OSU vs ASU: Nov. 24, 2014 - More Photos

141 - Devin Reynolds

 For your enjoyment, here are a few more of Michael Denison's great action shots from the Oregon State vs Arizona State dual.

Since it came down to total match points scored, here's how the guys contributed to the win:

Ronnie Bresser III - 12 points
Jack Hathaway - 4 points
Devin Reynolds - 8 points

141 - Devin Rynolds, winner!

Abraham Rodriguez - 0 points
Alex Elder - 8 points
Seth Thomas - 9 points
Joe Latham - 3 points
Taylor Meeks - 3 points
Cody Crawford - 2 points
Nate Keeve - 2 points

149- Abraham Rodriguez

157 - Alex Elder goes for the takedown

157 - the winner, Alex Elder!

Thanks for sharing the photos, Michael!

Don't forget - the next action for the Beavers will be the Cliff Keen Tournament, Dec 5 & 6, next Friday and Saturday. Wrestling takes place in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada. Hope  a lot of you fans can make it there to root for the Beavers. They'll be facing some of the best in the country in the Cliff Keen.

Go Beavs!

ASU Meet Results - Nov 24, 2014

125 - Ronnie Bresser III

 The Beavers won meet 1001 tonight, but it turned out to be too close for comfort!

The Beavers were ahead 15-3 when suddenly the tide and fortunes started to change. The weights went in order from 125 to 285. By the time the heavyweights took the mat, Oregon State led by 15-12, with 5 wins to Arizona State's 4. Unfortunately, ASU took a close match, 3-2, leading to a 15-15 tie.

125 Bresser working for a fall

 As the crowd held their collective breath, the announcer went through the list of criteria for tie breakers. Both teams won 5 matches. No one had any bonus points. Finally, it came to match point totals: 51-43, giving Oregon State the point for a 16-15 win!!

Oregon State match winners were: 125 - Ronnie Bresser III, 133 - Jack Hathaway, 141 - Devin Reynolds, 157 - Alex Elder and 165 - Seth Thomas. Congratulations, guys! Every point counted! In this case, every point that all wrestlers accumulated added up, so it was a good reminder to never stop trying to score, never give up.

Coach Roberts and Honorary Captain DeFazio

Our Honorary Captain for the meet was Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio! Peter has a connection to wrestling - in his own words:

 "My dad was my high school wrestling coach and he taught me that you never give up, no matter what the score...."

Those are good words for us all to live by! Thanks for coming Peter!

133 - Jack Hathaway (right)

 Attendance for the meet last night was 1,287. Pretty good for a Monday night! Thanks to all who were able to come and cheer on the Beavers to victory.

For more details, check the story at the Oregon State site.

Jack Hathaway - 133

Next action for the Beavs will be the Cliff Keen Tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada, December 5 & 6.

The photo of Coach Roberts and Congressman Peter DeFazio is courtesy of John Dustin, thanks, John! All of the wrestling photos are by FALL Board member Michael Denison. Thank you, Michael! If you wish to see any of the photos up close, simply click on any of them and you will be able to scroll through them all.

For more of Michael's great shots from this meet, see the next post.

Go Beavs!

Roadrunner Open Results - Nov 16, 2014

The Oregon State wrestling team took it up a notch today, facing down some higher ranked teams among the competitors at the Roadrunner Open in Fresno. All in all, a pretty good day for the Beavers, with 4 finalists: Ronnie Bresser III, Joey Palmer, Taylor Meeks and Cody Crawford. Bresser and Meeks claimed the championships at 125 and 184 respectively. Congratulations to both champions!!

Besides the champs and finalists, Oregon State had several guys placing in the top six. (Apparently no team scores were kept, so no result there.) Palmer and Crawford placed second. Alex Elder and Corey Griego placed third. Joe Latham and Nate Keeve were fourth. Joey Delgado came in 5th, and Devin Reynolds dropped in to 6th by medical forfeit. Congratulations to all the placers!!

The following are the final results as listed by Track Wrestling:

Open - 125
1st Place - Ronnie Bresser of Oregon State University
2nd Place - Mason Pengilly of Stanford
3rd Place - Dominic Parisi of Appalachian State University
4th Place - Yoshito Funakoshi of Cal Poly unattached
5th Place - Zach Zimmer of CSU Bakersfield
6th Place - Evan Silver of Stanford
1st Place Match
1st Place Match - Ronnie Bresser (Oregon State University) won by decision over Mason Pengilly (Stanford) (Dec 9-4)

Open - 133
1st Place - Danny Sabatello of Purdue
2nd Place - Joey Palmer of Unattached
3rd Place - Ian Nickell of CSU Bakersfield
4th Place - Godwin Nyama-cutler of Grand Canyon
5th Place - Kyle Ayersman of Purdue
6th Place - Dominic Olivieri of University of Illinois
1st Place Match
1st Place Match - Danny Sabatello (Purdue) won by decision over Joey Palmer (Unattached) (Dec 6-0)

Open - 141
1st Place - Joey Ward of North Carolina
2nd Place - Nick Lawrence of Purdue
3rd Place - Troy Heilmann of North Carolina
4th Place - Mike Longo of Appalachian State University
5th Place - Austin Solari of Grand Canyon
6th Place - Devin Reynolds of Oregon State University
5th Place Match
5th Place Match - Austin Solari (Grand Canyon) won by medical forfeit over Devin Reynolds (Oregon State University) (MFF)

