Oh, So Close!

Oregon State Wrestling Fans,

It was looking like the Oregon State Wrestling Team was going to pull out a tie, or maybe even a win in Wyoming today over the #12 Cowpokes, but it just didn't quite happen.

Wrestling began with the 157 pound match where Hunter Willits started things off right with a 10-0 major decision. after that, the score bounced back and forth with #3 Ronnie Bresser avenging a fall by Wyoming at 165 with a fall of his own at 125 over his #17 opponent. That actually put Oregon State ahead again 16-12 with three matches to go.

Wyoming pulled out two #12 guys for the next two matches, where Kegan Calkins gave up a major, tying the score at 16-16. Grant Willits lost by decision, 16-19. Still a chance for win or tie. Final match of the afternoon was at 149 and Josh Reyes got the first takedown of a low scoring match. He kept the lead into the middle of the third period, 3-2. However, Josh was taken down with a short time left and was unable to make the escape. Wyoming wins it 22-16, but it was oh, so close!

Congratulations to the Oregon State match winners: 157 Hunter Willits - by major!, 174 Colt Doyle, 285 Amar Dhesi and 125 Ronnie Bresser - by fall!

Details compiled by TrackWrestling:

	157	Hunter Willits (Oregon State) over Dewey Krueger (Wyoming) (MD 10-0)	0	4
	165	Branson Ashworth (Wyoming) over Colton Beisley (Oregon State) (Fall 2:10)	6	0
	174	Colt Doyle (Oregon State) over Hayden Hastings (Wyoming) (Dec 4-2)	0	3
	184	Tate Samuelson (Wyoming) over Bob Coleman (Oregon State) (Dec 8-2)	3	0
	197	Cale Davidson (Wyoming) over Jamarcus Grant (Oregon State) (Dec 6-2)	3	0
	285	Amar Dhesi (Oregon State) over Brian Andrews (Wyoming) (Dec 12-6)	0	3
	125	Ronnie Rios (Oregon State) over Cole Verner (Wyoming) (Fall 3:25)	0	6
	133	Montorie Bridges (Wyoming) over Kegan Calkins (Oregon State) (MD 13-5)	4	0
	141	Sam Turner (Wyoming) over Grant Willits (Oregon State) (Dec 9-3)	3	0
	149	Jaron Jensen (Wyoming) over Josh Reyes (Oregon State) (Dec 4-3)	3	0
Team Score:			22-	16

For other details, check the archives at:

Oregon State

Wyoming

When the articles are posted, you will find links to them at the archives.

The Beavers now have a week to prepare for Pac-12 opponent Arizona State, who will be visiting Gill Coliseum next Sunday, January 20 for a 6:00 pm dual. Next week will finish with a Friday Jan. 25 dual at 7pm vs Clackamas.

Have a safe trip home, guys!

Go Beavs!

Elizabeth DeAngelis
"The FALL"
Official Fan Club of OS Wrestling
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Results For Beavers At Boxer Open Today

Oregon State Wrestling Fans,

Several Beaver squad members participated in the Boxer Open at Pacific University in Forest Grove today. Thanks to FALL Club Board member  Craig Scharer for sending me these results, compiled by TrackWrestling.

Congratulations to all the placers: Brandon Kaylor first at 125, Connor Noonan  third at 141, Michael Murphy 4th at 157, Joe DeMatteo second at 174, Adam Rateb 4th at 197, Christian Robertson third at 285. No one went home empty handed, all wrestlers scored points! This was the first outing in a Beaver singlet for Tristan Osborn

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Boxer Open Results for Oregon State University

Men 125

Brandon Kaylor's place is 1st and has scored 14.0 team points.

• Round 1 - Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State University) won by fall over Victor Perez (Umpqua Community College) (Fall 2:16)
• Round 2 - Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State University) won by fall over Adzel Villanueva (Clackamas Community College) (Fall 1:27)
• Round 3 - Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State University) won by decision over Landon Obra-Nakata (Pacific University) (Dec 12-5)

Men 141

Haidon Allen's place is unknown and has scored 4.0 team points.

