Three Beavers At Boxer Open - Jan. 18, 2015

Only three Beavers participated in the Boxer Open up in Forest Grove today. They did well, bringing home a first and two second place finishes! Ali Alshujery was champion at 174, and Joseph DeMatteo and Mick Dougharity took second at 157 and Hwt, respectively. Congratulations, Ali, Joseph and Mick!

Here are the results for the three, taken from TrackWrestling.com:

Boxer Open Results for Oregon State University
College 157 - Joe Dematteo's place is 2nd and has scored 13.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Joe Dematteo (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Joe Dematteo (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
Semifinal - Joe Dematteo (Oregon State University) won by decision over Jesse Johnson (Warner Pacific College) (Dec 4-3)
1st Place Match - Adrian Lyons-Lopez (Southwest Oregon Community College) won by major decision over Joe Dematteo (Oregon State University) (Maj 14-5)

College 174 - Ali Alshujery's place is 1st and has scored 17.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Ali Alshujery (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Ali Alshujery (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
Semifinal - Ali Alshujery (Oregon State University) won by fall over Tom Odneal (Highline Community College) (Fall 3:26)
1st Place Match - Ali Alshujery (Oregon State University) won by decision over Morgan Smith (Simon Frasier) (Dec 5-3)

College 285 - Mick Dougharity's place is 2nd and has scored 15.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Mick Daugharity (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Mick Daugharity (Oregon State University) won by decision over John Morin (Clackamas Community College) (Dec 7-1)
Semifinal - Mick Daugharity (Oregon State University) won by fall over Brian Hoffman (Pacific University) (Fall 0:32)
1st Place Match - Johnathan Hatch (Southwest Oregon Community College) won by decision over Mick Daugharity (Oregon State University) (Dec 8-4)

Next up, the Beavers will head to Greeley, Colorado for a dual on Friday, January 23, with the University of Northern Colorado Bears, 6:00 Pacific Time, 7 pm Colorado time. It does not look like there will be any way to watch live video of the meet. If I learn of anything, I will let you know.

Go Beavs!

Speedy Beavers Run Past the Roadrunners - Jan. 17, 2015

The OSU vs Cal Bakersfield meet started at 11:00 am. It may have been a little earlier in the morning than most dual meets start, but the wrestlers were ready. Earlybird fans enjoyed some great battles between the Beavers and the Roadrunners, but the Beavers got the better of 9 out of 10 matches, ending up winning with a final score of 32-5!

Action started with at 141, bringing the return to the line-up of Devin Reynolds who had been out with an injury. Devin won by major, a good return to the mat!

149 Abraham Rodriguez, 157 Alex Elder and 165 Seth Thomas followed with wins of their own. 174 went to CSUB's #12 ranked Bryce Hammond (you'll get him next time, Joe).

After an intermission for the television production, 184  (#7) Taylor Meeks started things off in the Beavers favor again, winning the second major of the dual. Although some of the matches were close, came down to the last seconds even, from there on out it was all Beavers.

Cody Crawford won at 197, Nate Keeve at Hwt. #14 -125 Ronnie Bresser III got the crowd to their feet with a first round fall and 133 Jack Hathaway found some revenge of his own, defeating Ian Nickell who had bested him in their last couple of meetings. Seth Thomas also reversed a loss from the past. Congratulations to all match winners!!

Congratulations, Beavers, on victory #1004! Keep it rolling!

For all the details, you can read articles at the Oregon State site, and the Bakersfield site. You can also see a video recap at the Pac-12 site. (You'll have to wait for a short advertisement first, but then there is a recap worth watching.)

For anyone who wants to watch more wrestling and has the Pac-12 network, you can watch 2 meets tomorrow, Stanford vs Cal Poly, then vs Air Force. That same Pac-12 schedule says you can see Bakersfield vs ASU on livestream tomorrow as well.

Meanwhile, the Boxer Open will be in Forest Grove tomorrow, although it sounds like there will not be many Beavers participating. More of them said they will be entered in the Clackamas Open next weekend.

The Beavers officially take to the road for the next couple of weekends, next Friday at Northern Colorado, 6 pm Pacific time, and at South Dakota State on Sunday, Jan 25 at 10 am, Pacific Time.

