The Beavers at Southern Scuffle

OS Wrestling Fans,

Break time is over, time to go back to wrestling!! The Beavers are traveling across country to Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the Southern Scuffle on Jan 1 & 2.

Before the details there, I wanted to make sure everyone knew about another story, connected to wrestling. Long-time OS wrestling fans may remember a name from class of '97, Andy Sapp. Andy made it into a story in the Oregon Stater, Winter 2012 Edition, page 54. While, by his own admission, never a star, some of us remember Andy for the side-splitting senior talk he gave at his final wrestling banquet. Andy has gone on to prove he has the tenacity of a winning wrestler by building a ranch not far from Boise for troubled boys.

Read the story of Cherry Gulch on page 54 of the Oregon Stater on-line at this link:
http://journalgraphicsdigital.com/pubs/osu/alumni/current/
Congratulations on a job well done, Dr. Sapp - and good luck going forward!! Check it out if you haven't seen it already, it is a great story.

Now back to the present team. The Beavers will be in McKenzie Arena at the University of Tennessee, in Chatanooga, TN. The Southern Scuffle is a 2 day tournament, with action beginning this Sunday, January 1, at 10:00 am EST (7am PST) and concluding on Monday, Jan. 2.

You can follow the action on Trackwrestling.com:
http://www.trackwrestling.com/tw/Login.jsp
There will probably be (already some) Beaver chatter on the Pure-Orange Forum:
http://www.pure-orange.net/bscwrestling/index.html

For more details, read Hank's article at the OS page:
http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/122911aaa.html

For host Tennesee's perspective, read their story here:
http://www.gomocs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=205352372&DB_OEM_ID=17700
Also note that their story says the finals will be live-streamed through a link on that page, so it may be possible to watch. Depends on your computer connections.

Happy New Year! Go Beavs!!

Elizabeth DeAngelis
"The FALL"
Official Fan Club of OS Wrestling
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Reno Results - Third Place!

OS Wrestling Fans,

Congratulations to the Beavers on their third place finish at the Reno Tournament of Champions!! The Beavs hung on to third place all day, couldn't quite catch up to Wyoming or Oklahoma State.

Clayton Jack was our only individual champion, taking the finals by forfeit over teammate Chad Hanke, who was wrestling unattached. Clayton is undefeated on the season and has surpassed the 100 wins mark in his OS career! Congratulations to Clayton!!

Congratulations also go to the other Beavers who placed: Hanke 2nd, Mangrum 2nd, Drucker & Pena 3rd, Roberts 4th, Sakaguchi 5th. Good job, gentlemen!!

Also notable - RJ Pena's five pins for the day, which take him to 12th on the OS all time pin records!! Garret Drucker won the most matches of the day, with a 7-1 record for the RToC.

For the complete article, see the OS site:
http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/m-wrestl/recaps/121811aaa.html
The Beavers now get a rest in action until the Southern Scuffle, January 1 & 2.

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Holidays!! Go Beavs!

Elizabeth DeAngelis
"The FALL"
Official Fan Club of OS Wrestling
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OS Wrestling Tops Cal Poly 36-6

OS Wrestling Fans,

Oregon State goes back home with two wins on their California trip, defeating Cal Poly this afternoon 36-6. Congratulations to the team and coaches for a successful weekend!

The match results are as follows (I picked this up off the Forum, thanks to 'OSBrawler' for typing it all out):125 Pat Rollins (Oregon State) won by major decision over Michael Clemmensen (Cal Poly) 11-0. 0 4.00
133 Garrett Drucker (Oregon State) won by major decision over Brandon Rocha (Cal Poly) 14-0. 0 4.00
141 Borislav Novachkov (Cal Poly) won by decision over Michael Mangrum (Oregon State) 5-3. 3.00 0
149 Scott Sakaguchi (Oregon State) won by major decision over Adam Aslam (Cal Poly) 17-4. 0 4.00
157 Roger Pena (Oregon State) won by pin over Elijah Jackson (Cal Poly) 2:24. 0 6.00
165 Cody Weishoff (Oregon State) won by forfeit . 0 6.00
174 Ryan DesRoches (Cal Poly) won by decision over Ty Vinson (Oregon State) 4-0. 3.00 0
184 John Tuck (Oregon State) won by decision over Sean Dougherty (Cal Poly) 6-5. 0 3.00
197 Taylor Meeks (Oregon State) won by pin over Ryan Smith (Cal Poly) 4:19. 0 6.00
285 Clayton Jack (Oregon State) won by decision over Atticus Disney (Cal Poly) 3-2. 0 3.00
Dual Meet Score 6.0 36.0 

Special congratulations to RJ and Taylor who picked up a couple more pins today!

Check the OS site for a more complete story later on:
http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/orst-m-wrestl-spec-rel.html

Next event, the last before Christmas, will be the Reno Tournament of Champions, all day next Sunday, Dec. 18th.

Go Beavs!!