• Champ. t eh Round 1 - Haidon Allen (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
• Quarterfinal - Haidon Allen (Oregon State University) won by fall over Brandon Hertz (Pacific University) (Fall 4:12)
• Semifinal - Clai Quintanilla (Clackamas Community College) won by tech fall over Haidon Allen (Oregon State University) (TF 18-3)
• Cons. Semi - Conner Noonan (Oregon State University) won by decision over Haidon Allen (Oregon State University) (Dec 6-2)

Men 141

Conner Noonan's place is 3rd and has scored 14.5 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Conner Noonan (Oregon State University) won by fall over Brandon Gibson (Southwest Oregon Community College) (Fall 1:46)
• Quarterfinal - Joshua Franich (Highline Community College) won by fall over Conner Noonan (Oregon State University) (Fall 1:43)
• Cons. Round 2 - Conner Noonan (Oregon State University) won by fall over Seamus McGowan (Western Washington University) (Fall 0:22)
• Cons. Round 3 - Conner Noonan (Oregon State University) won by fall over Grant Laiblin (Umpqua Community College) (Fall 1:27)
• Cons. Semi - Conner Noonan (Oregon State University) won by decision over Haidon Allen (Oregon State University) (Dec 6-2)
• 3rd Place Match - Conner Noonan (Oregon State University) won by fall over Brandon Gibson (Southwest Oregon Community College) (Fall 1:12)

Men 157

Michael Murphy's place is 4th and has scored 3.5 team points.

• Quarterfinal - Michael Murphy (Oregon State University) won by decision over Matthew Lee (Unattached) (Dec 4-3)
• Semifinal - Layn Pannkuk (Clackamas Community College) won by major decision over Michael Murphy (Oregon State University) (Maj 15-5)
• Cons. Semi - Michael Murphy (Oregon State University) won by decision over James Bell (Grays Harbor College) (Dec 10-5)
• 3rd Place Match - Matthew Lee (Unattached) won by decision over Michael Murphy (Oregon State University) (Dec 7-1)

Men 174

Joe DeMatteo's place is 2nd and has scored 12.0 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Joe DeMatteo (Oregon State University) won by major decision over Jamell Carroll Ii (Unattached) (Maj 13-2)
• Quarterfinal - Joe DeMatteo (Oregon State University) won by major decision over Josh Hammers (Umpqua Community College) (Maj 12-3)
• Semifinal - Joe DeMatteo (Oregon State University) won by decision over Darrien Walters (Grays Harbor College) (Dec 7-4)
• 1st Place Match - Trajan Hurd (Clackamas Community College) won by fall over Joe DeMatteo (Oregon State University) (Fall 0:53)

Men 197

Adam Rateb's place is 4th and has scored 4.5 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Adam Rateb (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
• Quarterfinal - Adam Rateb (Oregon State University) won by decision over Juan Hernandez Jr (Clackamas Community College) (Dec 9-8)
• Semifinal - Ian Morford (Pacific University) won by decision over Adam Rateb (Oregon State University) (Dec 9-5)
• Cons. Semi - Adam Rateb (Oregon State University) won by decision over Ben Hughes (Southwest Oregon Community College) (Dec 7-1)
• 3rd Place Match - Juan Hernandez Jr (Clackamas Community College) won by fall over Adam Rateb (Oregon State University) (Fall 4:33)

Men 285

Christian Robertson's place is 3rd and has scored 12.5 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Christian Robertson (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
• Quarterfinal - Christian Robertson (Oregon State University) won by fall over Juan Vallejo (Clackamas Community College) (Fall 1:04)
• Semifinal - Cortez Rodelo (Warner Pacific University) won by decision over Christian Robertson (Oregon State University) (Dec 10-9)
• Cons. Semi - Christian Robertson (Oregon State University) won by fall over Tristan Osborn (Oregon State University) (Fall 0:21)
• 3rd Place Match - Christian Robertson (Oregon State University) won by fall over Adam Lamb (Umpqua Community College) (Fall 1:42)

