Beavers Gnaw down the Cardinal!

Oregon State Wrestling Fans,

 

The new mat in Gill Coliseum

It all came down to the heavyweights, the final match of the night, in Over Time! Then 9oo+ raucous fans celebrated as Cody Crawford defeated Stanford's #9 Nathan Butler, 3-1.

It seemed an improbable victory, a struggling Oregon State team pitted against a hot Stanford team that has been crushing opponents. So how did it happen?

It started out at 125, with two wrestlers from Illinois. It was a close match, but in the third period, Kegan Calkins pulled ahead to win 5-2. It was his first victory over Brian Rossi  after having wrestled him often since they were both 4 years old. Way to go, Kegan!

At 133, Joey Palmer faced Stanford's Connor Schram, ranked #13. It was a close match, but Palmer prevailed 2-1. Palmer had an escape and a point from 2 stall calls on Schram. You could sense the turn of the tide in the crowd.

At 141, Jack Hathaway faced Stanford's highest ranked wrestler, #3 Joey McKenna. Would be nice to say Hathaway won, but he did his job in not giving up any bonus points, match score 1-5. Team score OSU 6 Stanford 3.

The score then bounced back and forth. Joey Delgado added another win for the Beavers at 149. At 157 Abraham Rodriguez scored all of his points in the final period but it was too late. Paul Fox took the win for Stanford 7-4.  Team Score OSU 9 Stanford 6.

New at 165, OSU's Weston Dobler got caught early in the first period and was pinned by #18 Keaton Subjeck, boosting the Cardinal to their first lead of the night, 9-12.

Another line-up change saw Bob Coleman at 174. He kept it very close for the first two periods, but #19 Peter Galli took the battle 6-2. Stanford had a 6 point lead, 15-9.

Enter Seth McLeod, the newest member of the Oregon State team, wrestling at 184. His debut was a solid 9-2 victory over Zach Nevills! Welcome to Oregon State, Seth!! OSU 12 Stanford 15.

At 197 Corey Griego stayed ahead of Josh Marchok and came up with a 9-5 victory. Score tied, 15 all!

That led to the final battle at heavyweight with the crowd giving Cody Crawford all the energy they had. With the score tied 1-1, an escape for each, Cody got the takedown in sudden victory of OT!

Way to go, Beavers! A great start to christen the new wrestling mat in Gill Coliseum.

Congratulations again to all match winners, Calkins, Palmer, Delgado, McLeod, Griego and Crawford!

For more details here are some links to other articles:
article at osubeavers.com
article at Stanford
Statesman Journal article from Monday on Cody Crawford
Corvallis Gazette Times article
article at the Barometer (OSU newspaper)
article on David Henry at the Barometer

Wrestling doesn't usually gets so much press, so I wanted to share the links to those stories.

The Beavers will next travel to Boise for another Pac-12 dual on Friday, Feb. 3. Boise's schedule says 7 pm MT, which would be 6 pm Pacific. OSU's schedule says 1 pm PT. Not sure which is correct.

Keep up the good work, guys!

Go Beavs!

Beavers Open Pac-12 Wrestling at Home Monday - Cal Results, etc.

Oregon State Wrestling Fans,

The Oregon State Beavers open their conference season at home after a long early season on the road. This Monday evening - 7:00 - the Beavers host the Stanford Cardinal in Gill Coliseum. And - they will do it on a brand new wrestling mat!

For all the "away" fans, the meet will be televised on the Pac-12 network.

Injuries seem to have plagued the team this year, and finding the right line-up has been a challenge. It seems that another line-up change may be in the works for Monday night. Check it out in the recent article at osubeavers.com.

Stanford on the other hand appears to be on a roll. On Saturday they crushed Boise State 32-3. They previously upset Arizona State, another Pac-12 team.

A Social for fans will be held in Reser Stadium following the meet. This time I believe it will be in the Loge, on the second level. If I got that wrong, it will be in the Club on the third level.

The menu for the Social will be an assortment of cookies with coffee and tea. The cost of catering has increased tremendously in the last two years with the new caterer. In order to make Club finances stable, the Board has decided some of the Socials will have to be simpler. Feel free to address this with any of the Board members, myself included. We are interested in your input!

The Social is free for all FALL Club Members. Be sure to bring your ID badge to show at the door of the Social for entry! Badges were mailed at the beginning of the season.

Lapel pins for FALL Club members are also here now, ready for distribution. Members, stop by the table in the lobby of Gill before the meet or at the entry to the Social to ask for your pins. Please pick them up - show your support for Oregon State Wrestling - and save us the cost of mailing.

Non-club members can purchase the pins for $5 each. We also have pins from the previous four years. The original pin design is now only available by purchasing a complete set. (Probably at a Silent Auction.) T-shirts will be for sale as well.