Elizabeth DeAngelis
"The FALL"
Official Fan Club of OS Wrestling
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OS Wrestling Update

OS Wrestling Fans,

The coaches have sent out a new update, mostly on the rankings and the last weekend's Cliff Keen Tournament results. Again, congratulations to Michael Mangrum, Outstanding Wrestler & Champion, Clayton Jack - Champion, placers Sakaguchi, Pena and Meeks, and the whole team and coaches for the 5th place finish! The update follows below my sign-off.

A few more notes: OS has articles on the rankings and the upcoming meets here:
http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/120611aaa.html
http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/120711aaa.html
In addition to the rematches coming up between Mangrum & Novachkov and Jack & Disney at Cal Poly, there are two others both at Bakersfield: Pat Rollins & Tyler Iwamura and Taylor Meeks & Oren Dramen. Read Bakersfield's article here:
http://www.gorunners.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=61408&SPID=6678&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=205341482&DB_OEM_ID=13300

For you fans who are down south, these meets are in your area! Be there to make a friendly welcome for your Beavers! The Bakersfield meet, Saturday, Dec 10 begins at 5 pm. at the Icardo Center. I couldn't find anything other than a possible link on their schedule page to live stats for those who can't be there.

Special note to those planning to attend the Cal Poly meet on Sunday at 1 pm, it will be held at Cuesta College, not Mott Gym - they are holding fall commencement ceremonies there. There will be a link to live stats at OS's page. For Cal Poly's perspective, check their article:
http://www.gopoly.com/sports/wrest/2011-12/releases/20111206drgh1q

If you are just getting caught up, don't forget to check the Pure Orange Forum:
http://www.pure-orange.net/bscwrestling/index.html
You'll find links to some great photos from Las Vegas and links to videos of some of the matches, including Mike Clayton's championship matches.

Don't forget to let me know if you want your seat on the bus to the Pac-12's reserved!  Update follows below.

Go Beavs!
Elizabeth DeAngelis
"The FALL"
Official Fan Club of OS Wrestling
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The Beavers returned from Las Vegas and went straight into Final Exams this week, while also preparing for a couple of Pac 12 dual meets on the road. We will face Cal State Bakersfield and Cal Poly this weekend after a quick turn-around from Las Vegas and getting our final exams and projects completed. Several key conference match-ups await on the individual front, along with some that have national implications as well. Last week, the Beavers had five placers and crowned two Champions at the prestigious Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas, Nevada. Michael Mangrum and Clayton Jack were winners at 141 lbs. and Heavyweight, respectively, with Mangrum adding the Outstanding Wrestler Award.  Mangrum scored 46 points in his first three matches on day 1, before taking down returning NCAA finalist Boris Novachkov of Cal Poly in the semi-finals. He defeated Hunter Steiber of Ohio State in the finals, who had knocked off the defending NCAA Champ. Clayton Jack won in dramatic fashion with a fall in the final ten seconds, in a 4-4 match. Jack had a very impressive tournament up until then as well.  Oregon State also had placers in Scott Sakaguchi, R.J. Pena, and Taylor Meeks. The team finished in 5th place, which was a descent performance. We know we are capable of more though, and will keep working to get there. This week, Oregon State has seven wrestlers ranked in the top 20 of the National Polls, and the team overall is in the 12th-13th range by several of the national rankings .  Not looking back too far into history, but that seems like the first time we have had as many individuals in the rankings in a while.  We have a lot of room to get better still, especially with the younger guys on this team.  This team has 2 seniors and 5 freshman/sophomores.  So we feel that  we can still keep getting better as the season progresses. Jack moves to a consensus #4, while Mangrum is slotted in at #2.  Chad Hanke also won the Las Vegas Olympic Trials qualifier at Heavyweight over the weekend while representing the Northwest Regional Training Center.  Chad added another former NCAA Champion to his list in the victory column, defeating former NCAA HWT Champion David Zabriskie of Iowa State. Chad as you know has been on a great run since last spring and looks to build on that success throughout the year. If you are interested in NCAA tickets this year, make sure to consider going through our ticket office and sitting in the OSU section! Call 1-800- GoBeavs before they are sold out. We would love to have you in our section.  I know that they will not last, so act now if you don’t want to be on the outside looking in.  We had an awesome support group in Vegas, and it is something that we want to continue to grow.  The guys and staff recognize the support, appreciate it, and it does not go unnoticed. Season tickets and single-meet tickets are now available. Fans can purchase tickets by calling 1-800-GOBEAVS, visiting the ticket area on osubeavers.com or in person at the ticket office at Gill Coliseum. Season tickets for adults $46 and senior/youth are $34. Single-match tickets for adults are $7 and $5 for seniors/youth. For summer camp info, check out www.jimzaleskywrestlingcamps.com, or find us on facebook.  We will be updating the camp webpage for summer 2012 dates very shortly.

 

A Good Weekend For Beaver Wrestling In Vegas!!

OS Wrestling Fans,

One last wrap-up for the day. OS Wrestling had a pretty good day today. Not only did we have the two Champions at Cliff Keen, Mangrum & Jack, but Mike Mangrum won the Outstanding Wrestler award, as well. Congratulations, Mike!!

