Cliff Keen Photos - 3

165 - Rodney Williams

 Photos from the Cliff Keen Tournament - all taken by Michael Denison. Thanks for sharing, Michael!

Included in this post are photos of Beavers 165 Rodney Williams, 174 Weston Dobler and 184 Bob Coleman.

More photos in the next post.

Go Beavs!

Rodney Williams

174 - Weston Dobler

184 - Bob Coleman

Cliff Keen Photos - 2

Coaches' Corner - Ian Miller & Jim Zalesky

 More of the great photos from Michael Denison at the Cliff Keen Tournament. Thanks, Michael!

Pictured in this post: Coach Zalesky and Ian Miller, 149 Joey Delgado and 157 Abe Rodriquez.

Joey Delgado was one of the two Beavers who placed this year, finishing in 5th Place. Congratulations, Joey!!

149 - Joey Delgado

More photos in the next post.

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Joey Delgado took 5th at Cliff Keen

157 - Abe Rodriquez

Abe Rodriquez vs Stanford's Paul Fox

Cliff Keen Photos - 1

125 - Kegan Calkins

Here are some of the photos from the Cliff Keen Collegiate Invitational Tournament in Las Vegas, Dec 2-3.

Kegan Calkins

Kegan Calkins

These were all taken by FALL Board member, Michael Denison
Thanks for sharing, Michael!

This post includes photos of 125 Kegan Calkins, and 141  Joey Palmer.  The Beavers were without 133 Devan Turner, who was injured before the weekend and could not make the trip.


More photos in the next post.
Go Beavs!

141 - Joey Palmer

Cliff Keen Final Results

149 - Joey Delgado

 Oregon State finished the Cliff Keen Tournament in 16th place with two placers - Joey Delgado (149) and Corey Griego (197). Both won their final match to take 5th place in their weight class. Congratulations, Joey & Corey!!

Both Joey Palmer and Cody Crawford were close to placing, but missed it by one match. Oregon State improved their position over 2015. Good work, Beavers!

For all the details on the day, read the article at osubeavers.com.

Michael Denison, FALL Board member, was present at the tournament,  busy taking pictures. He has shared some of those great photos with us. I will get them posted here, just as soon as I can get them up.
The Beavers now have almost 2 weeks to get patched up and hit the road to Utah Valley for a dual on Dec. 15.

Go Beavs!

Cliff Keen - Day 1 Wrap Up

Only three Beavers survived the evening session of the Las Vegas Cliff Keen Tournament.

Joey Delgado, Corey Griego and Cody Crawford are the three who will be wrestling when Saturday morning rolls around. All three are now in the consolation round.

Joey Palmer and Weston Dobler were eliminated in the evening rounds.

For all the information on the day's action, read the article at the osubeavers.com page.

You can watch all the action even if you are not there. FloWrestling (a subscription service) has live-streaming on all mats for the Cliff Keen. Thanks to Jamie Dobler for sharing that tip!

Wrestling begins again in the morning at 9:00. The championship finals - first through fourth - are scheduled to begin at 3:00 Saturday afternoon.

Hang in there Joey, Corey and Cody! Go Beavs!

Session I - Cliff Keen Results

Just a quick update on how the Beavers are doing in Las Vegas.

Two are still in the championship bracket with no losses. Joey Delgado and Cody Crawford will wrestle in the quarterfinals this evening. Keep up the good work, gentlemen!!

Three are alive in the Consolation brackets with one loss - Joey Palmer, Weston Dobler and Corey Griego. Their last matches in Consolations went this way:
Consie:
Palmer won 22-6 over Western Wyoming
Dobler won 5-2 over Ohio State
Griego won 7-2 over Edinboro

This information was sent to me by Craig Scharer and Michael Denison who are there. Thanks, guys!! I have not found a way to follow the action, and we did not make it there this year.

The rest of the team (Caulkins, Rodriquez, Williams and Coleman) was 0-2. Devan Turner was unable to make the trip due to injury, so the Beavers do not have a 133 at Cliff Keen.

Session II begins at 6 pm.

Go Beavs!

Wrestling Team Heading For the Desert

Las Vegas Convention Center

 Now that all the turkey and dressing has been eaten - hope you all had a good Thanksgiving! - it is time for the Beavers to pack their bags and head for Las Vegas, Nevada. One of the big, early season tournaments, the Cliff Keen Collegiate Invitational, takes place Dec 2 and 3, this coming Friday and Saturday.

If you are still looking for a reason to visit Las Vegas, this is it. Many of the top teams in the country will be there, along with all six of the Pac-12 teams. The Cliff Keen website has all the information you are looking for. You will find the list of all the participating teams, the schedule, ticket information, location, where to stay, etc.

A few tips - Tickets: sold only at the door and cash only. $40 gets you an all-session pass. Location: the venue has been moved back to the Las Vegas Convention Center where it has been for quite some time - except for last year, so don't go back to where you went last year! (And if you like "Cowboy Christmas" - the all-cowboy-all-the-time gift show extravaganza, you'll probably be passing right by it on your way to the wrestling!) Schedule: wrestling begins at 9:00 PT on Friday morning.

If you haven't checked osubeavers.com lately, a couple of new articles have appeared on rankings recently. You can check the archives at the previous link to see what you may have missed.

The season goes by so quickly, it is not too early to plan ahead for the end. Don't forget about the fan bus to Stanford for the Pac-12's, coming up Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017. We need to figure out whether or not to go ahead with plans with the bus company. So far we have 10 people signed up. We need 30 more to make it possible. Let me know ASAP if you are interested.

A few details about the bus trip to help you decide (based on how it went the first time we did this): the bus would travel from Corvallis to Palo Alto, it takes about 10 hours or so driving time, add in some time for rest stops, passenger pick-up (possible pick-up stops: Coburg, Roseburg and Ashland), refueling and a lunch break in Redding, CA. The bus takes everyone to a central hotel, takes us to Stanford for the tournament, to a Social after and back to hotel, then returns to Corvallis the following day. Cost will probably be around $85/person for FALL Club members, more for others.

If you have any questions about the bus trip, let me know.

One last bit of business - we've had lots of problems with FALL Club members not finding their email updates lately. This has to do with email providers trying to reduce spam, not me deciding to remove you from the list!

Sometimes these group emails end up in spam folders or in the case of g-mail, sorted into other categories of email called, "promotions", "social", "updates" or "forums". Those tabs are the headers to your email. "Primary" is the main category.

There are some things you can do to try to stop this. One is to create a "whitelist" of emails that you want to receive mail from. One way is to make sure you have my email address in your address book. For instructions and further detail, check this page http://sci.scientific-direct.net/wl.html. If you hear of anyone saying they haven't received their email lately, please share this with them. I hope this helps.

Bring home some Las Vegas bling, guys! Go Beavs!