Not too late to sign up for the FALL Fan Club for this season. We have three more Socials on the schedule, including this one. For on-line registration: https://squareup.com/store/the-fall-fanclub/

Other Club business that we will be addressing at the Social:
- Do you want to ride a bus to the Pac-12's in Palo Alto, CA on Feb 26. The bus would leave Corvallis on Feb 25 and return on Feb 27. We need to decide very soon on whether or not there is enough interest to work on this project.
- Are you going to the NCAA's? Need tickets? Talk to Coach Roberts.
Need hotel rooms? We will have a flier available for you to pick up the information.

Last, but not least, a group of Beaver wrestlers participated in the California Collegiate in San Fransisco yesterday. TrackWrestling did not appear to cover the event so I don't have their neat results, but the four wrestlers who were there had some success.

At 141 - Connor Noonan lost his first match but then won four in a row by fall to take third place. Congratulations, Connor!

At 165 - Dracius McKee won his first by major, ultimately ending in fourth place. Congratulations!

At 184 - Adam Rateb won two matches in the consolation round, missing his chance at the 3rd/4th place match by one win.

At 285 - David Henry took second place, narrowly missing his third championship in open tournaments. Unfortunately, he lost in the finals by injury default. Hope it was not serious!  Congratulations on the second place, Dave!

For all the details, you can check the brackets here for the California Collegiate.

For those who like stats, FALL Club member Craig Scharer likes to collect the results for Beavers at the Open tournaments. He has generously shared his work. If you are interested, you can find it at this link to his spreadsheet. Thanks, Craig!

Mondays are Mondays, but hope to see many of you at Gill Coliseum to support the Beavers!

Go Beavs!

Second Call For NCAA Tickets & Wrestling Coming Up!

Oregon State Wrestling Fans,

It's been a long wait, but the Beaver wrestling team will finally be back home on their own turf, Monday, January 30 at 7 pm.

Not only their home turf, but on a brand new wrestling mat, according to a press release from Oregon State Athletics on Tuesday! Thanks to Craig Scharer for sharing that news with me.

We need a great home crowd to give the Beavers the boost they will need to face down a ranked Stanford team. Stanford is hot off an upset of Arizona State last Sunday. Stanford's heavyweight is the Pac-12 wrestler of the week.

The latest news on rankings from osubeavers.com can be found here.

Are you going to the big event of the wrestling season? The NCAA's will be here before we know it, March 16-18, 2017, in St Louis. If you haven't already arranged for your tickets, be sure to contact Coach Kevin Roberts soon! Tickets are allotted to schools and if they are not sold within a certain time, the unsold tickets go back.

The only way to sit with other Oregon State fans is to buy the tickets from the Oregon State block. Coach Roberts sent out this message yesterday:

Requests are being taken for tickets to the NCAA Wrestling Championships. We have a limited number of tickets still available!! Please let me know if you would like to purchase all session tickets for three great days of wrestling action! Thanks for the support of Oregon State University and NCAA Wrestling!

Kevin Roberts
OSU Wrestling

This coming Saturday the final open tournament of the collegiate season will be taking place. Not sure if anyone from Oregon State will be going or not. There is a video link for live-stream on the SanFransisco Gater's schedule page.

Go Beavs!

CCC Open - Henry Champ & 2 Placers!

Oregon State Wrestling Fans,

David Henry added another Open Championship to his collection today, taking first place at heavyweight at the Clackamas Open! Congratulations, Dave!!

Congratulations also go to Alex Rich - 141 - and Collbran Meeker - 165 - who both took third in their weight class at Clackamas.

While most of the Beavs in this tournament had a fall or two to their credit, Alex Rich had the fastest. He had two falls, the first at 35 seconds, the second at 21 seconds. Way to go, Alex!

Complete results for the Beavers at Clackamas - from TrackWrestling.com:

Clackamas Open Results for Oregon State University

 Men 141 - Conner Noonan's place is unknown and has scored 4.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Devin Poppen (Southern Oregon University) won by fall over Conner Noonan (Oregon State University) (Fall 2:15)
Cons. Round 1 - Conner Noonan (Oregon State University) won by fall over Brendon Vladic (Eastern Oregon University) (Fall 1:40) Cons. Round 2 - Conner Noonan (Oregon State University) won by major decision over Timofey Tsukanov (Southern Oregon University) (Maj 12-2)
Cons. Round 3 - Justine Acuff (Southern Oregon University) won by decision over Conner Noonan (Oregon State University) (Dec 5-2)

Men 141 - Alex Rich's place is 3rd and has scored 10.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Alex Rich (Oregon State University) won by fall over Claudeus Laude (Highline Community College) (Fall 0:35) Quarterfinal - Alex Rich (Oregon State University) won by decision over Justine Acuff (Southern Oregon University) (Dec 3-2)
Semifinal - Kurt Mode (Clackamas Community College) won by fall over Alex Rich (Oregon State University) (Fall 3:57)
Cons. Semi - Alex Rich (Oregon State University) won by fall over Tyler Miler (Eastern Oregon University) (Fall 0:21) 3rd Place Match - Alex Rich (Oregon State University) won by decision over Justine Acuff (Southern Oregon University) (Dec 3-2)

