The Panther wrestling team traveled to Choteau last weekend and came home with a championship trophy—easily besting 24 Class B and C teams in the two-day tournament to strengthen Jefferson High’s place as one of the top squads in the state.
Jefferson had 13 wrestlers entered into the competition. In the first round only Colman Thornton, at 130 pounds, wrestled, and he won by pin. In the second round, nine Panthers advanced, with John Armstrong at 145 pounds, Jace Oxarart at 160, Brady Armstrong and Kolbe Michaud at 170, and Braeden Jones at 182 doing so by pin.
Next up were the quarterfinals, where a wins would put wrestlers into the semifinals and guarantee themselves a place on the awards podium. Jefferson got on a roll, and seven out of nine advanced to the semifinals and a second day of competition: Leo Anderson and Dylan Mikesell at 113 pounds, Cameron Mikesell and Dayton Brown at 120, both Armstrongs and Jones.
