The Reeths-Puffer wrestling team is in very good shape right now, with leaders like senior Ian Cook, and the future looks very bright as well, with freshmen like Tanner Cowles and Travis Henderson on the roster.
That was clear at Saturday's Greater Muskegon Athletic Association Tournament at Orchard View High School.
Cook made it a clean sweep in his varsity career, winning his fourth straight individual GMAA championship. 
Ian Cook, a four-time GMAA champion.
Cowles and Henderson became GMAA champs in their very first try, and nobody will be surprised if they end up matching Cook's achievement in another three years.
The three champions helped the Rockets to a very strong second place finish in the team standings, behind first-place Whitehall.
The Rockets finished with 184.5 points while Whitehall totaled 209. Fruitport was third with 162 points.
Travis Henderson
"The team showed up hungry for a title, wrestling very well and battling for bonus points each round," said R-P head coach Brad Cowles. "Fight like the third monkey on Noah's Ark when it started to rain - that's the mindset we have been pushing the past week and moving forward."
R-P Assistant Coach Jace Learn added, "We have a younger team that is starting to understand what it takes to compete with the best teams in our area, and it showed during the tournament, with the guys battling through bumps and bruises to make the best out of it for themselves and our team."
Cook, who recently became R-P's all-time win leader, was completely dominant in cruising to his fourth city title, this time in the 144-pound weight class.
Tanner Cowles
After getting a bye in the first round, Cook pinned Whitehall's Hunter Peterson in 2:24 and Muskegon Catholic's Max McCumber in 1:11, before pinning Muskegon's Ke'yaun Bradford in 4:38 in the championship match.
"Ian Cook joins the small list of wrestlers to complete their high school career as a four-time county champ," Coach Cowles said. "If you mention Ian's name in the wrestling community, they know exactly who he is. Ian has made a name for himself from the first day of high school. He's a leader, motivator and inspiration for others.
"His success proves that hard work in-season and off-season pays off. Ian put on a clinic during the tournament, pinning all of his opponents and earning bonus points for his team."
Cook works on pinning his opponent in the finals on Saturday.
The two freshmen champions had to work a little harder for their first-place medals.
Cowles won the 132-pound title by pinning Muskegon's Carson Hunter in 57 seconds and beating Mona Shores' Tyson Pierre 15-5, then downing Fruitport's Alex Aardema 12-0 in the finals.
"Tanner wrestled with a lot of fight during the tournament, pinning his first opponent and outscoring his next two opponents 27-5," Coach Cowles said. "Tanner puts in a lot of work outside the wrestling room, and it's starting to show."
R-P's Andrew Corradin, right, looks for an opening against his opponent.
Henderson, at 113 pounds, defeated Holton's Kollin Nichols 16-5, then beat Whitehall's Kassie Sapp 9-1 in the title round.
"Travis Henderson wrestled well in the semis and even better in the finals against a high level wrestler," Coach Cowles said. "Travis is always focused and driven in the practice room."
Several other Rockets also placed high in their respective weight classes and won medals.
Hunter Eek (150 pounds), Andrew Corradin (175) and Sage Secrest (215) all advanced to the finals and finished second.
Max Knowlton (106) and Aiden Neal (165) finished third, while Arin Maynard (120) and Cory Judd (126) finished fourth.
R-P's Hunter Eek, left, competes in the finals.
Henderson, left, tries to get an opponent into pin position.
Cowles, in front, tries to escape his opponent's grasp. 