The Checotah Wildcats wrestling program hosted the highly talented Stilwell Indians Monday night at Truman Dixon Fieldhouse in Checotah. It was a special night for the Wildcat seniors as they were recognized in a pre-meet ceremony.
The Checotah Wildcats wrestling program hosted the highly talented Stilwell Indians Monday night at Truman Dixon Fieldhouse in Checotah. It was a special night for the Wildcat seniors as they were recognized in a pre-meet ceremony.
Afterward there was great action on the wrestling mat. However, Stilwell edged out Checotah 42-40 for the win after the Wildcats had multiple forfeitures in the contest.
“I really thought we did well and competed at a high level. This team continues to improve with each meet. We just need to continue that until we reach our potential as a team,” Checotah head wrestling coach Brent Oleson said.
The Checotah seniors of Jalen Atkins, Malachi Harris and Zach Whitman each had victories while Jhonathen McGuire’s opponent forfeited.
Meet Results:
Weight-Name-Result
106 Leland Phillips (Checotah) wins by forfeit.
113 Keith McGuire (Checotah) wins by fall 2:42 over Sean Newman.
120 Checotah forfeit.
126 Dalton Murray (Checotah) lost by fall.
132 Zach Whitman (Checotah) won by fall.
138 Checotah forfeit.
145 Malachi Harris (Checotah) wins by fall 2:49.
152 Taner Jones (Checotah) lost by fall 3:38.
160 Checotah forfeit.
170 Cord Montgomery (Checotah) wins by fall 3:20.
182 Creed Hall (Checotah) lost by fall 1:00.
195 Checotah forfeit.
220 Kyler Pouncil wins by major decision 14-3.
285 Jalen Atkins (Checotah) wins by fall in 5:59.
