Washougal aiming for excellence

The wrestling room at Washougal High School has a lot of hardware hanging on the wall, from a long list of state champions. It’s something athletes take great pride in and this year’s team plans to bring more postseason hardware back to the Washougal Panther practice den.

John Carver has been Washougal’s head wrestling coach for 31 years, and also wrestled for the Panthers in high school, where he earned a scholarship as an athlete at North Idaho College before returning to his alma mater. Carter bleeds orange and black, and that pride is contagious to those around him.