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Oklahoma State wrestling rolls past OU in Bedlam, remains undefeated ahead of Iowa clash
John Smith talks about Oklahoma State wrestling win vs. Iowa State
Oklahoma State wrestling coach John Smith talks about win vs. Iowa State
STILLWATER — Call it the Three Falls of Bedlam.
The Oklahoma State wrestling team opened Sunday’s Bedlam dual with three straight falls — one of the technical variety, and two of the flat-on-your-back kind — to ignite a dominant 34-9 victory over OU.
“The first three matches… it’s been awhile since I’ve seen that, just wham, bam, bam,” OSU coach John Smith said. “That’s the way to start. We’re 10 minutes into the dual and three matches are down.”
And just like that, it became crystal clear that the second-ranked Cowboys (14-0) were on their way to a 19th straight win over their Sooner rivals in a nearly full Gallagher-Iba Arena, only supplying a little extra juice to next week’s showdown with Iowa.
“It does a lot for a team, for sure,” said OSU redshirt freshman 141-pounder Tagen Jamison. “The energy the rest of the week for a dual like that, it’s gonna be great. It’s gonna be really helpful in practice, training-wise. I don’t think there’s a better week for us to end this week and go into next week wrestling Iowa.”
OSU needed less than a minute to score its first points, when 125-pound redshirt freshman Troy Spratley pinned OU freshman Conrad Hendriksen 1:03 into the match.
OSU super-senior Daton Fix, ranked third at 133 pounds, followed with a 21-5 technical fall early in the third period, and Jamison found himself taking the mat much earlier than he expected.
“Usually I have like 15 minutes to go through my routine,” the eighth-ranked 141-pounder said. “When Troy came running in the locker room, I was like, ‘Oh crap.’ So I had to hurry up and throw my singlet on and run out there, because I knew Daton was gonna run the score up pretty quick, too.”
The rushed preparation didn’t slow Jamison, who turned an early takedown into a pin just 54 seconds into the match.
The Cowboys added a major decision at 157 pounds, then two more technical falls in the upper weights.
OSU’s Teague Travis, ranked No. 11 at 157, used a second-period takedown and nearfall to build his lead on the way to an 11-1 win over Jared Hill. Travis wrestled his final high school season at Stillwater, and is quite familiar with Hill, a Broken Arrow product.
“I wrestled him multiple times my senior year of high school — wrestled him in the state finals, actually,” Travis said. “So I knew kind of what to expect. I knew that I was gonna have to be aggressive and score a lot of points. And I knew toward the end of the match that the points would be there, my shots would be there.”
At 184, OSU’s second-ranked senior Dustin Plott picked up a 19-4 technical fall.
A battle of former Tuttle Tigers at 197 went the way of OSU’s Luke Surber, who scored early and often in a 17-2 technical fall over Carson Berryhill — who weighed in at 184 but moved up to wrestle in place of sixth-ranked Stephen Buchanan.
Overall, the Cowboys recorded 21 takedowns to just two for OU.
Bright moments were rare for the Sooners, but they won a trio of tightly contested matches. At 149 pounds, OU’s Willie McDougald used a first-period takedown for a 5-2 win, and at 174, Tate Picklo scored a takedown with :09 on the overtime clock for a 5-2 sudden-victory win.
And the Sooners added a thrilling 2-1 decision at heavyweight when Josh Heindselman scored a late reversal and barely managed to ride out OSU’s Konner Doucet over the final 30 seconds for the win.
That wrapped up the regular season for the Sooners until the Big 12 Championships at the BOK Center in Tulsa on March 9-10.
The Cowboys close with the looming visit from No. 4 Iowa at 2 p.m. next Sunday at GIA.
“I think it just shows that we’re starting to get to the end of the season and into postseason, that we’re getting better every single dual and every single week,” Travis said. “We’re doing the right things and we just need to keep doing what we’re doing, and not make things bigger than they need to be.
“Keep sticking to the process.”
Bedlam wrestling results
Sunday at Gallagher-Iba Arena, Stillwater
OSU 34, OU 9
- 125: Troy Spratley, OSU, pinned Conrad Hendrksen, 1:03
- 133: Daton Fix, OSU, tech. fall, Gave Vidlak, 21-5 (5:33)
- 141: Tagen Jamison, OSU, pinned Carter Schmidt, 0:54
- 149: Willie McDougald, OU, dec. Jordan Williams, 5-2
- 157: Teague Travis, OSU, major dec. Jared Hill, 11-1
- 165: Izzak Olejnik, OSU, dec. Cael Carlson, 7-2
- 174: Tate Picklo, OU, dec. Brayden Thompson, 5-2 SV
- 184: Dustin Plott, OSU, tech. fall Giuseppe Hoose, 19-4 (5:50)
- 197: Luke Surber, OSU, tech. Fall Carson Berryhill, 17-2 (4:19)
- HWT: Josh Heinselman, OU, dec. Konner Doucet, 2-1
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Firefighters respond to commercial fire in Oklahoma City
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The Oklahoma City Fire Department responded to a commercial fire near the area of NW 10th and N Western Avenue.
OKCFD were at the scene of a commercial fire around 7 p.m. Saturday night, when they arrived there was heavy smoke visible from multiple floors of a boarded up building.
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Navy Coach Brian Newberry Talks Oklahoma Prep, Going for 10 Wins
NORMAN — Bowl season is a bit unconventional for Navy.
