The REPORTER
The Fishers wrestling team placed fourth out of 31 teams at the Connersville Spartan Classic, which took place Thursday and Friday.
The Tigers scored 193.5 team points. Other teams in the top four were champion Greenfield-Central (266), runner-up New Palestine (222) and third-place East Noble (221).
Fishers had one individual champion: Xavier Smith at 165 pounds. Smith won his first two matches by fall, then beat Bishop Chatard’s Kade Rickard by a 9-4 decision in the quarterfinals. Smith accelerated to the finish line, beating Greenfield’s Mason Thompson in the semifinals with a 14-5 major decision, then cruised to victory in the championship bout with an 18-2 technical fall over East Noble’s Dallas Plattner.
Other Tigers place winners were Chayce Yant (third at 126), Diego Carabano (fourth at 175), Owen Ingalls (fifth at 120), Teyon Leonard (fifth at 138), Will Hruskoci (sixth at 113), Stephen Breck (sixth at 150), Seth Lamb (eighth at 106) and Julian Burgett (eighth at 190).