Hamilton County’s wrestling teams sent 61 wrestlers on to the regional round after their top four performances at their respective sectionals on Saturday.
Up at Frankfort, Carmel won its fourth consecutive sectional championship. The Greyhounds ran away with the trophy by scoring 275.5 points. Even more importantly, Carmel advanced all 14 of its wrestlers to next Saturday’s regional at North Montgomery.
The ‘Hounds had seven first-place finishers: Suhas Chundi (at 106 pounds), Kyle Holman (138), Joe Theriot (145), Gabe Davin (152), Logan Hart (170), Cameron Bacon (182) and Jack Heldt (195). Carmel thus claimed its 24th sectional title in program history.
Hamilton Southeastern finished second with 208.5 points and got nine wrestlers out to the regional. Three Royals won their respective weight divisions: Jake Simone at 113 pounds, Ronan Hiner at 160, and Andrew Irick at 220. Irick won with a third-period pin, the only wrestler to take the championship match by fall. Irick also remains undefeated for the season at 28-0.
Westfield finished a close third by scoring 191.5 points. The Shamrocks had 10 regional qualifiers and two champions: Carson Eldred won at 120 pounds and Milo Merkel was first at 132 pounds.
Fishers placed fourth with 164 points and advanced 10 to the regional. The Tigers had two runners-up: Tyler Lindamood at 145 and JD Farrell at 182.
Sheridan took eighth as a team with 55 points and had one regional qualifier: Axel Aleman at 138 pounds.
AT FRANKFORT
Team scores: Carmel 275.5, Hamilton Southeastern 208.5, Westfield 191.5, Fishers 164, Frankfort 96, Lebanon 77, Sheridan 55, Clinton Prairie 52, Clinton Central 48, Rossville 15.
106: 1. Suhas Chundi (CA), 3. Sam Crousore (HSE), 4. PJ Pritchett (F), 5. Bryson Collier (W).
113: 1. Jake Simone (HSE), 2. Dylan Driver (W), 3. Brac Hooper (C), 5. Zachary Strueder (F).
120: 1. Carson Eldred (W), 2. AJ Gunn (C), 3. Dylan Parodi (F), 5. Jake Lemieux (HSE), 6. Alden Hamersley (S).
126: 2. Gaige Lloyd (HSE), 3. Joey Langeman (C), 4. Josh Thompson (F), 5. Brady Drlik (W), 6. Noah Ehrie (S).
132: 1. Milo Merkel (W), 2. Ethan Pritt (HSE), 4. TJ Barrett (C), 5. Truman Abel (F).
138: 1. Kyle Holman (C), 2. Reece Luhmann (HSE), 3. Zaac Morey (F), 4. Axel Aleman (S), 6. Evan Cannon (W).
145: 1. Joe Theriot (C), 2. Tyler Lindamood (F), 3. Cam Roberts (HSE), 4. Jackson Anderson (W), 5. Mace Bond (S).
152: 1. Gabe Davin (C), 3. Jackson Williams (HSE), 4. Josh Reardon (F), 5. Corbin Went (S), 6. Austin McClure (W).
160: 1. Ronan Hiner (HSE), 3. Garrett Sharp (C), 4. Gabe Arvin (W), 6. Zachary Pairitz (F).
170: 1. Logan Hart (C), 2. Kyle Saez (W), 3. Mason McCartney (F), 5. Cian McGarr (S).
182: 1. Cameron Bacon (C), 2. JD Farrell (F), 3. Ryan Mahoney (W), 6. Max Broom (HSE).
195: 1. Jack Heldt (C), 2. Sam Medlen (W), 4. Preston Putzback (F), 6. Luke Ferren (HSE).
220: 1. Andrew Irick (HSE), 2. Haakon Van Beynen (C), 3. Dakota Arvin (W).
285: 2. Jonathan Williams (C), 3. Crae Kunkleman (HSE), 5. Nathan Pairitz (F), 6. Mihails Platonovs (W).
At Elwood, the three participating Hamilton County schools each had one individual champion.
Noblesville led the way, finishing second as a team with 168.5 points and qualifying nine wrestlers to next Saturday’s Pendleton Heights regional. Justin Johnson-Sparks won the championship at 138 pounds.
Hamilton Heights placed fifth with 115 points and sent five wrestlers to the regional. Dreiken Dunn took the title at 152 pounds.
Guerin Catholic scored 67 points to place 10th and had three wrestlers advance to the regional. Jeff Dunasky Jr. claimed the championship at 145 pounds.
AT ELWOOD
Team scores: Pendleton Heights 230, Noblesville 168.5, Frankton 127, Anderson 126, Hamilton Heights 115, Alexandria 107.5, Elwood 96, Tipton 83, Lapel 82, Guerin Catholic 67.
106: 3. Isaiah Rodriguez (HH), 4. Clay Patton (GC), 6. Doug Walkley (N).
113: 4. Keaton Sepiol (N), 5. Cole Cowan (HH).
120: 3. Tim Alexander (N), 4. Jon Koscal (GC).
126: 2. Dalton Huffman (N).
132: 4. Cesar Sierra (N), 5. Caleb Jones (HH).
138: 1. Justin Johnson-Sparks (N).
145: 1. Jeff Dunasky Jr. (GC), 4. Cooper Mansfield (HH), 5. Joey Kitko (N).
152: 1. Dreiken Dunn (HH), 2. Sebastian Dillon (N), 5. Zach Sutton (GC).
160: 2. Bobby Williams (HH), 4. Dewayne Simpson (N), 6. Ben Batchelder (GC).
170: 6. Brayden Hall (GC).
182: 4. Zack Knoll (N), 6. Noah Lawson (HH).
195: 6. Blake Killion (N).
220: 5. Joey Mayo (HH), 6. Nicholas Myers (N).
285: 2. Sam Wertz (N), 3. Alex Naylor (HH).
Noblesville’s Justin Johnson-Sparks won the 138-pound championship at the Elwood sectional on Saturday. (Photo provided)
The Carmel team won the Frankfort sectional, claiming their fourth consecutive sectional title and qualifying all 14 wrestlers to the North Montgomery regional. (Photo provided)
Noblesville finished second as a team at Elwood and qualified nine wrestlers to the Pendleton Heights regional. (Photo provided)