Team scores don't seem to be published anywhere, but Intermat's story says Ohio State won, Michigan was second, Wyoming Third. Coach Roberts told me that Nebraska was fourth, and the Beavers held on to 5th place.

For the wrap-up from OS, read the article here:
http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/m-wrestl/recaps/120311aaa.html

We also had another champion in Las Vegas today. Chad Hanke won first place at 120 kg in the National Freestyle Olympic Trials Qualifier event held there. (results at Track Wrestling)

Meanwhile, closer to home, some of the other wrestlers competed at the Oregon Collegiate at Pacific University in Forest Grove, OR. Congratulations to Anthony Harris - first place at 141, Chayse Garrison - 2nd at 141, Brian Engdahl - 3rd at 184, Tyler Sherman - 5th at 184, Hayden Kloss - 3rd at 197, Peter Gidlund - 5th at 197. It appears they were the only ones from OS who entered.

Here are the details, picked up from Trackwrestling.com:
http://www.twnode3.com/opentournaments/MainFrame.jsp?sport=wrestling&TIM=1322970440658&pageName=&ie=false&frameSize=541
Oregon Collegiate Open Results for Oregon State University
College 141 - Anthony Harris's place is 1st and has scored 24.00 team points.
Quarterfinal - Anthony Harris (Oregon State University) won by medical forfeit over Ryan Baxter (Pacific University) (MFF)
Semifinal - Anthony Harris (Oregon State University) won by pin over Cartice Lloyd (Southwest Oregon Community College) (Pin 6:39)
1st Place Match - Anthony Harris (Oregon State University) won by decision over Chayse Garrison (Oregon State University) (Dec 4-2)

College 141 - Chayse Garrison's place is 2nd and has scored 19.00 team points.
Quarterfinal - Chayse Garrison (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
Semifinal - Chayse Garrison (Oregon State University) won by major decision over David Kuich (Central Washington University) (Maj 11-0)
1st Place Match - Anthony Harris (Oregon State University) won by decision over Chayse Garrison (Oregon State University) (Dec 4-2)

College 184 - Brian Engdahl's place is 3rd and has scored 8.00 team points.
Round 1 - Brian Engdahl (Oregon State University) won by major decision over Tyler Sherman (Oregon State University) (Maj 16-5)
Round 2 - Caleb Malychewski (Pacific University) won by decision over Brian Engdahl (Oregon State University) (Dec 5-2)
Round 3 - Brian Engdahl (Oregon State University) won by decision over Thomas Reinhart (Highline Community College) (Dec 3-2)
Round 4 - Brian Engdahl (Oregon State University) won by decision over Tarrence Joshua (Clackamas Community College) (Dec 5-1)
Round 5 - Brian Engdahl (Oregon State University) won by decision over Mark Phillips (Stanford University) (Dec 10-4)

College 184 - Tyler Sherman's place is 5th and has scored 3.00 team points.
Round 1 - Brian Engdahl (Oregon State University) won by major decision over Tyler Sherman (Oregon State University) (Maj 16-5)
Round 2 - Thomas Reinhart (Highline Community College) won by major decision over Tyler Sherman (Oregon State University) (Maj 9-1)
Round 3 - Tarrence Joshua (Clackamas Community College) won by pin over Tyler Sherman (Oregon State University) (Pin 5:20)
Round 4 - Tyler Sherman (Oregon State University) won by decision over Mark Phillips (Stanford University) (Dec 3-1)
Round 5 - Caleb Malychewski (Pacific University) won by medical forfeit over Tyler Sherman (Oregon State University) (MFF)

College 197 - Hayden Kloss's place is 3rd and has scored 10.00 team points.
Round 1 - Hayden Kloss (Oregon State University) won by decision over Wesley Heredia (Pacific University) (Dec 8-1)
Round 2 - Anthony Whitmarsh (Highline Community College) won by major decision over Hayden Kloss (Oregon State University) (Maj 12-1)
Round 3 - Hayden Kloss (Oregon State University) won by major decision over Chris Burnett (Yakima Valley Community College) (Maj 11-3)
Round 4 - Hayden Kloss (Oregon State University) won by pin over Peter Gidlund (Oregon State University) (Pin 6:42)
Round 5 - Michael Sojka (Stanford University) won by major decision over Hayden Kloss (Oregon State University) (Maj 10-2)

College 197 - Peter Gidlund's place is 5th and has scored 3.00 team points.
Round 1 - Michael Sojka (Stanford University) won by pin over Peter Gidlund (Oregon State University) (Pin 2:51)
Round 2 - Wesley Heredia (Pacific University) won by decision over Peter Gidlund (Oregon State University) (Dec 11-4)
Round 3 - Anthony Whitmarsh (Highline Community College) won by pin over Peter Gidlund (Oregon State University) (Pin 2:18)
Round 4 - Hayden Kloss (Oregon State University) won by pin over Peter Gidlund (Oregon State University) (Pin 6:42)
Round 5 - Peter Gidlund (Oregon State University) won by decision over Chris Burnett (Yakima Valley Community College) (Dec 8-3)

The wrestlers have to go home now and take their finals. They hit the road to California at the end of next week. They visit Bakersfield on Saturday and Cal Poly on Sunday. For all you fans down south, get ready to cheer on the Beavs.

