Midlands - Tuesday & Wednesday!

Oregon State Wrestling Fans,

Hope everyone had a great Christmas! Time for the Oregon State wrestlers to step back out onto the mat at the Midlands Tournament back in Evanston, Illinois, Dec 29 & 30! Wrestling begins at 7:30 am Pacific Standard Time, 9:30 Central.

The Midlands Tournament will be covered by TrackWrestling, so it should be a little easier to follow what is happening for those who aren't members of Flowrestling. Here are a few tidbits I have picked up from various sources:

Kegan Calkins, Ronnie Stevens, Jared Reis, Kennen Lanteri & Tyler Chay will be joining the starters, so there will be more than the usual ten wrestlers to follow. 

 
Midlands web page for various stories:
http://www.nusports.com/index.aspx?path=midlands

If you go to this specific page about Midlands, go down to the 4th paragraph and see the link to TrackWrestling. That link takes you straight to the tournament on the TrackWrestling site. Once there, find the blue bar across the top of the page, click on RESULTS. That drops down a menu where you can find "Brackets". The brackets are already posted. Once things start, you can use that link for results or live stats, etc.

The Beavers picked up several seeds - at 125: Ronnie Bresser (listed as Rios) is seeded second, Kegan Calkins at #8. At 133, Joey Palmer is seeded #8. Joey Delgado is #12 at 149, Seth Thomas #10 at 165, Cody Crawford #11 at 197 and Amar Dhesi is second at 285.

FALL Board member Craig Scharer also passed along the schedule for the tournament which follows.  Thanks, Craig!!

Midlands Schedule Monday, December 28.......................................................................................................................
1 - 4 p.m. Registration - WEIGHT CLASS DECLARATION - McGaw Hall
Lobby (All wrestlers or their coaches MUST declare weight class to
participate)
1 - 4 p.m. Workout facilities & North Arena open
4:30 p.m. BUILDING CLOSES
8 p.m. All brackets will be released on TrackWrestling
 
Tuesday, December 29.....................................................................................................................
6:30 a.m. McGaw Hall opens
7:30 a.m. Weigh in - Flat Weight, Main Arena, contestants only
9:30 a.m. First Session - 10 mats - All contestants must be ready to compete.
Announcements and the Coaches’ Information Desk will keep all informed of
match sequence
7 p.m. Second Session - 10 mats - Championship and consolation
11 p.m. BUILDING CLOSES
 
Wednesday, December 30.....................................................................................................................
10 a.m. McGaw Hall opens
11 a.m. Weigh in - One Pound Allowance, North Arena, contestants only
Noon Third Session - 4 mats - Semifinals, consolation, 7th place matches
7:30 p.m. Opening ceremonies, Introductions, Grand March
8 p.m. Final Session - 3 mats - 1st, 3rd, 5th place matches
Finals air LIVE on Big Ten Network
10:15 p.m. Conclusion of Awards Ceremony       

You can read the Oregon State article here. You can also find links to the Midlands articles and OSU's stats in a box at the top right side of the article.

Go Beavs!