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February 22, 2024

Miller two-time champion

Payden Miller recently became a two-time US JOC Champion. In 2022, he was runnerup in the state OKWA Junior Open Championship. Now in 2024, he is thrilled to be OKWA Champion.

Miller, who has wrestled for Checotah MatCats for seven years, has been invited to wrestle in Reno, Nevada, April 4-8 to represent team OKWA.

His head coach Paul Collett and assistant coaches, Enrico Garcia and Chris Reeves, are very proud of this Checotah Middle School 7th grader. His junior high coach Brett Olsen is also proud of Miller and all the hard work he has put in to get this far.

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