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Iowa vs Oregon State: Full College Wrestling Preview 2024 – FloWrestling
The Iowa Hawkeyes are traveling out west to Coravllis, Oregon to take on the Oregon State Beavers Saturday evening in what is set up to be the dual of opening weekend! Wrestling will start at 10 pm Eastern/9 pm Central/7 pm local Pacific time. You can watch live on Flo!
2024 Iowa vs Oregon State – Men’s
Projected lineups
125: Kale Petersen/Joey Cruz, Iowa vs #13 Maximo Renteria, Illinois
133: #3 Drake Ayala, Iowa vs Damion Elliott/Gabe Whisenhunt, Oregon State
141: Ryder Block, Iowa vs Nash Singleton, Oregon State
149: #4 Kyle Parco, Iowa vs Victor Jacinto, Oregon State
157: #1 Jacori Teemer, Iowa vs Ethan Stiles, Oregon State
165: #2 Michael Caliendo, Iowa vs Kekena Fouret, Oregon State
174: #7 Gabe Arnold/#4 (184) Nelson Brands, Iowa vs Sean Harman, Oregon State
184: #7 (174) Gabe Arnold/#4 Nelson Brands, Iowa vs Mason Christiansen/TJ McDonnell, Oregon State
197: #1 Stephen Buchanan, Iowa vs #5 Trey Munoz, Oregon State
285: #11 Ben Kueter, Iowa vs Brett Mower, Oregon State
125: Kale Petersen/Joey Cruz vs #13 Maximo Renteria
Kale Petersen
Year: Redshirt freshman
Hometown: Rockwell, Iowa
Career Record: 4-3
Joey Cruz
Year: Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown: Fresno, California
Career Record: 3-8
Maximo Renteria
Year: Junior
Hometown: Clovis, California
Career Record: 9-19
I am very intrigued by this matchup. Kale Peterson was #52 on the big board coming out of high school, but struggled his redshirt year. I think the drop down to 125 lbs could be beneficial for him. Similarly, Joey Cruz was #33 on the 2022 Big Board but has struggled in his first two years of college. Don’t be fooled by Maximo Renteria’s career record. After going 5-19 his first two collegiate seasons at Illinois, he came back out west and went 4-0 last season for the Beavers – including a win over future national champion Richard Figueroa. The potential is there for Renteria.
133: #3 Drake Ayala vs Gabe Whisenhunt/Damion Elliott
Drake Ayala
Year: Redshirt Junior
Hometown: Fort Dodge, Iowa
Career Record: 47-14
Gabe Whisenhunt
Year: Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown: Corvallis, Oregon
Career Record: 18-15
Damion Elliott
Year: Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Career Record: 4-5
Gabe Whisenhunt was the starter last year, but Damion Elliott was hurt the entire season and defeated Whisenhunt in 4-1 in the wrestle-offs, so have to think the Beavers will roll with Elliot. Either OSU wrestler will be a heavy underdog to Iowa’s Drake Ayala. After making the NCAA finals last season at 125 lbs, this will be the first look at the Hawk at his new weight class.
141: Ryder Block vs Nash Singleton
Ryder Block
Year: Redshirt Freshman
Hometown: Waverly, Iowa
Career Record: 0-0
Nash Singleton
Year: Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown: Roseburg, Oregon
Career Record: 17-16
I am very excited to see what Ryder Block can do this year at 141. A 2X Fargo champion, he was #22 on the 2023 big board. He was sidelined last season while recovering from ACL surgery. The biggest question for him is the weight. Competing at 138/145/65 kg the summer after he graduated high school, a lot of folks thought he was going to be a 149 in college. Nash Singleton is a tough first test. He showed signs of promise last season while competing at 149 lbs. Similarly, the weight will be a question mark until proven otherwise.
149: #4 Kyle Parco vs Victor Jacinto
Kyle Parco
Year: Redshirt Senior
Hometown: Danville, California
Career Record: 103-20
Victor Jacinto
Year: Redshirt Junior
Hometown: Hollister, California
Career Record: 0-0 (Div I)
An all-California battle at 149 lbs. A transfer from Clackamas Community College where he took 3rd place at 149 lbs in 2022, Victor Jacinto won the wrestle-off over teammate Ayden Garver. A 4X D1 All-American Kyle Parco will be one of the bigger favorites of the night, but it will be his first time in an Iowa singlet. After two years at Fresno State and three at Arizona State, the California native transferred to Iowa this past off-season.