Go Beavs!
Elizabeth DeAngelis
"The FALL"
Official Fan Club of OS Wrestling
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Bus to the Pac-12's

OS Wrestling Fans,

The season is just getting underway, but time flies, and the bus to the Pac-12's in Boise, ID, is starting to fill seats. We have chartered a 55 passenger bus for the drive across the mountains. It will pick up passengers in Corvallis, then the Portland area, on Saturday, Feb 25, and be in Boise by the evening. The tournament will be all day, Sunday Feb 26, then the bus will return us on Feb 27, Monday.

Cost is $70 per person round-trip for FALL Club members, and $99 for non-club members. We also have a block of rooms, quite reasonably priced, right across the street from campus. To reserve your room, contact Jana Iwasaki for the hotel info. jana.iwasaki@gmail.com

To reserve your seat on the bus, contact me, and let me know who will be riding and if you will be boarding in Portland or Corvallis. Payment in full is due by Feb 3, 2012. If your payment is not in by then, your seat is not guaranteed.

In Corvallis, we will pick up at the Hilton Garden Inn. They have graciously offered us the use of their parking lot, in back where the HUT riders leave cars. It is fenced around the back and lit at night. You do not have to stay there to be able to leave a car, there is no charge. They will give us parking permits for your dashboard. As usual, it is at your own risk.

We are still looking in the Portland area for a pick-up spot. We thought about using the Clackamas Town Center, but found out that overnight parking is not allowed. People could use MAX to get to CTC, there would be no central parking for cars. Does anyone have any ideas of a different place we could use? It would be somewhere in the I-5, I-84 corridor, room for 20-30 cars at most, overnight parking allowed, room for a large bus to manuever. A Park & Ride? A school? or?

Any ideas are welcome!

The bus holds only 55 passengers, so make your plans soon. Remember, it's nice to leave the driving to someone else, especially in February, when the weather can be nasty, especially in the Gorge! Join us on the bus!! Cheer the Beavs on to the Pac-12 Championship!

Go Beavs!

Elizabeth DeAngelis
"The FALL"
Official Fan Club of OS Wrestling
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Tournament Schedule

OS Wrestling Fans,

Just got a question from a fan about the schedule for tournaments where the guys on the squad who are not wrestling varsity might participate.

I thought I had sent this out already, but I may have forgotten. If I did, this will just be a reminder. Two of the tournaments have already been completed, the Southern Oregon Open and The Spokane Open (last weekend). Here are the others:


Saturday, Dec 3, Pacific University is hosting the Oregon Collegiate Tournament in Forest Grove, Oregon.

Dec. 18 - Reno Tournament of Champions - Reno, NV, the varsity will go plus a few extra guys, check with your wrestler to see if he is going

Jan 21 - Clackamas Open - Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR

Jan 28 - Boxer Open - Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR

Feb 4 - California Collegiate Open, San Francisco State, San Fransisco, CA

The guys are not required to enter these tournaments, but they do provide and opportunity for them to pick up experience. Check with your wrestler to make sure he will be there, if you want to watch him at a particular venue.

If you just like to support wrestling and watch a tournament that happens to be in your area, check this link for a complete listing of all collegiate wrestling tournaments in the USA for the 2011-2012 season:
http://www.intermatwrestle.com/tournaments

Of course, the big tournament in Las Vegas is coming up in two days. This is the schedule for the Cliff Keen Tournament:

Friday, December 2, 2011 7:00am: Weigh-ins
9:00am: Pigtail Round, Round 1, Round 2, Consolation Pigtails & Consolation Round 1
7:00pm: Quarter Finals & Consolation Round 2 & 3

Saturday, December 3, 2011

8:00am: Weigh-ins
9:00am: Consolation Round 4
10:00am: Semi-Finals and Consolation Round 5, Consolation Semi Finals, Consolation Finals (3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th)
3:00pm: CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS 1st & 2nd

Go Beavs!!
Elizabeth DeAngelis
"The FALL"
Official Fan Club of OS Wrestling
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Current (11/28) Rankings

The current D1 Wrestling website rankings are: Mangrum #5 (141), Sac #6 (149), Pena #24 (157), Meeks #22 (197), Jack #7 (285). Team rank #14. Great job guys and coaches.

The Missouri Meet and Other Stuff

OS Wrestling Fans,
Oregon State had a bit of a rough start in the match-up with Missouri, but at least we fans had a lot to cheer about in the last two matches.

