The wrestling season began for several Hamilton County teams on Saturday.
One of those starting tournaments was at Hamilton Heights, where the Huskies hosted their annual Super 6 event. It was a very competitive meet: Three of the six schools finished the event with 4-1 team records: Pendleton Heights, Noblesville and North Central.
The Arabians won the tiebreaker based on most total points scored, with 238. The Millers scored 225, while the Panthers totaled 219. Noblesville won its first four meets of the day, beating Cascade 57-21, Tipton 56-18, Pendleton Heights 40-36 and Hamilton Heights 41-22. The Millers lost to North Central in a close dual, 40-31.
Five Noblesville wrestlers were champions, with four of them finishing the tournament with 5-0 records: Dalton Huffman at 126 pounds, Justin Johnson-Sparks at 138, Sebastian Dillon at 152 and Zach Knoll at 182. Keaton Sepiol was the 113-pound champion with a 4-1 record. Gary Kitko went 4-1 at 145 pounds.
“I was very proud of how the team rallied together during our Pendleton Heights dual,” said Millers coach Michael Weimer. “It was a very high-energy dual with a lot of adversity going on. We had losses we expected to win and a lot of our younger guys stepped it up in that dual.
“Overall, I was proud of the guys, how they competed,” said Weimer. While he acknowledged it was tough to drop the last dual of the day, the coach noted that last year Noblesville was 2-3 at this meet, so there was improvement.
The host Huskies finished fourth at their event, going 2-3 for the day. Heights defeated Tipton 61-18 and Cascade 61-17, while in between falling to Pendleton Heights 45-30, North Central 41-24 and Noblesville 41-22.
Two Huskies wrestlers were undefeated champions at 5-0: Isaiah Rodriguez at 106 pounds and Bobby Williams at 170. Three other wrestlers finished 4-1: Cole Cowan at 113, Devonte Henson at 120 and Dreiken Dunn at 160.
“We’re starting seven underclassmen and seven upperclassmen,” said Heights coach Gary Myers, who also said there are a few Huskies wrestlers out with injuries. “So I thought we did pretty good overall. We hung tight with a lot of people.”
Hamilton Southeastern and Fishers competed in the John Hurrle Memorial Invitational, which took place Saturday at Arsenal Tech.
The Royals finished second out of 14 teams with 310.5 points, while the Tigers were third with 251.5 points. Warren Central dominated the meet, winning with 418.5 points.
Southeastern had three individual champions at the event. Jackson Williams won the 152-pound title with a 6-4 decision, with Ronan Hiner getting a 3-2 decision to win the 160-pound championship. Crae Kunkleman won at 285 pounds in a 10-4 decision.
Fishers’ JD Farrell won the 182-pound title, doing so with a pin in the second period.
Results are as follows:
106: 2. Jacob Simone (HSE), 3. PJ Pritchett (F), 4. Ryan Hartig (HSE).
113: 2. Sam Crousore (HSE), 7. Zachary Strueder (F), 13. Matios Benson (HSE).
120: 2. Jake Lemieux (HSE), 4. Dylan Parodi (F), 5. Teddy Houseman (HSE).
126: 3. Gaige Lloyd (HSE), 5. Josh Thompson (F), 10. Riley Fredericksen (HSE).
132: 5. Jack Gerstner (HSE), 10. Cam Roberts (HSE), 11. Truman Abel (F).
138: 4. Ben Hanks (HSE), 5. Reece Luhmann (HSE), 10. Zach Willard (F).
152: 1. Jackson Williams (HSE), 4. Josh Reardon (F).
160: 1. Ronan Hiner (HSE), 7. Ben Hartley (F).
170: 8. Ryan Cast (HSE).
182: 1. JD Farrell (F), 9. Max Broom (HSE), 12. Micheal Gilligan (F), 13. Isaac Haneline (HSE).
195: 2. Preston Putzback (F), 3. Luke Ferren (HSE), 9. Spencer Lotz (HSE).
220: 7. Devin Dudley (HSE).
285: 1. Crae Kunkleman (HSE), 3. Nathan Pairitz (F).
Westfield placed third at the Capital City Classic, which took place Saturday at Perry Meridian.
The Shamrocks scored 186 team points, with the host Falcons the winners by scoring 239 points. Plainfield was second with 213. Westfield had three individual champions: Carson Eldred won at 120 pounds in a 4-0 decision, Kyle Saez took the 170-pound final in a 3-1 decision, and Ryan Mahoney won the 182-pound title with a pin late in the first period.
Westfield results are as follows:
106: 3. Bryson Collier
113: 3. Dylan Driver
120: 1. Carson Eldred
126: 3. Brady Drlik
132: 7. Mitchell Proctor
138: 7. Evan Cannon
145: 7. Mason Harpe
152: 6. Seth Martin
160: 4. Gabe Arvin
170: 1. Kyle Saez
182: 1. Ryan Mahoney
195: 3. Sam Medlen
220: 4. Dakota Arvin
285: 7. Kyle Widmer
Sheridan went 3-2 at the Cloverdale tournament on Saturday.
The Blackhawks got wins over Manual, South Putnam and Crispus Attucks. Cian McGarr won the 170-pound championship.
The Noblesville wrestling team began its season by finishing a close second at the Hamilton Heights Husky Super 6 on Saturday. The Millers were 4-1 for the tournament and had five individual champions. (Richie Hall)
Hamilton Heights’ Alex Naylor (left) and Noblesville’s Ayden Rayl battle it out in the 285-pound match. (Richie Hall)
Good Job Millers. Your Michigan fans are proud!