Switchup sends county teams back to Frankfort

By RICHIE HALL
Reporter Sports Editor
For the past few years, the IHSAA’s wrestling sectional No. 18 has been a back-and-forth event.
After taking place at Zionsville for many years, it was switched to Frankfort in 2016. Last year, the sectional was sent back to Zionsville. This year, it’s back at Frankfort, although there’s a reason.
The Eagles have been moved to the Crawfordsville sectional this season, which removes a tough team from what has always been a tough sectional. Even without Zionsville, this year’s Frankfort sectional will be a battle, with county schools Carmel, Fishers, Hamilton Southeastern, Sheridan and Westfield in the mix as wrestling begins Saturday morning.
The Greyhounds will be going for a third consecutive sectional championship, and their fourth in the last five years. The Royals had a string of four straight titles (2010-11-12-13), then won again in 2015 after ceding their title to Carmel in 2014.
Going by the seeds, the ‘Hounds would appear to be favored: Carmel has six top seeds. Southeastern, meanwhile, wants its trophy back, and proved it was ready to battle with the Greyhounds at a dual meet last week. Carmel won 36-27, although both teams split the 14 matches.
The Greyhounds’ top seeds include sophomore Brandon Mattingly. At 27-0, the 120-pounder is the sectional’s only unbeaten wrestler and is ranked fourth in the state.
Junior Kyle Holman is the first seed at 126 pounds. He owns a 25-2 record and a No. 17 state ranking. Sophomore Garret Sharp holds the top seed at 145 pounds.
Carmel’s highest-ranked wrestler is 160-pounder Jack Eiteljorge. The senior is ranked second with a 27-2 ranking. Rounding out Carmel’s first seeds are senior Logan Hart at 182 pounds and senior Jack Williams at 285; he is ranked 19th in that division.
Meanwhile, Southeastern, Westfield and Fishers all have two top seeds in the sectional this year. The Royals’ top seeds are sophomore Jacob Simone, ranked 15th at 106 pounds and sophomore Andrew Irick, who is 28-6 at 195 pounds. Junior Crae Kunkleman is ranked 16th at 220; he is the second seed behind Lebanon senior Jacob McClaine, who is rated third in the state.
First for the Shamrocks are 113-pound sophomore Carson Eldred, who is 33-2 and ranked No. 9, and sophomore Milo Merkel at 132 pounds.
The Tigers are led by senior Alexander Streuder at 138 pounds; he comes into the sectional rated 10th with a 26-6 mark.
Sheridan holds one top seed. Senior Justin Delph leads the 152-pound bracket with an 18-2 record.
Here’s a complete rundown of the Frankfort sectional:

Participating teams: Carmel, Clinton Central, Clinton Prairie, Fishers, Frankfort, Hamilton Southeastern, Lebanon, Rossville, Sheridan, Westfield.
106 POUNDS
Jacob Simone (HSE), sophomore, 32-3 vs. bye
Forfeit (CP) vs. forfeit (SH)
PJ Pritchett (FI), sophomore, 23-14 vs. bye
Bryce Longnecker (R), freshman, 15-8 vs. bye
Dylan Driver (W), freshman, 26-11 vs. bye
Armando Roa (FR), freshman, 3-10 vs. bye
Dalton Michaels (L), freshman, 3-10 vs. forfeit (CC)
Suhas Chundi (C), sophomore, 25-5 vs. bye

113 POUNDS
Carson Eldred (W), sophomore, 33-2 vs. bye
Cade Ping (L), sophomore, 0-0 vs. forfeit (CC)
Jared Ray (CP), freshman, 4-5 vs. bye
Dylan Parodi (FI), freshman, 8-12 vs. bye
Sam Crousore (HSE), sophomore, 23-15 vs. bye
Jake Leonard (S), sophomore, 4-13 vs. bye
Marco Cruz-Rojas (FR), sophomore, 2-7 vs. forfeit (R)
Jake Shafer (C), sophomore, 22-10 vs. bye

120 POUNDS
Brandon Mattingly (C), sophomore, 27-0 vs. bye
Shelby Cope (L), freshman, 0-4 vs. forfeit (CP)
James Ostler (FR), freshman, 20-13 vs. bye
Brady Drlik (W), sophomore, 18-19 vs. bye
Cole Ludlow (FI), junior, 10-14 vs. bye
Kaleb Carr (CC), freshman, 9-19 vs. bye
Brandon Darmon (S), freshman, 9-17 vs. forfeit (R)
Jacob Lemieux (HSE), freshman, 19-17 vs. bye

