4A State Champions - Columbia Wildcats

As many of you already know, Justin is an assistant coach for the Columbia High School wrestling team in Nampa. He got hooked up with the job last year when he volunteered to come help my little brother out with wrestling. Adam went to Columbia and so that is where Justin landed. Adam graduated last year, but Justin enjoyed it so much that when he was asked to come back as an official assistant coach, he couldn't say no.


This weekend we had the wonderful opportunity to cheer the Wildcats on as they wrestled at the state tournament in Pocatello. They missed winning first place as a team last year by merely 11 points to Blackfoot. This year, they were aimed to finish the job.


We took 17 boys to the state tournament, including all 13 of our varsity kids. The team won ever tournament and dual they attended with the exception of the Reno Tournament of Champions in which they placed 16th out of 90+!


With 10 boys remaining to the medaling rounds, and the team sitting in first, they knew they had to finish strong. We ended up with one 6th place, one 5th place, three 3rd place, and five 2nd place medals. The last round was disappointing as we watched each of our five finalists fall in their final matches, but the end was not there.


We had done the math, we had purchased the infamous shirts, and our team was slotted to win the 4A team title.


The boys of the 2009 Columbia Wildcat Wrestling Team did a stellar job all year and deserved this award!


Congrats boys!!!