Big 12 Championships Live Blog: Cowboys Win Big 12 Title in Tulsa

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SESSION I RECAP

Postseason wrestling is here.

Oklahoma State wrestles at the Big 12 Championships this weekend at the BOK Center in Tulsa, as the Cowboys look to capture their first conference title since 2021. We’ll update the happenings of BOK Center in this post throughout the weekend.

Preview Reading

• Every Cowboys’ path to a Big 12 title
• Taylor discusses Teague Travis’ return
• Videos: Taylor, Hamiti and Jamison preview Big 12s

Final Team Standings

List of 2025 Big 12 Individual Champions

125: Jett Strickenberger, West Virginia
133: Dominick Serrano, Northern Colorado
141: Cael Happel, Northern Iowa
149: Paniro Johnson, Iowa State
157: Vinny Zerban, Northern Colorado
165: Peyton Hall, West Virginia
174: Keegan O’Toole, Missouri
184: Parker Keckeisen, Northern Iowa
197: Wyatt Voelker, Northern Iowa
HWT: Wyatt Hendrickson, Oklahoma State

Big 12 Championships Schedule

Session I: 10 a.m. Saturday on ESPN+
Session II: 5 p.m. Saturday on ESPN+
Session III: 12 p.m. Sunday on ESPN+
Session IV: 8 p.m. Sunday on ESPNU

125: Troy Spratley

Seed (Automatic Qualifications): 4 (7)
Season Record: 17-3
Bracket’s Top 4 Seeds: 1 Richard Figueroa (11-1), 2 Stevo Poulin (18-1), 3 Jett Strickenberger (8-2), 4 Troy Spratley (17-3)

Round 1: Spratley beat Missouri’s Gage Walker 9-2 to start his tournament. Spratley earned two takedowns in the first and another in the third. Spratley will wrestle South Dakota State’s Tanner Jordan in the quarterfinals. Jordan pinned Cal Baptist’s Mitchell Neiner in the first round. Spratley and Jordan haven’t met this season but went 2-2 against each other last year.

Elsewhere in the bracket: There was one minor upset in the opening round of the 125-pound bracket, as 8 seed Kysen Terukina (Iowa State) dropped his bout to North Dakota State’s Tristan Daugherty in sudden-victory.

Quarterfinals: Spratley avenges his 2024 season-ending loss to Jordan with a 10-0 major decision. Spratley will get North Dakota State’s Tristan Daugherty in the semis, as the unseeded Daugherty upset reigning national champ Richard Figueroa (Arizona State) in the quarters.

Semifinals: Spratley ends Daugherty’s Cinderalla run with a 2-0 win. Spratley’s points came on an escape and a stall call. He’ll wrestle West Virginia’s Jett Strickenberger in Sunday night’s final. The two wrestled in Stillwater this season, where Strickenberger caught Spratley on his back and pinned him. Spratley’s revenge could come with a Big 12 title.

Finals: Spratley drops his bout with Strickenberger 5-2 in sudden-victory. Spratley was in on a leg and nearly got a match-winning takedown in the overtime period but Strickenberger answered and secured his takedown for the win. Spratley’s second-place finish sees him automatically qualify for NCAAs.

133: Reece Witcraft

Seed (Automatic Qualifications): 4 (6)
Season Record: 10-4
Bracket’s Top 4 Seeds: 1 Evan Frost (16-2), 2 Dominick Serrano (19-2), 3 Julian Farber (12-5), 4 Reece Witcraft (10-4)

Round 1: Witcraft has a bye in the opening round. He’ll wrestle North Dakota State’s Kyle Burwick in the quarterfinal after Burwick beat West Virginia’s Tommy Maddox 10-0.

Elsewhere in the bracket: The first big upset of the day came at 133, as 3 seed Julian Farber (Northern Iowa) dropped his match against Cal Baptist’s Hunter Leake. That could be big in the team race, as UNI looks like the Cowboys’ stiffest competition this weekend.

Quarterfinals: OSU’s first loss of the Big 12 Championships comes at 133, as Witcraft drops his bout against Burwick 10-6. Witcraft drops to the other side of the bracket and will wrestle either the upset 3 seed Julian Farber or Utah Valley’s Kase Mauger.

