COLUMBUS - The podium.

That is the goal of every participant in the 2012-13 OHSAA State Wrestling Championships at Value City Arena inside the Jerome Schottenstein Center at Ohio State University - or any state tournament.

Jefferson senior Colin McConnahea was like every other wrestler when he began in that hoped-for destination.

Mission accomplished.

Where the 195-pounder would end up was determined Friday when McConnahea came back in the evening session to wrestle Clayton Bullard of Johnstown-Monroe and lost 9-6.