Open - 149
1st Place - Dylan Cottrell of Appalachian State University
2nd Place - Kyle Langenderfer of University of Illinois
3rd Place - Brandon Nelsen of Purdue
4th Place - Alex Griffin of Purdue
5th Place - Joey Moon of North Carolina
6th Place - Aj Fierro of CSU Bakersfield

Open - 157
1st Place - Isaiah Martinez of University of Illinois
2nd Place - Max Hvolbek of Stanford
3rd Place - Alex Elder of Oregon State University
4th Place - Chris Mears of North Carolina
5th Place - Joey Delgado of Oregon State University
6th Place - Doug Welch of Purdue
3rd Place Match
3rd Place Match - Alex Elder (Oregon State University) won by decision over Chris Mears (North Carolina) (Dec 8-1)
5th Place Match
5th Place Match - Joey Delgado (Oregon State University) won by medical forfeit over Doug Welch (Purdue) (MFF)

Open - 165
1st Place - Jackson Morse of University of Illinois
2nd Place - Jim Wilson of Stanford
3rd Place - Patrick Robinson of Purdue
4th Place - Nick Kee of Appalachian State University
5th Place - Travis Berridge of Cal Poly unattached
6th Place - Ethan Ramos of North Carolina

Open - 174
1st Place - Zac Brunson of University of Illinois
2nd Place - Bryce Hammond of CSU Bakersfield
3rd Place - Keaton Subjeck of Stanford
4th Place - Joe Latham of Oregon State University
5th Place - Chad Welch of Purdue
6th Place - John michael Staudenmayer of North Carolina
3rd Place Match
3rd Place Match - Keaton Subjeck (Stanford) won by decision over Joe Latham (Oregon State University) (Dec 6-1)

Open - 184
1st Place - Taylor Meeks of Oregon State University
2nd Place - Nikko Reyes of University of Illinois
3rd Place - Corey Griego of Unattached
4th Place - Nick Fiegener of Cal Poly unattached
5th Place - Patrick Kissel of Purdue
6th Place - Garet Krohn of Stanford
1st Place Match
1st Place Match - Taylor Meeks (Oregon State University) won by decision over Nikko Reyes (University of Illinois) (Dec 2-0)
3rd Place Match
3rd Place Match - Corey Griego (Unattached) won by decision over Nick Fiegener (Cal Poly unattached) (Dec 6-0)

Open - 197
1st Place - Reuben Franklin of Unattached
2nd Place - Cody Crawford of Oregon State University
3rd Place - Matt Williams of CSU Bakersfield
4th Place - Jeff Koepke of University of Illinois
5th Place - Andrew Reggi of San Francisco State
6th Place - Braden Atwood of Purdue
1st Place Match
1st Place Match - Reuben Franklin (Unattached) won by decision over Cody Crawford (Oregon State University) (Dec 5-2)

Open - 285
1st Place - Denzel Dejournette of Appalachian State University
2nd Place - Brooks Black of University of Illinois
3rd Place - Nathan Butler of Stanford
4th Place - Nate Keeve of Oregon State University
5th Place - Chris Lopez of University of Illinois
6th Place - Tyler Kral of Purdue
3rd Place Match
3rd Place Match - Nathan Butler (Stanford) won by major decision over Nate Keeve (Oregon State University) (Maj 11-0)

The results for all the Beavers wrestling in the Roadrunner Open, as listed by Track Wrestling area as follows (lots of falls and bonus points in there! Good job, Beavs!):

2014 Roadrunner Open Results for Oregon State University
Open 125 - Ronnie Bresser's place is 1st and has scored 12.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Ronnie Bresser (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Ronnie Bresser (Oregon State University) won by fall over Troy Lakin (Menlo) (Fall 1:59)
Quarterfinal - Ronnie Bresser (Oregon State University) won by fall over Sergio Mendez (Unattached) (Fall 1:17)
Semifinal - Ronnie Bresser (Oregon State University) won by decision over Dominic Parisi (Appalachian State University) (Dec 9-5)
1st Place Match - Ronnie Bresser (Oregon State University) won by decision over Mason Pengilly (Stanford) (Dec 9-4)

Open 125 - Kegan Calkins's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Kegan Calkins (Unattached) won by decision over Isaac Blackburn (Cal Poly unattached) (Dec 9-5)
Champ. Round 2 - Mason Pengilly (Stanford) won by major decision over Kegan Calkins (Unattached) (Maj 14-3)
Cons. Round 2 - Matt Gamble (Unattached) won by decision over Kegan Calkins (Unattached) (Dec 12-8)

Open 133 - Joey Palmer's place is 2nd and has scored 10.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Joey Palmer (Unattached) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Joey Palmer (Unattached) won by decision over Kyle Ayersman (Purdue) (Dec 3-1)
Quarterfinal - Joey Palmer (Unattached) won by major decision over Jacob Grigg (Appalachian State University) (Maj 12-1)
Semifinal - Joey Palmer (Unattached) won in sudden victory - 1 over Godwin Nyama-cutler (Grand Canyon) (SV-1 5-4)
1st Place Match - Danny Sabatello (Purdue) won by decision over Joey Palmer (Unattached) (Dec 6-0)
Open 133 - Jack Hathaway's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Jack Hathaway (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Jack Hathaway (Oregon State University) won by fall over Hazqial Haddad (Unattached) (Fall 0:59)
Quarterfinal - Ian Nickell (CSU Bakersfield) won by major decision over Jack Hathaway (Oregon State University) (Maj 12-3)
Cons. Round 4 - Kyle Ayersman (Purdue) won by fall over Jack Hathaway (Oregon State University) (Fall 4:53)