 

Go Beavs!

Beavers Gnaw Down Stanford Cardinal (3) - Jan 10, 2015

197 - Cody Crawford

 Cody Crawford took to the mat at 197, his opponent Zach Nevills. It wasn't a high scoring match, but Cody prevailed, winning 4-1. Score: Beavers 16 Stanford 9. Go, Beavs!

197 - Nevills vs Crawford

Hwt, the big men coming out. Nate Keeve squared off with Josh Marchok. No score in the first period. Escape for Marchok in the second, escape for Keeve in the third, tied, 1-1. Overtime again! This one went Stanford's way, 3-1. Score: Beavers 16, Stanford 12.

Hwt - Nate Keeve

125 - Bresser vs Silver

 With the score at 16-12, the final outcome is still at risk. There is one match left, the 125's. This was the key match of the night, two ranked opponents, OSU's Ronnie Bresser III, ranked #14 and Stanford's Evan Silver, #13. Silver had won the last meeting, who would win this time? Bresser fell behind early, but kept it close, then making his move at the end, scoring a takedown with only 30 seconds to go and holding Silver down for the 4-3 victory, much to the thrill of the fans!! Final score: Beavers 19 Cardinal 12.

125 - Ronnie Bresser III

Fans enjoyed a Social in Reser Stadium, Club level, following the meet to celebrate with the team and the coaching staff.

Thanks to Michael Denison for sharing these photographs!

The Beavers take on the Bakersfield Roadrunners on Saturday, January 17 at 11:00 in the morning.

Go Beavs!

Beavers Gnaw Down Stanford Cardinal (2) - Jan 10, 2015

Action continued from previous post: 

157 - Alex Elder

157's next. Alex Elder took it to Max Hvolbek and came out the winner 11-4, not quite reaching a major. Scored tied again, Beavers 6, Cardinal 6.

Elder - the winner at 157!

 Now we're up to 165. Seth Thomas faced #14 Jim Wilson. Their score was tied at the end of the second period, 2-2, but Wilson scored 2 more points to take the match 4-2. Score: Beavers 6 Cardinal 9. Advantage back to Stanford. Come on, Beavs!

165 - Seth Thomas

After a halftime break for the television announcers, action picked back up at 174. Joe Latham faced down Keaton Subjeck who had beaten him several times already this year. Enough of that! Latham won 6-3. Team score tied again: Beavers 9, Stanford 9. That's better.

174 - Joe Latham

Winner - Latham at 174!

184 - Meeks vs Davies

 Eighth ranked 184 Taylor Meeks followed, wrestling Ryan Davies. Meeks rolled up an 11-3 major decision, adding an extra point to the Beavers score: Beavers 13 Cardinal 9. Now they're on a roll!

184 - Taylor Meeks!

Photos and story continue on the next post.

Thank you to Michael Denison for sharing these photos!

Go Beavs!

Beavers Gnaw Down Stanford Cardinal (1) - Jan 10, 2015

133 - Schram vs Hathaway

 1,207 fans watched as the Oregon State Beavers turned the score back to their favor and gnawed the Cardinal to the ground, final score OSU 19, Cardinal 12!

The meet began with a moment of silence to honor two former Beaver wrestlers one more time, Herb Haberlach and Joel Neuschwander who both died recently. May they rest in peace.

If anyone would like to make memorial donations in either Herb's or Joel's memory, both requested donations be made to Oregon State Wrestling. Checks may be made out to Oregon State Wrestling Endowment Fund and mailed to: OSU Wrestling Office, 129 Gill Coliseum, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331. Thank you!

133 - Jack Hathaway

 Formalities completed, the focus returned to the mat. Most people figured the dual would be close. The 133 pound weight class started things off. After 3 periods, the score was tied 3-3. It took Jack Hathaway Over-Time to win the first match over Connor Schram 5-3. Score: Beavers 3 Stanford 0.

133 - Hathaway!

Next up, 141 Jared Reis filled in for Devin Reynolds. Reis lost to Isaiah Locsin, but held it to a decision 5-12. Score: Beavers 3 Stanford 3.