157: #1 Jacori Teemer vs Ethan Stiles
Jacori Teemer
Year: Redshirt Senior
Hometown: Long Beach, New York
Career Record: 85-17
Ethan Stiles
Year: Redshirt Freshman
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Career Record: 3-3
Two new faces in the lineup with a heavy favorite to Iowa. Ethan Stiles transferred to Oregon State this offseason after going winning three open tournaments and going 1-2 in duals for the Huskers. One of those dual losses came to Jacori Teemer, who was at Arizona State at the time. The 3X All-American who comes into the season ranked #1 beat Stiles 7-2.
165: #2 Michael Caliendo vs Kekena Fouret
Michael Caliendo
Year: Redshirt Junior
Hometown: Geneva, Illinois
Career Record: 57-13
Kekena Fouret
Year: Redshirt Senior
Hometown: Nampa, Idaho
Career Record: 22-27
This will likely be the only rematch from last year’s dual. Michael Caliendo used four takedowns and three escapes the defeat Kekena Fouret 15-10.
174: #7 Gabe Arnold/#4 (184) Nelson Brands vs Sean Harman, Oregon State
Gabe Arnold
Year: Redshirt Freshman
Hometown: Albany, Georgia
Career Record: 8-1
Nelson Brands
Year: Redshirt Senior
Hometown: Iowa City, Iowa
Career Record: 42-19
Sean Harman
Year: Redshirt Senior
Hometown: West Linn, Oregon
Career Record: 44-20
Iowa has one of the best roster battles on their hands at 174/184. Gabe Arnold was the #5 overall recruit coming out of high school and proved he was ready to go to right away last year by defeating All-Americans Travis Wittlake (in the Oregon State dual), Will Feldkamp, and Lennox Wolak. However, Iowa ultimately ended up deciding to redshirt him. Now they’ve got Nelson Brands, who was an All-American for the Hawks in 2023 at 174 lbs, returning after serving a suspension last season. It sounds like their both going to try and win the 174 lb spot.
Sean Harman doesn’t have the same hype as Arnold or Brands, but after five years at Missouri, he’s back in his home state of Oregon. While he never made the starting lineup in Columbia, he showed promise at times.
184: #7 (174) Gabe Arnold/#4 Nelson Brands vs Mason Christiansen/TJ McDonnell
Mason Christiansen
Year: Redshirt Senior
Hometown: Riverton, Utah
Career Record: 8-14
TJ McDonnell
Year: Redshirt Freshman
Hometown: Fountain Valley, California
Career Record: 4-9
This time it’s not just Iowa with a question mark in the lineup. Mason Christensen and TJ McDonnell split in their wrestle-offs a week ago. Each guy took a match by a score of 4-1. Christiansen has spent time at 174 and 197 the past four years for the Beavers while McDonnell went 4-9 against D1 competition last season as redshirt. Now with Trey Munoz moving up to 197 lbs, they’re both vying for the starting 184 spot. Either wrestler will be a sizable underdog to whoever Iowa puts out.
197: #1 Stephen Buchanan vs #5 Trey Munoz
Stephen Buchanan
Year: Redshirt Senior
Hometown: Loyal, Wisconsin
Career Record: 86-25
Trey Munoz
Year: Redshirt Senior
Hometown: Mission Viejo, California
Career Record: 85-17
This is the premier match of the night! A top five showdown between two title contenders that could have NCAA seedin implications. Munoz has made the decision to move up to 197 lbs for the final season of his career. While at 184/174 lbs he was a 4X national qualifier and 2X All-American finishing 6th in 2023 and 3rd in 2024. Stephen Buchanan has spent his entire career at 197 lbs where he’s a 4X national qualifier and 3X All-American, but this will be his first time in an Iowa singlet. The Loyal, Wisconsin native transferred to the Hawkeyes from Oklahoma this offseason.
285: #11 Ben Kueter vs Brett Mower
Ben Kueter
Year: Redshirt Freshman
Hometown: Iowa City, Iowa
Career Record: 3-1
Brett Mower
Year: Redshirt Senior
Hometown: Glenwood, Iowa
Career Record: 6-8
Ben Kueter is already one of the bigger names in college wrestling as just a redshirt freshman. A U20 World champion, he was the #2 overall recruit coming out of high school in 2023. After splitting time between football and wrestling last year, Kueter decided to forgo the football field this year to focus on wrestling. He went 3-1 while competing in duals for the Hawkeyes last season, only losing to national champion Greg Kerkvliet.
Kueter will likely see fellow Iowa native Brett Mower. After winning a JUCO national title at Iowa Western in 2023, Mower transferred to Oregon State. He sat behind Justin Rademacher last season at 197, but this year moved up to heavyweight Charley Hastriter in the wrestle-off. A lot of Beaver fans will, and should, be excited to see highly touted freshman Aden Attao, but it sounds like he’s going to rest for the first part of this season after a busy offseason competing overseas.