Taylor Meeks - 197, and Clayton Jack - Hwt, both recorded pins for the team. They had the fans back on their feet for the end of the meet and brought the score up to a respectable 21-18. Great job, guys! Keep those pins coming! We love them! Congratulations to all the Beaver winners, Mangrum, Sakaguchi, Meeks and Jack. Missouri is no push-over.
For the complete wrap-up of the meet, read the article on OS's site:
http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/m-wrestl/recaps/112611aaa.html
Fans who made their way over to the Valley Football Center afterwards for the Social received the added benefit of "take-out". We had expected a few more people to come, so there was lots of extra food. The serving staff brought out boxes for people to take food home. See what you missed?!

The remaining Socials will be held back in Reser, at the Club, with the exception of the one after the Northern Colorado meet on January 20. Then we will meet at Papa's Pizza in south Corvallis. More about that when we get closer to the date.

After their stop here, Missouri traveled on to Stanford, where they had a meet today. The result - Missouri 26, Stanford 9. For all the details on that meet, this is the Stanford article:
http://www.gostanford.com/sports/m-wrestl/recaps/112711aaa.html

The Beavers next competition is this coming Friday & Saturday, Dec 2 & 3, down in Las Vegas,  Nevada, at the Cliff Keen Tournament. For more information on this Tournament, check here:
http://www.cklvwrestle.com/

I understand there is a chance that there may be a change to the line-up, as there is a challenge. We'll have to wait and see....

Go Beavs! Bring home some Las Vegas glitter!

Elizabeth DeAngelis
"The FALL"
Official Fan Club of OS Wrestling
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Printing Tickets at Home

OS Wrestling Fans,
 
Here is a way to avoid standing in the line to buy tickets: from the OSU Marketing staff:
"To help fans with the ticket problem we are trying to encourage people to purchase tickets on-line and print them from home. If you go to the wrestling facebook page we have posted a link next to a picture of Benny. Feel free to share this with everyone!! Hopefully it helps with the line problem."

The OS Wrestling Facebook page is here:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oregon-State-Wrestling/148908324486
You have to scroll down the page a bit to find Benny.

Or you can find the page about printing tickets here:
http://www.osubeavers.com/tickets/digital-ticketing.html

Give this a try, get your ticket before you leave home! The Beavers will have their hands full, having  the Mizzou Tiger by the tail, so be sure to be inside cheering loudly by the time action starts. You don't want to be outside wondering what all the noise is about on the inside!

Go Beavs!

Elizabeth DeAngelis
"The FALL"
Official Fan Club of OS Wrestling
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Legacy Meet - Correction

OS Wrestling Fans,

Correction to my last email, tickets for the Legacy Meet  (vs Missouri) are regular price, not $10 each as I stated. If you have season tickets, they are already in your pack, you don't have to do anything extra.

I have heard from fans that the ticket booth was slow in printing out tickets, so it really helps to have your tickets in hand before you get here!

If you are not able to attend, you can follow the action on-line. This from the OS web site: Media> Live stats will be provided through trackwrestling.com and a link to each meet is available on osubeavers.com. Also, follow wrestling on Twitter.com/OSU_Wrestling for updates as each meet progresses.
Members of The FALL Fan Club, the Board needs your help! Increased interest in the Club, due to the performance of the team, has brought more congestion waiting to get in to the Socials, etc. Anyone interested in helping out, please let us know.

If you are any early arriver, we could use help manning the table in the lobby in Gill, answering questions, taking membership applications, etc. It would be best if you could be there by 6:15.

At the Socials, we could use help immediately following the meets. Several greeters at the door could direct people where they need to go, e.g. if they want to join, where to find the membership applications, non-members to the place they pay admission, members, where to show their ID badge and pick up their door prize tickets, etc. People to help sell door prize tickets or t-shirts or answer questions would also be helpful!

Any tour directors out there? We can use your expertise in organizing our bus trip.

The Board greatly appreciates all help! Thank you!

Last, the Club has had a website, but it has been sort of left behind for the last few years. We are trying to get it going again. Now we have it in a blog format, so it is easier for all of the Board to contribute. You can get to it by: http://www.oregonstatewrestling.com/
which takes to you to old page with a link to the new page, or you can simply bookmark this page: http://www.osuwrestlingfall.blogspot.com/

We hope to be continually developing our site. For now, my emails will be posted there in the blog, so if you are looking for something that was in one of them and can't find it among your other 6,250 other emails, all you have to do it go there. Hope that helps!

Happy Thanksgiving!! See you Friday, 7pm, in Gill!

Go Beavs!!

Elizabeth DeAngelis
"The FALL"
Official Fan Club of OS Wrestling
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Weekend Recap (11/18-11/20)

OS Wrestling Fans,

What a weekend it was for OS Wrestling! The varsity squad had two dominating victories, one over Simon Fraser, the other over cross border rival, Boise! The Border Axe was carried victoriously across the mat by team captain, Clayton Jack. Definitely worth the price of admission! (By the way, check that axe out if you get a chance. It's actually made of solid wood.)

