Open Practice this Saturday & Other Notes

Don't forget, your first chance to glimpse the 2016-17 Oregon State  Wrestling team occurs this Saturday morning, 9:30, in the Wrestling Room in the Sports Performance Center on campus. Practice usually lasts about and hour and a half, so you'll have plenty of time to tailgate and make it to the football game later.

There will be new freshman faces on the mat, but there will also be a couple of transfers, who are already listed on the roster - Ihoghama Odighizuwa and Amari Sengsavanh.

For those who like to plan ahead, mark Saturday October 29 on your calendar. Your 2016 Pac-12 Champion Wrestling team will be introduced at halftime at the Beaver football game vs WSU that day. It is also Homecoming weekend.

 

Last year's Tailgater

Recent tradition would also make October 29 the Wrestling Parent/Fan Tailgate Party. The Tailgate party generally occurs after an Open Practice and before the football game. The Tailgater has not been confirmed yet for this year, so it is subject to change.

Fellow FALL Board member Craig Scharer recently pointed out that Oregon State used to be in the top ten for attendance at wrestling meets nationally. Unfortunately, we have slipped. We need to get more people in the stands and get our numbers back up!! For more information on national attendance, see this article at The Open Mat sent to me by Craig.

If you have not yet read the news coming out today from the Coaching Corner, it follows below. It has more information on this Saturday's Practice, the schedule, Greg Strobel's HOF Induction, the Making A Difference Tournament in Truax, NCAA tickets and more!

Go Beavs!

Wrestling fans, alumni and supporters-
 
The 2016-2017 season is right around the corner! The school year officially started yesterday and that means we are busy in pre-season training.  In less than two months time, Oregon State will embark on a new season full of new challenges. We have some new faces in terms of a new crop of freshman, and have added two new members to the coaching staff as well.
 
Last night, OSU great and 2x NCAA Champion Greg Strobel was inducted in the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. It was great to be there and OSU was well represented with many of Greg’s teammates on hand in support.
 
We are excited to have former Beav All American Taylor Meeks join our staff, and also welcome Kent State all American Ian Miller to Corvallis! They are a great addition to our team and are going to help us reach a higher level here at OSU.
 
We also have a new crop of freshman here that we are happy to have in the program. Please watch for our schedule to be released any time at www.osubeavers.com.  Our home opener will be on November 20^th vs. Michigan.
 
Our tournament schedule includes The Las Vegas Invitational, The Reno Tournament of Champions, and The Midlands. We have a good competitive schedule set up and are excited about the upcoming challenges. 
 
For anyone going to be around Corvallis this Saturday, we will have an open workout for the fans at 9:30 AM in the Dale Thomas Wrestling Room. Here is your first chance to see the team this fall. 
 
We are hosting our Intra-squad meet on November 3^rd at 7 pm in Gill Coliseum. We anticipate some good battles and competition to make the team. We will then open the regular season the following weekend in Boone, NC when we take on Appalachian State and Duke.
 
A heads up for those looking ahead at attending the NCAA Championships: we will once again have tickets available through our ticket office in the coming months. If you are interested in sitting in OSU section, give me a heads up. We are unsure at this time how many we will get in our allocation but want to have as many of you as we can in our section.
 
Coaches and Parents- The Annual Making a Difference Tournament will be November 13^th in The Truax Center at Oregon State University. This is always a great day of wrestling with wrestlers of all ages. Please plan to attend!
 
Thanks for all the support.