Open 133 - Ronald Stevens's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Ronald Stevens (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Alex Rinaldi (North Carolina) won by decision over Ronald Stevens (Oregon State University) (Dec 7-3)
Cons. Round 2 - Ronald Stevens (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 3 - Ronald Stevens (Oregon State University) won by decision over Trent Smith (Unattached) (Dec 4-1)
Cons. Round 4 - Vito Pasone (Appalachian State University) won by major decision over Ronald Stevens (Oregon State University) (Maj 16-3)

Open 141 - Jared Reis's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Jared Reis (Oregon State University) won by decision over Steele Escobedo (Menlo) (Dec 6-2)
Champ. Round 2 - Jared Reis (Oregon State University) won by fall over Dylan Mccombs (Fresno State Wrestling Club) (Fall 4:02)
Quarterfinal - Troy Heilmann (North Carolina) won by decision over Jared Reis (Oregon State University) (Dec 4-2)
Cons. Round 4 - Logan Arlis (University of Illinois) won by decision over Jared Reis (Oregon State University) (Dec 5-2)

Open 141 - Devin Reynolds's place is 6th and has scored 4.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Devin Reynolds (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Devin Reynolds (Oregon State University) won by fall over Juan Zorrilla (Menlo) (Fall 4:15)
Quarterfinal - Devin Reynolds (Oregon State University) won by disqualification over Colt Schilling (Cal Poly unattached) (DQ)
Semifinal - Joey Ward (North Carolina) won by medical forfeit over Devin Reynolds (Oregon State University) (MFF)
Cons. Semi - Mike Longo (Appalachian State University) won by medical forfeit over Devin Reynolds (Oregon State University) (MFF)
5th Place Match - Austin Solari (Grand Canyon) won by medical forfeit over Devin Reynolds (Oregon State University) (MFF)

Open 149 - Jay Tovey's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Jay Tovey (Oregon State University) won by decision over Jacob Leon (Cal Poly unattached) (Dec 8-6)
Champ. Round 2 - Aj Fierro (CSU Bakersfield) won by decision over Jay Tovey (Oregon State University) (Dec 12-9)
Cons. Round 2 - Jay Tovey (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 3 - Jay Tovey (Oregon State University) won by decision over Josh Lauderdale (Stanford) (Dec 7-5)
Cons. Round 4 - Abraham Rodriquez (Oregon State University) won by decision over Jay Tovey (Oregon State University) (Dec 0-0)

Open 149 - Abraham Rodriquez's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Abraham Rodriquez (Oregon State University) won by major decision over Christian Franks (Peninsula Grapplers) (Maj 13-3)
Champ. Round 2 - Abraham Rodriquez (Oregon State University) won by tech fall over Dominic Hernandez (Unattached) (TF 19-4)
Quarterfinal - Kyle Langenderfer (University of Illinois) won by decision over Abraham Rodriquez (Oregon State University) (Dec 3-2)
Cons. Round 4 - Abraham Rodriquez (Oregon State University) won by decision over Jay Tovey (Oregon State University) (Dec 0-0)
Cons. Round 5 - Joey Moon (North Carolina) won by decision over Abraham Rodriquez (Oregon State University) (Dec 7-5)

Open 157 - Alex Elder's place is 3rd and has scored 9.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Alex Elder (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Alex Elder (Oregon State University) won by fall over Kevin Pereira (Fresno State Wrestling Club) (Fall 1:22)
Quarterfinal - Alex Elder (Oregon State University) won by tech fall over David Meza (CSU Bakersfield) (TF 20-4)
Semifinal - Isaiah Martinez (University of Illinois) won by decision over Alex Elder (Oregon State University) (Dec 18-13)
Cons. Semi - Alex Elder (Oregon State University) won by tech fall over Joey Delgado (Oregon State University) (TF 17-0)
3rd Place Match - Alex Elder (Oregon State University) won by decision over Chris Mears (North Carolina) (Dec 8-1)

Open 157 - Joey Delgado's place is 5th and has scored 6.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Joey Delgado (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Joey Delgado (Oregon State University) won by major decision over Kalieo Romero (Unattached) (Maj 9-1)
Quarterfinal - Max Hvolbek (Stanford) won by decision over Joey Delgado (Oregon State University) (Dec 6-2)
Cons. Round 4 - Joey Delgado (Oregon State University) won by decision over Chayse Jackson (Grand Canyon) (Dec 3-2)
Cons. Round 5 - Joey Delgado (Oregon State University) won by decision over Spencer Hill (CSU Bakersfield) (Dec 6-1)
Cons. Semi - Alex Elder (Oregon State University) won by tech fall over Joey Delgado (Oregon State University) (TF 17-0)
5th Place Match - Joey Delgado (Oregon State University) won by medical forfeit over Doug Welch (Purdue) (MFF)

Open 157 - Jordan Henrickson's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Jordan Henrickson (Unattached) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Doug Welch (Purdue) won by decision over Jordan Henrickson (Unattached) (Dec 7-5)
Cons. Round 2 - Jordan Henrickson (Unattached) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 3 - Chris Mears (North Carolina) won by major decision over Jordan Henrickson (Unattached) (Maj 10-2)