The Midshipmen annually play against Army six days after the bowl schedule is released. That was the case this year, as Navy beat the Black Knights 31-13 on Dec. 14.
Beating Army is always a highlight for the Midshipmen. But the drawback for them is that they have less time than their bowl opponent to prepare for the game.
In this case, that’s Oklahoma. The Sooners will enter the game with more than two weeks of preparation for Navy’s triple-option offense.
“It’s just a little different,” Navy coach Brian Newberry told reporters earlier this week. “They’ve known they’re going to play us for a little time now.”
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Navy does, however, enter the Armed Forces Bowl with momentum.
The Midshipmen (9-3) eased past Army last week in Landover, MD. They outgained the Black Knights 384-179 and forced Army quarterback Bryson Daily to throw three interceptions.
Navy’s rivalry win was its third in the last four games after the Midshipmen went on a two-game skid in the middle of the season. Newberry cited his team’s physicality in recent games, particularly in the Midshipmen’s drubbing of Army.
“I was so impressed with how our kids handled the moment,” Newberry said. “Army’s a really, really good football team. I thought we physically dominated the game in the way that we blocked, beat blocks, the way we tackled. I thought we outplayed them in all three phases, so I’m really, really proud of that.”
A stark difference between the teams is the number of players that have entered the transfer portal.
The Sooners have seen 25 players from their 2024 team enter the portal. The Midshipmen have suffered only one departure in the winter portal window with defensive back Lorenzo Vitti.
On one hand, that makes Oklahoma preparation tough for Navy.
“It’s interesting,” Newberry said. “We’re going through their two-deep and trying to figure out who’s going to play and who isn’t. It’s a little bit of a challenge in that regard. And it could certainly change with a different quarterback.”
But largely, the Midshipmen’s lack of transfers gives Newberry confidence that his team will be bought in for one more game in 2024.
“The portal can affect us, players can jump in the portal — we’re not getting that,” Newberry said. “It’s challenging to build a culture anywhere in college football right now, one that’s built on a certain level of trust. They know each other really, really well. They’ve fought through adversity. They stay the course, they pay the price and they have an opportunity.”
Navy will also play for more than just another win; the Midshipmen are looking to make history.
Navy has reached the 10-win mark just four times in program history. The Midshipmen did so three times under former coach Ken Niumatalolo from 2009-2019.
Having a shot at history while playing Oklahoma — the state that Newberry hails from — excites the coach.
“It’s the last time that this team gets to play together,” Newberry said. “They want to go out the right way against a storied program like Oklahoma. It’s a great reward to play in a bowl game, but it’s a game we want to win.”
The Midshipmen and Sooners will play in the Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth at 11 a.m. on Dec. 27.
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Oklahoma LB Kip Lewis Sees Armed Forces Bowl as Growth Opportunity
As Danny Stutsman departs from Oklahoma, Kip Lewis seems to be the next man up.
A redshirt sophomore linebacker in 2024, Lewis was one of the Sooners’ better defenders. In addition to his 28 solo tackles, Lewis intercepted two passes, running both of them back for touchdowns.
Lewis hopes to be the leader that Stutsman was over his four years at OU. But his goal isn’t to be a Stutsman clone.
“I feel like I’m my own player and my own leader in how I do things,” Lewis said. “Danny’s a great player, great leader. Taught me everything I need to know. I think I’m just my own person. I don’t think I need to step into his role and be the Danny. There’s only one.”
Lewis played and started in all 12 of the Sooners’ games in the 2024 season. It was his second season as a regular on OU’s defense after playing in just two games as a true freshman.
In Oklahoma’s first season as an SEC squad, Lewis and his defensive counterparts saw plenty of offensive stars. Between Garrett Nussmeier at LSU and Quinn Ewers at Texas, there was never really a dull moment for the Sooners during conference play.
Lewis will see a different type of challenge at the Armed Forces Bowl against Navy.
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The Midshipmen — like the other service academies — run a triple-option offense. While Navy, Army and Air Force struggle to get the highly-touted recruits that other programs draw, the unconventional offense sets them apart.
Thankfully for Lewis, this style of offense isn’t new.
“I’m a little used to it. So it’s been a minute since I played it, but it brought me back to my roots playing the Wing-T. There’s a team called Pleasant Grove out there in Texas, so they used to give me a run for my money back in the day.”
Navy finished the regular season 9-3. The Midshipmen started the season 6-0 before losing three times in a four-game span.
They ended the season well, though, beating both East Carolina and Army by double digits to end the regular season.
Lewis and multiple of his teammates tuned in as the Midshipmen beat Army in the annual rivalry game.
“They showed a lot of fight, a lot of grit,” Lewis said. “I think that’s an important key into playing football.”
Lewis will play only one more game as an underclassman. Then, he’ll step into the role of other defensive leaders the Sooners have seen recently, whether that’s Stutsman, Billy Bowman Jr., Woodi Washington or others.
Games like the Armed Forces Bowl will help him get there.
“Just always having to bring my best effort every day,” Lewis said. “Just bringing everything I’ve got. Just every day, I bring my value into whatever that is, whatever I’ve gotta do for my team. I think it’ll be a big role.”
The Sooners will battle the Midshipmen on Dec. 27 in Fort Worth. The game is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m.
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