Elsewhere in the bracket: The 133-pound bracket has been the most unstable through the opening two rounds. Top-seeded Evan Frost (Iowa State) dropped his quarterfinal bout to 8 seed Kade Moore (Mizzou). Leake, who upset 3-seeded Farber to start the tournament also beat 6 seed Cleveland Belton (OU), as Leak moves into the semis.

Consolations: Witcraft dropped his bout with Farber, ending Witcraft’s tournament. He would need an at-large bid to wrestle at NCAAs. Travis beat South Dakota State’s Avery Allen 3-0 to clinch his NCAA berth.

141: Tagen Jamison

Seed (Automatic Qualifications): 4 (7)
Season Record: 17-3
Bracket’s Top 4 Seeds: 1 Andrew Alirez (12-0), 2 Cael Happel (20-3), 3 Jacob Frost (21-5), 4 Tagen Jamison (17-3)

Round 1: It was an odd morning for Jamison, as his opening round bout was delayed with reports of timeliness issues in the skin check line. But alas, Jamison went out and beat Air Force’s Carter Nogle 16-4. Jamison will get OU’s Mosha Schwartz in the quarterfinal. Jamison beat Schwartz 8-3 in December.

Quarterfinals: Jamison dominated Schwartz, winning via a 20-3 technical fall. Jamison will wrestle Northern Colorado’s Andrew Alriez, the top seed, in the semis. Alirez was a national champ in 2023.

Semifinals: Jamison upsets national champ Andrew Alirez with a 13-6 win in sudden-victory. Alirez took a 3-2 lead into the third period and escaped to make it 4-2. Jamison answered with a takedown but Alirez answered with a reversal. Jamison escaped with about six seconds left to force sudden-victory. There, Jamison scored a takedown and had Alirez on his back for four swipes for the win.

Jamison will wrestled Northern Iowa’s Cael Happel in Sunday’s final. The two wrestled in Cedar Falls earlier this season, where Happel won 4-1 in sudden-victory.

Finals: Jamison falls to Happel in tiebreakers. Jamison’s second-place finish means he comfortable qualifies for NCAAs.

149: Teague Travis

Seed (Automatic Qualifications): NR (4)
Season Record: 1-1 (157)
Bracket’s Top 4 Seeds: 1 Colin Realbuto (18-4), 2 Paniro Johnson (18-3), 3 Willie McDougald (16-4), 4 Gabe Willochell (16-9)

Round 1: Travis ‘s return to the mat went swimmingly. He beat Cal Baptist’s Paul Kelly via a 19-4 technical fall. He’ll wrestle OU’s Willie McDougald, the 3 seed, in the quarterfinal. McDougald beat Utah Valley’s Smokey McClure 6-2 to start.

Quarterfinals: Travis handles McDougald, beating the Sooner via a 7-1 decision. Travis advances to the semis and will wrestle Iowa State’s Paniro Johnson, the 2 seed, who beat Mizzouri’s Logan Gioffre by picking up a stalling point in sudden-victory.

Semifinals: Travis dropped his semifinal bout with Johnson 7-3, with Johnson scoring takedowns in the first and second period. Travis will wrestle in the consolations on Sunday morning.

Consolations: Coming into the weekend, Travis hadn’t wrestled a match since November because of injury. Now he’s an NCAA qualifier. Travis will wrestle North Dakota State’s Gavin Drexler, the 5 seed, for third place.

Travis dropped his bout with Drexler 9-2 to finish fourth.

157: Caleb Fish

Seed (Automatic Qualifications): 2 (6)
Season Record: 16-7
Bracket’s Top 4 Seeds: 1 Cody Chittum (14-3), 2 Caleb Fish (16-7), 3 Ryder Downey (20-3), 4 Cobe Siebrecht (9-7)

Round 1: Fish has a bye in the opening round. He’ll wrestle Missouri’s James Conway in the quarterfinals. Conway beat Arizona State’s Michael Kilic 16-9 to start the tournament. Fish beat Conway 5-1 on Feb. 2.

Quarterfinals: Fish got his day started with an 8-5 win against Conway. He’ll wrestle Northern Colorado’s Vinny Zerban, the 6 seed, who upset 3 seed Ryder Downey (UNI) in the quarters.