Open 165 - Kennen Lanteri's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Kennen Lanteri (Unattached) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Jim Wilson (Stanford) won by decision over Kennen Lanteri (Unattached) (Dec 9-3)
Cons. Round 2 - Kennen Lanteri (Unattached) won by fall over Austin Dones (Unattached) (Fall 0:23)
Cons. Round 3 - Matt Nora (University of Illinois) won by decision over Kennen Lanteri (Unattached) (Dec 5-0)
Open 165 - Seth Thomas's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Seth Thomas (Oregon State University) won by fall over Christian Rouleau (Unattached) (Fall 1:24)
Champ. Round 2 - Seth Thomas (Oregon State University) won by fall over Bryan Battisto (Unattached) (Fall 4:24)
Quarterfinal - Travis Berridge (Cal Poly unattached) won by decision over Seth Thomas (Oregon State University) (Dec 5-4)
Cons. Round 4 - Seth Thomas (Oregon State University) won by decision over Matt Nora (University of Illinois) (Dec 8-4)
Cons. Round 5 - Ethan Ramos (North Carolina) won by major decision over Seth Thomas (Oregon State University) (Maj 15-3)

Open 165 - Rodney Williams's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Rodney Williams (Unattached) won by decision over Andrew Tyson (Sierra) (Dec 9-2)
Champ. Round 2 - Eric Lopez (Menlo) won by fall over Rodney Williams (Unattached) (Fall 2:44)
Cons. Round 2 - Colton Jackson (Appalachian State University) won by major decision over Rodney Williams (Unattached) (Maj 11-0)
Open 174 - Tyler Chay's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Tyler Chay (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Mitchell Woods (Cal Poly unattached) won by decision over Tyler Chay (Oregon State University) (Dec 5-4)
Cons. Round 2 - Tyler Chay (Oregon State University) won by tech fall over Aaron Wu (Unattached) (TF 19-2)
Cons. Round 3 - Tyler Chay (Oregon State University) won by decision over Ali Alshujery (Oregon State University) (Dec 7-3)
Cons. Round 4 - Joe Latham (Oregon State University) won by fall over Tyler Chay (Oregon State University) (Fall 1:31)

Open 174 - Ali Alshujery's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Zac Brunson (University of Illinois) won by fall over Ali Alshujery (Oregon State University) (Fall 2:10)
Cons. Round 1 - Ali Alshujery (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 - Ali Alshujery (Oregon State University) won by fall over Tanner Reeves (Unattached) (Fall 3:56)
Cons. Round 3 - Tyler Chay (Oregon State University) won by decision over Ali Alshujery (Oregon State University) (Dec 7-3)

Open 174 - Joe Latham's place is 4th and has scored 7.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Joe Latham (Oregon State University) won by tech fall over Jovan Villalobos (Unattached) (TF 17-1)
Champ. Round 2 - Joe Latham (Oregon State University) won by fall over Josh Sowma (Menlo) (Fall 2:17)
Quarterfinal - Keaton Subjeck (Stanford) won by fall over Joe Latham (Oregon State University) (Fall 4:10)
Cons. Round 4 - Joe Latham (Oregon State University) won by fall over Tyler Chay (Oregon State University) (Fall 1:31)
Cons. Round 5 - Joe Latham (Oregon State University) won by major decision over Jacob Morrissey (Purdue) (Maj 16-5)
Cons. Semi - Joe Latham (Oregon State University) won by decision over Chad Welch (Purdue) (Dec 13-7)
3rd Place Match - Keaton Subjeck (Stanford) won by decision over Joe Latham (Oregon State University) (Dec 6-1)

Open 184 - Zac Cardwell's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Nikko Reyes (University of Illinois) won by fall over Zac Cardwell (Oregon State University) (Fall 2:35)
Cons. Round 1 - Zac Cardwell (Oregon State University) won by fall over Christian Cunningham (Fresno State Wrestling Club) (Fall 1:56)
Cons. Round 2 - Zac Cardwell (Oregon State University) won by tech fall over Bradley Beaudette (Unattached) (TF 16-0)
Cons. Round 3 - Zac Cardwell (Oregon State University) won by fall over Calvin Nicholls (San Francisco State) (Fall 5:00)
Cons. Round 4 - Garet Krohn (Stanford) won by decision over Zac Cardwell (Oregon State University) (Dec 5-1)

Open 184 - Taylor Meeks's place is 1st and has scored 12.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Taylor Meeks (Oregon State University) won by decision over Zach Nevills (Stanford) (Dec 6-0)
Champ. Round 2 - Taylor Meeks (Oregon State University) won by fall over Bradley Beaudette (Unattached) (Fall 1:49)
Quarterfinal - Taylor Meeks (Oregon State University) won by decision over Dominick Vetell (Appalachian State University) (Dec 9-4)
Semifinal - Taylor Meeks (Oregon State University) won by major decision over Nick Fiegener (Cal Poly unattached) (Maj 10-0)
1st Place Match - Taylor Meeks (Oregon State University) won by decision over Nikko Reyes (University of Illinois) (Dec 2-0)

Open 184 - Corey Griego's place is 3rd and has scored 9.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Corey Griego (Unattached) won by fall over Victor Bryson (Unattached) (Fall 4:43)
Champ. Round 2 - Corey Griego (Unattached) won by major decision over Dylan Bollinger (Unattached) (Maj 12-2)
Quarterfinal - Corey Griego (Unattached) won by decision over Garet Krohn (Stanford) (Dec 8-7)
Semifinal - Nikko Reyes (University of Illinois) won by decision over Corey Griego (Unattached) (Dec 3-1)
Cons. Semi - Corey Griego (Unattached) won by decision over Patrick Kissel (Purdue) (Dec 3-2)
3rd Place Match - Corey Griego (Unattached) won by decision over Nick Fiegener (Cal Poly unattached) (Dec 6-0)

