The Hamilton Heights wrestling opened its season Saturday by hosting its annual Husky Super 6 tournament.
Heights provided part of the excitement of the event, which features six teams competing against each other in five dual meets. There was a three-way tie for best record at the tournament: The Huskies finished the event 4-1, as did Noblesville (competing for the first time this season) and North Central.
The tie meant that criteria had to be used to decide the winner, and the Panthers won based most team points scored at the meet, with 261. Heights was the runner-up with 244, and the Millers were third.
“We wrestled great,” said Huskies coach Gary Myers. He pointed out that Heights accomplished two things at the event that it hadn’t done in over a decade: Post a 4-1 record and place second.
The Huskies beat Tipton 57-18, Pendleton Heights 47-30, North Central 37-36 (on tiebreak criteria) and Cascade 69-12. Heights’ only loss was to Noblesville, by a thin 36-34 margin.
Four Huskies wrestlers finished the day as undefeated champions with 5-0 records: Isaiah Rodriguez at 106 pounds, Cooper Mansfield at 145 pounds, Luke Stohler at 195 pounds and Alex Naylor at 220 pounds.
“Overall, I’m very proud of this group and we’re going to do great this year,” said Myers. “We’re upperclassmen all up and down. So we’re very proud.”
In addition to its close win over Heights, the Millers defeated Cascade 63-14, Tipton 60-15 and Pendleton Heights 45-27. North Central beat Noblesville 53-24.
DeWayne Simpson was an undefeated champion for the Millers at 160 pounds, while 132-pounder Tim Alexander finished as runner-up.
“I was very proud of our effort,” said Noblesville coach Michael Weimer. “As young as our team is, the kids really fought hard today and they rallied around each other.”
Fishers and Hamilton Southeastern competed at the John Hurrle Memorial Invitational Saturday at Arsenal Tech.
The Tigers placed second with a team score of 341.5 points. Warren Central won the meet, dominating with a total of 507 points.
Fishers had two individual champions, starting with Griffin Ingalls at 113 pounds. JD Farrell won the 195-pound division. Runners-up for the Tigers were PJ Pritchett at 120, Dylan Parodi at 126, Johnny Rubio at 182 and Max Kohn at 285.
Josh Thompson was fourth at 138, as was Tyler Lindamood at 145 pounds and Ben Jones at 152. Other top eight placers for the Tigers were Curtis Kearschner (fifth, 170), Zachary Strueder (sixth, 120), Connor Nichols (eighth, 132) and Miro Bruvold (eighth, 160)
The Royals scored 313.5 points to finish in third place. Southeastern also had two individual champions: Jacob Simone at 120 pounds and Max Broom at 182.
Reece Luhmann finished as runner-up at 145 pounds. The Royals had fifth weight classes where they placed two wrestlers in the top eight. At 160 pounds, Trevon Ternoir took fourth place, while Ryan Cast was fifth. At 106 pounds, Mat Benson finished fifth and Ethan Berens placed sixth. Later, at 152 pounds, Zach Wagner took fifth and Cam Roberts was sixth.
Xavier Dokes was seventh at 182 pounds, joining Broom in the top eight. At 132 pounds, Gaige Lloyd finished third and Nick Burris placed seventh.
Other top eight finishers for Southeastern were: Jake Lemieux (third, 138), Devin Dudley (fourth, 220), Luke Murphy (seventh, 170) and Jacob Schneider (eighth, 195).
Westfield placed third at the Capital City Classic, which took place Saturday at Beech Grove.
The Shamrocks scored 189.5 points. Perry Meridian won the event with 259.5 points, while Franklin Central took second with 202.5 points.
Carson Eldred won at 120 pounds, giving the ‘Rocks an individual champion. Four other Westfield wrestlers placed second: Braxton Vest at 106, Dylan Driver at 113, Milo Merkel at 132 and Alec McLaren at 145. Brady Drlik (126) and Austin McClure (160) both took third, while Gabe Arvin (195) and Dakota Arvin (220) were both fourth-place finishers.
Sheridan won the Cloverdale Invitational on Saturday, finishing with a 5-0 record.
Six Blackhawks wrestlers were individual champions: Austin Bond (120 pounds), Noah Ehrie (132), Evan Tilton (138), Mace Bond (145), Axel Aleman (152) and Peyton Cross (182).
The Hamilton Heights wrestling team finished as runner-up at its own Husky Super 6 on Saturday. Heights had four wrestlers finish the tournament undefeated wtih 5-0 records. (Richie Hall)