141 - Reis vs Locsin

141- Jared Reis

149 - Abraham Rodriguez

 At 149 Abraham Rodriguez got in a tangle with Garrett Schaner, but came out on the short end, losing 8-11. Score: Beavers 3 Stanford 6. Oh, oh.Wrong direction.

149 - Rodriguez vs Schaner

Since the photos may slow the download of this post, I will continue on another entry.

Thanks to FALL Board member and ace sports photographer, Michael Denison, who provided all of these great action shots!

Go Beavs!

Meeks - Aloha Open Champion - Dec 30, 2014

The inaugural Aloha Open in Honolulu, Hawaii, is in the books, and Taylor Meeks has etched his name forever as the first champion at 184 pounds! Congratulations, Taylor!!

Taylor was not the only one to place, here are the others (keep in mind there were more than 10 members to a team so in some cases there were more than 4 wrestlers at a weight):

Placing 2nd -

133 - Jack Hathaway

149 - Abraham Rodriguez

197 - Cody Crawford

Placing 3rd -

141 - Jared Reis

174 - Joe Latham

Placing 4th -

125 - Ronald Stevens

157 - Alex Elder

165 - Seth Thomas

285 - Nate Keeve

Placing 5th -
157 - Joey Delgado

I'm not quite sure how it worked, as the results from Trackwrestling don't always seems to match the wins with the placing, but this is how the team results read from their site:
Aloha Open Results for Oregon State
Aloha Open 125 - Ronald Stevens's place is 4th and has scored 1.00 team points.
Round 1 - Jordan Bremer (Minnesota) won by decision over Ronald Stevens (Oregon State) (Dec 7-0)
Round 3 - David Terao (American) won by decision over Ronald Stevens (Oregon State) (Dec 7-2)
Round 4 - Ryan Millhof (Oklahoma) won by decision over Ronald Stevens (Oregon State) (Dec 3-0)
Round 5 - Ronald Stevens (Oregon State) won by decision over Sean Williams (Oklahoma) (Dec 7-6)

Aloha Open 133 - Jack Hathaway's place is 2nd and has scored 10.00 team points.
Round 1 - Jack Hathaway (Oregon State) won by fall over Jordan Kingsley (Minnesota) (Fall 4:43)
Round 2 - Jack Hathaway (Oregon State) won by major decision over Josh Terao (American) (Maj 12-3)
Round 3 - Christopher Dardanes (Minnesota) won by decision over Jack Hathaway (Oregon State) (Dec 3-1)

Aloha Open 141 - Jared Reis's place is 3rd and has scored 4.00 team points.
Round 1 - Conrad Rangell (Minnesota) won by decision over Jared Reis (Oregon State) (Dec 9-2)
Round 2 - Jared Reis (Oregon State) won by decision over Michael Sprague (American) (Dec 9-5)
Round 3 - Trae Blackwell (Oklahoma) won by decision over Jared Reis (Oregon State) (Dec 8-5)

Aloha Open 149 - Abraham Rodriquez's place is 2nd and has scored 7.00 team points.
Round 1 - Abraham Rodriquez (Oregon State) won by decision over Tom Page (American) (Dec 9-5)
Round 2 - Abraham Rodriquez (Oregon State) won by decision over Shayne Tucker (Oklahoma) (Dec 6-3)
Round 3 - Jake Short (Minnesota) won by injury default over Abraham Rodriquez (Oregon State) (Inj. 2:41)

Aloha Open 157 - Alex Elder's place is 4th and has scored 2.00 team points.
Round 1 - John Boyle (American) won by decision over Alex Elder (Oregon State) (Dec 7-4)
Round 2 - Dylan Ness (Minnesota) won by decision over Alex Elder (Oregon State) (Dec 5-4)
Round 3 - Justin DeAngelis (Oklahoma) won by decision over Alex Elder (Oregon State) (Dec 6-5)
Round 4 - Alex Elder (Oregon State) won by major decision over Joey Delgado (Oregon State) (Maj 10-0)

