The Checotah Wildcats qualified four wrestlers to the OSSAA state championship with Juniors Colt Collett 126, Cy Hunt 138, Reighn Westbrook, and senior Mitchell Tanner 144.
Colt Collett captured his third consecutive State Championship Saturday night with a thrilling 9-7 victory.
On Thursday morning, Colt defeated Brycen Rascnic of Hinton by pin fall in 1.37. Collett would advance to the semifinals on Friday facing Sabon Batton of Blackwell. Collett was able to defeat his Blackwell foe by a 14-3 major decision punching his ticket back to the state finals on Saturday night.
In the finals, Collett would have a regional finals re-match with Vinita foe Zane Donley. A rare hiccup in which Colt suffered a 6-5 defeat in the Regional Championship. Donley, a senior who was a four time state placer, three-time state finalist, and also a defending state champion. Collett would end up defeating Donley 9-7 in the championship to earn his third title.
