Updates from The Fall - Happy New Year!

 

Happy New Year, Beaver Wrestling Supporters!  Hope you all are enjoying the holidays, no matter how different they are in 2020.  I realized this is turning into a long email, so I will give the highlights first!

 

·         Coach P’s wife Selanèe is expecting their first baby around Jan 21.  The coaching staff is building their own family wrestling team, as this little guy or girl will join twins Breck and Brody Engel born on Sept 13.  We can’t wait for when we can meet in person!

 

·         The competition season is finally here!  First up, the Beavs will be away this weekend in Fargo for a quadrangular on Jan 3 with ND State, SD State and Missouri.  The action starts at 8am, Pacific.  Evan, will you stream on Facebook?

 

·         There will be Zoom calls a few days after the meets this season, where several of the wrestlers will give updates and answer questions from the chat.  I was told that the first one is slotted for Tuesday, Jan 5 to recap the team’s travels to chilly Fargo.  Stay tuned for the invite.

 

·         With no home meets and no post-meet socials this season, we will not be registering membership for The Fall.  For those of you who have already sent money, I’ll be reaching out to you individually regarding refunds.  Instead, we encourage consideration of donations toward The Wrestling Endowment Fund and buying new wrestling mats for the Dale Thomas Wrestling Room.  Please follow up with me if you have questions!

 

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Thanks to longtime Fall board member, Craig Scharer for help with the following updates.

 

The season schedule is posted:

https://osubeavers.com/sports/wrestling/schedule

 

There are 2 home meets in Gill Coliseum, on Jan 30 and Feb 7, but due to COVID-19, sadly no fans will be in the stands.  Oregon State will also host the Pac-12 championships (date has not been finalized, but it will likely be one week earlier than typical to allow for quarantining).  The good news is it will be televised on the Pac-12 network. Coach P confirmed that the NCAA tournament will be a full 32-participant bracket.

 

The NDSU schedule says some of their matches will be on BEK TV, and we’re not sure if there’s a livestream and if there’s a cost.  https://www.bek.tv/schedule#/

 

Recent DI Rankings:

Intermat, https://intermatwrestle.com/rankings/college

The Open Mat, https://news.theopenmat.com/college-rankings/ncaa-di-college-wrestling-individual-and-team-rankings-december-24th-2020/79679

Trackwrestling, https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1609269723650&twSessionId=tcbucguwjt&postId=919903135

 

Recent Chad Renner interview on Trackwrestling:

www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPlayer.jsp?TIM=1609269173930&twSessionId=kmuihgbady&videoId=924589135

 

Go Beavs!

Jana Iwasaki

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The FALL Wrestling Booster Club
OSU_Wrestling@lists.oregonstate.edu

Wrestling Zoom Check-In - Dec 15, 2020

 Oregon State Wrestling is inviting supporters to a virtual check-in with Head Coach Chris Pendleton. The event will be hosted by wrestling public address announcer Andrew Stanfield and feature wrestling coaches and student-athletes. Any questions you would like answered during the webinar can be emailed to sports.marketing@oregonstate.edu or entered into the chat during the webinar.

Registration is required to participate in the Zoom webinars. Once registered, participants will get an email confirmation.

Wednesday, December 16, 5-6 p.m.
Chris Pendleton (Head Coach), Nate Engel (Assistant Coach)
Isaiah Martinez (Assistant Coach), Mike Kosoy (Assistant Coach)
Register: Click Here
 
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Wed Dec 16 Wrestling Zoom Check-In with Coach P

 

Our condolences to the Bielenberg family who recently lost their brother John, age 53, in a traffic accident. John was the youngest of 10 siblings and a member of the OSU Wrestling team in 1985-86.  I can only imagine how competitive the dinner table must have been during their youth!  Larry and Chris, our hearts go out to you.

Reminder about Coach P's Zoom check-in, Wed 12/16 at 5pm.  Hopefully most of you received the invite below from Director of Wrestling Operations, Evan Hooper. If you are not receiving his emails and want to, please let me know so you can be added to his distribution.  Please remember to register so that the Zoom info will be sent to you.  Looking forward to the updates on this year's team and season!

The team roster is online, so be sure to visit that if you haven't already.  Another big announcement, the Beaver Dam Regional Training Center signed world medalist and US Open Champ, Alyssa Lampe.  Very exciting news!!

Membership for The Fall Fan Club will look different this year and we're still finalizing with the coaching staff.  Hopefully we'll have an update for you on that soon.  For those of you who have already sent in payments, thank you, I know who you are!

Happy holidays, 

Go Beavs!

Jana Iwasaki