OKLAHOMA 2012-13 WRESTLING 263 ALL AMERICANS | 65 INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 23 CONFERENCE TITLES No. 9 Oklahoma (7-11) 2012-13 OKLAHOMA WRESTLING SCHEDULE March 21-23 | NCAA Championships | Des Moines, Iowa DATE OPPONENT TIME LOCATION Oklahoma Five Sooners will be on hand in Des Moines, Iowa, for the 2013 NCAA Wrestling Championships. Cody Brewer (133), Kendric Maple 2012 Record: 7-11 (141), Matt Lester (157) and Bubby Graham (165) were all auto- Head Coach: Mark Cody matic qualifiers, while Nick Lester (149) received an at-large bid. OCT. 25 RED/WHITE SCRIMMAGE 7 P.M. N/A NOV. 2 OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY 7 P.M. W, 38-3 The 2013 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships will begin on Nov. 10 Brockport Classic All Day 1st, 155.5 pts. NCAA Thursday, March 21 and run through Saturday, March 23 at the Nov. 24 Northeast Duals All Day 2-1 Championships Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa. There were 286 atuomatic DEC. 2 BINGHAMTON 5 P.M. W, 31-9 qualifiers and 44 at-large selections for the Championships. Dec. 7 No. 20 Wyoming 7 p.m. L, 25-13 DEC. 9 No. 2 OKLAHOMA STATE 2 P.M. L, 26-9 2013 NCAA DIVISION I CHAMPIONSHIPS Dec. 29-30 Midlands Classic All Day 3rd, 85.0 pts. » The action begins on Thursday with first round action. Second and third round action 2013 will take place on Friday morning and evening, respecitvely, with championship JAN. 5 IOWA STATE 7 P.M. W, 19-15 rounds on Saturday night. Jan. 18 @ Northern Iowa 7 p.m. L, 18-15 » Four of Oklahomam’s five wrestlers earned automatic bids, while three of the auto JAN. 20 WEST VIRGINIA 2 P.M. W, 25-14 matic qualifiers earned seeds (Maple #2, Graham #6, Brewer #8). Auto qualifier Matt Jan. 25 @ No. 14 Lehigh 6 p.m. L, 21-14 Lester did not receive a seed, while twin brother Nick was OU’s lone at-large bid. Jan. 27 @ No. 9 Virginia Tech 12 p.m. L, 22-19 » Four of Oklahoma’s five wrestlers competed at last year’s NCAA Championships. Maple Feb. 2 @ No. 7 Missouri 6:30 p.m. L, 26-8 Feb. 17 National Duals All Day Corvallis, Ore. finished fourth at 141 pounds, while Nick Lester took eighth as the duo each earned No. 7 Virginia Tech L, 33-6 All-America status for the first time in their careers. Graham and Matt Lester each lost No. 19 Michigan L, 27-19 in wrestle-back action. Mar. 8 Big 12 Duals All Day Stillwater, Okla. » Every session of the 2013 NCAA Championships will air live via the ESPN Family of No. 20 Iowa State* L, 38-7 networks. West Virginia* W, 34-9 » Four Sooners are ranked in the latest poll from Intermat: No. 1 Kendric Maple (141), No. 2 Oklahoma State* L, 40-3 No. 5 Bubby Graham (165), No. 8 Cody Brewer (133) and No. 16 Nick Lester (149). Mar. 9 Big 12 Championship All Day 3rd, 53 points Mar. 21-23 NCAA Tournament All Day Des Moines, Iowa SOONERS SEND FIVE TO NCAAS IN DES MOINES 2012-13 OKLAHOMA WRESTLING ROSTER Five Oklahoma wrestlers - Cody Brewer (133), Kendric Maple (141), Nick Lester (149), Matt Lester (157) and Bubby Graham (165) - will compete for National Championships and All-America honors beginning on Thursday, March 21, at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des NAME WEIGHT CLASS HOMETOWN/LAST SCHOOL Moines, Iowa. Cody Brewer 133 RS-FR Kansas City, Mo./ Oak Park HS Three Sooners earned seeds for the NCAA Championships. Maple leads the way for Scott Chene 133 RS-SR Irvine, Calif./ Virginia Tech Oklahoma as the No. 2 seed at 141 pounds, Graham is the sixth seed at 165 pounds, while Justin DeAngelis 157 RS-SO Tulsa, Okla./ Jenks HS Brewer is the final seeded OU wrestler as the No. 8 133 pounder in Des Moines. Dalton Dennis 141 RS-FR Clearwater, Fla./ Northside Christian HS Maple will wrestle Maryland’s Frank Goodwin (7-9) in first round action, while Dillon Dennis 149 SR Clearwater, Fla./ Northside Christian HS Graham will face Stanford’s Bret Baumbach (22-10) on Thursday night at 165 pounds. Dryden Dennis 141 FR Clearwater, Fla./ Northside Christian HS Brewer will take to the mat against Columbia’s Matt Bystol (9-10) in his NCAA Champion- Kyle Detmer 165 RS-JR Wichita, Kan./ Bishop Carrol Catholic HS ship debut. Nick Lester will face Utah’s Josh Wilson (21-8), while twin brother Matt will Josh Durham 141 RS-SO Edmond, Okla./ Edmond North HS wrestle against Air Force’s Joshua Kreimier (27-4) at 157-pounds in their respective first Kyle Garcia 125 FR Edmond, Okla. round matchups. Derek Geiges 149 RS-SO Charleston, S.C./ Bishop England HS Clark Glass 165 FR Brandon, Fla. JUST SHY OF THE CENTURY MARKER Chase Gordon 149 RS-SO Oviedo, Fla./ Oviedo HS Redshirt junior