A large crowd gathered in the Hamilton Southeastern gymnasium Wednesday night to watch the Mudsock wrestling meet between the Royals and Fishers, and the crowd got its money’s worth.
Southeastern won the meet and the Mudsock Trophy 41-30. The Royals won nine of the 14 matches, but the Tigers kept within striking distance by winning all five of their matches by pin.
“It was very exciting,” said Southeastern coach Nick Brobst. “Good to have a lot of people here to watch us compete. It’s always fun.”
The Royals won the first two matches to go up 9-0, starting with a pin from Jake Lemieux at 138 pounds. Reece Luhmann, ranked 10th in the state at 145 pounds, won his match in a 5-4 decision.
Zach Willard got Fishers on the board with a pin in the 152-pound bout, cutting HSE’s lead to 9-6. The Royals rebounded, winning the next three matches. The run started with a pin from Ryan Cast at 160 and a major decision from Ronan Hiner at 170. Max Broom’s decision win at 182 put Southeastern up 22-6.
But the Tigers made things interesting by getting back-to-back pins at 195 and 220. Wyatt Holley won the 195 bout, then JD Farrell got a second-period fall at 220. Farrell is ranked fourth in the state at 195 pounds, but moved up to the higher weight class for this meet.
Southeastern responded right back: Second-ranked Andrew Irick needed less than a minute to get a pin at 285 pounds, then Mat Benson won the 106 match by fall.
Thirteenth-ranked Griffin Ingalls gave Fishers another pin, the quickest one of the night at 40 seconds, in the 113-pound bout. But 15th-ranked Jake Simone clinched the meet for the Royals by winning the 120-pound match by a 17-6 major decision. That gave Southeastern a 38-24 lead with two matches left. Zach Strueder picked up Fishers’ fifth pin at 126 pounds and HSE’s Gage Lloyd finished the meet with a decision victory at 132 pounds.
Brobst gave credit to Fishers saying the Tigers “came out ready to roll.”
“Honestly, we thought we would win by a little bit more,” said Brobst. “And some matches that we had circled, ‘Hey, we are probably going to win that,’ didn’t go our way.”
“I think our guys are coming along,” said Fishers coach Frank Ingalls, who called the dual a “good, hard-fought match. We just got a lot of work to do. I feel like we keep getting closer and closer. We’ll see next year.”
The two teams will likely have matches together next Saturday, Jan. 18, when they travel to Noblesville for the Hoosier Crossroads Conference meet. Before that, the Royals will compete at the North Central Invitational this coming Saturday and head to Lawrence North next Wednesday for a dual. Fishers competes in a dual on Tuesday at Pendleton Heights.
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 41, FISHERS 30
Meet started at 138 pounds
138: Jake Lemieux (HSE) def. Josh Thompson (F) by fall, 5:42
145: Reece Luhmann (HSE) def. Tyler Lindamood (F) by decision, 5-4
152: Zach Willard (F) def. Cam Roberts (HSE) by fall, 3:36
160: Ryan Cast (HSE) def. Ben Jones (F) by fall, 2:59
170: Ronan Hiner (HSE) def. James Carroll (F) by major decision, 11-3
182: Max Broom (HSE) def. John Rubio (F) by decision, 7-3
195: Wyatt Holley (F) def. Jacob Schneider (HSE) by fall, 2:26
220: JD Farrell (F) def. Devin Dudley (HSE) by fall, 3:33
285: Andrew Irick (HSE) def. Max Kohne (F) by fall, 0:52
106: Mat Benson (HSE) def. Anthony Riley (F) by fall, 2:25
113: Griffin Ingalls (F) def. Kyler Sapp (HSE) by fall, 0:40
120: Jake Simone (HSE) def. PJ Pritchett (F) by major decision, 17-6
126: Zach Streuder (F) def. Sam Crousore (HSE) by fall, 4:56
132: Gage Lloyd (HSE) def. Dylan Parodi (F) by decision, 7-2
Carmel lost a hard-fought dual meet to Warren Central 31-29 on Wednesday.
Both the Greyhounds and the Warriors won seven matches in the dual. Carmel led 10-0 after taking the first three, as 13th-ranked Garrett Sharp (182 pounds) and 10th-ranked Zach White (195) won by decision, then 16th-ranked Haakon Van Beynen (220) picked up a major decision victory.
Third-ranked Suhas Chundi won at 106 by a major decision, then AJ Gunn got a 6-5 decision win at 120 pounds. Joey Langeman took the 126-pound bout by pin. After sixth-ranked Brendan Mattingly won by decision at 138, Carmel held a 26-14 lead, but Warren won three straight matches – two falls and a technical fall – to take the lead. Jackson Mitchell closed out the match with a decision victory.
WARREN CENTRAL 31, CARMEL 29
Meet started at 182 pounds
182: Garrett Sharp def. Sullivan by decision, 2-0
195: Zach White def. McCloud by decision, 7-5
220: Haakon Van Beynen def. Sanchez by major decision, 9-1
285: Collin O’Connor lost to Hubbard by fall, 2:07
106: Suhas Chundi def. Dray by major decision, 20-10
113: Isaac Ward lost to Wilburn by decision, 8-6
120: AJ Gunn def. Perry by decision, 6-5
126: Joey Langeman def. Tichenor by fall, 6:19
132: Nathan Powell lost to Langeman by technical fall, 17-2
138: Brendan Mattingly def. Hernandez by decision, 6-1
145: Paul Ginella lost to Anderson by fall, 1:46
152: Michael Richey lost to Anderson by technical fall, 25-10
160: Samuel Johnson lost to Coleman by fall, 5:16
170: Jackson Mitchell def. Craig by decision, 10-3
The Hamilton Southeastern wrestling team won an exciting Mudsock dual meet Wednesday at the Royals’ gym. Southeastern beat Fishers 41-30 to claim the Mudsock trophy. (Kirk Green)
Hamilton Southeastern’s Gage Lloyd (top) and Fishers’ Dylan Parodi battle in the 132-pound match. (Kirk Green)