First Unofficial Open Practice

Oregon State Wrestling Fans, 

Practice in the Dale Thomas Wrestling Room

Fans and parents gathered yesterday, Sept. 30, to catch a glimpse of the 2017-18 wrestling team going through their paces in the Dale Thomas Wrestling Room.

Quite a few new faces were in the room. Making their unofficial debut on the Oregon State mats: Billy Bigelow, Colt Doyle, Kurt Mode, Aaron Olmos, Myles Terry, Dakota Wall and the Willits brothers - Grant and Hunter. Also present were several walk-on's and wrestlers who may be coming during winter term. They mixed in well with the returnees from last season.

Another corner of the room - a break during practce

 While the energy level wasn't what it will be Head Coach Jim Zalesky takes over, I saw wrestlers asking advice on moves from coaches which I thought reflected well on their attitude. After the unofficial practice was officially over, several wrestlers stayed on to get in more work, another sign of good things to come.

The new trainer, Toby van Amerongen was also present in the room. Winston Davenport had filled in as trainer last year when Mitch Swee left OSU. According to Coach Z, Van Amerongen has duties with football as well as wrestling, but after football is over, his attention will be entirely on wrestling.

I took a few snapshots (above) and some short videos, which are posted below. They are just short snippets of sparring during practice. Hopefully they will help you get stoked for more during the season - which is almost here!

Upcoming events:

Sat. Oct 14 - Open Practice in the Dale Thomas Wrestling Room, followed by the Parent/Fan Tailgater by the entrance downstairs, more on how to participate will be coming later.

Time - TBD by football kick-off, about 3 hours prior

Mon. Nov. 6 - Intrasquad Dual 7pm, Gill Coliseum

Thurs. Nov. 9 - Eastern Oregon, home opener, Gill Coliseum, Time - TBD

 Go Beavs!

Elizabeth DeAngelis
"The FALL"
Official Fan Club of OS Wrestling
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Videos from practice:

Ian Miller - Hunter Willits 

McKee, DeMatteo, Patton,Evans, etc.

 Parazoo, Crawford, Williams, Bigelow

Grant Willits - DevanTurner 

Ronnie Bresser - Joey Palmer

More Bresser - Palmer


Bresser - Palmer, Miller - Bigelow