Kendric Maple is just three wins shy of 100 heading into the NCAA Patrick Graham 165 RS-SR Annapolis, MD/ Annapolis HS Championshps. So far, the 141-pounder has put together a 26-0 run throughout the 2012- Keldrick Hall 195 SR Dallas, Texas/ Molina HS Tim Hamilton 141 FR Bartlesvill, Okla. 13 season. With three victories in Des Moines, he’ll become the 13th wrestler at Oklahoma Andrew Howe 174 SR Cedar Lake, Ind. to surpass the century marker, and the first under head coach Mark Cody. Brad Johnson 197 FR Lockport, Ill. Ross Larson 197 FR Ankeny, Iowa MAPLE REIGNS AS BIG 12 CHAMPION Matthew Lester 157 RS-JR St. Louis, Mo./ Eureka HS Oklahoma’s standout 141-pounder Kendric Maple defended his 2012 title in the event, to Nicholas Lester 149 RS-JR St. Louis, Mo./ Eureka HS repeat as the 141-pound Big 12 Champion for the second consecutive year and clinch Okla- Kendric Maple 141 RS-JR Wichita, Kan./ Wichita Heights HS homa’s 178 individual conference championship after he topped Iowa State’s Luke Goettle Nolan McBryde 174 RS-JR Eagle River, Alaska/ Chugiak HS with a 13-3 major decision. Garrison McCauley 165 FR Comanche, Okla. Since 1934, Oklahoma has secured six conference championships at 141 pounds. Assistant Jarrod Patterson 125 RS-JR Cushing, Okla./ Cushing HS Coach Michael Lightner leads the way with three conference titles (1999, 2000, 2001), Maple Matthew Reed 174 FR Wichita, Kan. is second (2012, 2013) while Teyon Ware clinched one Big 12 title in 2003 at 141 pounds. Travis Rutt 174 SR New Prague, Minn. BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDUP Four wrestlers escaped with wins in each match as Cody Brewer, Kendric Maple and Bub- Kendric Mapled secured an individual title for the Sooners at 141 pounds as the University by Graham each grabbed wins against the Mountain Hawks and Hokies. Matt Lester secured of Oklahoma wrestling team finished third with 58 points at the Big 12 Championships inside a victory against Lehigh, while Keldrick Hall added a win, and totaled the second fall of his Oklahoma State’s Gallagher-Iba Arena on Saturday night. senior year in OU’s dual against Virginia Tech. Oklahoma finished third behind champion Oklahoma State (118.5) and runner-up Iowa State (74). West Virginia rounded out the field with 28 points for fourth. SENIORS FINISH HOME SLATE IN STYLE, OU TOPS WVU Maple defended his Big 12 Championship crown from a year ago with a dominant perfor- The University of Oklahoma wrestling team sent five seniors out in style as Oklahoma mance at 141 pounds after he topped Iowa State’s Luke Goettl with a 13-3 major decision to topped new Big 12 opponent West Virginia, 25-14, in its final home match of the 2012-13 remain undefeated on the year with a 26-0 overall record. season in front of 679 fans at McCasland Field House. The Sooners bid adieu to Scott Chene, Three other Sooners competed in championship bouts at Gallagher-Iba Arena, with Dillon Dennis, Bubby Graham, Keldrick Hall and Nolan McBryde as OU claimed six of the ten runner-up finishes by redshirt freshman Cody Brewer, redshirt junior Matt Lester and redshirt matches against WVU. senior Bubby Graham. The Sooners won the match off of two technical falls, courtesty of Nick Lester (149) and Brewer made his first Big 12 Wrestling Championship appearance at 133 pounds against Justin DeAngelis (157); three major decisions from Cody Brewer (133), Kendric Male (141) Oklahoma State’s Jon Morrison, but took the runner-up spot with a dropped 6-2 decision and Bubby Graham (165) and just one decision on the afternoon from heavyweight Kendric against Morrision. Maple. At 157 pounds, Matt Lester suffered an 11-3 major decision to Oklahoma State’s Alex Di- eringer. UNI PANTHERS CLAW PAST SOONERS IN FINAL SECONDS Graham concluded championship action for the Sooners in Stillwater at 165 pounds in It appeared to be a clear start for the Sooners who grabbed the first four victories of the one of the most anticipated matches of the night when he battled against Oklahoma State’s night from Kyle Garcia (125), Cody Brewer (133), Kendric Maple (141) and Nick Lester (147). Tyler Caldwell for the 2013 Big 12 Title. It wasn’t a flashy show for either wrestler, as Caldwell Matt Lester fumbled in a four overtime challenge, that put UNI on the board with three points secured just one point in the second period to take the victory. Neither Graham nor Caldwell and cut into the OU lead. Bubby Graham picked up the final OU win with a three-point deci- added any points on the board, as the lone point would be all it took for Caldwell to claim the sion to total OU’s 15 points.