126 POUNDS
Kyle Holman (C), junior, 25-2 vs. bye
Tyler Miller (R), junior, 2-17 vs. Skyelar Seward (FR), junior, 5-25
Cameron Toole (L), sophomore, 16-12 vs. bye
Mace Bond (S), sophomore, 8-4 vs. bye
Tallon Surber (CC), junior, 31-9 vs. bye
Jesse Wagner (HSE), sophomore, 8-4 vs. bye
Christian Matis (CP), freshman, 11-19 vs. Josh Thompson (FI), freshman, 9-14
Luke Brogan (W), senior, 25-8 vs. bye

132 POUNDS
Milo Merkel (W), sophomore, 13-15 vs. bye
Evan Hopkins (R), freshman, 4-18 vs. forfeit (CC)
Isaiah Amsbury (S), junior, 16-9 vs. bye
Ryan Campbell (C), junior, 14-12 vs. bye
Eli Fox (L), freshman, 6-5 vs. bye
Eduardo Perez (HSE), junior, 5-12 vs. bye
Hunter Seward (FR), freshman, 3-22 vs. forfeit (CP)
Chance VonKamecke (FI), junior, 9-5 vs. bye

138 POUNDS
Alexander Strueder (FI), senior, 26-6 vs. bye
Axel Aleman (S), freshman, 11-13 vs. forfeit (CC)
Evan Bocock (L), junior, 19-12 vs. bye
Joe Theriot (C), junior, 20-11 vs. bye
Jacob Garcia (HSE), senior, 5-5 vs. bye
Isaac Mata (FR), junior, 11-9 vs. bye
Lucas Baker (CP), freshman vs. Adrian Gomez (R), freshman, 9-17
Noah Robinson (W), senior, 26-11 vs. bye

145 POUNDS
Garret Sharp (C), sophomore, 22-9 vs. bye
Jake Rokop (W), senior, 14-20 vs. Corbin Went (S), junior, 14-13
Hunter Smith (L), junior, 7-5 vs. bye
Adolfo Vasquez-Sanchez (FR), senior, 21-12 vs. bye
Cale Lucas (CC), senior, 34-6 vs. bye
Jackson Williams (HSE), sophomore, 14-20 vs. bye
Hunter Ferguson (CP), sophomore, 6-7 vs. Isaiah Kingery (R), sophomore, 17-15
Josh Reardon (FI), junior, 22-12 vs. bye

152 POUNDS
Justin Delph (S), senior, 18-2 vs. bye
Matthew Walker (CP), senior, 6-8 vs. forfeit (HSE)
Gabe Davin (C), sophomore, 11-5 vs. bye
Colton Ford (R), freshman, 15-6
Kyle Saez (W), junior, 28-10 vs. bye
Morgan Laffoon (FI), sophomore, 8-5 vs. bye
Richard Butcher (FR), junior, 4-13 vs. Gage Eli (CC), senior, 13-25
Easton Williamson (L), sophomore, 20-6 vs. bye

160 POUNDS
Jack Eiteljorge (C), senior, 27-2 vs. bye
Franzel Pozos (FR), sophomore, 2-10 vs. forfeit (CC)
Jacob Butcher (R), sophomore, 19-9 vs. bye
Sam Gonzalez (CP), junior, 16-7 vs. bye
Ronan Hiner (HSE), sophomore, 24-10 vs. bye
Andrew Whitsitt (L), senior, 13-13 vs. bye
Austin Dunbar (S), senior, 9-16 vs. Gabe Arvin (W), freshman, 17-16
Teegan Heiniger (FI), senior, 24-5 vs. bye

170 POUNDS
JD Farrell (FI), sophomore, 19-9 vs. bye
Rayce Russell (CP), sophomore, 6-0 vs. forfeit (CC)
Chandler Sauders (L), senior, 15-5 vs. bye
Ranvir Sandhu (HSE), senior, 19-15 vs. bye
Devin Anderson (FR), senior, 17-11 vs. bye
Nate Frey (C), junior, 11-9 vs. bye
Dylan O’Donnell (W), sophomore, 11-15 vs. Thomas Purciful (S), sophomore, 7-10
Brice Lawerence (R), senior, 26-7 vs. bye

