By RICHIE HALL
NOBLESVILLE – The two teams that wrestled a dual meet at The Mill on Tuesday have been dealing with injuries and absences, but are doing the best they can.
Noblesville hosted Hamilton Southeastern for an all-county matchup, which the Royals won 51-12. Southeastern won eight of the 11 contested matches, and performed well despite having three starters out of the lineup. The Millers had to give up three weight classes, but still gave it a battle.
“I thought we wrestled well,” said HSE coach Nick Brobst. “We had three starters out of the lineup with injuries today. With that, sometimes you don’t know what you’re going to get. I think we had seven freshmen in the lineup or something like that. And I thought they stepped up big time.”
One of those freshmen provided excitement during the 160-pound match. DeShawn Ternoir trailed in the first period, but turned it around to get a third-period pin. He was the first of the Royals wrestlers to get a fall; Max Broom finished the meet with a third-period pin of his own at 195 pounds.
Southeastern won three additional matches by major decision, by Nick Egorov at 126, Riley Fredricksen at 132 and Trevon Ternoir at 152. Decision winners were Devin Dudley, who started the meet with a 6-4 victory at 220 pounds; Adam Gerstner later won at 138 and Jacob Schneider took the 182-pound bout.
“We had some big wins from some young guys, even some guys that were out a weight class,” said Brobst. “Adam Gerstener comes to mind, bumping up from JV 132 to varsity 138, getting a big win there. We had some big wins from a couple of other freshmen. DeShawn Ternoir got a big win at 160, a comeback victory when he was down by five points to start the match. Very pleased overall with the team effort.”
Tyler Jenkins, Mat Benson and Blake Alvarado received forfeits at 106, 113 and 120 respectively.
Ben Decker was the Millers’ first winner, getting a decision victory at 285. Carter Richardson then got the Noblesville team going with a comeback win at 145 pounds. Richardson trailed until getting near-fall points in the final seconds of the third period to tie the match, then got a takedown in overtime to win.
Joey Kitko gave the Millers their final win of the night with a second-period pin at 170 pounds.
“The kids that are out there, they’re out there and they’re giving their maximum effort, and that’s all you can ask,” said Noblesville coach Michael Weimer, noting the uncertain times that everyone is in.
“Every coach that I’ve talked to, every tournament we’ve been at, it’s a different team, everybody’s having struggles and problems, and just trying to fill a team is more of a victory in itself,” said Weimer.
Southeastern is next schedule to compete at the Kyle Osborn Memorial Invitational Saturday at McCutcheon. The Millers will wrestle at The Mill again next Tuesday when they host Westfield for their Senior Night meet.
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 51, NOBLESVILLE 12
Meet started at 220 pounds
220: Devin Dudley (HSE) def. Jacob Long (N) by decision, 6-4
285: Ben Decker (N) def. Dom Burgett (HSE) by decision, 4-2
106: Tyler Jackson (HSE) won by forfeit
113: Mat Benson (HSE) won by forfeit
120: Blake Alvarado (HSE) won by forfeit
126: Nick Egorov (HSE) def. Xavier Nicholls (N) by major decision, 9-1
132: Riley Fredricksen (HSE) def. C.J. Livingston (N) by major decision, 14-6
138: Adam Gerstner (HSE) def. Keaton Sepiol (N) by decision, 6-3
145: Carter Richardson (N) def. Nick Burris (HSE) by decision, 6-4, OT
152: Trevon Ternoir (HSE) def. Cesar Sierra (N) by major decision, 11-2
160: DeShawn Ternoir (HSE) def. Caleb Dean (N) by fall, 5:38
170: Joey Kitko (N) def. Said Soufivane (HSE) by fall, 2:51
182: Jacob Schneider (HSE) def. Gavin Kinyon (N) by decision, 6-1
195: Max Broom (HSE) def. Austin Hastings (N) by fall, 5:44