Aloha Open 157 - Joey Delgado's place is 5th and has scored 0.00 team points.
Round 1 - Dylan Ness (Minnesota) won by fall over Joey Delgado (Oregon State) (Fall 6:12)
Round 2 - Justin DeAngelis (Oklahoma) won by decision over Joey Delgado (Oregon State) (Dec 4-3)
Round 4 - Alex Elder (Oregon State) won by major decision over Joey Delgado (Oregon State) (Maj 10-0)
Round 5 - John Boyle (American) won by decision over Joey Delgado (Oregon State) (Dec 5-3)

Aloha Open 165 - Seth Thomas's place is 4th and has scored 2.00 team points.
Round 1 - Seth Thomas (Oregon State) won by decision over Clark Glass (Oklahoma) (Dec 5-4)
Round 2 - Nicholas Wanzek (Minnesota) won by decision over Seth Thomas (Oregon State) (Dec 7-6)
Round 3 - Brandon Kingsley (Minnesota) won by decision over Seth Thomas (Oregon State) (Dec 9-4)
Round 4 - Seth Thomas (Oregon State) won by major decision over Brad Mutchnik (American) (Maj 11-0)

Aloha Open 174 - Joe Latham's place is 3rd and has scored 5.00 team points.
Round 1 - Matt Reed (Oklahoma) won by decision over Joe Latham (Oregon State) (Dec 14-7)
Round 2 - Logan Storley (Minnesota) won by decision over Joe Latham (Oregon State) (Dec 5-2)
Round 3 - Joe Latham (Oregon State) won by major decision over Nicholas Carey (American) (Maj 11-3)

Aloha Open 184 - Taylor Meeks's place is 1st and has scored 11.00 team points.
Round 1 - Taylor Meeks (Oregon State) won by decision over Jason Grimes (American) (Dec 5-1)
Round 2 - Taylor Meeks (Oregon State) won by major decision over Brooks Climmons (Oklahoma) (Maj 11-1)
Round 3 - Taylor Meeks (Oregon State) won by decision over Brett Pfarr (Minnesota) (Dec 4-3)

Aloha Open 197 - Cody Crawford's place is 2nd and has scored 8.00 team points.
Round 2 - Cody Crawford (Oregon State) won by decision over Andrew Dixon (Oklahoma) (Dec 4-1)
Round 3 - Cody Crawford (Oregon State) won by major decision over Brett Dempsey (American) (Maj 8-0)
Round 4 - Cody Crawford (Oregon State) won by major decision over Brad Johnson (Oklahoma) (Maj 11-0)
Round 5 - Scott Schiller (Minnesota) won by major decision over Cody Crawford (Oregon State) (Maj 17-6)

Aloha Open 285 - Nate Keeve's place is 4th and has scored 7.00 team points.
Round 1 - Michael Kroells (Minnesota) won by major decision over Nate Keeve (Oregon State) (Maj 10-2)
Round 2 - Ross Larson (Oklahoma) won by fall over Nate Keeve (Oregon State) (Fall 2:03)
Round 3 - Nate Keeve (Oregon State) won in sudden victory - 1 over Michael Brown (Oklahoma) (SV-1 4-2)
Round 4 - Zach Merrill (Oklahoma) won by decision over Nate Keeve (Oregon State) (Dec 6-0)
Round 5 - Nate Keeve (Oregon State) won by decision over Scot Augustine (American) (Dec 3-0)

Some of the matches were very close, some near upsets, keep working, guys!

You can also read the article at the Oregon State site for  more information.

The Beavers now have some time off to celebrate the New Year and then get reacquainted with their classes for winter term. Wrestling resumes with a home meet on January 10 at 5:00 pm versus Stanford. We need everyone there to help cheer on the Beavs. It will also be televised live on the Pac-12 network.

On behalf of "The FALL" Board - Happy New Year, everyone! Go Beavs!

Beavers Tie For Second At Reno TOC - Dec 21, 2014

The Beavers had a good showing at the Reno Tournament of Champions, bringing home second place as a team (tied with Stanford) and one individual title - Joey Palmer - champion at 133. Congratulations, Joey!!

Three other Beavers made it to the finals, ending up in second place, Alex Elder 157, Taylor Meeks 184, and Cody Crawford, 197. Congratulations, Alex, Taylor and Cody!!

