Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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CUry I. Wnt Straining with effort, sophomore Jeff Looking for ways to score points for Cardwell gives his all in winning his an escape, junior Horacio Arte strug-weight class during the Pac-10 gles to free himself from the hold of lotin Hjftrriy Championship. an opponent. When the going got tough, the OSU wrestling team got going ... all the way to the NCAA Tournament in Maryland, to be exact. It was a long season for the Beaver grapplers who proved the polls wrong and placed third in the Pac-10, rather than fifth as predicted. Head wrestling coach Dale Thomas was pleased with his team's final winning record of 12 wins and 11 losses. It was the best performance by a team with the credentials they had going into the season, said Thomas. “The tough opening meets contributed to our success later on in the season, added Thomas of the meets that took place on the Eastern coast. Under the direction of an experienced Thomas, the team competed in 23 dual meets and five tournaments during the season, which ran from November 28 to March 21. After 31 years of coaching, Thomas' record of 582 130 9 spoke for itself. He's a good coach, commented wrestler Tim Glennie. He makes you work hard, but he has a way of getting the best out of everybody. Teammate Jeff Cardwell agreed. If you want to work hard, he's good, said Card-well. But if you just want to be on the team so you can say you're a wrestler, he's no fun The 1986-87 season also marked a new era in West Coast wrestling as OSU joined the newly formed Pac- 10 Wrestling Conference. We started out as an underdog — we were a real young team, recalled junior David Boyle who placed 12th out of approximately 40 wrestlers in the NCAA Tournament. It was going to be a pretty rough year. Back East we got pounced and beat up on. According to Boyle, things started to turn around for the Beavers at the Oregon Invitational. OSU placed first out of eight Oregon teams at the tournament held in Eugene. Thomas felt the outstanding recruiting season for 1987-88 wrestlers was partially due to the Beavers'success at the Oregon Invitational. It was the best recruiting season in 10 years, stated Thomas. OSU beat their rival team, the Oregon Ducks, in the last meet before the Pac-10 Tournament. This win gave the Beavers their eleventh straight dual meet victory over Oregon. Although both teams were ranked fifth in the Pac-10 at the beginning of the year, after the smoke cleared, the Beavers were in third place and the Ducks were in seventh place. The 1986-87 Pac-10 Wrestling Champions were held in Gill Coliseum. It was here that wrestlers qualified for the NCAA Tournament in Maryland. The top three finishers out of each weight class were sent to the Nationals. Eight other fourth place finishers were also chosen to attend the place. Wrestling 217

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Jeff Cardwell (standing), Pac-10 champion in his weight division, attempts to stop an opponent. Dr. Dale Thomas. Beaver wrestling coach, sits on the edge of his chair anticipating an OSU win during the Pac-10 Championships held at Gill Coliseum. Cary WM Sidelines Men's Wrestling Won 13 Lost 13 Maryland 12 24 North Carolina State 8 31 North Carolina 2 42 Navy 6 36 Clemson 15 21 Army 3 37 Bloomsburg Univ. 3 46 Lehigh Billy Sheridan Tour Fifth Weber State 35 9 Oregon Invitational First Humboldt State 38 8 Buena Vista at Chico, Ca. 10 23 Chico State 20 18 Fresno State 14 31 Stanford 36 11 San Jose State at Stanford 27 11 San Francisco State 30 18 Oregon 27 13 Boise State 38 6 Simon Fraser 33 9 Oregon Wrestling Classic Fourth Portland State 25 13 Utah State 13 22 Brigham Young 14 21 Pacific 28 9 Oregon 20 16 Pac-10 Championships Third NCAA Champ. TWenty-second Gary WrM 218 Wrestling