COLUMBIA, Mo. — Caleb McIntosh, grandson of Iolans Gary and Barbara McIntosh, took home fourth place Feb. 22 at the Missouri State High School Wrestling Championships.
McIntosh, a junior at Rockwood Summit High, went 3-2 in the tournament to finish the year with a 42-11 record.
Caleb also broke his older brother’s school record for number of pins in a season with 29, reported his father, former Iolan Matt McIntosh.
Caleb’s achievement is the latest feather the brothers have left in Missouri High school athletics.
Oldest brother, Boone, was a two-time district wrestling champion and state qualifier at Rockwood Summit. Ian qualified for state all four years in high school. He won the state championship last year at 160 pounds, and held Rockwood’s pins record until Caleb broke the mark this year.
Caleb’s state appearance was the seventh for the McIntosh brothers.
His medal also continues a curious trend in which the McIntoshes have earned state medals only in years in which they did not win a district championship.
“If we win a district championship, we do not earn a state medal,” Matt McIntosh joked. “We’re OK if we don’t win districts. We call it the McIntosh Family Curse.”
Wrestler with local ties takes fourth at state
