Here's a funny story of the early days of Catoosa wrestling. The program started in 1970, the year I graduated. We formed a team and went to Bixby, a powerhouse at that time, for a scrimmage, for lack of a better word. Our coach was Coach Shell, the meanest Catoosa football coach in our history.
Catoosa team had no idea what we were doing. Wrestling to us was whip the guy you were matched up against. Take no prisoners. After a couple of matches, one of our team put a strangle hold on a Bixby player. The Bixby coach started yelling and told Coach Shell we were not ready to wrestle and to learn the rules. Shell told us on the bus we whipped their butt and he expected to see it on the football field next year.
Well, Shell got fired soon after and Catoosa hired a real wrestling coach. At one time we challenged the great Perry program. Many years ago........
BTW, Phil has a restaurant in Catoosa today.