Pac-12 Notes

Cody Weishoff's winning move at the Pac-12's.

  The Pac-12 Wrestling Tournament gave the Oregon State Beaver fans a lot to cheer about. One of those moments was 174 Cody Weishoff's last second victory in his third place match. FALL Board member and ace photographer, Mike Denison, just happened to be in the right place to catch the excitement of the moment in this photo! In case you don't remember how thrilling this was, check out Head Coach Jim Zalesky, Coach Kevin Roberts and trainer Mitch Swee in the background! All the Beaver fans were on their feet, too!
Mike has promised more photos from the tournament. Those will be coming soon.

Wrestling fans at historic Monti's in Tempe.

Fans also had some fun before the wrestling began. A group got together at historic Monti's La Casa Vieja for dinner on Friday evening. One of the Monti's people gave us a tour of the fascinating building - you need a map to find all of the rooms - after we finished eating. It seats 725 people! History, friends and good food, all in the same place. Matt Franzblau, OS Sports Information, shared his photo from the event. A few people had not yet arrived when this picture was taken.

A big thank you to FALL Club members Lynn Martin and Mary Jo Mangrum for all the work they did to make all this possible. Lynn  rounded up and approved our hotel for the stay, and Mary Jo wrangled the reservations for Monti's and for  Buffalo Wild Wings. Thanks, ladies!! Mary Jo is the lady seated to the right of the guy in the orange t-shirt with the big smile on his face :)  (Must be a wrestler Dad!)

Thanks to Mike and Matt for sharing these photos!

Arizona State Meet V

RJ Pena  vs Joel Smith

   Two matches to go, but not much time left in the meet. Both RJ Pena's match at 157 pounds and SethThomas' 165 match ended by fall, both in the first period!

Final Score, OS 42  ASU 4
Go Beavs!

Seth Thomas takes to the mat.

Seth Thomas working for a pin.

Seth Thomas - winner by fall!

Photos courtesy of Michael Denison.

Arizona State Meet IV

Michael Mangrum waits to begin his match for television commercial break .

Don't know where the ref was, this guy looks pinned to me!

  Moving on to 149, Michael Mangrum followed with another victory, his 32nd of the year.

Mike Mangrum working for a turn.

 Next, it was Scott Sakaguchi's turn to add to the Beavers' score with his 10-2 win.

OS 30 ASU 4 after the 149 match.

Scott Sakaguchi

Sakaguchi in action

Photos courtesy of Michael Denison.

Arizona State Meet III

Joey Palmer

  After the heavy weight match, the matches went back to the lower weights, starting at 125. True freshman Joey Palmer battled his way to a close victory over sophomore Dalton Miller.

Miller vs Palmer

Palmer scrambles!

Drew VanAnrooy's match at 133 only lasted part of the first period, as he won by fall!

Drew Van Anrooy at work!

Again, all of these photos were provided by Michael Denison, Board member of "The FALL". Thanks, Michael!

VAn Anrooy -  winner by fall!

Arizona State Meet II

Cody goes for a take down.

  The meet began at 174, with Cody Weishoff starting things off with a 17-1 technical fall.

Brian Engdahl wrestling at 184.

Cooper and Hanke

   Brian Engdahl filled in for Ty Vinson at 184, coming up short with a loss. Next up, Taylor Meeks picked up a victory by forfeit. Then it was time for two local boys to square off at heavyweight, Chad Hanke for the Beavers and Levi Cooper for the Sun Devils., Hanke 3, Cooper 1.

Heavyweight - Chad Hanke

Photos courtesy of Michael Denison.

Fans go for t-shirts provided by "The FALL"

Arizona State Meet I

Fans show their spirit for the tv cameras.

  The Dual between Oregon State and Arizona State on Feb. 9, was televised live on the new Pac-12 network. Some of our youngest fans were ready for the television cameras.

By the way, those OS Wrestling  signs they are holding up are weather-proof yard signs and can be purchased from The FALL for $10 each. The signs come with a stand to put them into the ground. They look great at the end of driveways and in lawns. Do you have yours yet? Contact a member of the FALL Board for more information.


 Again, thanks to FALL Board member, Michael Denison for sharing his photographs from the meet. These and the following are all his.

Benny was there to back up the fans and root for the Beavs!

OS Cheer team and the Pep band were also on hand.

The crowd was ready to cheer on their Beavs!

Cal Poly Meet Photos V

RJ Pena ties up Kyle Chene.

 Last up for the evening, 157  - RJ Pena vs Kyle Chene. Rj worked really hard to get the fall, but had to be satisfied with a 15-3 major decision.

The final score: OS Beavers 50, Cal Poly Mustangs 0.

Go Beavs!

Photos by Michael Denison, thanks Michael!

157 - Pena vs Chene

If you want to see the photos in order from beginning of the meet to end, start by going here

The final score!