As
a fan, it was fun to be in the practice room again and see the mats
covered with eager-beaver wrestlers! Saturday's Open Practice was
unofficial, so it was not as intense as it can get, but the guys were
working and learning.
Lots
of the faces were new, not surprising since we lost 6 to graduation
last spring. Then some just looked different because their hair is a lot
longer than it was last year!
Welcome to the newcomers:
Haidon Allen, Brett Bell, Zech Bresser, JJ Dixon, Jamarcus Grant, Riley
Gurr, Brandon Kaylor, Jackson McKinney, Logan Meek, Michael Murphy,
Tristan Osborn, Steven Shelofsky and Hayden Still.
Returning:
Colton Beisley, Ronnie Bresser, Kegan Calkins, Bob Coleman, Joseph
DeMatteo, Colt Doyle, Zach Evans, Corey Griego, Drake McKee, Collbran
Meeker, Connor Noonan, Aaron Olmos, Adam Rateb, Josh Reyes-Lopez, Alex
Rich, Christian Robertson, Myles Terry, Devan Turner, Rodney Williams,
Grant Willits and Hunter Willits,
Videos: Just to whet your appetite for wrestling a little,I have added some photos and a video or two. (Here are the videos:)
Open Practice 1 - filmed by Jack D
Open Practice 2 - filmed by Elizabeth D
Next up - be sure you are signed up to attend the big, first annual Benefit Dinner and Auction
to promote the Orange Crush Wresting Club! Orange Crush supports the
Oregon State Wrestling by both supporting youth wrestling and the
Regional Training Center for Olympic style wrestling. The Dinner takes
place next weekend, Sat. Oct 13 at the Fairgrounds. For more information, check the website for the event.
Grant and Hunter Willits' dad, Rick Willits, is donating one of his beautiful pewter feather sculptures for the auction.
Rick also shared with me that he had seen rankings at Flowrestling that "Oregon State has 3 preseason ranked wrestlers starting with Ronnie Bresser 4th at 125lbs. Hunter Willits 19th at 157, and Corey Griego 13th at 197." Thanks, Rick!
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| Pewter feather by Rick Willits |
Rick also shared with me that he had seen rankings at Flowrestling that "Oregon State has 3 preseason ranked wrestlers starting with Ronnie Bresser 4th at 125lbs. Hunter Willits 19th at 157, and Corey Griego 13th at 197." Thanks, Rick!
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| Devan Turner (center) Josh Reyes (right) |
Remember to check Twitter for updates by Oregon State Wrestling's Sports Info guy, Evan Hooper. You'll find things like images of the new Beaver singlets for this year, and the fact that Devan Turner celebrated a Birthday recently. Happy Birthday, Devan!
Don't forget, the next Open Practice and Parent/Fan Tailgater will be the following week, Sat. Oct 20!
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| Fans watching practice |
Go Beavs!
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