Wowza, the 2023-24 school year has been an amazing year for Cougar Nation, following a trip to the state semifinals in football this past fall, a dose of adrenaline was added this past week by the girls basketball team and Rowan Jarosik in the 2024 Nebraska State High School Wrestling Championships in Omaha.
I’ll begin with Rowan, going into the state meet, as a third place medalist out of the D-1 District meet in Weeping Water, perhaps one of the toughest Class D 150-pound districts in the state, Jarosik showed up and meant business in Omaha.
He opened with a chip on his shoulder, opening the meet with a 3:37 pinfall win over Colton Mader of Crawford, a district runner-up out of the D-4 District, and advanced to the quarterfinals and destroyed a district champion from the D-3 meet, Jayden Reed, pinning Reed in 1:14.