Wrestling
Grizzly Cubs fall to No. 4 Olympians
COLUMBUS
Franklin led fourth-ranked Columbus East 21-17 with five matches remaining Thursday night, but the Olympians won all five of those to pull out a 41-21 victory.
Wyatt Strain won by decision at 160 pounds to begin the match for the Grizzly Cubs. Harris Eason won by pin at 195.
Decisions by Jake Johnson at 285 and Dayson Lashlee at 106 gave Franklin a 15-14 lead and a pin by Jake Bechert at 120 gave the Grizzly Cubs a 21-17 advantage, but after that, it was all East.
"We won a couple matches, but we lost a couple matches we should have won early," Franklin coach Bob Hasseman said. "We showed our age a little bit. But it was a good match for us. (Columbus East) is a good team."
Swimming & diving
Locals compete at Junior Nationals
A handful of Johnson County swimmers are taking a break from their high school seasons to compete at the Speedo Winter Junior Championships East in Greensboro, North Carolina.
The top local performance over the first two days came from Jacob Destrampe, Cade Oliver, Mac Ratzlaff and Brenden Gough, who finished 13th in the 800-yard freestyle relay on Wednesday night. Destrampe, Oliver and Gough also swam on Franklin Regional Swim Team’s 25th-place medley relay.
Franklin’s girls quartet of Carla Gildersleeve, Scarlet Friend, Kabria Chapman and Gracey Payne were 38th in the 200 medley relay. Gildersleeve, Friend, Payne and Sarah Hoffman finished 38th in the 800 free relay.
On Thursday morning, Destrampe wound up 38th in the 50 freestyle and 54th in the 200 individual medley. Gildersleeve was 61st in the girls 200 IM and Oliver was 90th in the boys race. Payne tied for 143rd in the 50 freestyle.
