Oklahoma State Looking For 20th Straight Bedlam Victory

Everyone is preparing to exchange pleasantries for the holidays, but in the state of Oklahoma all that will have to wait because it’s once again time for Bedlam. A red-hot Oklahoma State will head-to-head to Norman, OK to face the rival Sooners. In this year’s dual, eight of the 10 bouts consist of rank vs ranked matchups with bouts at 133, 141 and especially 174 the ones you can’t miss. But before we look at this season’s dual, let’s look at some Bedlam history: 5 Bedlam Fast Facts • 189th all-time meeting • Oklahoma State has won the last 19 straight dual meets • Oklahoma State has a 46-3-1 record (dating back to 1999) • Oklahoma’s last win was Sunday, December 1, 2013 (16-15 final score) • First Bedlam Dual ended 50-0 for Oklahoma State in 1920 This year features six guys total who were in the lineup a season ago that will be back again. Oklahoma State’s Troy Spratley (125), Tagen Jamison (141), Dustin Plott (184) and Luke Surber (197) all return as Oklahoma’s Willie McDougald (149) and Tate Picklo (165) return as well. Picklo wrestled up at 174 a season ago and came away with a win over Brayden Thompson. With that, there aren’t any rematches, but as mentioned above there are some big matches to watch out for. Oklahoma State is fresh off a very good performance at CKLV where they came away with the title and everyone placed in the top five and five guys made the finals with two of which being champions. The new regime has this team looking powerful as they go into Friday night’s dual meet as they have a 4-0 undefeated dual meet record, and every wrestler ranked in the top 20. The hosting Sooners come in pretty hot as well boasting a 3-0 dual meet record after they most recently defeated Central Michigan 28-6, but the rival Cowboys will be their biggest test to date. 3 Biggest Matchups At 133 #19 Reese Witcraft OSU will face #18 Cleveland Belton (OU) who transferred in this season from Oregon State, where he spent the last two seasons. Prior to that he was at Arizona State, but only wrestled in three matches going 0-3 over the span of three years in Tempe. At Oregon State, he was a two-time NCAA qualifier a 141. So far this season he’s 3-0 with three decisions. Witcraft has also qualified for the national tournament twice in his career. He has seen time in the lineup over the course of his career, but has spent most of it backing up multiple-time NCAA runner-up Daton Fix. Most recently he placed fourth at CKLV. This is certainly a toss-up bout that could go either way, but I believe that Belton will stay undefeated and get the decision win. The matchup at 141 is the second big one to watch. Returning NCAA Qualifier Tagen Jamison has looked incredible lately. He made it to the finals of CKLV where he faced returning NCAA Champion Jesse Mendez. He ultimately came out on the losing end of that 5-2 decision but recorded two bonus point wins and a 7-4 decision over All-American Brock Hardy in the semis. For OU, they’ve got undefeated Mosha Schwartz who comes in undefeated like Belton at 133. Schwartz, a three-time NCAA qualifier, returns to this year’s lineup after an injury cut his season short last year. With how Jamison has looked lately it’s tough to pick him. I think he gets the decision here over Schwartz. The premier matchup comes at 174 in a top 10 bout between third ranked Dean Hamiti, a transfer from Wisconsin, who just won the title at CKLV and #6 Gavin Sax, a transfer from NDSU. Both guys come in with unblemished records so far this year. Sax has given up just one point so far this year in his three wins while Hamiti has been just as dominant across his nine wins with all of them except one coming with bonus points. This match will be a battle to see who can maintain their dominance this year. Both bonus point streaks will come to an end, with Hamiti taking the win by decision. Potential matchups 125: #3 Troy Spratley OSU vs. #24 Antonio Lorenzo (OU) 133: #19 Reese Witcraft OSU vs. #18 Cleveland Belton (OU) 141: #4 Tagen Jamison OSU vs. #9 Mosha Schwartz (OU) 149: #13 Carter Young OSU vs. #20 Willie McDougald (OU) 157: #12 Caleb Fish OSU vs. KJ Evans (OU) 165: #6 Cam Amine OSU vs. #31 Tate Picklo (OU) 174: #3 Dean Hamiti OSU vs. #6 Gaven Sax (OU) 184: #3 Dustin Plott OSU vs. #24 DJ Parker (OU) 197: #10 Luke Surber OSU vs. Bradley Hill (OU) 285: #4 Wyatt Hendrickson OSU vs. #21 Juan Mora (OU) Prediction: Oklahoma State, 30-3

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