182 POUNDS
Logan Hart (C), senior, 25-2 vs. bye
Carter Germonprez (L), junior, 9-14 vs. Caiden Maish (CP), junior, 15-13
Collin Ells (S), senior, 14-6 vs. bye
David Hopkins (R), senior, 22-9 vs. bye
Ezekiel VanDeventer (FR), junior, 20-13 vs. bye
Konnor Haehl (HSE), sophomore, 6-13 vs. bye
Jack Phillips (FI), sophomore, 14-13 vs. Wyatt Royer (CC), freshman, 5-23
Ryan Mahoney (W), junior, 27-8 vs. bye

195 POUNDS
Andrew Irick (HSE), sophomore, 28-6 vs. bye
Jason Stephens (R), sophomore, 8-12 vs. Ethan Reynolds (S), senior, 11-11
Alex Matias (FR), senior, 12-16 vs. bye
Ross Wood (L), junior, 9-12 vs. bye
Cameron Bacon (C), junior, 24-9 vs. bye
Dakota Arvin (W), freshman, 9-16 vs. bye
Mason McCartney (FI), junior, 3-5 vs. Jaime Escareno (CP), sophomore, 16-10
Tristen Hoffman (CC), senior, 32-7 vs. bye

220 POUNDS
Jacob McClaine (L), senior, 24-1 vs. bye
Jordan Ortiz (FR), senior, 6-2 vs. forfeit (S)
Sam Medlen (W), junior, 18-18 vs. bye
Haakon Van Beynen (C), sophomore, 11-5 vs. bye
Domonic Warthan (CC), junior, 10-2 vs. bye
Dylan McKinney (CP), sophomore, 10-14 vs. bye
Dane Smith (FI), junior, 10-22 vs. forfeit (R)
Crae Kunkleman (HSE), junior, 26-4 vs. bye

285 POUNDS
Jack Williams (C), senior, 24-2 vs. bye
Ben Woodward (S), junior, 11-12 vs. Sean Patrick (CP), freshman, 6-7
Nick Morgan (L), freshman, 9-18 vs. bye
Dayton Webster (W), senior, 14-19 vs. bye
Nathan Shuey (HSE), senior, 17-14 vs. bye
Isaias Cisneros (FR), senior, 16-18 vs. bye
Hunter Mink (R), senior, 11-10 vs. AJ Rivera (FI), junior, 4-13
Kolton Keller (CC), sophomore, 33-6 vs. bye

The other three county schools – Guerin Catholic, Hamilton Heights and Noblesville – will travel to Elwood to compete in Sectional 19.
Frankton holds the most top seeds in the sectional, with four: The Eagles have the first spot in the brackets at 145, 160, 170 and 195 pounds. That includes two ranked athletes: Senior Dru Berkebile is ninth at 160 and senior Cody Klettheimer is sixth at 170.
The Millers are next, with three top seeds – all of them juniors. Dalton Huffman is the top seed at 126 pounds with a 31-5 record. He will be followed by Justin Johnson-Sparks, who comes into the event with a 28-5 mark. Junior Gary Kitko has the first seed at 138 pounds. Kitko owns a 28-8 record and is also ranked 13th in the state.
The Golden Eagles have one of the top seeds. Senior Korbin Lane is seeded first at 152 pounds; he is 13-3 coming into the sectional.
The Huskies don’t have any top seeds, but they have a few wrestlers with good records. Freshman Devonte Henson will come into the 113-pound division with a 22-8 mark, while sophomore 220-pounder Alex Naylor is 22-11 for the season.
An intriguing matchup will be at 106 pounds. Lapel has the top seed there with junior Harrison Hadley ranked 18th in the state at 32-0. His quarter-final opponent will be Heights’ Markaela Pugh, a sophomore who last weekend finished second at 106 pounds in the Indiana High School Girls Wrestling state tournament.
As for other schools, Elwood has two top seeds, both of whom are ranked. Junior Kyle Cornwell is seeded first at 220 pounds; Cornwell is 36-1 and fourth in the state.
The 182- and 195-pound classes are loaded. Tipton junior KJ Roudebush is the top seed at 182, he is 36-1 and ranked 11th. Elwood’s Jalen Morgan is the second seed; he holds a record of 32-4 and a state ranking of 18th.
In an interesting twist, the lower-ranked of the two ranked wrestlers at 195 pounds is the top seed. Frankton senior David Delph is 25-5 and rated 13th, but is the first seed in that class. The second seed is 10th-ranked Tremor Bynum, who holds a 34-4 record.
Here’s a rundown of the Elwood sectional:

Participating teams: Alexandria, Anderson, Elwood, Frankton, Guerin Catholic, Hamilton Heights, Lapel, Noblesville, Pendleton Heights, Tipton.
106 POUNDS
Harrison Hadley (L), junior, 32-0 vs. bye
Markaela Pugh (HH), sophomore, 0-0 vs. forfeit (GC)
Tim Alexander (N), freshman, 21-15 vs. bye
Romello Williams (AN), freshman, 25-10 vs. bye
Clatyon Slayton (F), sophomore, 22-7 vs. bye
Austin Cummings (PH), freshman, 13-12 vs. bye
Kori Wilkey (E), sophomore, 9-21 vs. forfeit (T)
Jadon Wood (AL), junior, 16-5 vs. bye

113 POUNDS
Willie Dennison (AN), sophomore, 30-5 vs. bye
Trevor Gretuer (L), junior, 14-9 vs. forfeit (E)
Jon Koscal (GC), sophomore, 15-12 vs. bye
Xavier Frye (AL), sophomore, 15-7 vs. bye
Devonte Henson (HH), freshman, 22-8 vs. bye
Kyle Drinkut (PH), freshman, 7-15 vs. bye
Tommy VanHoover (F), freshman, 9-12 vs. forfeit (T)
Joey Kitko (N), freshman, 26-12 vs. bye

120 POUNDS
Jared Brown (PH), freshman 32-6 vs. bye
Forfeit (GC) vs. forfeit (T)
Nathan Ritz (N), sophomore, 12-11 vs. bye
KJ Williams (AN), sophomore, 25-8 vs. bye
Sparky Manis (L), junior, 25-6 vs. bye
Caleb Bott (AL), freshman, 4-6 vs. bye
Caleb Jones (HH), sophomore, 4-7 vs. forfeit (E)
Seth Lawson (F), freshman, 22-7 vs. bye

126 POUNDS
Dalton Huffman (N), junior, 31-5 vs. bye
Will Rector (L), freshman, 8-21 vs. forfeit (T)
Chris Semler (GC), senior, 10-16 vs. bye
Braydon Slayton (F), sophomore, 8-10 vs. bye
Christian Chavez (AN), sophomore, 15-4 vs. bye
Hunter Leever (AL), sophomore, 9-17 vs. bye
Jake Brinker (HH), sophomore, 6-15 vs. forfeit (E)
Jace Longere (PH), junior, 16-6 vs. bye

132 POUNDS
Justin Johnson-Sparks (N), junior, 28-5 vs. bye
Josh Meyer (HH), freshman, 7-12 vs. forfeit (AL)
Austin Hinchman (E), junior, 13-12 vs. bye
Zach Sutton (GC), junior, 15-13 vs. bye
KD Williams (AN), senior, 29-6 vs. bye
Lee Patterson (FR), junior, 12-15 vs. bye
Bryan Rodriguez (L), sophomore, 6-14 vs. forfeit (T)
Elijah Bauer (PH), senior, 26-5 vs. bye

138 POUNDS
Gary Kitko (N), junior, 28-8 vs. bye
Quentin Norrick (L), sophomore, 1-17 vs. bye
Matt Simpson (AN), senior, 14-9 vs. bye
Kyran Planalp (F), sophomore, 7-24 vs. Cooper Mansfield (HH), freshman, 17-12
Ben Batchelder (GC), junior, 8-14 vs. bye
Zach Deutsch (AL), senior, 13-20 vs. bye
Jack Maxwell (T), sophomore, 13-25 vs. Derek Sikorski (PH), junior, 23-13

145 POUNDS
Grant Geisinger (F), senior, 29-4 vs. Reese Smith (L), 4-12
Jakob Hagerman (AN), senior, 23-12 vs. bye
Jeff Dunasky (GC), sophomore, 22-9 vs. bye
Gabe Smith (T), senior, 29-7 vs. bye
Trey Jordan (E), freshman, 18-11 vs. bye
Sebastian Dillon (N), junior, 17-7 vs. bye
Alex Patton (AL), sophomore, 5-21 vs. Alex Krause (HH), sophomore 5-17
Caleb Gibson (PH), junior, 25-6 vs. bye

