from The Evergreen State College in the quarterfinals before taking on No. 3 seed Monty the Mountaineer from Eastern Oregon University in the semifinals. The two I-84 rivals added another chapter to the storied competition between CI and EOU with a record 1039 votes cast.

Cadmar and Yote will face off for the CCC title beginning on Feb. 6 on the CCC twitter page @cccsports. The voting will be open for exactly 24 hours beginning at 8 a.m. pst. and ending on Feb. 7.



An added incentive is that our conference winner will automatically gain a spot in the first ever NAIA-SIDA Mascot Challenge that will take place shortly after the conference challenge is completed. Thirty two NAIA mascots will advance to the national challenge that will also take place on twitter.
 
CCC Mascot Challenge Schedule:
 
Quarterfinals- TWITTER VOTING
Jan. 23 ( No. 2 Yote the Coyote vs. No. 7 Speedy Q)- WINNER: YOTE
Jan. 24 ( No. 3 Monty the Mountaineer vs No. 6. Mr. Beacon)- WINNER-MONTY
Jan. 25 ( No. 1 Cadmar the Warrior vs. No. 8 Nitro the Knight)- WINNER-CADMAR
Jan. 26 ( No. 4 Wally the Wolf vs. No. 5 Hootie the Owl)- WINNER-HOOTIE
 
Semifinals- TWITTER VOTING
Jan. 31 (semifinal #1)- No.2 Yote vs. No. 3 Monty-WINNER-YOTE
Feb. 1 (semifinal #2)- No. 1 Cadmar vs. No. 5 Hootie-WINNER-CADMAR
 
Finals- TWITTER VOTING
Feb. 6- No. 1 Cadmar vs. No. 2 Yote