Cougars Wrestling Going to Iowa
The Camden County College Wrestling Team brought home some hardware on Saturday.
On Saturday, February 10, 2018 the Cougars Wrestling team traveled to Thaddeus Stevens to compete in the NJCAA Eastern District II Championship. This event is also the NJCAA National Championship qualifier and NJCAA Region XIX Championship. After everything was wrapped up on Saturday night the Cougars took home The NJCAA Eastern District II Runner-Up and NJCAA Region XIX Championship. Over the past 3 years the Cougars have either been Runner-Ups (2016 & 2018) or Champs (2017). The NJCAA Region XIX Championship marks the third consecutive year that the Cougars have won the Regional Championship. Head Coach Gary Papa was named the Region XIX Coach of the Year for the third consecutive year.
At the District Championship the Cougars had 9 wrestlers compete out of a possible 10 weight classes. The team qualified 8 wrestlers for the NJCAA National Championships. The results are as followed: (Note names that are bold have qualified for NJCAA National Championship event February 23rd and 24th in Council Bluffs, Iowa).
1st Place District Champs:
Jason Groff, Haddon Twp. HS - 141lb
Aaron Solomon, Cedar Creek HS - 165lb
Matt O'Donnell, Paul VI HS - 184lb
2nd Place District Runner Ups:
Juan Ramos III, Swansboro HS - 174lb
Jason Carter, West Deptford HS - 197lb
3rd Place:
Alex Velez, Cherry Hill East HS - 133lb
4th Place:
Mark Woods, Egg Harbor HS - 149lb
Dom Demarco, Clayton HS - 157lb (Wild Card Ballot)
Mark Gillis, Highland HS - 285lb (Wild Card Ballot)