The Noblesville wrestling team won a hard-fought Senior Night meet against Frankton Thursday at The Mill, 36-33.
The Eagles won the first two matches to take a 9-0 lead, but the Millers stormed back to win the next two with first-period falls. Adam Ricker got the pin at 285 pounds, then Cade Iles, one of Noblesville’s seniors, took the 106-pound bout by fall.
The Millers, in fact, won five of their six matches with pins. Keaton Sepiol (126), Tim Alexander (132) and Josh Evans (170) also won their matches by fall. Senior DeWayne Simpson received a forfeit at 160 pounds.
Noblesville will be back in action Saturday at the Roncalli Triple Dual.
NOBLESVILLE 36, FRANKTON 33
Meet started at 195 pounds
195: Jackson Sloan lost to Martinez by decision, 6-3
220: Jacob Long lost to Martin by fall, 4:53
285: Adam Ricker def. Branham by fall, 1:34
106: Cade Iles def. Trissel by fall, 1:24
113: Will Cash lost to Ellingwood by fall, 3:54
120: Cooper Fraham lost to Slayton by decision, 7-0
126: Keaton Sepiol def. LaPierre by fall, 3:07
132: Tim Alexander def. Doff by fall, 3:05
138: Cesar Sierra lost to Lawson by decision, 6-1
145: Bryce Murray lost to Slayton by decision, 7-5
152: Caleb Dean lost to Alexander by fall, 1:45
160: DeWayne Simpson won by forfeit
170: Josh Evans def. Gardner by fall, 1:05
182: Seth Stone lost to Gardner by decision, 17-15
Noblesville’s Adam Ricker (right) won the 285-pound match for the Millers with a first-period pin during their dual meet with Frankton Thursday at The Mill. (Kent Graham)
Hamilton Southeastern dropped a very tough dual meet on Wednesday night, falling to Hoosier Crossroads Conference rival Zionsville 35-31.
The meet began at 113 pounds, and the teams traded pins to start. The Eagles won at 113, but Jacob Simone got a first-period fall at 120. Simone is unbeaten for the year at 7-0.
Freshman Nick Burris won at 126 pounds by decision, 4-2, to put Southeastern on top 9-6. After that, Zionsville won five of the next six matches to lead 29-12. Senior Reece Luhmann was a Royals winner in the middle of that, with a decision victory at 145 pounds.
Sophomore Max Broom broke the Zionsville string with a first-period fall in the 182-pound match; Broom is also undefeated for the season with a 7-0 record. Zionsville won the 195-pound bout with a pin to go up 35-18.
The Royals won out after that. Devin Dudley took the 220-pound match by decision, Andrew Irick (in his season debut) won at 285 by major decision, then Mat Benson received a forfeit at 106.
“In a night where everything that could have gone wrong did, the Royals were still right there against a great team,” said Southeastern coach Nick Brobst. “They’ll recover and be back on the mat this weekend at the Plainfield Invitational before making their home debut on Tuesday of next week against Noblesville.”