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...
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...
Zalesky gets 200 wins
Oregon State wrestling coach Jim Zalesky won his 200th career dual meet with when the No. 17 Beavers defeated North Dakota State , 20-13, on Sunday afternoon in Gill Coliseum. Read more about the meet here in my story in Monday’s GT. It was a competitive meet with some tough matches. Heavyweight Clayton Jack needed...
Pac-10 wrestling time
It’s the eve of the Pac-10 Championships for the Oregon State wrestling team. The Beavers hope to repeat as champions in the one-day event that begins at 11 a.m. in Gill Coliseum on Sunday. Here’s a link to my preview story that ran in Saturday’s GT edition. Here’s a link to the past blog to...
Wrestling finishes strong
Oregon State’s Alex Elder whirls Cal State Fullerton’s Chris Stinett into a better position Sunday afternoon during their bout at Gill Coliseum. PHOTO/Jesse Skoubo The No. 21 Oregon State wrestling team dominated Cal State Fullerton in the final dual meet of the season 36-9 on Sunday. Read about it in the meet story in Monday’s...
Beavers upset with Cal Poly loss
Coaches Troy Steiner and Jim Zalesky wonder what happened Friday night. The No. 13-ranked Oregon State wrestling team was upset 18-15 on Friday night by No. 24 Cal Poly in Gill Coliseum. Read my full match story in Saturday’s GT here. Coach Jim Zalesky and his staff laid into the Beavers in the post match...
Cliff: Wrestling opener
Coach Jim Zaleksy works his guys hard. PHOTO/Mark Ylen The No. 22 Oregon State wrestling team begins the season at 8 p.m. on Saturday night at No. 2Boise State. Here’s a link to my update story in Friday’s GT. “I’d say they look favored at five weights, we are at four and we have one...
Cliff: Wrestling discipline
OSU had a public workout Saturday morning. PHOTO/Mark Ylen Oregon State wrestling coach Jim Zalesky hopes the bad behavior by his guys have ended now that the season is upon us. Mike Mangrum and Colby Covington had offseason run-ins with the law – Covington for fighting and Mangrum third-degree criminal mischief . For Mangrum, it...
Cliff: OSU male sports coach of the year
Wrestling coach Jim Zalesky edged out golf coach Brian Watts for me as the Oregon State Men’s Sports Coach of the Year. It was close, but not close enough for the dreaded co-award. Watts took his team to the NCAA championships for the first time, but Zalesky won the Pac-10 tournament and coached an individual...
Cliff: Wrestling news
Oregon State wrestling coach Jim Zalesky was named the Pacific-10 Conference coach of the year, and redshirt freshman Mike Mangrum was named the conference freshman/newcomer of the year Thursday. Here’s a link to the full story that will run in Friday’s GT with both their reactions. Zalesky has won the award for the first time...
Cliff: NFL combine update, notes (updated)
Numbers are coming available for what former Oregon State QB Sean Canfield and LB Keaton Kristick have done at the NFL combine over the weekend. 60-yard shuttle Canfield (11.89 seconds, third of four attempted) Kristick (11.33, second of eight) 20-yard shuttle Kristick (4.21, fifth of 10) 3-cone drill Kristick (6.96, eighth of 10) Poster Riley4Prez...
Cliff: Wrestling notes
The Oregon State wrestling team jumped six spots to 14th in the NWCA/USA Today Division I Team Coaches Poll. The Beavers (18-1) have the second most dual meet wins behind No. 1 Iowa (19-0). The last time the Beavers were ranked this high was Jan. 31, 2001, under former coach Joe Wells. The Beavers ranged...