Men 285

Tristan Osborn's place is unknown and has scored 5.0 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Tristan Osborn (Oregon State University) received a bye () (Bye)
• Quarterfinal - Evan Barger (Highline Community College) won by fall over Tristan Osborn (Oregon State University) (Fall 2:16)
• Cons. Round 2 - Tristan Osborn (Oregon State University) won by fall over Owen Tau-A (Pacific University) (Fall 0:43)
• Cons. Round 3 - Tristan Osborn (Oregon State University) won by fall over Stephan Naldzhyan (Pacific University) (Fall 4:10)
• Cons. Semi - Christian Robertson (Oregon State University) won by fall over Tristan Osborn (Oregon State University) (Fall 0:21)

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Don't forget - Beavers at Wyoming, tomorrow, Sunday Jan 13, 1:00 pm!

 

Go Beavs!

Elizabeth DeAngelis
"The FALL"
Official Fan Club of OS Wrestling
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Beavers Snare the Bears!

Oregon State Wrestling Fans,

On the road in Colorado, the Oregon State Beavers dusted themselves off after their loss to Michigan and faced down the Northern Colorado Bears, coming away with a 27-12 victory!

Seven of the Beavers won their individual matches: #3 Ronnie Bresser at 125, Kegan Calkins at 133, Grant Willits at 141 (winner by fall!), Hunter Willits at 157, Colt Doyle at 174, Jamarcus Grant at 197 and Amar Dhesi at Hwt (winner by tech fall, 22-7). Congratulations to all the match winners!

In case you missed it, there was a slight change in the line-up in the upper weights. Bob Coleman moved back from 197 to 184 and lost a close battle. Jamarcus Grant reappeared in the line-up, this time at 197 after filling in at heavyweight for the first part of the season. Jamarcus won with a takedown in Sudden Victory OverTime!

Even the three matches the Beavers lost were close. At 149 Josh Reyes had fought back to a tie. The match was about to go into Overtime with a score of 9-9, when in the closing seconds his opponent managed a takedown ending in a fall. at 165, Aaron Olmos kept his match close, losing by decision. Bob Coleman's 184 loss was also by decision.

For more of the details, check the news articles at:

Oregon State 

Oregon State Twitter account

University of Northern Colorado

A couple of tidbits gleaned from the articles and the comments made by on the video - at 141 Grant Willits and his opponent went to high school together, so were familiar with each other's wrestling style. Unfortunately, the video was having problems right in the middle of their wild scrambles! Jamarcus Grant is a transfer from UNC, so his match must have been a homecoming of sorts.

The Beavers now travel on to the #11/12 Wyoming Cowboys for a Sunday, Jan. 13, dual. Start time is 1:00 pm Pacific. You can watch live on FloWrestling if you are a subsciber. Live stats will be free on TrackWrestling (Hopefully they will work better than they did today.) You can find links to  Another more reliable method to follow might be to use the Oregon State Twitter account.

Again, congratulations to the entire team and coaching staff on their victory tonight!

Go Beavs!

Elizabeth DeAngelis
"The FALL"
Official Fan Club of OS Wrestling
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Wrestlers on the Road This Coming Weekend

Oregon State Wrestling Fans,

The Beavers are headed out on the road for this coming weekend, with meets at the University of Northern Colorado on Friday evening (6 pm PST) Jan. 11 and Wyoming Sunday afternoon (1 pm PST) Jan 13.

Scouting the competition:

article at Oregon State

article at UNC

article at Wyoming - their most recent from last weekend, may have another coming out soon

If you can't be there, you can follow along with live stats at Trackwrestling or livestreaming for both meets. You can find the links on the Oregon State schedule page. Look for the links on the right hand side of the page on the line for that meet.

Go Beavs!

