The 2026 wrestling season now in the books, and what a great season! Our conditioning began in early December with hard work and anticipation from the coaching staff and athletes alike. And after 6 weeks of hard work our athletes were prepared and excited to take on the season. We opened the year with our traditional opponent Mt. Vernon, a true test of where we were physically, mentally and technically. Our athletes responded courageously and we came away with a dominating win, 75 – 36. The first win here in many years. We followed that up with a 3 way dual in New Palestine where we got a quick and needed reality check. We ended the day with a 1 & 2 record, dropping matches to New Pal & East Noble. This served as a wake up call & we hit the practice mats pretty hard in response. With a disappointing 2 & 2 record, we next hosted Rushville & Tri Middle School at home, getting back on the winning track & secured a nice 83 – 24 victory vs Rushville & a 108 – 12 victory vs. Tri. (setting a current team record) Now on a winning streak, we returned to the road against a much larger Greenfield Central squad. Where we kept the train on the winning track securing an over 50 point victory against a conference rival. Continuing to stack up wins the team invaded an always tough Yorktown squad and our scrappers responded in convincing fashion bringing home a solid win 85 – 33. Next up for the Trojans was the Richmond Middle School Preview, where our athletes did not disappoint. We had a great evening of wrestling. Not only being crowned champions for the 2nd year in a row, we had some outstanding performances. Our Champions; ~ Talon Oakes ~ Kohen Michael ~ Carter Marsh ~ Raidon Gonzalez Runners up: ~ Marcel Coatie ~ Maddon Gonzalez ~ Wilson Edwards Bringing home 3rd: ~ Blake Walters ~ Zeke Perdue ~ Carson Marcum In 4th Place: ~ Chase Morrow 5th Placers; ~ Jaxon Purvis ~ Dawson Odle ~ Averie Oakes ~ Noah Greene Taking the mat for the Trojans: ~ Jason Olague ~ Logan Thomas From there our trojans never let off the gas, we followed that up by winning out the rest of the season. With victories against: Anderson Highland 107 – 9 Shenandoah 79 – 25 Hagerstown 81 – 30 Delta 63 – 55 (our 1st win here in many years) Pendelton Heights 65 – 58 We followed that up with our final HHC Conference where your Trojans left their mark on the field. As a team we competed fiercely and honorably and as coaches we could not be more proud of what your Trojans have accomplished. We conquered the scale, we battled through injuries and faced every competitor fearlessly. Every wrestler on the team , from the top to the bottom, wrestled courageously, leaving their heart on the mat. Responding to and accepting every challenge we asked of them. 🤼 We finished a strong second place behind a tough New Palestine team. 🤼 We had many great performance from our young athletes. 🤼 Including: ~10 in the finals ~20 of 22 place winners, ~6 Champions Raidon Gonzalez Carson Marcum Carter Marsh Kohen Michael Talon Oakes Blake Walters ~4 runners up Zeke Perdue Averie Oakes Noah Green Maddon Gonzalez ~1 3rd place finisher Zane Poe ~3 4th placers Carson Sowers Sam Eberhart Marcel Coatie ~3 5th placers Luke Anderson Chase Morrow Jaxon Purvis ~3 6th placers Dawson Odle Kolbey Michael Logan Thomas The Trojans were also represented proudly by: Captain Jason Olague Kasen White 🤼 New Castle’s wrestling future is bright & we can’t wait to see what wrestling has in store for these gladiators! Our young scrappers finished the season by setting a new team scoring record with a 119 – 12 point victory against Connersville. Many – many – many great moments during the season, super proud or all the kids who worked hard, sacrificed, cut weight and took on every challenge for the good of the team. We finished the season with a 12 – 2 record, Richmond Preview championship and a runner up at the HHC. We has 3 wrestlers finish the season with perfect unblemished records. Carter Marsh ~ Raidon Gonzalas ~ Kohen Michael When the competition saw their names in the line up, they knew it was going to be a long night. Special mention goes to every wrestler on the team, it was truly a team effort that got us where we are. Zane Poe Zeke Perdue Sylas Pennington Talon Oakes Raidon Gonzales Riker Renick Kasen White Captain Jason Olague Maddon Gonzales Chase Morrow Blake Walters Kohen Michael Dawson Odle Sam Eberhart Masyn Scott Braden Huffman Kolbey Michael Wilson Edwards Jaxon Purvis Noah Harrison Jayvyn Hanson Brenden Lanzer Bays Gard Diesel Piper Carter Marsh Averie Oakes Carson Marcum Luke Anderson Logan Thomas Harshiv Patel Carson Wallick Noah Green Marcel Coatie Chandler Morrow Manager – Ava Ridenhour Team mom – Jennifer Michael The coaching staff anchored the squad and keep us going in the right direction; Eric Smith – The technician, my friend and right hand man. AJ Sizemore – The young gun, found his footing and helped us improve as the year progressed. Kade Koger – The Mountain, provided the reality to our bigs and helped prepare them for the real test on the mat. Could not have done any of this with out the support and confidence we found in our AD Mr. Logan Weins. He was in our corner all year, getting us what we needed and taking care of the admin & day to day operations.