The Hamilton Southeastern and Noblesville wrestling teams traveled back to North Montgomery Saturday for the second half of the Chargers’ Holiday Duals.
Saturday was the individual tournament, although team scores were kept as well. The Royals finished third in the individual event by scoring 138.5 points. Warren Central, which won the dual competition on Friday over HSE, made it a sweep by taking the individual event with 188 points. North Montgomery was second with 143 points.
Southeastern had one champion: Jacob Simone at 106 pounds. The sophomore beat Warren Central freshman David Pierson in a 6-3 decision, moving his record to 23-1 for the year. The Royals had six other wrestlers make the top six: Reece Luhmann (at 126) and Ronan Hiner (at 152) were runners-up in their weight classes, Ethan Blake took third at 160, Andrew Irick finished fourth at 195, while Sam Crousore (at 113) and Blake Forbes (at 138) each placed fifth.
“The Royals had a solid second day at North Montgomery,” said HSE coach Kyle Poyer.
Noblesville placed eighth in the individual tournament, scoring 85.5 points. The Millers had a champion in Gary Kitko. The junior won the 138-pound division over Warren Central sophomore Brice Coleman 8-7.
Three more Noblesville wrestlers earned a spot on the podium: Justin Sparks was the runner-up at 132 pounds, while Joey Kitko (at 113) and Dalton Huffman (at 126) both took third.
“These guys came to compete today,” said Millers coach Michael Weimer. “We took a big step forward in terms of finishing a tournament. I was very proud how the guys battled and never stopped wrestling. When you keep wrestling and attacking, great things happen and that’s exciting what they did today.”
ABOVE: Noblesville wrestling coach Michael Weimer talks with Miller 106-pounder Tim Alexander a few minutes before Alexander’s first match at the individual portion of the North Montgomery Holiday Duals on Saturday. Noblesville placed eighth in the team standings, and had one champion and three other place-winners.
BELOW: Hamilton Southeastern’s Ronan Hiner placed second at 152 pounds and helped the Royals to a third-place team finish at the individual portion of the North Montgomery Holiday Duals. The Royals had one champion and six other place-winners. (Richie Hall)