Open 197 - Cody Crawford's place is 2nd and has scored 10.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Cody Crawford (Oregon State University) won by fall over Collin Johnson (Appalachian State University) (Fall 2:18)
Champ. Round 2 - Cody Crawford (Oregon State University) won by decision over Frank Abbondanza (North Carolina) (Dec 4-1)
Quarterfinal - Cody Crawford (Oregon State University) won by major decision over Boomer Fleming (Unattached) (Maj 12-4)
Semifinal - Cody Crawford (Oregon State University) won in sudden victory - 2 over Jeff Koepke (University of Illinois) (SV-2 4-2)
1st Place Match - Reuben Franklin (Unattached) won by decision over Cody Crawford (Oregon State University) (Dec 5-2)

Open 285 - Josh Parazoo's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Josh Parazoo (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Brooks Black (University of Illinois) won by fall over Josh Parazoo (Oregon State University) (Fall 5:38)
Cons. Round 2 - Josh Parazoo (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 3 - Josh Parazoo (Oregon State University) won by decision over Tanner Blank (San Francisco State) (Dec 2-0)
Cons. Round 4 - Sam Alnassiri (San Francisco State) won by major decision over Josh Parazoo (Oregon State University) (Maj 10-1)

Open 285 - Nate Keeve's place is 4th and has scored 7.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Nate Keeve (Oregon State University) won by decision over Josh Lehner (North Carolina) (Dec 6-3)
Champ. Round 2 - Nate Keeve (Oregon State University) won by decision over Tyler Kral (Purdue) (Dec 3-2)
Quarterfinal - Nate Keeve (Oregon State University) won by decision over Scott Brasil (Menlo) (Dec 3-2)
Semifinal - Brooks Black (University of Illinois) won by decision over Nate Keeve (Oregon State University) (Dec 7-3)
Cons. Semi - Nate Keeve (Oregon State University) won by decision over Tyler Kral (Purdue) (Dec 8-6)
3rd Place Match - Nathan Butler (Stanford) won by major decision over Nate Keeve (Oregon State University) (Maj 11-0)

Open 285 - Mick Dougharity's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Mick Dougharity (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Nathan Butler (Stanford) won by major decision over Mick Dougharity (Oregon State University) (Maj 8-0)
Cons. Round 2 - Mick Dougharity (Oregon State University) won by fall over Alex Encarnacion-strand (CSU Bakersfield) (Fall 1:54)
Cons. Round 3 - Mick Dougharity (Oregon State University) won by fall over Jesus Marez-lopez (Fresno State Wrestling Club) (Fall 1:15)
Cons. Round 4 - Scott Brasil (Menlo) won by decision over Mick Dougharity (Oregon State University) (Dec 3-2)

Next up, Oregon State hosts Arizona State in a dual on Monday, Nov 24, at 7 pm in historic Gill Coliseum. Be there!

Go Beavs!

Beavers Make History - 1000 Wins!

Fans get their signs ready for final whistle

  It was a festive night for Oregon State Wrestling fans, cheering on a young Beaver team that took on the competition head-on! A crowd of 1,413 was entertained not only by the Pep Band and the Oregon State Cheer team but by lots of wrestling action on the mat with Oregon State taking victory #1000 by a score of 43-6 over Southern Oregon!

The first three matches didn't even make it out of the second period. Wrestling started with the 125 match.

125 - Ronnie Bresser III  quickly finished his match early in the second period with a tech fall, 19-3

133 - Jack Hathaway won by fall in the first period.

141- Devin Reynolds took even less time to get his fall

149 - Abraham Rodriguez went the distance, with riding time giving him the point that turned his win into a tech fall, 20-5

157 - Joey Delgado fought a hard battle, winning 7-5 including a point for riding time

165 - Seth Thomas steadily built his lead through the match, also had riding time, winning 9-5

174 - Joe Latham started with a scoreless first period, built a 4-2 lead in the second period, added another point by escape in the third, but got caught and pinned in the third period, oh so close!

184 - Taylor Meeks started slowly and picked up speed and points as the match rolled on, grinding down his opponent to where he finished with a tech fall on stalling points in the third period, 17-1

197 - Cody Crawford had a lead of at least 3-0 (might have been more?), but Taylor Johnson was unable to continue, appeared to be ill. Cody won by injury default.

285 - Nathan Keeve wore down his opponent, winning a major decison 10-1

For more details see the story at the Oregon State site

 

Congratulations to the whole team for a great performance!! Congratulations to Head Coach Jim Zalesky and his staff for taking the team across this milestone - and to Jim Zalesky for his 100th win here at Oregon State as well!!

Cake for the celebration: Dual meet Wins

Thank you to all those wrestlers who came before, making this possible. Thank you to all the fans who came and made Gill the exciting place that it was this evening.

One last recognition that needs to be made - thanks to all of those loyal fans who have been faithfully coming to wrestling meets over the years. There are some of you out there that I know who have been coming for 50 or more years - half of the 100 years of history that has been in the making, and they've been witness to it!! That's pretty amazing!

On to the Roadrunner Open, Nov 16. Go Beavs!

MIke Clock Open Results - Nov 9, 2014

5 mats inside the Stoller Center

 For the wrestlers who arrived in Forest Grove in the wee hours of the morning, it was a long day, coming to its conclusion around 7:30 pm. For Oregon State the result was pretty darn good, taking 9 out of 10 titles. Good effort, guys!

