Panther Wrestlers 2020 6A State Champions: Jake Long and Mikale Nelson

Cabot recently competed in the 6A State Wrestling Tournament and two wrestlers left with the State Championship title! Congratulations to Cabot seniors Jake Long and Mikale Nelson for winning in their weight classes.

Jake Long competed in the 170 weight class and went 4-0 placing 1st and scoring 26.0 team points. Mikale competed in the 160 weight class went 3-0 and placed 1st and scored 24.0 team points.

Cabot finished in 3rd place overall, out of a total of 16 teams, at the 2020 6A Wrestling State Tournament on February 22nd at the Jack Stephens Center in Little Rock. 

Click HERE for a list of the tournament individual athlete results.

Eleven individual wrestlers received medals at State:

Jake Long - 1st Place, State Champion
Mikale Nelson – 1st Place, State Champion
Dylan Skinner - 3rd Place
Kyle Murphy - 3rd Place
Caden Wilson - 3rd Place
Mason Wade - 4th Place
Riley White - 4th Place
Cole Eason – 5th Place
Will Bevis - 5th Place
CJ Dye - 6th Place
Gage Loar - 6th Place

Click HERE for the tournament results.

2019-2020 Panther Wrestling Team

Coach Justin Turner was named AWA Wrestling Coach of the Year!

6A Team Scores

1. Bentonville: 283.0
2. Bentonville West: 207.5
3. Cabot: 194.0
4. Springdale: 130.0
5. Van Buren: 122.0
6. Har-Ber: 116.0
7. Little Rock Central: 116.0
8. Catholic: 91.0
9. Heritage: 87.0
10. Rogers: 81.0
11. Fayetteville: 80.0
12. Southside: 47.5
13. Conway: 46.0
14. Northside: 35.0
15. Bryant: 31.0
16. North Little Rock: 28.0

Panther Wrestling was also the 2020 6A East Wrestling Conference Champions this year. 

Congratulations to the Cabot Panther Wrestling Team, Coach Turner, Coach Payne, Coach Rogers, and Coach Eason on a great season!

It was a great day on the mats at the 6A State Wrestling Tournament as 11 Cabot Panthers earned medals.
State Champions: Mikale Nelson & Jake Long
3rd: Dylan Skinner, Kyle Murphy & Caden Wilson
4th: Mason Wade & Riley White
5th: Cole Eason & Will Bevis
6th: CJ Dye & Gage Loar pic.twitter.com/u1ayi8INm7

— Cabot Athletic Dept. (@CabotAthDept) February 23, 2020