Arizona State Meet V

RJ Pena  vs Joel Smith

   Two matches to go, but not much time left in the meet. Both RJ Pena's match at 157 pounds and SethThomas' 165 match ended by fall, both in the first period!

Final Score, OS 42  ASU 4
Go Beavs!

Seth Thomas takes to the mat.

Seth Thomas working for a pin.

Seth Thomas - winner by fall!

Photos courtesy of Michael Denison.

Arizona State Meet IV

Michael Mangrum waits to begin his match for television commercial break .

Don't know where the ref was, this guy looks pinned to me!

  Moving on to 149, Michael Mangrum followed with another victory, his 32nd of the year.

Mike Mangrum working for a turn.

 Next, it was Scott Sakaguchi's turn to add to the Beavers' score with his 10-2 win.

OS 30 ASU 4 after the 149 match.

Scott Sakaguchi

Sakaguchi in action

Photos courtesy of Michael Denison.

Arizona State Meet III

Joey Palmer

  After the heavy weight match, the matches went back to the lower weights, starting at 125. True freshman Joey Palmer battled his way to a close victory over sophomore Dalton Miller.

Miller vs Palmer

Palmer scrambles!

Drew VanAnrooy's match at 133 only lasted part of the first period, as he won by fall!

Drew Van Anrooy at work!

Again, all of these photos were provided by Michael Denison, Board member of "The FALL". Thanks, Michael!

VAn Anrooy -  winner by fall!

Arizona State Meet II

Cody goes for a take down.

  The meet began at 174, with Cody Weishoff starting things off with a 17-1 technical fall.

Brian Engdahl wrestling at 184.

Cooper and Hanke

   Brian Engdahl filled in for Ty Vinson at 184, coming up short with a loss. Next up, Taylor Meeks picked up a victory by forfeit. Then it was time for two local boys to square off at heavyweight, Chad Hanke for the Beavers and Levi Cooper for the Sun Devils., Hanke 3, Cooper 1.

Heavyweight - Chad Hanke

Photos courtesy of Michael Denison.

Fans go for t-shirts provided by "The FALL"

Arizona State Meet I

Fans show their spirit for the tv cameras.

  The Dual between Oregon State and Arizona State on Feb. 9, was televised live on the new Pac-12 network. Some of our youngest fans were ready for the television cameras.

By the way, those OS Wrestling  signs they are holding up are weather-proof yard signs and can be purchased from The FALL for $10 each. The signs come with a stand to put them into the ground. They look great at the end of driveways and in lawns. Do you have yours yet? Contact a member of the FALL Board for more information.


 Again, thanks to FALL Board member, Michael Denison for sharing his photographs from the meet. These and the following are all his.

Benny was there to back up the fans and root for the Beavs!

OS Cheer team and the Pep band were also on hand.

The crowd was ready to cheer on their Beavs!

Cal Poly Meet Photos V

RJ Pena ties up Kyle Chene.

 Last up for the evening, 157  - RJ Pena vs Kyle Chene. Rj worked really hard to get the fall, but had to be satisfied with a 15-3 major decision.

The final score: OS Beavers 50, Cal Poly Mustangs 0.

Go Beavs!

Photos by Michael Denison, thanks Michael!

157 - Pena vs Chene

If you want to see the photos in order from beginning of the meet to end, start by going here

The final score!

  

Cal Poly Meet Photos IV

Mike Mangrum gets a win for Senior night!

  Mike Mangrum's Senior night performance resulted in his adding another pin to his total count.  Junior Scott Sakaguchi followed up with another fall at 149!

Photos by Michael Denison.

Scott Sakaguchi gets a send-off from Head Coach Zalesky & Coach Pascoe

Sakaguchi putting Dillen Rocha in jeopardy while the referee counts back points!

Sakaguchi works for the fall!

Cal Poly Meet Photos III

125 - Longmire and Palmer

   Chad Hanke received a forfeit. that set up the 125 pound match between Joey Palmer and Cal Poly's Britain Longmire. Quite a scramble, it came down to Over Time! Result, Palmer, 8-6!

Drew Van Anrooy picked up the third forfeit, and it was Mike Mangrum's turn on the mat.

Photos courtesy of Michael Denison.

Palmer and Longmire in a scramble.

141 - Mike Mangrum & Brandon Rocha

Mangrum & Rocha

Cal Poly Meet Photos II

Ty Vinson takes on Sean Dougherty at 184, Ty won 5-4.

It was Senior Night. Cody Weishoff went out for a final match, but had to settle for  a forfeit victory at 174.

  The meet was fairly short as the Mustangs forfeited three weights, and the Beavers won three matches by fall, two in the first period.

Seth Thomas started off the meet with a fall, Mike Mangrum picked up another one at 141 in the third period, and Scott Sakaguchi added a fall of his own at 149. Seth's and Scott's falls were in the first period.


Photos courtesy of Michael Denison.

Not sure what was happening on the mat, but the OS bench was amused! Chad Hanke, Coach Roberts, Joey Palmer, Coach Pascoe, Hon. Capt Joe Kittel

Taylor Meeks tackles JT Goodwin.

Meeks goes for a double-leg take down!

Cal Poly Meet Photos I

Travis Pascoe and  Joe Kittel enjoying the action.

 Friday, Feb 8, was Senior night for the wrestling team as they hosted the visiting Cal Poly Mustangs.

Honorary Captain for the evening was Joe Kittel, OS wrestler alum from 1972-76.

All of these photos are courtesy of Michael Denison, FALL Board member and ace photographer. Thanks, Michael!

Wrestling Announcer and FALL Board member Andrew Stanfield at work. Fans look a little tense.

The meet began at 165. Seth Thomas had Connor King in trouble...

Seth Thomas going for the fall! It would be the first of three for the Beavs on the night!

OS VS Bakersfield V

Zach Cardwell debuts in the line-up!

  This is the last in the series of photos from the OS vs Bakersfield meet. The Beavers won 35-7. If you are just starting, go to the first post of this series, "OS VS Bakersfield" and work your way up to this one.

Thanks again to Michael Denison, FALL Board member and ace sports photographer, for sharing these photos!

Ty Vinson returns at 184..

OS VS Bakersfield IV

RJ Pena in the 157 match.

  Moving on to 157, RJ Pena adds another fall to the scoreboard for OS. Seth Thomas follows at 165 with his debut in Gill Coliseum.


Thanks to Michael Denison for sharing his photographs!

RJ looking for a fall!

Seth Thomas at 165.

Seth worked his way to a decision for OS.

OS VS Bakersfield III

Michael Mangrum works for the fall!

  Next up, Michael Mangrum at 141. Mike got caught in a bad spot, but quickly righted himself and put the match away! 149 Scott Sakaguchi had an equally exciting match!

Thanks for sharing these photos, Michael!
(photographs courtesy of Michael Denison)

Scott Sakaguchi at work.

A tangle of arms and legs....