Champions were: 
125 - Ronnie Bresser III
133 - Joey Palmer, Jack Hathaway second 
141 - Devin Reynolds, Jared Reis second 
149 - Abraham Rodriguez 
157 - Joey Delgado, Alex Elder second (reverse of the Intra-Squad) 
165 - Seth Thomas 
174 - Joe Latham, Ali Alshujery second 
184 - Taylor Meeks, Corey Griego second 

184 - Taylor Meeks vs McWatters

197 - Cody Crawford 
Hwt -Nate Keeve 3rd, Mick Dougharity 4th

Congratulations to all Champions and placers! Great tournament. For all the details, read the article at the OSU site.

Complete results for the team follow (these are from the Oregon State site's story). The amount of pins, tech falls and major decisions is impressive, be sure to check it all out! 

125
Ronnie Bresser: Pinned William Treadwell (Warner Pacific) 4:20; pinned Alejandro Herrera (Highline CC) 4:34; major dec. Andres Terrera (Clackamas CC) 16-5; major dec. Korbin Levin (Clackamas CC).
Kegan Calkins: Lost 13-0 Korbin Levin (Clackamas CC); pinned Lucas Peltz (Pacific) 3:41; major dec. Casey Coulter (SOU) 10-1; major dec. Ronnie Stevens (OSU) 11-3; lost Matthew Nguyen (SWOCC) 4:54.
Ronnie Stevens: Lost 16-3 Matthew Nguyen (SWOCC) 16-3; major dec. Brian Alonzo (Highline CC) 10-0; dec. Alejandro Herrera (Highline CC) 4-1; lost 11-3 Kegan Calkins (OSU).
133
Jack Hathaway: Pinned Safiullah Shara (Douglas College) 1:00; pinned Ajejandro Quintera (SWOCC) 1:13; pinned Tyler Wicken (Clackamas CC) 2:29; dec. Lawrence Otero (CCC) 2-0; lost 2-1 Joey Palmer (OSU).
Joey Palmer: Pinned Dave Sharma (unattached) 1:46; pinned Austin Lister (Clackamas CC) 1:50; major dec. Eric Harder (Pacific) 17-6; dec. Jack Hathaway (OSU) 2-1.
141
Devin Reynolds: Dec. Jake Crawford (WWU) 2-0; def. Erick Garcia (Highline CC) injury default; dec. Walker Damewood (SWOCC) 5-0; dec. Jared Reis (OSU) 4-0.
Jared Reis: Pinned Andrew Vullietta (CWU) 4:31; pinned Justin Manipis (WWU) :54; dec. Isaac Bernard (Douglas) 6-5; dec. Robbie Rizzolino (Clackamas CC) 4-1; lost Devin Reynolds (OSU) 4-0.
149
Abraham Rodriguez: Major dec. Scottie Stockman (SOU) 16-3; pinned Cody Yeik (WSU) 2:00; pinned Nathan Vulliet (SFU) 2:10; dec. Quinn Johnson (SWOCC) 11-6;  major decision Tyler Cowger (SOU) 14-6.
Jay Tovey: Major dec. Deon Buhl-Hejiro (Minot State) 15-3;  lost 5-4 Joe Mavins (unattached);  pinned Johnny Folkelstad (SPSCC) :34; pinned Eric Bauer (SFU) :55; major dec. Nathan Vulliet (SFU) 11-0;  tech. fall Kenji Yamashita (SFU) 17-2; pinned Joe Mavins (unattached) 1:56; dec. Quinn Johnson (SWOOCC) 6-3.
Aaron David: Tech. fall Ricky Ridela (Pacific) 16-3; lost 2-1 Tyler Cowger (SOU) 2-1; dec. Angel Beltran (Clackamas CC) 5-4; lost Chris Duke (Clackamas CC) 10-4..
157
Alex Elder: Major dec. Travis Patrick (SOU) 15-2; tech. fall Adrian Lyons-Lopez (SWOCC) 16-1; major dec. Jordan Henrickson (OSU) 11-1; lost 4-2 Joey Delgado (OSU).
Jordan Henrickson: Tec. fall Jawayne Fambrough (WPU) 16-0; dec. Dalton Urrutia (SOU) 10-3; lost 11-1 Alex Elder (OSU); major dec. Travis Patrick (SOU) 11-1; lost 5-4 Dalton Urrutia(SOU).
Joey Delgado: Pinned Chas Peterson (WPU) 1:12; pinned James Bowers (SOU) 4:01; dec. Eleazar DuLuca (Clackamas CC) 4-2; dec. Alex Elder (OSU ) 4-2.
165
Seth Thomas: Pinned Tommy Brewster (CCC) 1:48; pinned Tyler Noon (Highline CC) 3:01; dec. Payton Moore (SWOCC) 10-3; pinned Garrett Urrutia (SOU) 3:47.
Shane Roach: Lost 5-2 Payton Moore (SWOCC); dec. Kodiak Stone (unattached) 7-0; lost 9-3 Rodney Williams (OSU).
Rodney Williams: Lost Reid Watkins (SFU) 1:45; dec. Shane Roach (OSU) 9-3; def. Tyler Noon (Highline CC) injury default; lost Blake Cooper (WPU), 2:46.
Kennen Lanteri: Major dec. Brandon Rochester (SPSCC) 10-1; lost 9-5 Blake Cooper (WPU) 9-5; lost Devin Purewal (unattached) 2:14.
174
Joe Latham: Tech. fall Cody Jones (SOU) 17;1; major dec. Anthony Thomas (WPU) 13-3; major dec. Ali Alshujery (OSU) 10-2.
Tyler Chay: Lost 9-4 Andrew Orr (SWOCC); pinned Chris Moreno (SOU) 1:53; pinned Davin Wadsworth (Idaho) 1:10; major dec. Anthony Thomas (WPU) 15-3; lost 10-4 Morgan Smith (SFU).
Kurtis Ramsay: Pinned Chris Moreno (SOU) 1:43; lost injury default Ismael Rubio (SWOCC).
Ali Alshujery: Pinned Jesus DeSantos (Washington) 2:00; pinned Hunter Winoth (Idaho)  3:26; injury default over Dylan Reel (Clackamas CC); pinned Ismael Rubio (SWOCC) 1:28; lost 10-2 Joe Latham (OSU).
184
Taylor Meeks: Pinned Tanner Fischer (unattached) 1:00; pinned Haszell West (Clackamas CC) 2:04; major dec. Tyler Howe (Pacific) 12-2; dec. Ryan McWatters (SOU) 8-2; def. Corey Griego (OSU) injury default.
Zac Cardwell: Dec. Josh Kim (SFU) 3-2; major dec. Austin Stannard (WSU) 8-0; lost 4-1 Ryan McWatters (SOU); lost 7-3 Adrian Salas (Clackamas CC).
Corey Griego: Pinned Andrew Huerta (CWU) :23; pinned Joey Norcia (Pacific) :44; pinned Jovan Reyes (Clackamas CC) :36; dec. Jasmit Phulka (unattached) 6-0; lost Taylor Meeks (OSU) injury default.
197
Cody Crawford: Tech. fall Zach Anderson (WSU) 16-1; pinned Claran Ball (SFU) 2:13; dec. Tyler Cormier (Highline CC) 5-1.
Heavyweight
Josh Parazoo: Major dec. Ryan Yewchin (SFU) 9-1; pinned Brad Hidenbrant (unattached) 10-6; dec. Alejandro Sandoval (SOU) 3-2; lost John Morin (Clackamas CC) :35; lost Mick Dougharity (OSU) 9-7.
Mick Dougharity: Dec. Stephen Wilbert (WPU) 6-1; lost 5-3 Ben Tynan (Highline CC); pinned Daniel Chatmon (SWOCC) 1:16; pinned Manheet Kalhon (unattached) :49; dec. Josh Parazoo (OSU) 9-7; lost Nate Keeve (OSU) 10-9.
Nate Keeve: Pinned Edwin Torres (unattached) 4:56; dec. Dylan Smith (SPSCC) injury default; lost Ben Tynan (Highline CC) 6-1; dec. John Hatch (SWCC) 6-2; dec. Mick Dougharity (OSU) 10-9.

