Benefit Dinner Report , Practice & Tailgater This Saturday!!

Oregon State Wrestling Fans,

A room full of folks got the wrestling season off to a great start last Saturday evening at the First Annual Orange Crush Wrestling Benefit Dinner & Auction. Everyone had a good meal and a good time talking wrestling, lots of great swag was auctioned off and money raised for the Orange Crush Wrestling Program.

Before dinner

  In case you are still wondering how this benefits Oregon State Wrestling, it's simple. Orange Crush not only trains the beginning wrestlers, it is also the Regional Training Center for Olympic hopefuls. That means extra talent in the room to help train the Beavers. Just think of how ASU benefits from the Sunkist Kids. That's what we want here in Corvallis!

Alumni Sightings at the Dinner - Ron Iwasaki, Scott Lewis, Scott Sakaguchi, Michael Mangrum, Brandon Perkins, Alex Elder, Josh Parazoo, Seth Thomas, Amar Dhesi and probably others that I didn't see or don't know.

Alex Elder

When I post this email on "The FALL"'s blogsite, I will add some photos of my own. The latest coaches' update, which you will find below my signature, also has a few photos at the end.

Hunter Willits and other wrestlers help at the door

table decorations and donors

Orange Crush Coach Jason Lara & the auctioneer

Head Coach Jim Zalesky giving preview

Amar Dhesi in video about importance of Orange Crush

Jim & Teri Z enjoy the auction

A few more photos from the Benefit Dinner, courtesy of Ron Iwasaki, thanks for sharing, Ron!

Photo by Ron Iwasaki

Connie Lewis, Photo by Ron I.

Scott & Connie Lewis, photo by Ron I

Josh Reyes did a demo for the crowd, photo by Ron I.

Craig Scharer & Linda Iwasaki, by Ron I.

Things are starting to get rolling  with official start of the Wrestling Season  last Wednesday, Oct 10. The official schedule is now up on the osubeavers.com site. You can also read an article about the new schedule on the osubeavers site as well. While you are at it, don't forget to check there for the 2018-19 roster and familiarize yourself with all the new faces on the team. The bios are not all finished, but all the names have a portrait.

Open Practice and Tailgater

Keep all those faces in mind when you go to the next Open Practice, this coming Saturday, Oct 20. The football game starts at 1:00, so expect practice to start around 9:30 or 10:00. Since this will be an official practice, expect it to be a little more rigorous than the first Open Practice we had at the beginning of the month.

The Annual Parent/Fan Tailgater will take place right outside the Practice Facility immediately after Practice, about 11:00 am, just in time for lunch! There will be meat and potatoes on the grill, with sodas and water for drinks.

If you would like to participate in the tailgater, here are some guidelines to help out:

A-M - bring salads/fruit/veggies
N-Z - bring desserts/other side dish.

The staff will be providing sodas/water, chips/dip, meat and fries. Please bring your own beverages if your prefer others.

Up Next Week - Orange & Black Intrasquad

Things will get more serious next week with the Orange & Black Intrasquad Meet in Gill Coliseum on Wed. Oct. 24 at 7 pm. Admission free (or at least it always has been). Parking should be available around Gill at no charge. Watch the team face off for some challenges.

Your "FALL" Club Board has been busy working on activities for this season. Expect the membership form to be coming out soon!

Don't forget - coaches Update down below!

Go Beavs!

Elizabeth DeAngelis
"The FALL"
Official Fan Club of OS Wrestling
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Hello Beaver Nation,

I want to start off by thanking everyone that came to the Oregon State Kickoff Dinner last Saturday. The amount of support was incredible, and we hope everyone had a great time! It was such a success that we are already looking into things that will make the event even better next year. I have added some pictures from the event at the bottom of the email.

We have another open practice coming up on Saturday, Oct. 20 at 9:30 a.m. After the open practice, we will host a tailgate before the Oregon State vs Cal football game. The tailgate will start around 11 a.m. right outside of the Dale Thomas Wrestling Facility. Please stop by to check out the team and grab a bite to eat.

Amar Dhesi World Championships

Last Saturday at the kickoff dinner, we also wished Amar Dhesi the best of luck as he heads to the World Championships. He is currently flying to Germany, where he will get acclimated and do some last-minute training before heading to Budapest, Hungary. Dhesi had a great three-week training cycle in the Oregon State wrestling room and is ready to compete. Dhesi will wrestle Oct. 20-21. If you would like more information about the World Championships, please check out the link below.

https://en.budapestwrestling2018.com

REMINDER: We have posted the 2018-2019 wrestling schedule on our website. Don't miss out on your first chance to see the team in action during the Orange & Black Dual Meet on Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. in Gill Coliseum!

https://osubeavers.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=342

OSU Wrestling Staff