Men 157 - Wyatt Patton's place is unknown and has scored 4.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Wyatt Patton (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Wyatt Patton (Oregon State University) won by fall over Michael Feltman (Warner Pacific College) (Fall 2:51) Quarterfinal - Wyatt Butler (North Idaho College) won by fall over Wyatt Patton (Oregon State University) (Fall 4:40)
Cons. Round 4 - Cole Hornbrook (Southwest Oregon Community College) won by fall over Wyatt Patton (Oregon State University) (Fall 6:13)

Men 165 - Collbran Meeker's place is 3rd and has scored 9.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Collbran Meeker (Oregon State University) won by fall over Cole Skramstad (Southwest Oregon Community College) (Fall 1:45) Quarterfinal - Brandon Davidson (Eastern Oregon University) won by decision over Collbran Meeker (Oregon State University) (Dec 5-2)
Cons. Round 2 - Collbran Meeker (Oregon State University) won by decision over Dracius Mckee (Oregon State University) (Dec 5-0)
Cons. Round 3 - Collbran Meeker (Oregon State University) won by decision over Jesse Johnson (Warner Pacific College) (Dec 5-3)
Cons. Semi - Collbran Meeker (Oregon State University) won by major decision over James Bowers (Southern Oregon University) (Maj 11-0)
3rd Place Match - Collbran Meeker (Oregon State University) won by decision over Cole Ovens (Eastern Oregon University) (Dec 9-8)

Men 165 - Joe Dematteo's place is unknown and has scored 3.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Brandon Davidson (Eastern Oregon University) won by major decision over Joe Dematteo (Oregon State University) (Maj 11-2)
Cons. Round 1 - Joe Dematteo (Oregon State University) won by decision over Cole Skramstad (Southwest Oregon Community College) (Dec 8-3)
Cons. Round 2 - Joe Dematteo (Oregon State University) won by fall over Austin Howard (Southwest Oregon Community College) (Fall 2:12) Cons. Round 3 - Cole Ovens (Eastern Oregon University) won by fall over Joe Dematteo (Oregon State University) (Fall 2:39)

Men 165 - Dracius Mckee's place is unknown and has scored 2.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - James Bowers (Southern Oregon University) won by decision over Dracius Mckee (Oregon State University) (Dec 9-4)
Cons. Round 1 - Dracius Mckee (Oregon State University) won by forfeit over Trey Meyer (North Idaho College) (FF)
Cons. Round 2 - Collbran Meeker (Oregon State University) won by decision over Dracius Mckee (Oregon State University) (Dec 5-0)

Men 184 - Adam Rateb's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Mario Luevano (Highline Community College) won by major decision over Adam Rateb (Oregon State University) (Maj 14-6)
Cons. Round 1 - Zach Wardle (Eastern Oregon University) won by fall over Adam Rateb (Oregon State University) (Fall 2:00)

Men 184 - Seth Mcleod's place is unknown and has scored 2.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Seth Mcleod (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Seth Mcleod (Oregon State University) won by decision over Jason Patterson (Unattached) (Dec 12-5)
Semifinal - Tanner Harvey (Southwest Oregon Community College) won by fall over Seth Mcleod (Oregon State University) (Fall 6:55)
Cons. Semi - Kiante Davis (Southwest Oregon Community College) won by fall over Seth Mcleod (Oregon State University) (Fall 2:04)

Men 285 - David Henry's place is 1st and has scored 17.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - David Henry (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - David Henry (Oregon State University) won by fall over Connor Sullivan (North Idaho College) (Fall 1:55) Semifinal - David Henry (Oregon State University) won by tech fall over Alejandro Sandoval (Southern Oregon University) (TF 16-0)
1st Place Match - David Henry (Oregon State University) won by major decision over Sean Molle (Simon Fraser) (Maj 11-2)

For those who are interested in the other winners - the final tournament results - also from Track Wrestling:

Men - 125
1st Place - David Campbell of Clackamas Community College
2nd Place - Matthew Nguyen of Eastern Oregon University
3rd Place - Darthe Cappellan of Douglas College
4th Place - Francisco Barrera of Unattached 1st Place Match
1st Place Match - David Campbell (Clackamas Community College) won by decision over Matthew Nguyen (Eastern Oregon University) (Dec 9-8) 3rd Place Match
3rd Place Match - Darthe Cappellan (Douglas College) won by decision over Francisco Barrera (Unattached) (Dec 4-3)

