The Beavers saw 14 wrestlers compete on Wednesday, including three unattached entries, with each winning at least two bouts apiece. Jason Lara (125 pounds), Kelly Kubec (133), Garrett Drucker (133), Mike Mangrum (141), Chad Hanke (197) and Clayton Jack (heavyweight) all go into the final day of competition on Thursday with the chance at taking first.
“This was a very good day of competition,” Oregon State head coach Jim Zalesky said. “Every one of our wrestlers competed well and we’re in very good standing with a number of guys who could accomplish some great things on Thursday. We have one day remaining of competition in 2010 and our guys will go out strong.”
Lara wrapped up two major decisions to remain in competition for first at the 125-pound class. He downed Brett Boston of Appalachian State an Zach Huxford of George Mason and will open Thursday against Virginia’s Matthew Snyder.
Kubec went 3-0 Wednesday, earning one via fall and one via major decision. He opened with a 2:06 fall against Campbell’s Gabe Gardner, and defeated Navy’s Ben Levin, 10-2. He capped off his day with a 6-4 win over Bloomsburg’s Nick Wilcox, and will square off with Minnesota’s David Thorn to open competition Thursday.
Joining Kubec at the 133-pound class was Drucker, who also went 3-0 with wins over Indiana’s Matt Ortega, Lock Haven’s John Trumbetti and Edinboro’s Aaron Schopp. He will face Penn’s Rollie Peterkin to start Thursday.
Kubec and Drucker could square off for first on Thursday if both go 2-0 to start the day.
Mangrum is the fourth Beaver to remain in the championship round. He picked up decisions over North Carolina’s Darius Little and Liberty’s Kurtis Becker and a pin over Army’s Casey Thome. He goes against Penn State’s Adam Lynch on Thursday.
Hanke and Jack needed just two victories to remain in contention for their respective weight class titles. Hanke defeated North Carolina’s KaRonne Jones over technical fall then downed Penn’s Micah Burak and will take on George Mason’s Cayle Byers Thursday.
Rounding out the six is Jack, who opened with a pin of Edinboro’s Michael Horton in 6:07. He went on to take down Lock Haven’s Henry Turner via major decision. He will open Thursday with Minnesota’s Benjamin Burhow Thursday.
Scott Sakaguchi (149 pounds) paced the Beavers in the consolation round with a 4-1 record. He will be joined Thursday by RJ Pena (unattached at 157 pounds with a 3-1 record), Jon Brascetta (3-1 at 165 pounds), Brice Arand (3-1 at 184 pounds), Taylor Meeks (unattached at 184 pounds with a 3-1 record) and Taylor Johnson (2-1 at 197 pounds).
Alex Elder (3-2 at 157 pounds) and Ty Vinson (2-2 at 184 pounds) also competed Wednesday but were knocked out of the Southern Scuffle.
The Beavers will go into Thursday’s competition fourth out of 34 teams, just one point shy of No. 3 Michigan, which has 49.5 points. Cornell leads the pack with 54 points and is followed by No. 2 Penn State (50.5 points), Michigan, Oregon State and Kent State and Minnesota, which are tied for fifth with 43.5 points.
Live stats for day two are available on uncgspartans.com. Visit osubeavers.com Thursday afternoon for a full recap and list of results for the Oregon State wrestlers.
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