By RICHIE HALL
NOBLESVILLE – The Hamilton Heights wrestling team continued its undefeated season Tuesday, beating Guerin Catholic 66-6 in a dual meet at the Eagles Nest.
The Huskies, ranked No. 5 in the IndianaMat.com’s Class 2A state team rankings, won 11 of the 13 contested matches (195 pounds was a double forfeit). Jaylyn Pugh began the meet at 126 pounds with a fall, then Heights took the next three weight classes by forfeit.
The Golden Eagles’ Isaac Richardson got the first of GC’s two victories, outlasting the Huskies’ Blain Zachary in a 9-7 overtime win. After that, Heights cruised through the meet with seven straight falls, all of them coming in the first period.
The fastest pin in that series went to Michael Cain, who won the 160-pound bout in 29 seconds. Evan Tilton needed 1 minute, 6 seconds to get his pin at 182 pounds; Tilton is ranked No. 5 in the state in that weight class.
Guerin Catholic’s Peter Nguyen finished the meet with the Golden Eagles’ second win, taking the 120-pound division in an 8-2 decision. Nguyen is state-ranked No. 17 in that weight division.
Guerin Catholic’s Peter Nguyen, ranked No. 17 at 120 pounds, got one of two wins for the Golden Eagles. (Richie Hall)
“Overall, I was pleased,” said Huskies coach Gary Myers. “Everybody wrestled well.”
Heights is back at it today with a long trip to the Rensselaer Central Invitational. The Huskies will be wrestling other small-but-tough teams, such as Cascade, the No. 3 team in Class 1A, and the host Bombers.
“We’re 14-0, Cascade’s 14-0,” said Myers. “So, we’re going to find out the pecking order really quick.”
The Golden Eagles are off until next week, when they participate in the Mooresville Classic. That one will also contain some tough competition, including two local schools: Class 4A No. 7 Carmel and Hamilton Southeastern.
“If you want to be one of the best, you got to start wrestling with the best, right?” said Guerin Catholic coach Dan Hubbard. “So, that’s what we’ll do. We’ll keep wrestling as good of teams as we can get in and we’ll try and do some more off-season stuff. We have a lot of work to do, but we’ll get there.”
HAMILTON HEIGHTS 66, GUERIN CATHOLIC 6
Meet started at 126 pounds
126: Jaylyn Pugh (HH) def. Sam Wagner (GC) by fall, 0:56
132: Simon Kuhn (HH) won by forfeit
138: Alex Furst (HH) won by forfeit
145: Carson Fettig (HH) won by forfeit
152: Isaac Richardson (GC) def. Blain Zachary (HH) by decision, 9-7, OT
160: Michael Cain (HH) def. Dominic Moringiello (GC) by fall, 0:29
170: Jimmy Lacey (HH) def. Johnathan Sims (GC) by fall, 0:55
182: Evan Tilton (HH) def. David Ives (GC) by fall, 1:06
195: Double forfeit
220: Josh Brown (HH) def. Alex Sims (GC) by fall, 1:14
285: Mason Moran (HH) def. Sam Barry (GC) by fall, 0:59
106: Kendall Moe (HH) def. JP Hoefflin (GC) by fall, 1:13
113: Cooper Doucette (HH) def. Joel Abraham (GC) by fall, 0:35
120: Peter Nguyen (GC) def. Justin Tilton (HH) by decision, 8-2