Men - 133
1st Place - Cruz Velasquez of Simon Fraser
2nd Place - Bryson Beard of North Idaho College
3rd Place - Blake McNall of Clackamas Community College
4th Place - Austin Reed of Clackamas Community College 1st Place Match
1st Place Match - Cruz Velasquez (Simon Fraser) won by decision over Bryson Beard (North Idaho College) (Dec 4-2) 3rd Place Match
3rd Place Match - Blake McNall (Clackamas Community College) won by fall over Austin Reed (Clackamas Community College) (Fall 1:58)

Men - 141

1st Place - Kurt Mode of Clackamas Community College 

2nd Place - Andrew Ramirez of Highline Community College

3rd Place - Alex Rich of Oregon State University
4th Place - Justine Acuff of Southern Oregon University 1st Place Match
1st Place Match - Kurt Mode (Clackamas Community College) won by decision over Andrew Ramirez (Highline Community College) (Dec 3-2) 3rd Place Match
3rd Place Match - Alex Rich (Oregon State University) won by decision over Justine Acuff (Southern Oregon University) (Dec 3-2)

Men - 149
1st Place - Forfeit Forfeit of Unattached
2nd Place - Josh Reyes of Clackamas Community College
2nd Place - Jasiah Williams of Clackamas Community College
3rd Place - Isaiah Diggs of Clackamas Community College
4th Place - Thomas Stevenson of North Idaho College 1st Place Match
1st Place Match - Jasiah Williams (Clackamas Community College) and Josh Reyes (Clackamas Community College) (DFF) 3rd Place Match
3rd Place Match - Isaiah Diggs (Clackamas Community College) won by decision over Thomas Stevenson (North Idaho College) (Dec 11-6)

Men - 157
1st Place - John Leal of Clackamas Community College
2nd Place - Brent Evans of North Idaho College
3rd Place - Joshua Beckler of Clackamas Community College
4th Place - Terry Mason of Eastern Oregon University 1st Place Match
1st Place Match - John Leal (Clackamas Community College) won by major decision over Brent Evans (North Idaho College) (Maj 15-1) 3rd Place Match
3rd Place Match - Joshua Beckler (Clackamas Community College) won by injury default over Terry Mason (Eastern Oregon University) (Inj. 0:00)

Men - 165
1st Place - Lucius Van Rensburg of Southwest Oregon Community College
2nd Place - Brandon Davidson of Eastern Oregon University

3rd Place - Collbran Meeker of Oregon State University
4th Place - Cole Ovens of Eastern Oregon University 1st Place Match
1st Place Match - Lucius Van Rensburg (Southwest Oregon Community College) won by fall over Brandon Davidson (Eastern Oregon University) (Fall 1:32) 3rd Place Match
3rd Place Match - Collbran Meeker (Oregon State University) won by decision over Cole Ovens (Eastern Oregon University) (Dec 9-8)

Men - 174 

1st Place - Colt Doyle of Clackamas Community College
2nd Place - Alex Aguilar of North Idaho College
3rd Place - Nolan Badonovinac of Simon Fraser
4th Place - Brendan Harkey of Clackamas Community College 1st Place Match
1st Place Match - Colt Doyle (Clackamas Community College) won by decision over Alex Aguilar (North Idaho College) (Dec 7-1) 3rd Place Match
3rd Place Match - Nolan Badonovinac (Simon Fraser) won by fall over Brendan Harkey (Clackamas Community College) (Fall 2:52)

Men - 184
1st Place - Ajay Gill of Douglas College
2nd Place - Tanner Harvey of Southwest Oregon Community College
3rd Place - Jason Patterson of Unattached
4th Place - Kiante Davis of Southwest Oregon Community College 1st Place Match
1st Place Match - Ajay Gill (Douglas College) won by decision over Tanner Harvey (Southwest Oregon Community College) (Dec 4-3) 3rd Place Match
3rd Place Match - Jason Patterson (Unattached) won by decision over Kiante Davis (Southwest Oregon Community College) (Dec 9-2)

Men - 197
1st Place - Tanner Fischer of Southern Oregon University
2nd Place - Eric Fan of Eastern Oregon University
3rd Place - Wyatt Westfall of Southwest Oregon Community College
4th Place - Joshua Wessels of Highline Community College 1st Place Match
1st Place Match - Tanner Fischer (Southern Oregon University) won by major decision over Eric Fan (Eastern Oregon University) (Maj 12-2) 3rd Place Match
3rd Place Match - Wyatt Westfall (Southwest Oregon Community College) won by decision over Joshua Wessels (Highline Community College) (Dec 8-3)

Men - 285

1st Place - David Henry of Oregon State University

 2nd Place - Sean Molle of Simon Fraser
3rd Place - Kyle Anderegg of Clackamas Community College
4th Place - Timothy Smith of Southwest Oregon Community College 1st Place Match 1st Place Match - David Henry (Oregon State University) won by major decision over Sean Molle (Simon Fraser) (Maj 11-2) 3rd Place Match 3rd Place Match - Kyle Anderegg (Clackamas Community College) won by decision over Timothy Smith (Southwest Oregon Community College) (Dec 2-0)

One note, both Kurt Mode, 141, and Colt Doyle, 174, of Clackamas have signed letters of intent to wrestle at OSU next year. Both were champions here today.