Hope to see many of you at the home opener meet with Southern Oregon University at 7 pm. We will be hosting a Social following the dual over in Reser Stadium.


Go Beavs! 

Nov 6, 2014 - the Intra-Squad

"Round One" of the Oregon State Wrestling Season took place on center mat at Gill Coliseum tonight with the Intra-Squad meet.

Fans filling the lower stands were entertained with some very tight matches and some surprising results.
Matches began with the 125 lb. weight class.

125 - Ronnie Bresser III won the battle of the Ronnie's, defeating Ronnie Stevens 16-5

133 - Joey Palmer pulled out a hard fought battle with Jack Hathaway 3-1

141 - A very entertaining match with lots of scrambles between Devin Reynolds and Jared Reis with Devin taking the match by a score of 11-7

149 - Another close match, Abraham Rodriguez beat Jay Tovey 8-5

157 - The first two periods were close, but Alex Elder, down a weight from last year, put it away in the third period, taking out Joey Delgado, who moved up 2 weights from last season, 10-5

165 - Seth Thomas was ahead 7-0 after the first period, but finished it in the second period with a fall over freshman Rodney Williams

  174 - In a battle of 2 seniors, Joe Latham defeated Kurtis Ramsay 9-6


184 - Taylor Meeks, at a lower weight than last year, prevailed over freshman Corey Griego in a close match, 5-2, with the last 2 points being awarded on the buzzer

197 - Cody Crawford won the Cascade vs Scio match (local schools) by major 10-2 over teammate Josh Parazoo.

285 (Hwt) - Nathaniel Keeve, who is listed as a 197, downed Mick Dougharity 7-3

Next up, the team travels up to Forest Grove for the Mike Clock Open Tournament. Since it is an open many of the Beavers will be competing. Wrestling begins at 9:00 am on Sunday, Nov. 9.

Go Beavs!

Open Practice & Parent/Fan Tailgater

Barbecue firing up before Practice!

For Homecoming, Oregon State's wrestling fans had the opportunity to take in the final Open Practice before the upcoming Intrasquad. Practice took place Saturday, Nov. 1, from 3:30-5:00 pm, followed by the annual Parent/Fan tailgater outside the Wrestling entrance to the practice facility. 

The bleachers in the corner and some cushy chairs that were moved in for the event were filled with eager fans. It was apparent from the activity in the room that the intensity level has been dialed up. There are some good battles brewing for positions that will come to the fore at the Intrasquad on the 6th! You won't want to miss them!

After the finish of practice, it was good to see 

Lining up for laps

some wrestlers continuing to put in a little more time, asking the coaches for advice, etc. Then everyone headed downstairs for some barbecue and tailgating fun before heading for the game or home.

The food was great, some barbecued steaks, french fries that were totally addictive - yum! - 

Barbecuing steaks

and tables of salads and desserts. 

The dessert table

Wrestlers choosing their food

Fans enjoying good food & good company

One last treat for those who hung around long enough, the Oregon State Marching Band was  marching around 

Marching band in action!

campus, entertaining people along the way. The band made a stop right alongside the wrestling tailgater and serenaded the fans with several songs before moving on. They were great! Let's hope we get to hear more from them at some of our home meets again this year!!