The good times keep on rolling for the Oregon Ducks in the recruiting world. Dan Lanning and the Ducks scored a massive commitment from five-star quarterback Will Mencl out of Chandler, Arizona.
Oregon had been rumored to be leading the race for Mencl’s services for months, but the No. 1 quarterback in the country, per Rivals, cleared the air and committed to the Ducks on Wednesday evening. Mencl chose the Ducks over Auburn and Penn State, both of which battled hard for him down the stretch.
However, Mencl has been connected to Oregon for a long time. While he was offered last fall before breaking out in his junior season, Mencl has been a fan of the program long before he popped up on the Ducks’ recruiting radar. In a post shared by Rivals recruiting expert Steve Wiltfong, Mencl was announced as a quarterback for the Ducks when he was a kid at the 2019 NFL Draft fan experience in 2019.
Now, Mencl is ready to don the green and yellow for real and make his childhood dreams come true. The Ducks have made a point to get Mencl on campus as often as possible and as recently as last week. The continued connection between both sides is ultimately what made the decision easy for the nation’s top passer. Mencl said he told Lanning and the Oregon staff about his decision on Sunday.
“The biggest thing was the relationship with the staff,” Mencl said after committing. “I feel like that continued to grow over time, especially when I first got there last spring. Being able to sit down with Coach Koa, really being an underlooked guy at that time, and kind of blowing up my junior season. And then, the path to the NFL. You can’t deny what they do with quarterbacks and the type of scheme they run. I felt like that was the best fit for me and my family to get to the next level.”
Koa Ka’ai, Oregon’s new quarterback coach, made waves earlier in the offseason after his recruiting test about ice cream flavors went viral, but that doesn’t appear to have scared Mencl off. In fact, the two have a close connection that Oregon hopes will translate to success on the field in the near future.
“My relationship with Coach Koa, I feel like that is super, super strong,” Mencl told Rivals. “I’ve had a lot of discussions with Coach Lanning about the culture there and how they’re going to continue to sustain greatness throughout the program.”
Mencl exploded onto the national recruiting scene with a massive junior season for Chandler. He completed more than 70% of his passes for 3,815 yards and 33 touchdowns against five interceptions in his junior season, leading Chandler to a state title berth. He also rushed for 741 yards and an additional 17 touchdowns.
The Ducks expect to have some competition for Mencl to compete with when he joins the team for the 2027 season, with Dylan Raiola and Akili Smith Jr. already on the roster and competing for a role as the backup. Oregon has gone to the transfer portal as well in recent seasons, finding success with Bo Nix, Dillon Gabriel, and now Dante Moore.
Oregon has recruited well at quarterback in the past, establishing an NFL pedigree that attracted Mencl. Maybe he will be the one to buck the trend and give the Ducks a true, homegrown product under center.
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‘Pour in the largest glass you can find while slow dancing in your socks,’ a Wine Enthusiast contributor said of an Oregon wine
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Wine Enthusiast released a list of the top 40 sparkling wines around the world in 2026 – highlighting two bottles of bubbly from Oregon.
“While it can seem like you need a fortune to enjoy high quality sparkling wine, you honestly don’t. Excellent affordable bubbles are being produced around the world, often in places you might not expect. Each of the selections on our inaugural Top 40 Sparkling Wines list delivers personality, freshness, and celebration for under $75,” Wine Enthusiast wrote.
Wine Enthusiast divided its list into separate sparkling categories including, Champagne, Italian Bollicine, American sparkling and bottles $25 and under.
Snagging a spot on the American sparkling list: Corollary Wines in McMinnville.
Corollarly’s 2021 Momtazi Carbonic Rosé Pinot Noir scored 96 points from Wine Enthusiast.
“This is a Peter Max print of a wine, with vivid aromas and flavors to match the wine’s electric Kool-Aid color. It is filled to the brim with aromas and flavors of macerated strawberries, candied rose petals, apricots, and a bitter note similar to watermelon rind. Pour in the largest glass you can find while slow dancing in your socks,” wrote Wine Enthusiast contributor Michael Alberty.
The second Oregon winery to earn a spot on the list: Lytle-Barnett in Dundee.
Wine Enthusiast also gave Lytle-Barnett’s 2018 Brut Rosé Pinot Noir Chardonnay 96 points.
“Bubbles as persistent as an eight-year-old with a question deliver aromas of dried rose petals, macerated strawberries, and a touch of fresh hay and talc. This 70/30 Pinot Noir and Chardonnay blend is packed with flavors of lemon zest, Honeycrisp apple slices drizzled in caramel, and a dollop of raspberry,” Alberty wrote.
The nods to Corollary and Lytle-Barnett come as the wineries recently helped launch Method Oregon, a nonprofit made up of 50 Oregon wineries aiming to turn Oregon into a global sparkling wine destination.
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