Beavers placing in other weights:

Jordan Henrickson - third at 149

Jack Hathaway - fifth at 133

Seth Thomas - fifth at 165

Ronnie Bresser - sixth at 125 (medical forfeit from semi's) Congratulations to Jordan, Jack, Seth and Ronnie!

One thought on the team score. Both Palmer and Henrickson were wrestling unattached, so their scores did not add to the team score for Oregon State.

Many other members of the Beaver squad also wrestled unattached. These are the complete results from the Oregon State article (lots of pins in there, anyone counting?):

TEAM TOTALS (top 7): Wyoming 134; Oregon State 102.5; Stanford 102.5 Oklahoma State 97; Ohio 83; Oklahoma 77.5; CSU-Bakersfield 72.

RONNIE BRESSER (125): Pinned Isaac Blackburn (Cal Poly) 2:59; pinned Troy Lakin (Menlo) 2:58; major dec. Riley Miller (Northern Montana) 12-4; major dec. Austin Miller (Okla. St.) 12-4; lost 12-4 to Evan Silver (Stanford); medical forfeit to Ares Carpio (Arizona State).
RONNIE STEVENS (125): Lost 11-5 to Da’Wayne Robertson (Mankato State); pinned Elias Hernandez (Menlo) 7:00; major dec. Sergio Mendez (CSUB) 11-0; lost 3-2 to Ares Carpio (Arizona State).
KEGAN CALKINS (125): Pinned by Sergia Mendez (CSUB) 3:31; lost 8-6 to Coleman Johns (SOU).
JACK HATHAWAY (133): Lost 5-3 to Kyle Garcia (Okla, St.); pinned Judson Preskitt (Arizona State) 2:05; dec. Brian Crutchmer (Okla. St.) 8-4; pinned Jonathon Stelling (Colorado Mesa) 2:00; dec. Drew Templeton (Wyoming) 10-5; lost 6-2 to Gary Wayne Harding (Oklahoma); pinned Victor Trujillo (Cal Poly).
JOEY PALMER (133): Pinned Justin Rodgers (Northern Montana), 1:56; dec. Brian Crutchmer (Okla. St.) 10-5; major dec. Lawrence Otero (CCC) 17-7; pinned Gary Wayne Harding (Oklahoma) 5:00; dec. Jade Rauser (Utah Valley) 6-4.
JARED REIS (141): Dec. Matthew Ontiveros (Utah Valley) 4-1; lost 8-6 to Michael Magaldo (Okla. St.); dec. Martin Ramirez (Adams St.) 7-1; dec. Daniel Salazar (Colorado Mesa) 8-3; lost 9-6 to Davey Dolan (Okla. St.).
DEVIN REYNOLDS (141): Pinned Jordan Bryan (Stanford) 1:19; lost 8-4 to Dean Heil (Okla. St.); pinned Timmy Box (CSUB) 4:18; dec. Matthew Ontiveros (Utah Valley) 6-4; lost 10-5 to Matt Kraus (Arizona St.) 10-5.
JORDAN HENRICKSON (149): Dec. Nick Swanson (Colorado Mesa) 5-2; pinned Jose Maldonado (Menlo), 1:43; pinned Lucas Somera (Boise St.) 0:28; dec. Tyler Cowger (SOU), 10-6; lost 15-1 to Tyman Claxton (Ohio); dec. Garrett Schaner (Stanford) 13-8; pinned Jake Elliott (Wyoming).
JAY TOVEY (149): Lost 9-4 to Austin Uecker (Grand Canyon); pinned by Chris Garcia (CCC) 2:29.
ABRAHAM RODRIGUEZ (149): Lost 6-4 to Drew Schumann (Colorado Mesa); lost 12-4 to Tyler Berger (unattached).
JOSEPH DEMATTEO (157): Lost TF to Sparky Chino (Ohio) 2:20; lost TF to Eleazar DeLuca (CCC) 5:38.
ALEX ELDER (157): Major dec. Adam Cooling (Mankato St.) 12-0; dec. Dalton Urrutia (SOU) 8-2; dec. Logan Addis (Utah Valley) 10-3; dec. Sparty Chino (Ohio) 6-4; lost 7-5 to Anthony Collica (Oklahoma State).
