Various Beavers notes
Oregon State AD Bob De Carolis released his latest Orange Perspective, which was the AD Report in the past. He talks about the basketball facility groundbreaking. Lost in the groundbreaking is that the wrestling team will have a new locker room. The wrestlers are now housed in one area. Their workout room was already attached...
My OSU male athlete of the year
I copped out for the first time with the year-end awards. I hate doing this, but I went with the co-winners for my Oregon State male athlete of the year. Two different athletes with different skills, but both were dominating. So basketball player Jared Cunningham and heavyweight wrestler Clayton Jack split my honors this year....
My OSU male sports coach of the year
Now that the regular season is wrapped for all Oregon State sports for the 2011-12 sports season, it’s time for my annual year-end awards for the coaches and athletes of the year. We start with the OSU male sports coach of the year. This was a hard one this year, but wrestling coach Jim Zalesky...
Chad Hanke headed to Olympic trials
Oregon State wrestler Chad Hanke sat out the 2011-12 season in order to prepare for the United States Olympic Trials, which are scheduled this weekend in Iowa City, Iowa. Hanke, a native of Dayton, will compete in the heavyweight class and is scheduled to wrestle Sunday. The first-place finisher in each weight class advances to...
Zalesky named coach of the year
Oregon State wrestling coach Jim Zalesky was named the Pacific-12 Conference Coach of The Year on Thursday. Here’s my full story win comments from him in Friday’s GT. Zalesky led the Beavers to their third conference championship in the last six seasons and the team’s 10th-place finish at the NCAA Championships was the best mark...
Wrestling wrapup
The Oregon State wrestling team finished the best season for the program since 1998’s ninth place finish in the NCAA tournament. The Beavers took 10th this year and had three All-Americans. That’s the most since four in 1995. “I thought it was a good season for us,” coach Jim Zalesky said. “I liked what they...
OSU notebook
Oregon State football player Obum Gwacham won the high jump at the Oregon Preview track meet on Sunday. The WR leaped 6 feet, 11 inches. Malcolm Marable, Brandin Cooks, Markus Wheaton and Keynan Parker ran the 400 relay and finished second with a time of 41.78 seconds. If you didn’t see it over the weekend,...
Beavers at NCAA tournament
The Oregon State wrestling team begins the three-day NCAA tournament Thursday with eight competitors qualified. There’s a slight chance that either or both heavyweight Clayton Jack and 141-pounder Mike Mangrum could win their brackets. Jack is seeded No. 3 and Mangrum No. 4. Check out my story on Mangrum that ran in Tuesday’s GT. Jack...
Wrestling at-large bids
Oregon State senior wrestler Garrett Drucker received an at-large berth to the NCAA tournament in the 133-pound weight class on Wednesday. Drucker joins seven other Beavers on March 15-17 in St. Louis for the nationals. This will be his second straight NCAA appearance. He took third place at the Pac-12 tournament, but needed second for...
OSU sports notes
First off, check out the latest photo from atop Reser Stadium looking at the construction of Oregon State’s new track facility. Of course it looks much more impressive when looking at my blog’s home page. Check out my story I did about the track this month for the latest update. Check out my story on...
Pac-12 wrestling results, Beavers win the title
The Oregon State wrestling team were in first place after the first session of the Pac-12 Championships on Sunday at Boise State. The Beavers had 99 points to Stanford’s 86. They eventually won the event with 138 points and had Pac-12 champs with Mike Mangrum (141), Scott Sakaguchi (149), RJ Pena (157) and Clayton Jack...
Beavers favored at Pac-12s
The No. 16 Oregon State wrestling team is heavily favored to win the first Pacific-12 Conference title on Sunday at Boise State. Read my meet advance that ran in Friday’s GT, if you missed it. Here’s another wrestling story I did in the week looking at the stability of the program. Clayton Jack, at 32-1,...
