Intra-Squad Results

Captains meet for coin toss

  A fair number of fans were on hand to watch the Black versus Orange on the center mat at Gill Coliseum last night. It looks like the starting line-up is pretty well set, with only one match coming down to Over Time.


Coach Zalesky started things off with a drill match between 184 Corey Griego and 197 Cody Crawford. Coach Z later said that they had to work harder than all the others as Z stood by by with his time clock to keep them going the whole time. Corey and Cody did not have anyone to face off with, so the drill match had them exchanging practice take-downs and other warm-ups.


Next up were the heavyweights where Amar Dhesi won by technical fall, 25-10,  in the first period over freshman teammate Jimmy Millea. 


Things got a little tougher in the next match, at 125 where Ronnie Bresser was challenged by Kegan Calkins. Ronnie won in OT, 5-3.

Palmer and Stevens

 At 133 Joey Palmer is back in the line-up with a major decision 10-2 over fellow Beaver Ronnie Stevens. 

Next was an exhibition match between 2 incoming freshmen at 141, Alex Rich and Hans Rockwell. Alex took the match in a major, 14-2.


The main match at 141 was next between Jared Reis and Jack Hathaway, who moved up a weight from last year. Jack claimed the victory 9-4.

Jason Lara interviews Jack Hathaway

At 149 there were 2 matches as well. The exhibition match between Bryce Parson, freshman, and Izaak Tobin, redshirt-sophomore, was a high scoring bout with Bryce winning 18-11.

Tobin & Parsons

The main event at 149 saw Joey Delgado take on Jay Tovey, with Joey hanging on to win, 6-3.


One match determined 157, with Abe Rodriquez  settling in at a lower weight than last year, winning by major over Rodney Williams, 10-0.


More numbers led to 2 matches at 165, the first between Joseph DeMatteo, redshirt freshman, and Collbran Meeker, true freshman, with Meeker winning by major decision 14-4. OSU's only senior, Seth Thomas won by another major decision 16-2 over teammate Kennen Lanteri.

The final event of the evening - Tyler Chay vs Ali Alshujery at 174. It was close but Tyler kept the score 4-1 and walked off with the victory.

Mike Mangrum doing some filming

Congratulations to all the victors!

Besides getting to watch the wrestlers, the fans were also watching three referees get a tune-up. At least 2 new rule changes were visibly refereed last night. One - the call by the referee of the reason why the wrestlers went out-of-bounds, most all were "action" as opposed to being pushed, pulled out or fleeing the mat. The other was for "back points" on near falls. Two points are still awarded for a 2-count, but now instead of three, it is 4 points that are awarded for a 4-count. To see all the rule changes for 2015-16, read this NCAA document.

For more details on the Intra-Squad, check the Oregon State site.

You can also find a video recap of the Intra-Squad on that same Oregon State page, or go straight to the video here.

A short Social program was held after the Intra-Squad in Reser Stadium. For the first time, the Social was held in the Loge on the second floor, instead of the Club, on the third floor. The Loge is a smaller, warmer space, more in tune with the size of the crowd we usually get. The food was different, as OSU has also changed vendors. If anyone who attended has any feedback, let me know, I will share it with the FALL Board.

Twenty or more of the team will be traveling up to Forest Grove to the Stoller Center on Sunday for the Mike Clock Tournament. Wrestling begins at 9 am and goes all day until they are done. Depending on the number of entrants, wrestling takes place in the main gym and in their wrestling room. So if you are there and tired of sitting, get up, stretch and head on over to the other room for a while.

There is still time to get your FALL membership application in by the deadline this weekend in order to be entered in the drawing for a $50 gift certificate to the Darden restaurant chain. The membership form can be found under "Links" on the right hand side of this page. Download it, open it, fill in the blanks with your keyboard, save it, print it and mail it in to Brandon Perkins our Treasurer.

If you need another good reason to send in your membership application soon - remember that the NCAA's, the grand finale of the season, will be held in Madison Square Garden. "The FALL" Fan Club has reserved a small block of rooms in a hotel  only one or two subway stops from Madison Square. They are available for Club members  on a first come, first served basis and are a reasonable cost considering the expense of things in NYC.

If you have already joined and are interested in reserving a room, let me know and I will tell you who to contact.

On to the Mike Clock - Go Beavs!