152 POUNDS
Korbin Lane (GC), senior, 13-3 vs. Uriah Whetzel (N), junior, 2-12
Blake Hicks (T), junior, 19-8 vs. bye
Arthur Lucky (AN), junior, 26-8 vs. bye
Jarod Miller (PH), junior, 29-6 vs. bye
Dreiken Dunn (HH), junior, 14-3 vs. bye
Travis Head (E), junior, 21-8 vs. bye
Josh Ebbert (F), junior, 13-18 vs. forfeit (AL)
Marc Fensler (L), senior, 16-1 vs. bye

160 POUNDS
Dru Berkebile (F), senior, 31-1 vs. bye
Sam Dunkleburger (HH), sophomore, 5-11 vs. bye
Nate Mahaney (T), senior, 17-17 vs. bye
Brayden Hall (GC), freshman, 4-12 vs. Nathan Richardson (N), junior, 7-2
Devon Browder (A), senior, 22-8 vs. bye
Blake Anderson (L), senior, 10-16 vs. Chase Lovell (E), freshman, 6-8
Jake Clark (AL), senior, 10-18 vs. bye
Jacob Brown (PH), junior, 12-13 vs. bye

170 POUNDS
Cody Klettheimer (F), junior, 31-1 vs. bye
Israel Dates (AN), sophomore, 2-3 vs. Joey Fremion (GC), sophomore, 5-12
Tyler Jarrell (E), junior, 18-19 vs. bye
Zack Knoll (N), junior, 18-15 vs. bye
Clayton Todd (PH), junior, 13-8 vs. bye
Jacob Teuscher (T), senior, 1-5 vs. Luke Stohler (HH), sophomore, 14-16
Drew Thomas (L), senior, 1-12 vs. bye
Ethan Warren (AL), senior, 22-6 vs. bye

182 POUNDS
KJ Roudebush (T), junior, 36-1 vs. bye
Mikey Smith (AL), junior, 8-16 vs. bye
Anthony Giorgiou (N), junior, 15-15 vs. Ben Kyle (F), junior, 2-2
Garrett Griffith (PH), senior, 14-15 vs. bye
Phoenix Mills (L), junior, 15-11 vs. bye
Kolton Myers (HH), sophomore, 12-17 vs. bye
Jon Faulkenberg (AN), senior, 7-3 vs. Alex Hubbard (GC), sophomore, 5-19
Jalen Morgan (E), junior, 32-4 vs. bye

195 POUNDS
David Delph (F), senior 25-5 vs. bye
Dalton Partington (L), senior, 4-25 vs. forfeit (E)
Connor May (N), senior, 2-2 vs. bye
Max Fallin (GC), freshman, 4-17 vs. Kadin Johnson (AN), sophomore, 25-10
Noah Lawson (HH), junior, 18-14 vs. bye
Christian Hunter (T), junior, 26-10 vs. bye
Gage Jefferson (AL), junior, 8-17 vs. bye
Tremor Bynum (PH), junior, 34-4 vs. bye

220 POUNDS
Kyle Cornwell (E), junior, 36-1 vs. bye
Andrew Koontz (N), freshman, 5-26 vs. bye
Alex Naylor (HH), sophomore, 22-11 vs. bye
Abren Ridenour (T), junior, 15-17 vs. Cade Campbell (PH), sophomore, 28-11
Venice McCullough (AN), junior, 28-5 vs. bye
Daniel Snyder (AL), sophomore, 13-16 vs. bye
Hunter Morris (L), sophomore, 9-22 vs. forfeit (GC)
Cole Baker (F), junior, 25-5 vs. bye

285 POUNDS
Marcus Stone (E), senior, 36-3 vs. Trevor Cunningham (HH), sophomore, 0-22
Teague Scherer (L), sophomore, 8-6 vs. bye
Trevor Savage (AL), senior, 17-13 vs. bye
Sam Wertz (N), junior, 17-13 vs. bye
Jared Baldwin (PH), senior, 19-10 vs. bye
Jullian Martinez (F), sophomore, 1-3 vs. bye
Nate Morgan (T), freshman, 15-20 vs. forfeit (GC)
Elijah Love (AN), senior, 23-11 vs. Bye

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