Oregon State
Reno Tournament of Champions
Hamblin Takes 157-lb. Title as Beavs Finish Second at Reno
December 22, 2024 | Wrestling
RENO, Nevada – The Oregon State wrestling team closed the calendar year by competing in the Reno Tournament of Champions on Sunday.
CJ Hamblin ran the table for the 157-pound championship to highlight the day for the Beavers. On his way to the title, he tallied wins by major decision and technical fall before clinching the last of his six wins by sudden victory over Southern Oregon's Aaron Gandara. Hamblin finished an undefeated weekend after claiming a win in the Beavers' dual against Utah Valley on Friday.
Competing unattached, Justin Rademacher (197) swept his bracket to win the championship. He used a second-period takedown to defeat Oklahoma State's Cody Merrill by decision at 4-2. The Oregonian tallied consecutive technical fall wins to start his title-winning day and a major decision clinched his trip to the final bout. Following the competition, Rademacher was named the event's Most Outstanding Wrestler.
Ayden Garver fell short in the championship bout in the 149-lb. division, after four consecutive victories – including a pin – to open his competition. Standing in his way to the final was a Pac-12 opponent in Cal Poly's Gavin Fernandez but one takedown was all Garver needed to take it at decision at 4-1.
In the heavyweight class, Charley Hastriter responded quickly from his sole setback of the day – in the semifinals - to secure third place. The Idaho product battled with a trio of gritty wins, including one at sudden victory, to place him into the weight's last four. In the third-place bout, he used the sole takedown – in the second – to launch him to the 4-2 win over Western Wyoming's Dmarian Lopez.
Chase DeBlaere (133) and Kekana Fouret (165) both turned in sixth-place finishes in Reno. DeBlaere battled to the end in close competitions after opening the day with three consecutive wins. Fouret did not allow his opponent to make a mark on the board with a major decision win (at 11-0) and 5-0 at decision.
Murphy Menke (165) had a 4-1 day that saw himself finish in fifth. He strung together consecutive 17-1 technical fall wins to open his day in Reno before using back-to-back wins at decision to end it. Hunter Taylor (125) turned in a 4-2 day for a sixth-place finish. The true freshman responded from a technical fall setback to win three of his last four bouts, which included a win by fall.
Oregon State will open the new year with a dual at sixth-ranked Ohio State on Sunday, January 5th. The first bout is set for 10 a.m. PT and can be seen on B1G+.
Results
Hunter Taylor (125) – Sixth place
Taylor MD Zachary Wright (San Francisco) 11-1
Aden Reeves (Grand View) TF Taylor 19-3
Taylor FALL Caleb Tatad (Cal Poly Humbolt) 2:24
Taylor MFF Sefton Douglass (Western Wyoming)
Taylor MFF Gage Singleton (Oregon State)
Talen Eck (Utah Valley) NC Taylor
Gage Singleton (125)
Sefton Douglass (Western Wyoming) DEC Singleton 8-4
Singleton DEC Tucker Bowen (unatt. – Wyoming) 4-1
Singleton DEC Ane'e Vigil (Clackamas) 10-5
Hunter Taylor (Oregon State) MFF Singleton
Chase DeBlaere (133) – Fourth place
DeBlaere FALL Grady Devins (Cal Poly Humbolt) 1:31
DeBlaere DEC Sam Smith (Okla. State) 7-2
DeBlaere DEC Zachary Marrero (W. Wyoming) 4-2
Jackson Cockrell (Grand View) DEC DeBlaere 5-3
Dean Anderson (Valiant Prep) DEC DeBlaere 5-4
Damion Elliott (133)
Elliott TF Simon Cervantes (Big Bend) 20-5
Elliott MD Damian Alvarez (unatt. – Cal Baptist) 11-1
Elliott FALL Kade Willis (Montana-Northern) 6:37
Dean Anderson (Valiant Prep) DEC Elliott 4-3
David Saenz (Wyoming) DEC Elliott 8-1
Ricky Bell (133)
Quade Snmith (unatt. – Chadron State) TF Bell 17-2
