Columbus East High School

The Columbus East Wrestling team won the 2024 IHSAA Regional on Saturday afternoon. This was the Olympians 8th straight Regional title. All ten Olympian wrestlers will advance to next weekends semi state in Evansville, IN. The Olympians were lead by first place winners: Talon Jessup @ 106, Caleb Cooper @ 144, Nate Anderson @ 150, and Tyler Lake @ 175. 2nd place finishers for the O's: Ethan Poling @ 113 and Gage Rutan @ 126. Here are the results from Saturday's Regional: Team Scores 1 Columbus East 168.5 2 Franklin Community 140.0 3 Columbus North 130.5 4 Switzerland Co 66.5 5 Jeffersonville 59.0 6 Jennings County 55.0 7 Indian Creek 39.0 7 Madison Consolidated 39.0 9 Corydon Central 22.5 10 Charlestown 22.0 11 Salem 19.0 12 Scottsburg 16.0 13 Eastern Pekin 13.0 14 Seymour 9.0 15 Providence 7.5 16 North Harrison 6.0 17 Clarksville 0.0 17 Henryville 0.0 17 New Washington 0.0 17 Silver Creek 0.0 17 West Washington 0.0 Individual Results: 106 Talon Jessup (32-2) placed 1st and scored 24.0 team points. Quarterfinal - Talon Jessup (Columbus East) 32-2 won by forfeit over Forfeit Forfeit () 0-1 (For.) Semifinal - Talon Jessup (Columbus East) 32-2 won by fall over Aiden Woods (Franklin Community) 31-10 (Fall 3:19) 1st Place Match - Talon Jessup (Columbus East) 32-2 won by fall over Ethan Rose (Switzerland Co) 40-5 (Fall 1:45) 113 Ethan Poling (22-13) placed 2nd and scored 18.0 team points. Quarterfinal - Ethan Poling (Columbus East) 22-13 won by fall over Christian Bergstrom (Silver Creek) 22-20 (Fall 0:45) Semifinal - Ethan Poling (Columbus East) 22-13 won by fall over Carson Collier (Charlestown) 31-7 (Fall 1:55) 1st Place Match - Ethan Pittman (Madison Consolidated) 22-4 won by decision over Ethan Poling (Columbus East) 22-13 (Dec 9-2) 126 Gage Rutan (28-11) placed 2nd and scored 17.5 team points. Quarterfinal - Gage Rutan (Columbus East) 28-11 won by fall over Hunter Murry (Silver Creek) 26-18 (Fall 3:46) Semifinal - Gage Rutan (Columbus East) 28-11 won by tech fall over John Stivers (Jeffersonville) 35-12 (TF-1.5 6:00 (16-1)) 1st Place Match - Peyton Richards (Switzerland Co) 42-0 won by major decision over Gage Rutan (Columbus East) 28-11 (MD 11-2) 138 Caleb Kirkpatrick (30-9) placed 3rd and scored 13.0 team points. Quarterfinal - Caleb Kirkpatrick (Columbus East) 30-9 won by fall over Ava Allen (Silver Creek) 31-9 (Fall 1:41) Semifinal - Justice Thornton (Columbus North) 31-1 won by decision over Caleb Kirkpatrick (Columbus East) 30-9 (Dec 6-3) 3rd Place Match - Caleb Kirkpatrick (Columbus East) 30-9 won by fall over Dawson Slaughter (Jeffersonville) 30-19 (Fall 2:12) 144 Caleb Cooper (28-7) placed 1st and scored 22.0 team points. Quarterfinal - Caleb Cooper (Columbus East) 28-7 won by fall over Brody Yates (Clarksville) 17-16 (Fall 0:56) Semifinal - Caleb Cooper (Columbus East) 28-7 won by fall over Owen Trimpe (Franklin Community) 28-11 (Fall 3:24) 1st Place Match - Caleb Cooper (Columbus East) 28-7 won by decision over Gabe Rose (Switzerland Co) 22-5 (Dec 9-2) 150 Nate Anderson (31-5) placed 1st and scored 21.0 team points. Quarterfinal - Nate Anderson (Columbus East) 31-5 won by fall over Maverick Von Allmen (North Harrison) 15-13 (Fall 0:49) Semifinal - Nate Anderson (Columbus East) 31-5 won by major decision over Luke Spurgeon (Columbus North) 14-5 (MD 10-0) 1st Place Match - Nate Anderson (Columbus East) 31-5 won by decision over Cameron Sommers (Franklin Community) 29-12 (Dec 3-0) 157 Lincoln Cooper (26-12) placed 3rd and scored 12.0 team points. Quarterfinal - Lincoln Cooper (Columbus East) 26-12 won by fall over Alijah Gohl (Corydon Central) 27-8 (Fall 2:52) Semifinal - Asher Ratliff (Columbus North) 35-2 won by major decision over Lincoln Cooper (Columbus East) 26-12 (MD 8-0) 3rd Place Match - Lincoln Cooper (Columbus East) 26-12 won by major decision over Boomer Hester (Charlestown) 31-7 (MD 12-4) 165 Miller Clayton (19-13) placed 4th and scored 8.0 team points. Quarterfinal - Miller Clayton (Columbus East) 19-13 won by fall over Zander Hobbs (Jeffersonville) 24-16 (Fall 4:42) Semifinal - Cory Fuller (Franklin Community) 29-13 won by decision over Miller Clayton (Columbus East) 19-13 (Dec 4-1) 3rd Place Match - Evan Saevre (Columbus North) 23-10 won by major decision over Miller Clayton (Columbus East) 19-13 (MD 9-1) 175 Tyler Lake (25-10) placed 1st and scored 22.0 team points. Quarterfinal - Tyler Lake (Columbus East) 25-10 won by fall over Cade Willams (Jeffersonville) 20-26 (Fall 3:45) Semifinal - Tyler Lake (Columbus East) 25-10 won by fall over Noah Kendall (North Harrison) 32-8 (Fall 2:59) 1st Place Match - Tyler Lake (Columbus East) 25-10 won by decision over Keller DeSpain (Columbus North) 13-3 (Dec 7-2) 190 Colin McMahon (21-14) placed 3rd and scored 11.0 team points. Quarterfinal - Colin McMahon (Columbus East) 21-14 won by fall over Zayven Kalisz (Corydon Central) 11-14 (Fall 2:21) Semifinal - Lance Jones (Franklin Community) 24-14 won by decision over Colin McMahon (Columbus East) 21-14 (Dec 2-1) 3rd Place Match - Colin McMahon (Columbus East) 21-14 won by decision over Jose Ramirez (Columbus North) 10-6 (Dec 8-1)