The last Open Tournament of the season for folk style wrestling is coming up this next weekend, Saturday, Jan. 28. The California Collegiate Open takes place in "The Swamp", the gymnasium at San Fransisco State. There is a link to live video on the SF State Schedule page. Last year it did not work too well. Maybe this time it will be better.

Last, Board members Craig Scharer and Michael Denison have put together a flier with details for hotels for the NCAA's in St Louis. If you want to stay with other Beaver fans, get those rooms reserved now. Blocks of rooms have been reserved, but after the deadline, they will be released and no longer available. Deadline for the Hampton is Feb 15, and the Avyan is Feb 28.

Go Beavs!

Palmer Wins Another Tech Fall

Oregon State Wrestling Fans,

Joey Palmer won another tech fall and Corey Griego won a decision this evening at Drexel. Oregon State dropped the meet 8-28. Congratulations to Joey and Corey!

Two Beavers lost their matches by a single point, Abraham Rodriquez at 157 and Cody Crawford at heavyweight.

Details can be found at osubeavers.com. To see it from the other side, check the article at Drexel's site.

A group of Beavers from the squad will be competing at the Clackamas Open in Oregon City tomorrow. If you can't be there in person, you can follow the action at TrackWrestling.com.

Oregon State opens Pac-12 competition with their next meet, at home against Stanford on Monday, Jan 30 (the week after next) at 7 pm.

Go Beavs!

Rutgers Results & Other News

Oregon State Wrestling Fans,

Cody Crawford kept the Beavers from getting shut out at Rutgers this evening, winning the last match 4-2. Congratulations, Cody!

To read more of the details, see the article at osubeavers.com.

Tomorrow evening Oregon State makes their first visit ever to Drexel in Philadelphia, PA. To watch, use the live-stream video link. Wrestling starts at 4 pm Pacific.

Club members have recently sent some items from the news that you might be interested in. For those who know Dale Thomas, past OSU Coach, Len Kauffman sent this note:

Many of you will want to know that Susie Paeth, Dale Thomas' daughter, was diagnosed with leukemia two weeks ago.  She is in Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, where she worked as a Nurse Practitioner for many years.  Her first round of chemo is complete.  Wednesday or Thursday next week doctors will decide on her next treatment.   She is expected to remain in the hospital for another four weeks.  It is not advisable to call or visit her in the hospital, but if you wish to send a card/letter her home address is 8236 38th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA 98115.

Below is photo from the hospital, (left to right) Dave and Jenny Thomas, Alex Paeth (Susie's youngest son), Susie, Jordan (middle son) and Valentino Paeth, Dave Paeth (husband) and Steve Thomas.  Susie and Dave have another son, Ian, not in the photo.

Please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers.

 

Ron Iwasaki sent a link to a story in the AWN magazine that refers to a NCAA finals match involving Greg Strobel, former Beaver wrestler. the story is  on page 24 of the magazine.

For those who have the wrestling schedule on your calendar, unless you have checked lately, there has been a change. the home meet with Cal Poly on Feb 10, a Friday, has been changed from 7 pm to 3:00 pm. Please make note of that.

If you want to follow the Clackamas Open on Sunday, Jan. 22, but can't be there, live stats will be available through TrackWrestling.

Go Beavs - Slay the Dragon!

Beavers Headed for Rutgers, Drexel - NCAA Tickets, Anyone?

Oregon State Wrestling Fans,

The Beaver wrestlers are heading out on a cross country trip this weekend, taking on two ranked foes on the east coast. Rutgers, in Piscataway, New Jersey is the the Friday stop. On Saturday, Jan 21, the Beavers will visit Drexel, in Philadelphia, PA.

To scout the meets, check out the articles at:
Oregon State
Rutgers
Drexel
Both duals start at 7 pm Eastern, 4 pm Pacific.

The Rutgers dual will be live-streamed on BTN Plus, which requires a subscription for access. The Drexel meet will be available through a livestream link that you can find here or on the schedule page of either OSU or Drexel. Also it is on the news story page at Drexel.

Beaver Squad members may enter the Clackamas Open at Clackamas Community College in Oregon City on Sunday, Jan.22. According to the records at TrackWrestling, a number of Beavers will participate. So far these  are listed: Connor Noonan, Alex Rich, Hans Rockwell, Zach Evans, Wyatt Patton, Joe DeMatteo, Dracius McKee, Colbran Meeker, Adam Rateb, Seth McLeod and David Henry. Best of luck, guys!

