The Carmel wrestling team had a successful day Saturday in both its boys and girls programs.
The Greyhounds boys team had two varsity squads in action. One team traveled to the Columbus North Invitational and finished unbeaten in four dual competitions. Carmel beat Brown County 75-6, New Albany 60-16, Bloomington North 53-27 and Columbus North 57-10.
A second Carmel team competed at the Falcon Duals at Perry Meridian. The ‘Hounds beat Columbus East 35-24, Greenfield-Central 63-3 and Whiteland 60-8 before falling to the host Falcons 37-27.
Meanwhile, two wrestlers on the Carmel girls team had high finishes at the second annual Lebanon High School Girls Invitational.
Haley Mattingly won the championship at 126 pounds, beating Hailey Walls of North Knox by fall in the quarter-finals, Shelby Cope of Lebanon by a 16-1 technical fall in the semi-finals, and Jasmine Hermosillo of Decatur Central by fall in the championship match.
Zentavia Coatie also wrestled at 126 pounds, placing third. Coatie beat Bethany DeGraw of Lebanon by a 17-2 technical fall in the quarter-finals before being pinned by Hermosillo in the semi-finals. Coatie rebounded to beat Cope by fall in the third-place match.