Next up is the Intrasquad meet which will be held in Gill Coliseum on Thursday, November 6 at 7:00 pm.

If you haven't read all the previews for the weight classes, be sure to check out the articles at the osubeavers.com website. They are the five articles dated 10-27-14 through 10-31-14.

Parking for the Intrasquad will be easier than on football game days. You should be able to park for free in most of the lots around Gill. Be there to cheer on all the guys! Then come back a week later for the first home dual with Southern Oregon on November 13!

Go Beavs!

Photos were taken with my little pocket camera and it was dark , so they are a bit fuzzy.

Open Practice - October 16, 2014

Sports Performance Center - north of Reser

 The Beavers held their second Open Practice of the season on Thursday, Oct 16, at 4:00. This is the first Open Practice on a Thursday that I can remember, but television now dictates when things happen, and Oregon State was playing football that evening.

This was actually the first official Open Practice for this year, as the first Open Practice was an unofficial event before school actually started. 

Entrance to practice facility

If I remember correctly it is a fairly recent NCAA ruling that wrestling cannot officially start practice until October 10.

Considering that it was a Thursday, quite a few fans were in attendance. They filled up the bleachers

Fans waiting for practice

in the room and more people were standing on the sides. Seems that the fans are anxious for competition to begin!

 Since this was still the first week of official practice, the coaches weren't pushing as hard as they could, but the guys seemed to have taken things up a notch since the first Open Practice!

Assembling for practice

I was watching the scrambles between Joey Palmer and Devin Reynolds, Jack Hathaway and Ronnie Rios-Bresser, Joey Delgado and Seth Thomas, and volunteer Assistant Coach Chad Hanke and Amar Dhesi. I wanted to watch more of the pairings, but 

these were the closest and they were so much fun to watch, I kept forgetting the others much of the time. In fact, the battles of Palmer/Reynolds and Hathaway/Rios-Bresser were so engrossing that only the occasional THUMP! of Hanke/Dhesi hitting the mats would draw my attention away!

And it's not just the lower weights that are in contention. I'm really looking forward to the Intrasquad, Nov. 6, (another Thursday!) at 7:00 pm! Usually you

Head Coach Zalesky warming up the team

have a pretty good idea of who will fill each spot in the line-up, but I have no idea who will take many of the weights. It will be very interesting!!

If you haven't already filled out your application form to join "The FALL" Fan Club, just look to the right side of this page under "Links". The fifth one down is the application form. You can download it, fill it out and send it in. In fact, it is a "fillable" form. Download it to your computer, and open it from there. Then you should be able to type in your information and print out the finished form. Information on where to mail it is included on the form.

Deadline for sending in your application is Oct 31. That gives enough time for members of the Board to process everything and get member packets ready on time for the first dual meet of the year, (coming up soon!) - Nov. 13, at 7 pm.

To see a larger version of the photos, just click on any of them. These are just snapshots from my little digital camera to provide some visuals.

Go Beavs!

Open Practice - Sept 20 - Part 2

K. Cardwell (top), Alshujery

 A continuation of the previous post...  More photos from the Open Practice on September 20. We probably don't have one of everyone, but this gives you a good idea of what was happening in the Dale Thomas Wrestling Room!

If you know any of the "?" in the captions, let me know and I'll fill in the names. To see the photos better, click on one and you will be able to cycle through them all.

M. Zalesky, Swee, Roberts

L. Griego, Meeks, Dougharity

More of the photos by Jack DeAngelis. Thanks, Jack!


Next Open Practice on Thursday, October 16, before the football game.

Go Beavs!

N. Parazoo, Colby Covington, Hathaway

O. ?, Thorsen, Roberts

P.. Latham, Covington, Parazoo

Q. Director of Operations-Mangrum, Tovey (?)

R. Dougharity, Alshujery, Cardwell

S. Calkins, Stevens, Bresser

T. Calkins, Stevens

U. ?, ?, ?, Lara, Mangrum, ?, Steiner, ?, ?

Open Practice - September 20 - Part 1

Every September a new crop of faces appear in the Oregon State Wrestling Room, eager for the upcoming season of wrestling. Along with them, the fans

A. Keeve, Parazoo, Delgado

are looking forward to the start of the season.

For those who can't wait any longer, the Open Practices are a great way to start learning the new names and faces on the team.

The first of those practices for this year took place on Saturday, Sept 20. With the temperature in the 90's outside, it was

B. Tobin, Mangrum, Reis, Rodriguez

pretty warm in the room before the practice even began. A comment from one of the fans present implied that we may have lost of few pounds just sitting and watching!

Michael Denison wasn't there  with his great camera, but Jack and I brought our little camera along and Jack snapped some photos.

I have tried to identify who I can, but I haven't learned all the new

C. ?, Griego, Bresser

guys yet. If anyone can identify any of the "?" here in the captions, please let me know and I'll get their names up where they belong!

D. Latham, Delgado, Tyler Chay, ?, Rollins, Henrickson

To see the photos better, click on one and you will be able to cycle through them all.

E. Thomas, Alshujery, Cardwell, ?, ?, Bresser

 Photos by Jack DeAngelis. Thanks, Jack!

F. Hanke, Dhesi, Cardwell, Alshujery, Parazoo

G. Zalesky, Thomas, ?

H. Bresser, Stevens

I. Steiner, Mangrum

J. Bresser, Stevens (not sure on either)