Looking ahead not all that far, the NCAA Champioinships are coming up March 16-18 in St Louis, MO. Anyone interested in sitting in the Oregon State section, should get on their ticket list NOW. For more information, here is a note sent out by Assistant Coach Kevin Roberts:
Hello everyone-

We have a short week as we leave tomorrow to the East Coast to take on Big 10 power Rutgers and nationally ranked Drexel.  Last week was a mixed bag of results. We won at Northern Colorado on Friday, and we were defeated by Wyoming. We continue to have inconsistency among the lineup and that is hurting us as a team. Joey Palmer had a great weekend scoring over 40 points in two matches and getting two bonus point wins in his first weekend at 133 lbs. Cody Crawford and Corey Griego also went 2-0 on the trip and looked good. Joey Delgado went 1-0 and did not wrestle Sunday against Wyoming. We expect him to be back this weekend.

Dave Henry won the Boxer Open at Heavyweight over the weekend and Seth McLeod was runner-up at 184 lbs. in his debut at Oregon State.

NCAA Tickets will be going on sale very soon through the OSU ticket office. If you would like to sit in OSU section in St. Louis, please let me know. Our section is limited tickets, so the sooner you can let me know, the better! Please email me (Kevin) or call me at 541-230-0613. I’d love to have enough tickets for all, but right now am limited to 100 all session tickets. We have 20 in the lower level, and 80 in the upper level. Lower Bowl are $245, Upper Bowl are $200. All tickets are subject to a $10 processing charge. Thanks, see you soon!

One step back, the Pac-12's are at Stanford this year, Feb 26. If you are interested in riding a fan bus from Corvallis to Palo Alto and back, let me know just ASAP!

Go Beavs!

Dave Henry - Boxer Open Champion!

Oregon State Wrestling Fans,

Dave Henry was the Champion in the heavyweight division at Pacific University's Boxer Open today in Forest Grove, OR. Congratulations, Dave!

Seth McLeod took second, congratulations! Joe DeMatteo and Josh Parazoo scored team points but did not place; places only went to third and fourth place matches. Josh missed the third place match by one victory. Both Seth and Josh lost their last match in OT.

On the way to the finals, Dave Henry won all three of his matches by fall. He won the final by injury default.

Complete results for the Beaver competitors (from Track Wrestling):

Boxer Open Results for Oregon State University
Men 165 - Joseph DeMatteo's place is unknown and has scored 4.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Joseph DeMatteo (Oregon State University) won by major decision over Jonathan Moskowitz (Warner Pacific College) (Maj 9-0)
Quarterfinal - Aaron DeMay (Southern Oregon University) won by decision over Joseph DeMatteo (Oregon State University) (Dec 5-1)
Cons. Round 2 - Joseph DeMatteo (Oregon State University) won by fall over Queong Smith (Grays Harbor Community College) (Fall 4:41)
Cons. Round 3 - Josh Pine (Grays Harbor Community College) won by fall over Joseph DeMatteo (Oregon State University) (Fall 2:47)

Men 184 - Seth McLeod's place is 2nd and has scored 12.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Seth McLeod (Oregon State University) won by decision over Haszell West (Clackamas Community College) (Dec 3-1)
Quarterfinal - Seth McLeod (Oregon State University) won by decision over Kiante Davis (Southwest Oregon Community College) (Dec 8-5)
Semifinal - Seth McLeod (Oregon State University) won by fall over Tanner Harvey (Southwest Oregon Community College) (Fall 5:00)
1st Place Match - AJay Gill (Douglas College) won in sudden victory - 1 over Seth McLeod (Oregon State University) (SV-1 4-2)

Men 285 - Dave Henry's place is 1st and has scored 22.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Dave Henry (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Dave Henry (Oregon State University) won by fall over Kyle Anderegg (Clackamas Community College) (Fall 1:52)
Quarterfinal - Dave Henry (Oregon State University) won by fall over Teban Mansaray (Highline Community College) (Fall 1:25)
Semifinal - Dave Henry (Oregon State University) won by fall over Timothy Smith (Southwest Oregon Community College) (Fall 1:05)
1st Place Match - Dave Henry (Oregon State University) won by injury default over Stephen Wilbert (Warner Pacific College) (Inj. 3:00)

Men 285 - Josh Parazoo's place is unknown and has scored 2.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Josh Parazoo (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Stephen Wilbert (Warner Pacific College) won in sudden victory - 1 over Josh Prazoo (Oregon State University) (SV-1 3-1)
Cons. Round 2 - Josh Parazoo (Oregon State University) won by decision over Tyler Burris (Grays Harbor Community College) (Dec 6-0)
Cons. Round 3 - Josh Parazoo (Oregon State University) won by decision over Brek McGaughy (Grays Harbor Community College) (Dec 9-2)
Cons. Round 4 - Josh Parazoo (Oregon State University) won by decision over Alvaro Venegas (Clackamas Community College) (Dec 5-3)
Cons. Round 5 - Josh Parazoo (Oregon State University) won by decision over Teban Mansaray (Highline Community College) (Dec 5-3)
Cons. Semi - Zane Wardwell (Unattached) won in tie breaker - 1 over Josh Parazoo (Oregon State University) (TB-1 7-5)

In my last email, I mentioned that Seth McLeod was new to the Oregon State team. He does have a small bio on his page with the Oregon State roster. Welcome to the Beavers, Seth!