Joshua Kyle (Wyoming) FALL Bell, 2:21
DJ Gillett (141)
Gillett TF Spencer Wright (unatt. – Western Wyoming) 15-0
Gillett MD Drew Kested (Wisc.-Eau Claire) 11-2
Carson Taylor (Grand View) DEC Gillett 8-0
Gillett DEC Hartwell Taylor (Saint Mary) DEC 5-2
Christian Herrera (unatt. – Wyoming) DEC Gillett 4-3
Krayle Stormer (141)
Patrick Mullen (unatt. – Utah Valley) DEC Stormer 12-6
Stormer TF Joshua Abarca (Clackamas) 17-2
Stormer DEC Gavin Bauder (Clackamas) 7-5
Hartwell Taylor (Saint Mary) FALL Stormer 6:06
Ayden Garver (149) – Second Place
Garver MD Tommy Dalton (Western Wyoming) 11-1
Garver FALL Luke Krier (Wisc.-Eau Claire) 2:41
Garver DEC Cutter Sheets (Okla. State) 4-2
Garver DEC Gavin Fernandez (Cal Poly) 4-1
Antonio Avila (unatt. – Wyoming) DEC Garver 6-2
Victor Jacinto (149)
Jacinto SV-1 Smokey McClure (unatt. – Utah Valley) 4-1
Antonio Avila (unatt. – Wyoming) DEC 4-1 Jacinto
Jacinto DEC Travis Thorpe (Southern Oregon) 8-5
Elijah Larson DEC Jacinto 5-4
McKinley Robbins (149)
Dylan Guillermo (Cal Baptist) FALL Robbins 2:37
Robbins MD Caeleb Ishmael (Montana Northern) 9-1
Noah Tolentino (Oregon State) DEC Robbins 4-0
Noah Tolentino (149)
Tolentino FALL Jayson Victoria (Cal Poly Humbolt) 6:54
Zach Sato (Wisc.-Eau Claire) 13-5
Tolentino DEC McKinley Robbins (Oregon State) 4-0
Tolentino DEC Jace Roller (unatt. – Missouri)
Tolentinon DEC Cutter Sheets (Okla. State) 9-2
Elijah Larson (Grand View) DEC Tolentino 4-2
CJ Hamblin (157) - Champion
Hamblin MD Dylan Mann (Southern Oregon) 14-3
Hamblin DEC Sloan Swan (unatt. – Wyoming) 4-1
Hamblin TF Magnus McCrackin (Simon Fraser) 21-6
Hamblin DEC Bryce Boumans (Grand View) 8-2
Hamblin SV-1 Aaron Gandara (Southern Oregon) 4-1
Kekana Fouret (165) – Fourth place
Fouret MD Nicolas Lozano (unatt. – Little Rock) 11-0
Fouret DEC Travis Waldner 8-4
Fouret DEC Banks Norby (Western Wyoming) 5-0
Cam Robinson (Grand View) MD Fouret 14-3
Mason Espinoza (Cal Baptist) DEC Fouret 10-4
Murphy Menke (165) – Fifth place
Menke TF Wyatt Rewerts (Embry-Riddle) 17-2
Menke TF Danny Diaz (Grand View) 17-2
Daniel Manibog (Cal Baptist) DEC 11-10
Murphy DEC Sergio Montoya (Oregon State) 8-1
Murphy DEC Steele Starren (Oregon State) 6-2
Sergio Montoya (165)
Montoya FALL Shane Bertero (unatt. – Embry-Riddle) 1:57
Cam Robinson (Grand View) TF Montoya 21-5
Montoya FALL Donald Griffin (unattached) 2:25
Montoya DEC Dylan Whitt (Grand View) 7-2
Murphy Menke (Oregon State) DEC Montoya 8-1
Steele Starren (165)
Starren MD Donald Griffin (unattached) 12-0
Starren DEC Gunner Holland (unatt. – Little Rock) 2-0
Starren DEC Mason Espinoza (Cal Baptist) 4-1
Starren DEC Travis Waldner (Montana-Northern) 1-0
Murphy Menke (Oregon State) DEC Starren 6-2
Graham Gambrall (174)
Alex Reynolds (Grand View) DEC Gambrall 4-2
Gambrall DEC Cody Anderson (Grand View) 4-1
Gambrall DEC David Alonso (Cal Baptist) 4-3
Gambrall DEC Daniil Gorshkov (Embry-Riddle) 7-6
Tanner Lofthouse (Utah Valley) DEC Gambrall 5-2
Justin Rademacher (197) – Unattached – Champion, Most Outstanding Wrestler
Rademacher TF AJ Harris (Montana-Northern) 19-4
Rademacher TF Josh Harkey 19-4
Rademacher FALL Carson Gooley (Southern Oregon) 1:46
Rademacher MD Trayvonne Jackson (Grand View) 13-1
Rademacher DEC Cody Merrill (Okla. State) 4-2
Mason Christiansen (197)
Cody Merrill (Okla. State) TF Christiansen 23-6
Charley Hastriter (HWT) – Third place
Hastriter DEC Hunter Tibodeou (Big Bend) 2-1
Hastriter SV-1 Sam Mitchell (Wyoming) 4-1
Kenny Copley (Embry-Riddle) FALL Hastriter 1:48
Hastriter DEC Dmarian Lopez (Western Wyoming) 4-2
Darius Mynar (HWT)
Jamikeal Lytel (unatt. – Cal Baptist) FALL Mynar 4:11
Shane Mattson (Montana-Northern) FALL Mynar 3:50
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