(Anita) CAM administration has some decisions to make in regards to the future of the Cougar’s wrestling program.
During a school board meeting last Wednesday, Atlantic Superintendent Steve Barber recommended the district not renew the agreement with CAM. CAM Activities Director Joe Wollum expressed appreciation towards Atlantic for the decade plus of positive sharing between the two districts. “First off, you can’t thank coach (Tim) Duff and coach (Rex) Mehrhoff enough for everything they did when we combined those two programs. The last 10-15 years, however long it has been, it has been a great working relationship. You can’t thank those guys enough for everything they have done.”
The combined enrollment between the two districts would bump the team up to Class 3A, which includes Iowa’s largest school districts. CAM’s next step is undetermined. “It’s unfortunate it had to end the way it did. We are excited, we don’t know what we are doing yet, and that’s kind of the exciting part. Are we going to field a team by ourselves or are we going to try and combine with someone else? We are not quite sure what the answer is to that yet, but we are working diligently on that.”
Barber stated Atlantic is still interested in partnering with CAM for girls wrestling and soccer where, “Our partnership does not put us at a competitive disadvantage.”
For the original story on Atlantic’s recommendation to not renew the agreement click HERE.