For recaps of both meets, see the OS web site:
http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/m-wrestl/recaps/111811aaa.html
http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/m-wrestl/recaps/112011aaa.html

Besides the varsity team, some of the other wrestlers were busy at the Spokane Open on Saturday. Congratulations to Champions, Garrett Drucker, Alex Elder and Seth Thomas! The other placers were Anthony Harris - 2nd, Drew Van Anrooy - 3rd, Brian Engdhal -4th and Nick Schlager - 5th. Good work, guys! I found these complete results on the Pure Orange Forum, thanks to Lucky Bucky for posting it:
Spokane Open Results for Oregon State Unattached
Men 133 - Garrett Drucker's place is 1st and has scored 25.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Garrett Drucker (Oregon State Unattached) won by tech fall over Ryan Major (University of Great Falls ) (TF 17-0)
Quarterfinal - Garrett Drucker (Oregon State Unattached) won by decision over Ben Demuelle (Boise State University) (Dec 9-5)
Semifinal - Garrett Drucker (Oregon State Unattached) won by tech fall over Luis Baltazar (Southern Oregon University) (TF 16-0)
1st Place Match - Garrett Drucker (Oregon State Unattached) won by decision over Brock Banta (NIC Unattached) (Dec 9-2)
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Men 141 - Anthony Harris's place is 2nd and has scored 21.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Anthony Harris (Oregon State Unattached) won by tech fall over Dhillon Hume (SFU Unattached) (TF 17-1)
Quarterfinal - Anthony Harris (Oregon State Unattached) won by major decision over Robert Spackman (University of Great Falls ) (Maj 16-6)
Semifinal - Anthony Harris (Oregon State Unattached) won by major decision over Brad Tamarshiro (Southern Oregon University) (Maj 14-4)
1st Place Match - Anthony Varnell (University of Great Falls ) won by pin over Anthony Harris (Oregon State Unattached) (Pin 5:34)
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Men 141 - Drew Van Anrooy's place is 3rd and has scored 18.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Drew Van Anrooy (Oregon State Unattached) won by pin over Austyn Bronzi (Yakima Valley Community College) (Pin 1:51)
Quarterfinal - Drew Van Anrooy (Oregon State Unattached) won by tech fall over Ryan Baxter (Pacific University) (TF 18-3)
Semifinal - Anthony Varnell (University of Great Falls ) won by decision over Drew Van Anrooy (Oregon State Unattached) (Dec 3-2)
Cons. Semi - Drew Van Anrooy (Oregon State Unattached) won by major decision over Derrick Booth (North Idaho College) (Maj 12-0)
3rd Place Match - Drew Van Anrooy (Oregon State Unattached) won by decision over Nick Burnham (YVCC Unattached) (Dec 8-2)
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Men 149 - Nick Schlager's place is 5th and has scored 18.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Nick Schlager (Oregon State Unattached) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Nick Schlager (Oregon State Unattached) won by tech fall over Jimmy Wilson (Yakima Valley Community College) (TF 15-0)
Quarterfinal - Myles Mazurkiewicz (University of Great Falls ) won by decision over Nick Schlager (Oregon State Unattached) (Dec 4-3)
Cons. Round 4 - Nick Schlager (Oregon State Unattached) won by pin over Ryan Martin (University of Great Falls ) (Pin 1:56)
Cons. Round 5 - Nick Schlager (Oregon State Unattached) won by major decision over Beau Lasalle (Montana State Northern) (Maj 11-0)
Cons. Semi - Jake Briggs (Boise State University) won by decision over Nick Schlager (Oregon State Unattached) (Dec 13-7)
5th Place Match - Nick Schlager (Oregon State Unattached) won by forfeit over Kyle Wirkuty (Southern Oregon University) (FF)
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Men 157 - Toney Chay's place is unknown and has scored 8.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Jimmy Eggemeyer (Southern Oregon University) won in overtime over Toney Chay (Oregon State Unattached) (OT 3-1)
Cons. Round 1 - Toney Chay (Oregon State Unattached) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 - Toney Chay (Oregon State Unattached) won by decision over Edward Cheff (Montana State Northern) (Dec 5-1)
Cons. Round 3 - Toney Chay (Oregon State Unattached) won by pin over Jake Lindell (North Idaho College) (Pin 2:09)
Cons. Round 4 - Toney Chay (Oregon State Unattached) won by decision over Kendall Nass (NIC Unattached) (Dec 6-1)
Cons. Round 5 - Brock Crocker (Southern Oregon University) won by pin over Toney Chay (Oregon State Unattached) (Pin 1:47)
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Men 157 - Alex Elder's place is 1st and has scored 27.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Alex Elder (Oregon State Unattached) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Alex Elder (Oregon State Unattached) won by major decision over Kyle Godinho (NIC Unattached) (Maj 14-0)
Quarterfinal - Alex Elder (Oregon State Unattached) won by decision over Alex Stemer (SFU Unattached) (Dec 7-2)
Semifinal - Alex Elder (Oregon State Unattached) won by decision over Ryan Leonard (University of Great Falls ) (Dec 3-0)
1st Place Match - Alex Elder (Oregon State Unattached) won by decision over Jimmy Eggemeyer (Southern Oregon University) (Dec 4-1)
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Men 165 - Seth Thomas's place is 1st and has scored 30.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Seth Thomas (Oregon State Unattached) won by pin over Cody Coombes (SFU Unattached) (Pin 1:21)
Quarterfinal - Seth Thomas (Oregon State Unattached) won by pin over Tuck VanMatre (Southern Oregon University) (Pin 4:15)
Semifinal - Seth Thomas (Oregon State Unattached) won by pin over Shawn Lau (University of Great Falls ) (Pin 2:49)
1st Place Match - Seth Thomas (Oregon State Unattached) won by pin over Max Arcand (SFU Unattached) (Pin 1:22)
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Men 184 - Brian Engdahl's place is 4th and has scored 12.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Brian Engdahl (Oregon State Unattached) received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Manvir Sahota (SFU Unattached) won by decision over Brian Engdahl (Oregon State Unattached) (Dec 4-3)
Cons. Round 2 - Brian Engdahl (Oregon State Unattached) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 3 - Brian Engdahl (Oregon State Unattached) won by major decision over Billy Monroe (YVCC Unattached) (Maj 18-5)
Cons. Semi - Brian Engdahl (Oregon State Unattached) won by decision over Kody Reed (Montana State Northern) (Dec 5-3)
3rd Place Match - Manvir Sahota (SFU Unattached) won by decision over Brian Engdahl (Oregon State Unattached) (Dec 5-3)
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Men 197 - Lucas Mondragon's place is unknown and has scored 6.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Lucas Mondragon (Oregon State Unattached) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Evan Hinebauch (Montana State Northern) won by major decision over Lucas Mondragon (Oregon State Unattached) (Maj 11-1)
Cons. Round 2 - Lucas Mondragon (Oregon State Unattached) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 3 - Lucas Mondragon (Oregon State Unattached) won by pin over Wesley Heredia (Pacific University) (Pin 1:58)
Cons. Round 4 - Dylan Lemery (University of Great Falls Unatt) won in overtime over Lucas Mondragon (Oregon State Unattached) (OT 6-4)