Elizabeth DeAngelis
"The FALL"
Official Fan Club of OS Wrestling
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Beavers Can't Match Michigan

Oregon State Wrestling Fans,

Michigan's #5 team was too much for the Beavers tonight, as they could only pick up two of the ten matches. Wins came with a  decision at 125 by Ronnie Bresser and a major decision by Hunter Willits at 157. Congratulations to Ronnie and Hunter!

A good crowd was on hand for the Joe Wells Classic, with many wrestling alumni returning to cheer on the Beavers.

For more details on the meet, check out the articles at:

Oregon State

 Michigan

The Beavers head out on the road next for meets with University of Northern Colorado and Wyoming.

Go Beavs!

Elizabeth DeAngelis
"The FALL"
Official Fan Club of OS Wrestling
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Reminder - Wrestling Tonight - 7:00 Gill

Oregon State Wrestling Fans,

Just a quick reminder that there is a dual tonight in Gill at 7 pm between your Oregon State Beavers and the Michigan Wolverines.

If you'd like to do a little scouting ahead of time, here's some reading for you:

Oregon State's article  - looks like Amar Dhesi will be back!

Michigan's article

One note about the Social following the meet: We have had to make a change in the price of admission to Socials for non-FALL Club members. The price of admission to the Socials is $10 per person, $30/family. With Homecoming for wrestlers tonight, all Alumni Wrestlers will be admitted for $5/person if they are not members of the FALL Fan Club. FALL Fan club members as always, are admitted free. You are still welcome to join the Club if you'd like.

We did not want to do this, but the caterer we have to deal with has raised their prices for us too much to not do so. Again, this price change is only for those who are not members of The FALL Fan Club.

Hope to see you tonight at Gill! Happy New Year!

Go Beavs!

Elizabeth DeAngelis
"The FALL"
Official Fan Club of OS Wrestling
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Joe Wells Classic With Michigan Coming Up Thursday Evening!

Oregon State Wrestling Fans,

#5 Michigan will be coming to town on Thursday, January 3, for a 7:00 pm dual with the Beavers for this year's Joe Wells Classic. The dual between the Beavers and the Wolverines is in memory of the late Joe Wells, former Assistant Coach at Michigan and former Head Coach at Oregon State.

This meet also serves as the Homecoming Meet this year for all Oregon State Alumni wrestlers. Three events have been planned for the former wrestlers - a pre-meet function, a chance to sit together at the meet, and an invitation to the FALL Fan Club Social following the meet. For details, see the note from Len Kauffman, down below my signature.

While we hope that everyone can come, that's not always possible. If you want to follow along, you can watch it live on Pac-12 television, or follow live stats at TrackWrestling.

Neither OSU or Michigan has not yet put out their article on the meet. You can find a recap of Michigan's last dual on their website

As mentioned above, the FALL Fan Club will be hosting a Social in Reser Stadium's Club level. The Social is free for members of The FALL and $5 each for others. This time chips and dips, wings, fruit and veggies will be served. Door prizes will be awarded - everyone gets a free ticket with entry and may purchase more, $1 each or 6 for $5.

A Silent Auction is also held, part of the Club's fundraising effort to support the Awards Banquet. This time a framed classic wrestling poster is being offered by Gary Westford, former FALL Club Board member. Pictured are Aleksandr Karelin and Rulon Gardner in their legendary match in the Olympic finals, the poster is signed by Rulon Gardner. Minimum bid is $100. 

Olympic poster - markings are reflections on the glass

Other News and Notes

The Beavers haven't wrestled since Dec 20, a few things have come along in the meantime.

Four Beavers actually did make the trip to Evanston, Illinois for the Midlands tournament. Devan Turner, Kegan Calkins, Connor Noonan and Bob Coleman made the trip. Bob did the best, reaching the quarterfinals of this prestigious tournament, before getting knocked back to the consolation brackets. None placed. For more details, read the article at osubeavers.