The Beavers have a big challenge coming up next week, facing two ranked teams, Rutgers and Drexel. It doesn't get any easier. Dig deep, guys!

Go Beavs!

Cowboys Lasso the Beavers

Oregon State Wrestling Fans,

The tables were turned from Friday's meet today as the Beavers matched up with Wyoming's Cowboys in Laramie.

The Beavers won only 3 of the matches - a decision by Corey Griego at 197, a fall at heavyweight in 3:47 by Cody Crawford and a tech fall by Joey Palmer at 133. Congratulations to winners Griego, Crawford and Palmer!

If you were like me and tried to get the video, it never seemed to work. Finally found the meet on "Track". The details, compiled by Track Wrestling, follow below:
 

	Weight	Summary	WYOM	ORST
	157	Archie Colgan (Wyoming) over Abraham Rodriguez (Oregon State) (TF 16-1 3:53)	5	0
	165	Branson Ashworth (Wyoming) over Rodney Williams (Oregon State) (Fall 1:37)	6	0
	174	Kyle Pope (Wyoming) over Weston Dobler (Oregon State) (TF 17-2 4:21)	5	0
	184	Lucas Lovvorn (Wyoming) over Bob Coleman (Oregon State) (Dec 7-2)	3	0
	197	Corey Griego (Oregon State) over Luke Paine (Wyoming) (Dec 8-1)	0	3
	285	Cody Crawford (Oregon State) over Brandon Tribble (Wyoming) (Fall 3:47)	0	6
	125	Drew Templeman (Wyoming) over Kegan Calkins (Oregon State) (MD 12-0)	4	0
	133	Joseph Palmer (Oregon State) over Gunnar Woodburn (Wyoming) (TF 24-9 7:00)	0	5
	141	Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) over Johnathan Hathaway (Oregon State) (Dec 3-0)	3	0
	149	Ben Hornickle (Wyoming) over Bryce Parson (Oregon State) (Fall 1:11)	6	0
Team Score:			32	14

For a few more details, check osubeavers.com.

Meanwhile, back in Forest Grove, Oregon, a small contingent of Beavers are wrestling unattached at the Boxer Open at Pacific University. Joe DeMatteo, Seth McLeod, Dave Henry and Josh Parazoo are wrestling in this open tournament.

In case that one name caught your attention, Seth McLeod is a Beaver. I just learned yesterday through the grapevine that he has transferred from Boise State to Oregon State. Mr. McLeod hails from Post Falls, Idaho and is wrestling at 184.

Seth and Dave have made it to the semi's, and Joe and Josh continue in the consolation rounds. The results so far from the Boxer are as follows (from TrackWrestling):

Boxer Open Results for Oregon State University
Men 165 - Joseph DeMatteo's place is unknown and has scored 4.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Joseph DeMatteo (Oregon State University) won by major decision over Jonathan Moskowitz (Warner Pacific College) (Maj 9-0)
Quarterfinal - Aaron DeMay (Southern Oregon University) won by decision over Joseph DeMatteo (Oregon State University) (Dec 5-1)
Cons. Round 2 - Joseph DeMatteo (Oregon State University) won by fall over Queong Smith (Grays Harbor Community College) (Fall 4:41)

Men 184 - Seth McLeod's place is unknown and has scored 2.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Seth McLeod (Oregon State University) won by decision over Haszell West (Clackamas Community College) (Dec 3-1)
Quarterfinal - Seth McLeod (Oregon State University) won by decision over Kiante Davis (Southwest Oregon Community College) (Dec 8-5)

Men 285 - Dave Henry's place is unknown and has scored 7.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Dave Henry (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Dave Henry (Oregon State University) won by fall over Kyle Anderegg (Clackamas Community College) (Fall 1:52)
Quarterfinal - Dave Henry (Oregon State University) won by fall over Teban Mansaray (Highline Community College) (Fall 1:25)

Men 285 - Josh Parazoo's place is unknown and has scored 1.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Josh Prazoo (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Stephen Wilbert (Warner Pacific College) won in sudden victory - 1 over Josh Prazoo (Oregon State University) (SV-1 3-1)
Cons. Round 2 - Josh Prazoo (Oregon State University) won by decision over Tyler Burris (Grays Harbor Community College) (Dec 6-0)
Cons. Round 3 - Josh Prazoo (Oregon State University) won by decision over Brek McGaughy (Grays Harbor Community College) (Dec 9-2)
 

Next week, the Beavers make a trip to the East Coast, visiting Rutgers in New Jersey on Friday, Jan. 20 and Drexel in Philadelphia, PA on Saturday, Jan. 21. Meets begin at 7 pm Eastern - 4 pm Pacific. Not sure yet if there might be video.