Semifinals: There was a big break in Fish’s semifinal bout against Zerban, as Zerban went into concussion protocol with seconds left in the first period. He eventually reemerged from the bowels of the arena and scored a late escape, and Fish went into the second period with a 3-1 lead. Fish escaped to start the second, making it 4-1. Zerban escaped to start the third and scored a late takedown for the comebacker win. Fish will wrestle in the consolations Sunday morning.

Consolations: Fish provides the Pokes with some big team points in consolations, as he flips Wyoming’s Jared Hill to his back in the second period and pins him. Fish advances to the third-place bout, where he’ll wrestle UNI’s Ryder Downey. Fish beat Downey in sudden-victory on Jan. 24.

Downey got his revenge, handing Fish a 4-2 loss, as the Cowboy finishes fourth. With that finish, though, Fish automatically qualifies for the NCAA Championships.

165: Cameron Amine

Seed (Automatic Qualifications): 3 (7)
Season Record: 13-5
Bracket’s Top 4 Seeds: 1 Terrell Barraclough (18-1), 2 Peyton Hall (23-1), 3 Cameron Amine (13-5), 4 Drake Rhodes (19-3)

Round 1: Amine has a bye in the opening round. He’ll wrestle Arizona State’s Nicco Ruiz in the quarterfinals after Ruiz advanced via a 12-1 major decision against Air Force’s Logan Fowler. Ruiz beat Amine 4-1 in sudden-victory back in November.

Elsewhere in the bracket: South Dakota State’s Drake Rhodes, the 4 seed suffered an injury in his match against Northern Colorado’s Clayton Ulrey and wasn’t able to continue.

Quarterfinals: Amine drops his first bout of the tournament to Arizona State’s Ruiz, 6-4. Amine goes to the other side of the bracket where he’ll await the winner of Rhodes, who might be too injured to continue, at North Dakota State’s Boeden Greenley (16-21).

Consolations: Amine advances in the consolation side of the bracket with a 21-6 win against Greenley. He’ll wrestle one more bout Saturday evening against 7 seed Jack Thomsen from Northern Iowa.

Amine beat Thomsen with a 10-0 major. That’s big in a few aspects for the Pokes, as it gives the Cowboys another bonus-point win and it also eliminates a Panther, the only team close to the Cowboys in the standings. Amine will wrestle top-seeded Terrell Barraclough to start Sunday after Barraclough was upset in the semis. Amine and Barraclough wrestled in the first dual of the season, with Barraclough winning in tiebreakers.

Amine drops his bout with Barraclough 2-1 with a second-period reversal from the Utah Valley wrestler being the difference. Amine goes to the fifth-place match for against Ruiz, though Ruiz injury defaulted out of his previous match.

Amine finishes fifth with an injury default win. He qualifies for NCAAs with that finish.

174: Dean Hamiti Jr.

Seed (Automatic Qualifications): 1 (6)
Season Record: 19-0
Bracket’s Top 4 Seeds: 1 Dean Hamiti (19-0), 2 Keegan O’Toole (12-0), 3 Gaven Sax (11-3), 4 Jared Simma (19-10)

Round 1: OSU’s first pin of the Big 12 Championships is on the board. Hamiti stuck Cal Baptist’s Carter Schmidt in the second period. He’ll wrestle Wyoming’s Riley Davis in the quarters. Davis beat Air Force’s Jack Ganos 6-2 in the opening round.

Quarterfinals: More bonus points for Hamiti, who handled Davis with a 20-5 tech fall. Hamiti will wrestle 5 seed Cade DeVos (South Dakota State) n the semis after DeVos got past 4 seed Jared Simma (UNI) with a 5-1 decision.

Semifinals: The dream final is set: Dean Hamiti will wrestle two-time national champ Keegan O’Toole on Sunday night. Hamiti beat South Dakota State’s Cade DeVos 17-8 to make the final. O’Toole got to the final with a 10-1 win against OU’s Gaven Sax.