The FALL Board will have several retirees at the end of this season, so if you are interested in serving the sport in this capacity, please read and consider FALL president Reynold Gardner's note:

 The Board of Directors for “The FALL” Wrestling Booster Club is in Need for NEW BOARD MEMBERS.  At the current time there are only two members of the existing board who are able to serve in the upcoming season 2019-2020.  The booster club is stable financially.  What the club will look like next year will depend upon the resolve of its membership? 

If you would like to see “The FALL” Wrestling Booster Club of Oregon State University continue and provide a positive environment for the club members and support for the wrestling program ……. Please let Reynold Gardner - beaverhwt@gmail.com or Elizabeth DeAngelis  - oregon.state.wrestling.boosters@gmail.com know of your interest?  The time commitment is minimal (couple of hours associated with each home event).

Reynold Gardner

President of the Board of Directors

“The FALL” Wrestling Booster Club of Oregon State University Wrestling
beaverhwt@gmail.com

The coaches also sent out a recent update. If you haven't yet read that one, it is below Len's note at the bottom.If you want NCAA tickets be sure to read it all the way through and find Taylor Meek's contact info to get those tickets!

Last but not least, for those wondering what former Associate Coach Kevin Roberts has been up to, apparently he and his family have returned to Kevin's old stomping grounds, Spokane Valley, WA. An article has come out featuring his oldest son Drew, who is making a splash at Kevin's former high school. Best wishes to both Kevin and Drew! Thanks to Craig Scharer for bring that article to my attention.

Don't forget to come down and root for the Beavs on Thursday!

Gp Beavs!

Elizabeth DeAngelis
"The FALL"
Official Fan Club of OS Wrestling
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From Len K: Gentlemen, Merry Christmas to you all.

By now most of you know of Ron Iwasaki’s (‘67) effort to increase the turnout for OSU dual meets...and that the January 3^rd Michigan meet is being billed as our Wrestling Alumni Reunion Meet (what’s that….WARM in the winter).  At this moment 20 (including spouses) have indicated they will show up (see list below).

There are actually THREE activities that day that require a head count.  Ron Sather (’74) is organizing a pre-meet social at 4:00 pm.  He needs a count in order to pick an appropriate venue (his “man cave” at home or perhaps a pub in town).  At the 7:00 pm dual meet, we will have a section reserved for alums and spouses.  We need a head count to rope-off enough seats.  Thirdly, alums are invited to The Fall Booster Club post-meet social.  Those who are not members of The Fall can attend for $5.00.  The Club must have a head count in order to prepare adequate food.

Some of us are member of The Fall.  Those who are not are encouraged to join even if you don’t go to the meets/social.  They do a great deal of work to support our sport.

So, we NEED THREE HEAD-COUNTS:
Pre-meet social (4:00)
Dual meet (7:00)
Post-meet (~8:30)

And we need these numbers soon…before year end PLEASE!!!!  Send replies to both Ron Sather and me.  Looking forward to a good turnout…see ya on the third.

Len Kauffman
lakauf@comcast.net
Ron Sather
ronsather@comcast.net
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Coaches Update:

Season's Greetings, Beaver Nation!

We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! As 2018 is coming to a close, we want to thank all of you for the amazing support you gave us this past year. We look forward to what 2019 has in store!

We are kicking of 2019 with a bang, as we take on the #5 Michigan Wolverines in Gill Coliseum at 7 p.m. on Jan. 3. If you are looking for something to do after the holidays, come down and show your support by packing Gill Coliseum. Len Kauffman and Ron Sather are organizing a Wrestling Alumni Reunion with activities before and after the dual meet. More information is included [above]

The following week, we will wrestle at Northern Colorado on Jan. 11 and Wyoming on Jan. 13. 

Before we know it, we will be heading into postseason competition. If anyone is interested in purchasing 2019 NCAA Wrestling Championship tickets, please contact Taylor Meeks at Taylor.meeks@oregonstate.edu. The venue for this year's NCAA Championship is in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and tickets will sell out!

As Always, GO BEAVS!
OSU Coaching Staff