Carroll wrestlers competed in the 10-team Lafayette Jeff Sectional. The sectional is a multi mat dual with lots of fast paced action. About 700 interested parents and friends were at Jeff to root their teams and favorite wrestlers on.

An end to their wrestling season came for all the Cougars except for freshman Nick Gamel (135), who was the sole Cougar regional qualifier. Gamel raised his season record to 22-14 as he won his first and third matches to claim 4th place and the right to represent the Cougars at Logansport this Saturday.

The team found out just how tough the Lafayette sectional is with Harrison, McCutcheon, Delphi, Jeff, and Benton Central all heading up the sectional in team points. The Cougars were not realistically expecting to get into the top five as the challenge was to gain experience and learn how to compete against the bigger schools. The CHS team building process continued with a respectable showing from all the Cougars.

The Cougars liked their fifth place spot as they had 4 competitors all claim wins in their final matches.

Senior Jared Collins (160) finished his Cougar career winning by pinning his competitor from Benton Central. Kameron Casto (171) executed a final round takedown of his competitor from Attica. Dakota Underwood (103) finished a good season by out pointing his foe from Delphi and Trey Overholser (112) scored a come-from-behind take down and near fall with 20 seconds left to oust his Jeff opponent and represent CHS on the fifth place podium.

Collins finished his Cougar season at 28-8 to lead the Cougars. Casto finished at 18-13. Underwood and Overholser finished the year at 26- 12.

Cougars finishing in sixth place were Tallis Bowers (125), Anthony Pickett (135), Montana Gangwer (152) and Dalton Marvin (215).

The Cougars finished seventh as a team but with only Collins moving on to the graduation ranks, the future looks bright for the young Cougars. The team has a lot of promising lettermen returning to give the Cougars a solid nucleus to build upon.

Vs. Caston

Carroll wrestlers scored a team win last Tuesday night at Caston in a weather make up match to finish 21-10 for the season. Gangwer had the only pin for Carroll as the Cougars won 48-33 due to weight class forfeits.