JOEY DELGADO (157): Lost 5-4 to Max Hvolbek (Stanford); dec. Koleton Hardy (Utah Valley) 2-1; medical forfeit to Chris Koo (Okla. St.).
RODNEY WILLIAMS (157): Pinned by Sawyer Hoffman (Mankato St.) 2:00; pinned by Andrew Simmons (Missouri Valley) 4:33.
TYLER CHAY (165): Dec. Isaias Diaz (Cal Poly) 8-2; lost to Holden Packard (Boise St.) 5-2; pinned Garrett Urrutia (SOU) 7:17; dec. Reid Watkins (Simon Fraser) 7-5; lost to Jessie Hoffschneider (Colorado Mesa) 4-3.
SETH THOMAS (165): Pinned Payton Moore (SWOCC) 1:16; pinned Tommy Brewster (CCC) 3:39; lost to Clark Glass (Oklahoma) 4-0; dec. Dalton Harmon (Utah Valley) 6-1; major dec. Chandler Rogers (Okla. St.) 10-2; lost 11-2 to Harrison Hightower (Ohio); dec. Clark Glass (Oklahoma) 5-2.
SHANE ROACH (165): Lost 14-4 to Kyle Bateman (CCC); lost TF to Kyle Pope (Wyoming) 5:18.
KENNEN LANTERI (165): Dec. Brian Battisto (CSUB) 8-4; lost 6-0 to Harrison Hightower (Ohio); lost 7-1 to Payton Moore (SWOCC).
KURTIS RAMSAY(174): Pinned by Andrew Orr (SOU) 4:09; pinned Mario Garcia (Adams St.) 0:58; pinned Stephen Mejia (Colorado Mesa) 5:32; pinned by Jordan Rogers (Okla. St.) 1:30.
JOE LATHAM (174): Dec. Jace Jensen (Wyoming) 11-7; lost 11-7 to Matt Reid (Oklahoma); major dec. Morgan Smith (Simon Fraser) 13-5; lost 5-2 to Austin Devey (Boise State).
ALI ALSHUJERY (174): Lost to Stephen Mejia (Colorado Mesa) 6-4; pinned by Reed Tennyson (SOU) 1:45.
TAYLOR MEEKS (184): Pinned Ryan Davies (Stanford) 7:00; pinned Ryan McWatters (SOU) 7:00; dec. Austin Guan (Grand Canyon) 2-1; pinned Nick Fiegner (Cal Poly) 3:00; lost 9-3 to Nolan Boyd (Okla. St.).
ZAC CARDWELL (184): Dec. Josh Kim (SOU) 4-2; dec. Ross Taylor (Utah Valley) 6-4; pinned by Nick Fiegner (Cal Poly) 0:57; lost 6-2 to Ryan Davies (Stanford).
COREY GRIEGO (184): Dec. Joseph Garcia (Adams St.) 7-0; lost 2-1 to Ben Stroh (Wyoming); dec. Haszell West (CCC) 5-0; dec. Brooks Climmons (Oklahoma) 6-2; lost 7-6 to Austin Gaun (Grand Canyon).
CODY CRAWFORD (197): Pinned Sean McAlhaney (Highline CC) 1:52; dec. Derek Thomas (Utah Valley) 6-4; dec. Charles Johnson (SOU) 13-7; dec. Josh DaSilveira (Arizona St.) 4-2; lost 7-3 to Shane Woods (Wyoming).
MICK DOUGHARITY (hwt): Lost 8-1 to Jeramy Sweany (unattached); lost 8-4 to Dustin Dennison (Utah Valley).
NATE KEEVE (hwt): Dec. William Knowles 9CCC) 5-0; lost 8-1 to Zach Merrill (Oklahoma); lost 7-6 to Dustin Dennison (Utah Valley).
JOSH PARAZOO (hwt): Lost 6-3 to Jesse Webb (Ohio); pinned by Josh Ramos (unattached), 6:55.

For all the details, see the article at the Oregon State site.

The Beavers now get a few days off for Christmas. Next up, they head for the islands, competing in the Aloha Open on Dec 30, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Sounds like a great place for a wrestling tournament!

Happy Holidays & a very, Merry Christmas to all!

Go Beavs!