For another look back, the Corvallis Gazette Times ran a story on the win over Boise, read it here:
http://www.gazettetimes.com/sports/osu-wrestling-beavers-take-big-win-over-boise-state/article_08f5d3b4-13d8-11e1-9b1b-001cc4c03286.html
For those who like photos, the on-line version has a photo of Clayton Jack in his match. The newspaper also had photos of Pat Rollins celebrating his victory and Mike Mangrum wrestling.

The GT also carried a story on the Simon Fraser meet:
http://www.gazettetimes.com/sports/osu-wrestling-beavers-too-strong-for-simon-fraser/article_99a1d0c4-124e-11e1-a17d-001cc4c002e0.html

My next email will cover the upcoming meet this Friday.

If you haven't yet read the latest update from the OS Coaching Staff, it follows below my sign-off.

Go Beavs!

Elizabeth DeAngelis
"The FALL"
Official Fan Club of OS Wrestling
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Thanks to all that turned out this past weekend for our home opening weekend of OSU wrestling.  It was a good weekend overall, with wins over Simon Fraser and Boise State.  The Boise State meet ended with a 32-10 win for the good guys, OSU.  Getting big wins for the Beavs against the Broncos were freshman Pat Rollins (125), James Roberts (133) and Taylor Meeks (197), all recording pins.  Scott Sakaguchi and Michael Mangrum recorded major decisions and Clayton Jack controlled his match in a rematch from last years’ Pac- 10 finals. Ty Vinson found a way to pull out a close match at 174 lbs. 

It is a short week as we prepare for a very good Missouri team on Friday night at 7 PM.  Missouri is a team that will bring in several nationally ranked wrestlers and it should be a good meet. Anyone wanting to get some of Thanksgiving dinner out of you, come down to Gill and scream and holler for The Beavs. It is also The Legacy Meet, with all ticket sales going toward the Wrestling Endowment Fund here at OSU. We would like to see a crowd about 2x the size of this on Friday night. Bring a few friends along, we will hook them into regulars.

Special congrats to OSU great Greg Strobel on the announcement that he will be inducted this spring into The National Wrestling Hall of Fame! The Scappoose, Oregon native had a stellar career here at OSU, winning a pair of NCAA Championships, before going onto a great post collegiate career in coaching with Lehigh University and USA Wrestling among other honors.

Another Oregonian, Fred Fozzard- the 1969 World Freestyle Champion will also be inducted.  What a great year for the state of Oregon and another example of the rich wrestling tradition and history in our great state.

This past weekend, we also had several wrestlers compete in the Spokane Open. Champions included Garrett Drucker at 133, Alex Elder at 157, and freshman Seth Thomas at 165 (who pinned his way through the tournament). That is now two tournament championships for Seth on consecutive weekends.  Anthony Harris (141) finished 2^nd, and freshman Drew VanAnrooy made his college debut with a 3^rd place finish at 141 bs. Brian Engdahl (184) finished 4^th, and Nick Schlagger (149) was 5^th.

The Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas the following week.  The tournament will include many of the nation’s top teams and individuals, so we can get some great competition and see where we stack up at this point of the season.

This Saturday, November 26^th- OSU and the OWA will host the second annual MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOURNAMENT for kids wrestlers of all ages, here on campus in the Truax Center.  Last year, there were about 900 wrestlers and it promises to be a great pre-season competition once again. It is only $15 to compete, go to www.wrestlingnorthwest.com and look under “events” page. Weigh-ins are both Friday night from 5-6 and Saturday morning.  All wrestlers that weigh-in on Friday evening will receive a ticket to that evening’s match vs. Missouri at 7 PM!

Don’t forget to sign up for the Fall Club, the official Fan club for OSU wrestling.  Benefits include complimentary admission to all post-meet socials and other opportunities.  As mentioned at last weekends’ social, we will have a fan bus traveling to Boise for the Pac 12 Championships.  It will be a lot of fun for those involved.

If you are interested in NCAA tickets this year, make sure to consider going through our ticket office and sitting in the OSU section! Call 1-800- GoBeavs before they are sold out. We would love to have you in our section.  knows that it helps!  Please make an effort to get to Gill this weekend, The Beavs will wrestle aggressively and want your support!.  We promise, our guys will come out and fight hard, and create action.  You will be entertained.

OSU Signs Four to National Letter of Intent

http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/111411aab.html

Season tickets and single-meet tickets are now available. Fans can purchase tickets by calling 1-800-GOBEAVS, visiting the ticket area on osubeavers.com or in person at the ticket office at Gill Coliseum. Season tickets for adults $46 and senior/youth are $34. Single-match tickets for adults are $7 and $5 for seniors/youth. Also, you can order and print your tickets online now, and save yourselves standing in line at the ticket office. For info, click the link:

http://www.osubeavers.com/tickets/digital-ticketing.html

For summer camp info, check out www.jimzaleskywrestlingcamps.com, or find us on facebook.  We will be updating the camp webpage for summer 2012 dates very shortly.

Legacy Meet - Missouri

OS Wrestling Fans,

The Legacy Meet (formerly known as "The Endowment Meet") is coming up this Friday, the day after Thanksgiving! So get your shopping done, your turkey digested, forget what's on television, it can't be as good as wrestling, and come on over to Gill Coliseum and help build the OS Wrestling Endowment. All gate receipts go to the Wrestling Endowment Fund.

Here are a few things to know about this Friday:

Wrestling starts at 7 pm. Doors open at 6 pm. Consider coming a little early. Ticket lines could be long. Those people who arrived 10 minutes before starting time on Sunday missed Taylor Meeks' exciting pin. They were still standing in line. If you have season tickets, and you have them with you, you can enter at the corner doors at the back, you don't have to go through the long front lines.

Tickets for this meet are $10 each. Helps the Endowment Fund.

Any autograph hounds in your group? The wrestling team will have an autograph signing session after the Missouri meet. I believe it will be held in Gill. Bring your pens and whatever you want signed!

Due to the team being delayed to sign autographs, the Social will be delayed accordingly. So relax and take your time coming over for the Social, when the team is finished, you'll know it is time. The meatballs can wait.

This Social will be held in Valley Football Center, third floor, instead of Reser-Club. The Club is in use for something else, so don't wander in to the wrong party! Valley Football Center is in the building that forms the north end zone of Reser Stadium. Doors are on the north side. Stairs are to the left, elevator to the right.

For a peek at Missouri, check their web site:
http://www.mutigers.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/112111aaa.html

Friday, Nov. 25, 7pm, Legacy Meet, OSU vs Mizzou, Be there, be loud and proud!!

Go Beavs!!

Elizabeth DeAngelis
"The FALL"
Official Fan Club of OS Wrestling
Please do not forward this communication to news agencies. 
If you have information for the press please contact Hank Hager at 541-737-7472 or hank.hager@oregonstate.edu.
Please let me know if you wish to be removed from this email list. Thank you!

OSU Defeats Boise State 32-10

The Beavs defeated arch rival Boise State 32-10 on Sunday, see complete story here. The win returned the coveted ax to its rightful home! The next home meet is on Friday, after Thanksgiving, against Missouri.

OSU Defeats Simon Fraser 44-6

The Beavers defeated Simon Fraser 44-6 in their opening dual of the season, see the complete story here. The Boise State meet is tomorrow (Sunday, 11/20) at 1:00pm (note time as Sunday meets are usually at 2:00).

Simon Fraser and Boise This Weekend!

The first two meets of the season are Friday night (11/18; 7:00pm) against  Simon Fraser, and Sunday we wrestle Boise State (11/20; 1:00pm). Both meets are in Gill and there will be after-meet socials in 3rd. level Reser Stadium.

The Fall membership packets will be distributed at the socials.

See you there!