Banquet Deadline - Sat. March 31! & News

Oregon State Wrestling Fans,

Coming to the Wrestling Banquet? We hope you can all join us for a fun evening - a great way to end the season. The deadline for getting in your reservations is almost here - this Saturday, March 31 is the deadline!! The Banquet will be held on April 14.

If you think your letter won't arrive by Saturday - please send me an email letting me know that it is on the way so that I can add you to the guest list. The Banquet is a sit-down dinner with limited seating. We usually add a few extra seats to fill out a table or two, but that's it. If you want to come, you need to send in your reservations!

If you can't come, but would like to help support the Banquet, you may also send  a donation to help cover the costs. The FALL Fan Club sponsors the Banquet and all of the team members are our guests. All donations are welcome, if you are coming or not.

Remember - there will be some great items for you to bid on in the Silent Auction! There will be the fantastic poster from the Olympic Greco match between Rulon Gardner and Alex Karellin and a Native American trophy plate donated by Gary Westford. You can see those items on The FALL's blogsite. I have also been told there will be a metal sculpture of a feather, hand made by Rick Willits - a metal scupltor and father of Hunter and Grant Willits. Thank you Gary and Rick! Can't wait to see those items!

Unfortunately, we do not have our on-line portal set up to sell Banquet tickets, so you'll have to mail in your check the old fashioned way.
Make check out to: The FALL Fan Club
Mail to: Michael Denison (Treasurer)
Address: Check the form for the address

Let's get a big group there to honor our All-Americans, NCAA Qualifiers, Pac-12 Champions and the whole team!

Speaking of honors - NCAA Qualifier Hunter Willits made the All-Freshman D-1 Team by The Open Mat. Hunter was third team at 157. You can read the article at The Open Mat for more details. Congratulations, Hunter! Thanks to Craig Scharer for sending me that link!

One other bit of sad news that many of you are probably already aware of - Steve Woods, an alumnus of the Oregon State Wrestling program and member of the Oregon Wrestling Hall of Fame, passed away on Monday, March 23.

Steve’s service will be Saturday, April 14th at 11:00 am in Estacada.  The service will be in the Jr. High Auditorium followed by a reception in the High School Commons. "Woody" as he was affectionately known by his friends, was a great story teller and even wrote his own book, "Sorta Tough".

If you'd like to know more about what Steve Woods was like, this is a past article about him - written when he was about to be inducted into the Oregon HOF. The article is at the Portland Tribune. 

 

Steve will be missed. Our prayers and thoughts go out to his wife Betty and their whole family.

Thanks to Ron & Jana Iwasaki for providing the details of Steve's  memorial service.

Don't forget - send in your reservations for the Banquet by this Saturday!

Go Beavs!

Elizabeth DeAngelis
"The FALL"
Official Fan Club of OS Wrestling
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