Finals: Hamiti loses his first match of the season in what was a fantastic final against O’Toole. The two unbeaten wrestlers went to sudden-victory, where O’Toole got a match-winning takedown to win 7-4. Hamiti scored the first takedown and took a 4-0 lead into the third period, but O’Toole matched that with an escape and a late takedown in the third to send it to OT.

184: Dustin Plott

Seed (Automatic Qualifications): 2 (7)
Season Record: 15-3
Bracket’s Top 4 Seeds: 1 Parker Keckeisen (20-0), 2 Dustin Plott (15-3), 3 Bennett Berge (21-4), 4 Evan Bockman (12-6)

Round 1: Plott made quick work of Cal Baptist’s David Berkovich (0-1), pinning the Lancer in the first period. Plott will lock up with Utah Valley’s Caleb Uhlenhopp in the quarters. Plott started his season by beating Uhlenhopp 20-4 in November.

Quarterfinals: Plott quickly pinned Uhlenhopp to advance to the semis, where he’ll wrestle 3 seed Bennett Berge (South Dakota State). Plott and Berge went into sudden-victory in a dual last season, where Plott won 9-6.

Semifinals: Plott battled to a 7-3 win against South Dakota State’s Berge, setting up another finals match against Northern Iowa’s Parker Keckeisen. Keckeisen has beaten Plott twice this season and beat him three times last season, including in the NCAA finals.

Finals: Plott drops his final against Keckeisen 8-1. He finishes second, securing an automatic bid to NCAAs.

197: Luke Surber

Seed (Automatic Qualifications): 1 (4)
Season Record: 19-2
Bracket’s Top 4 Seeds: 1 Luke Surber (19-2), Joseph Novak (20-3), Wyatt Voelker (21-4), Zach Glazier (13-5)

Round 1: “LUUUUKKKEE” chants echoed through BOK Center, as Surber beat North Dakota State’s Tayshaun Glover via a 22-7 technical fall. Surber will face Utah Valley’s Kael Bennie in the quarterfinals. Surber pinned Bennie in November.

Quarterfinals: Surber narrowly missed out on a technical fall but still pushed past Bennie with a 20-6 major decision. Surber will match up with South Dakota State’s Zach Glazier in the semis. Glazier had an opening-round by before beating West Virginia’s Ian Bush 4-2.

Semifinals: Surber is headed to the finals after scrapping out a 1-0 decision against Glazier. Surber escaped in the second and rode the entire third. He’ll wrestle UNI’s Wyatt Voelker, the 3 seed, in the final. Surber beat Voelker 4-3 in the dual in Cedar Falls.

Finals: Surber loses to Voelker 4-1. This match tied OSU and UNI for first in the team standings with only the heavyweights left.

HWT: Wyatt Hendrickson

Seed (Automatic Qualifications): 1 (4)
Season Record: 18-0
Bracket’s Top 4 Seeds: 1 Wyatt Hendrickson (18-0), 2 Cohlton Schultz (19-3), 3 Lance Runyon (15-5), 4 Seth Nitzel (12-6)

Round 1: Hendrickson pinned former teammate Antonio Ramos in just 2:01 to close out an undefeated opening round for the Cowboys. Hendrickson will wrestle Wyoming’s Sam Mitchell in the quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals: Make it two pins in two matches for Hendrickson. He stuck Mitchell in 2:23 to advance to the semifinals, where he’ll face Oklahoma’s Juan Mora, the 5 seed. Hendrickson beat Mora via a 19-4 tech fall in December.

Semifinals: Hendrickson has pinned his way to the Big 12 finals, as he stuck More in 3:22. Hendrickson gets Arizona State’s Cohlton Schultz, the 2 seed, in the finals. Schultz is one of two wrestlers to take Hendrickson a full match distance this season. Hendrickson beat Schultz 11-5 on Nov. 24.

Finals: Hendrickson beats Schultz 8-5 to secure the Cowboys’ first team title since 2021. It’s OSU first outright title since 2020. The bout was far from easy. Hendrickson scored a takedown in the first period but gave up a reversal and two nearfall points before an escape tied it at 4 heading into the second. He escaped and scored another takedown in the second. A Schultz escape made it 8-5 going into the third, where Schultz selected neutral. Hendrickson got shaken up in the third period, needing injury time, but he got up, finished and secured the Cowboys’ win.