East takes the title at Octorara!

In their final regular season tournament, the Cougars competed in Octorara’s “George Heebner Invitational.” This 8-team rumble takes place on a Friday night and runs a rapid pace! With matches rolling one after the other, teams have to keep up and maintain focus to stay in the hunt. East did just that and collected the team championship with 198.5 points, beating second place CB South by over 30 points! Although performances ranged, the Cougars were able to get it done with 1^st place finishes collected by Stephen Elinski (145), Cade McDowell (172), and Felix Mason (215) who were able to bring home the “hammers!” Also picking up valuable team points were Valen Piff (2^nd – 121), Declan McDowell (2^nd – 127), Frankie Hydutsky (2^nd – 133), Ricky Jewell (2^nd – 152), Christian Fosmire (3^rd – 114), Scotty Zhang (3^rd – 160), and Tommie Grizzanti (3^rd – 189). Paxson Warnock (139) and Misha Page (107) rounded out the scoring with 4^th place finishes. Upon reflection, the “Heebner” was both triumphant and a bit of humble pie, which will serve the team in many ways. Good luck to the grapplers in their next and final week of dual meet competition!