THE REPORTER
Hamilton Southeastern is back in the sectional winner’s circle.
The Royals claimed their first sectional title since 2015 last Saturday, winning a competitive Frankfort sectional. Southeastern scored 238.5 points, had four champions, and most importantly, qualified all 14 of its wrestlers to this Saturday’s North Montgomery regional. It was the Royals’ 10th regional title in program history.
“Overall, we wrestled really well,” said HSE coach Nick Brobst. “We had a lot of kids do as well or better than we wanted them to be. We knew if we finished where we should finish, we would probably be the team on top at the end of the day.”
The Royals had four champions: Nick Anderson at 126, Chris Casler at 144, Zach Lang at 157 and Evan Lawhead at 215. De Shawn Ternoir was the 190-pound runner-up.
Southeastern’s nine other wrestlers all won at least one match in the wrestleback round, which guaranteed them a place at regional in addition to scoring extra team points.
“Those were huge,” said Brobst.
Carmel was the team runner-up, scoring 208 points. The Greyhounds also had four champions, including the first two: Carlo Federici won at 106 and Tamir Halevi was the 113-pound champion. Caleb Mattingly won at 132 and Killian Miller was the 285 winner.
Jackson Schmidt was the runner-up at 150, while Jairo Ojeda-Cortes placed second at 157. Carmel had 10 wrestlers reach the top four and qualify for the regional.
Westfield took third as a team by scoring 197.5 points. The Shamrocks had five runners-up: Keegan Carson (106), Porter Temples (120), Carter Niccum (126), Chase Camire (132) and Jake Saez (138), with seven more placing in the top four to give the Shamrocks 12 regional qualifiers.
Fishers finished fourth with 172.5 points. The Tigers had three individual champions, starting with Chayce Yant at 120 pounds. Teyon Leonard won at 138 pounds and Xavier Smith claimed the 165-pound championship.
Will Hruskoci was the 113-pound runner-up and Diego Carabano took second at 175. Fishers advanced six wrestlers to the regional.
Sheridan scored 26 points as a team. The Blackhawks’ best finish was two fifth-place results: Alex Cravens at 150 and Ryker Ream at 165.
Team scores: Hamilton Southeastern 238.5, Carmel 208, Westfield 197.5, Fishers 172.5, Lebanon 132, Rossville 97.5, Clinton Central 40.5, Frankfort 36, Clinton Prairie 34, Sheridan 26.
106 pounds: 1. Carlo Federici (C), 2. Keegan Carson (W), 4. Will Lakes (HSE), 6. Seth Lamb (F).
113 pounds: 1. Tamir Halevi (C), 2. Will Hruskoci (F), 3. Tyler Jackson (HSE), 4. Abe O’Neill (W).
120 pounds: 1. Chayce Yant (F), 2. Porter Temples (W), 3. Aidan Smalley (HSE), 5. Elliott Leonard (C).
126 pounds: 1. Nick Anderson (HSE), 2. Carter Niccum (W), 3. Owen Ingalls (F), 6. Tyler Elliott (C).
132 pounds: 1. Caleb Mattingly (C), 2. Chase Camire (W), 4. Parker Culp (HSE), 5. Aiden Lamb (F).
138 pounds: 1. Teyon Leonard (F), 2. Jake Saez (W), 3. Matt Billet (HSE), 4. Elijah Penquite (C).
144 pounds: 1. Chris Casler (HSE), 4. Hank Temples (W), 5. Drew Gonzalez (C).
150 pounds: 2. Jackson Schmidt (C), 3. Graydon Staley (W), 4. Cohen Davis (C), 5. Alex Cravens (S), 6. Jacob Langemeier (F).
157 pounds: 1. Zach Lang (HSE), 2. Jairo Ojeda-Cortes (C), 3. Eli Turner (W), 5. Camden Funk (F).
165 pounds: 1. Xavier Smith (F), 3. Hunter Lancaster (W), 4. Antonio Ford (HSE), 5. Ryker Ream (S), 6. Jaxon Timmons (C).
175 pounds: 2. Diego Carabano (F), 3. Landon Hicks (HSE), 4. Alex Ryan (C), 5. Zach Bales (S).
190 pounds: 2. De Shawn Ternoir (HSE), 3. Adel Navarette (C), 4. Riley Davison (W), 5. Julian Burgett (F).
215 pounds: 1. Evan Lawhead (HSE), 3. William Massey (C), 5. Alex Aramboles (W).
285 pounds: 1. Killian Miller (C), 3. Nate Ingalls (HSE), 4. Aiden Padgett (W), 6. Walid Oumammar (F).