For the other members of the squad, another open tournament, the Clackamas Open will be hosted by Clackamas Community College in Oregon City, OR, next Sunday, Jan. 22.

Go Beavs!

Beavers Snare Bears!

Oregon State Wrestling Fans,

The Beavers started off 2017 in a winning way, defeating the Northern Colorado Golden Bears in a dual 31-15!

For those who didn't watch on live-stream, the action started at 125 where Kegan Calkins was leading for part of the match, but then lost a close match 5-4.

Next up Joey Palmer took to the mat back at 133, winning a major in convincing fashion 16-5. Jack Hathaway was back in the line-up at 141 and pulled out a big win, pinning Timmy Box in the second period! Beavers led 10-3.

At 149 Joey Delgado was behind, but with 7 seconds left in the match got the fall! Abraham Rodriquez followed up at 157 with a win of his own 9-5, making the score Beavers 19, Bears 3.

The Bears got back on the scoreboard picking up a fall of their own at 165 over Rodney Williams. Weston Dobler put more points on the board for the Beavers, winning a decision at 174 4-2.

The Bears picked up another fall when 184 Bob Coleman held off Dylan Gabel - who was 8th at the Southern Scuffle according to the announcers - until near the end of the third period.

The final two matches were all Beavers. At 197 Corey Griego ground out a 5-2 decision with loads of riding time. Cody Crawford made short work of his opponent with a first period fall at heavyweight.
Final Score: Beavers 31 Bears 15

Congratulations to the match winners - Joey Palmer, Jack Hathaway, Joey Delgado, Abraham Rodriquez, Weston Dobler, Corey Griego and Cody Crawford!

For more details, read the article at osubeavers.com.

Next the Beavers travel on to face Wyoming on Sunday, Jan. 15. The dual starts at noon Pacific time, 1:00 Mountain. To scout the Cowboys, check out their article covering their loss this evening to South Dakota State.

It appears that live-streaming will be available for Sunday's dual. This link at Wyoming should give you the video. A preview is available there now, including former Beaver wrestler Ronnie Stevens who left the Beavers and now wrestles for Wyoming.

Sunday is also the date of one of the local open tournaments, the Boxer Open at Pacific University in Forest Grove, OR. Wrestling begins at 10 am. I do not know if any OSU squad members will be participating. 

Way to go, Beavers! Let's get another one - Round Up the Cowboys!

Go Beavs!

Wrestling At North Colorado & Other News

Oregon State Wrestling Fans,

Happy New Year! After a short break for New Year and a restart of classes for winter term, the Beaver wrestlers are back on the road again, heading to Northern Colorado for a 7 pm Mountain Time meet this Friday, January 13, with the Golden Bears.

If you can't be in Greeley, Colorado for the meet on Friday, we have the next best thing - a video link to live action. Remember, 7 pm start time is Mountain, Pacific Time will be 6:00 pm. In case you lose the link, you can find it on the schedule page for Northern Colorado.

Three of the Beavers continue to hold their rankings, Joey Delgado, Corey Griego and Cody Crawford. To catch up on the rankings and other thoughts from OSU, read the latest article at osubeavers.com.

To scout the Golden Bears, you can read about their last two meets in this article from their news page.

Joey Palmer had been ranked at 141, but will be readjusting back to his old weight, 133, to take the place of Devan Turner whose injuries have taken him out for the rest of the season. Jack Hathaway will step back in to the line-up at 141 were he was last year.

It seems like forever since we've had any wrestling at home, but do not despair, it will be coming in a blast in a few more weeks! In a matter of fourteen days, OSU will have four home meets, so get ready!!

"The FALL" Fan Club will host Socials for its members after three of those meets. If you haven't already joined the Club, there is still time! Visit the FALL's on-line portal: https://squareup.com/store/the-fall-fanclub/ where you can sign up for membership, or buy merchandise to help support "The FALL" and Oregon State Wrestling.

For those loyal fans who have signed up already, the 2016-17 lapel pins have arrived! You may pick them up at any of the home meets either in the lobby of Gill before the meet, or at the Social following. All members receive a free lapel pin. This year, the pin recognizes the 5 year streak of Pac-12 Championships the Beavers have amassed.

Speaking of the Pac-12's, they are only about a month and a half away. If you have any interest in riding a fan bus to the Pac-12's from Corvallis, Please Let Me Know!! We need time to finish the planning if it is to happen. At this time, we need about 30 more people to make it a go. Any questions? Don't hesitate to ask.

One last bit of news shared with me by John Dustin, FALL Club member and former Beaver wrestler: there is going to be another Women's Wrestling team in the state of Oregon! Umpqua Community College is not only adding the women's team, but they are re-instating their men's team in the fall of 2017. Congratulations to UCC! You can read more in this article in the News Review. Thanks for sending that link, John!

Let's get ready for wrestling!!

Go Beavs!