30 Area Wrestlers Advance From Sectionals To Regional Action

A total of 30 high school wrestlers from the times-union coverage area advanced from Saturday’s sectional tournaments to regional competition.
Plymouth Sectional
Warsaw senior Kyle Hatch remains undefeated at 152 pounds and claimed the Plymouth Sectional title with two pins and a technical fall in the championship round over Culver Academies’ Jacob Trefren.
Jose Grimmett (132 pounds) and Christian Taylor (145) advanced to the Rochester Regional with fourth-place finishes.
Wawasee had 10 wrestlers advance from the Plymouth Sectional, the most among coverage-area teams. Ricardo Romo (106) and Braxton Alexander (120) claimed sectional titles, while Germia Brooks (126) and Jeremiah Dilley (220) finished second.
Garrett Stuckman (113), Ramon Torres (152), Alejandro Castro (182), Damien Rodriguez (195) and Elisha tipping (285) all claimed third-place finishes for Wawasee. Jeremiah Ponsler (160) advanced with a fourth-place finish. Wawasee was third in the team standings behind host Plymouth and Culver Academies.
Triton was fourth in the team standings and advanced seven wrestlers to the Rochester Regional. Connor Pitney (106), Nate Riggins (113) and James Snyder (170) finished second in their classes. Bryce Swihart (120), Malachi Greene (126) and Marcus Brown (132) had third-place finishes, and Cam Scarberry was fourth at 195 pounds.
Tippecanoe Valley advanced three to the regional. Haley Hoover (106), Jordan Owens (138) and Tyler Manuszak (182) all finished fourth in the sectional.
Peru Sectional
Manchester had four sectional champions, the most of any area team, and six wrestlers advance to the Peru Regional on Saturday.
Braxtin Wilson (120), Collin Meggison (145), Wade France (152) and Delton Moore (160) were sectional champions. Quentin Moore (170) was second, and Tyce Rooney (113) finished fourth.
Carroll Sectional
Whitko’s Isaac Walters was second at 182 pounds at the Carroll Sectional in Huntertown and will return to Carroll to represent the Wildcats in Saturday’s regional tournament.

PLYMOUTH WRESTLING
SECTIONAL
Team Standings – 1. Plymouth 218.5, 2. Culver Academies 216, 3. Wawasee 199, 4. Triton 154, 5. Rochester 106, 6. Warsaw 91, 7. Caston 66.5, 8. Tippecanoe Valley 65, 9. Culver Community 64, 10. Bremen 29.5
Local Wrestlers Qualifying
for the Rochester Regional
106 pounds – 1. Ricardo Romo (Waw), 2. Connor Pitney (T), 4. Haley Hoover (TV); 113 – 2. Nate Riggins (T), 3. Garrett Stuckman (Waw); 120 – 1. Braxton Alexander (Waw) 3. Bryce Swihart (T); 126 – 2. Germia Brooks (Waw), 3. Malachi Greene (T); 132 – 3. Marcus Brown (T), 4. Jose Grimmett (War); 138 – 4. Jordan Owens (TV); 145 – 4. Christian Taylor (War); 152 – 1. Kyle Hatch (War), 3. Raymon Torres (Waw); 160 – 4. Jeremiah Ponsler (Waw); 170 – 2. James “Bo” snyder (T)’ 182 – 3. Alejandro Castro (Waw), 4. Tyler Manuszak (TV); 195 – 3. Damien Rodriguez (Waw), 4. Cam Scarberry (T); 220 – 2. Jeremiah Dilley (Waw); 285 – 3. Elisha Tipping (Waw).

Peru Sectional
Team standings – 1. Peru 268.5, 2. Maconaquah 182, 3. Manchester 181.5, 4. Southwood 141, 5. Northwestern 122, 6. Wabash 111, 7. Northfield 108.5, 8. North Miami 105.
Regional Qualifiers (Manchester)
113 – 4. Tyce Rooney, 120 – 1. Braxtin Wilson; 145 – 1. Collin Meggison; 152 – 1. Wade France, 160 – 1. Delton Moore; 170 – 2. Quentin Moore.

Carroll Sectional
Team Standings – 1. Carroll 274, 2. Garrett 203, 3. F.W. Bishop Dwenger 197, 4. Columbia City 156, 5. Churubusco 95, 6. Eastside 90.5, 7. F.W. Northrop 61.5, 8. F.W. Concordia 56, 9. F.W. North Side 33, 10. Whitko 25.
Regional Qualifier (Whitko) 182 – 2. Isaac Walters.

Warsaw 3rd, Wawasee 4th In NLC Swim Meet
DUNLAP – Warsaw’s boys swimming team finished third in the Northern Lakes Conference Meet Saturday, behind Northridge and host Concord. Wawasee was fourth in the meet.
The Tiger 200 medley relay team of Nick Zogbi, Grant Knight, Evan Borchers and Alex Cook won in 1:38.84. Warsaw took second in the 200 freestyle relay and finished third in the 400 free relay. Zogbi was second in the 100 backstroke, and Knight was second in the 100 breaststroke.
Wawasee’s Brady Robinson was second in the 200 IM and the 100 butterfly, and Brady Classen was third in the diving competition for the Warriors.
Wawasee will travel to Kendallville to take on East Noble in a dual meet on Tuesday. Warsaw is off until it hosts the sectional meet Feb. 16 and 18.

NLC BOYS SWIM MEET
Team Standings – 1. Northridge 521, 2. Concord 345, 3. Warsaw 317, 4. Wawasee 268, 5. Goshen 258, 6. Elkhart Memorial 153, 7. Plymouth 124, 8. NorthWood 79.
200 medley relay – 1. Warsaw (Nick Zogbi, Grant Knight, Evan Borchers, Alex Cook) 1:38.34, 2. Northridge 1:39.09, 3. Goshen 1:42.77, 6. Wawasee 1:53.94; 200 freestyle – 1. Connor Glenn (NR) 1:45.33, 2. Bryce Brouillette (NR) 1:49.79, 3. Alex Ramos (G) 1:50.36, 4. Jared Krugman (Waw) 1:50.41, 6. Borchers (War) 1:51.10, 7. Hudson Snyder (War) 1:51.21, 9. Isaiah Metcalf (Waw) 1:56.32, 11. Jacob LaLonde (War) 1:56.50; 200 IM – 1. Spencer Lehman (NR) 1:52.13, 2. Brady Robinson (Waw) 1:56.22, 3. Trevor Sallee (NR) 1:59.68, 6. Zogbi (War) 2:02.27, 7. Knight (War) 2:02.85, 14. Ja. Krugman (Waw) 2:18.54, 15. Aaron Troutman (Waw) 2:22.28; 50 freestyle – 1. Mitchell Walters (G) 22.70, 21. Matthew VanCoppenolle (NR) 22.74, 3. Garrett Roberts (C) 22.89, 5. Cook (War) 22.93, 9. Zack LaLonde (War) 23.81, 10. Ian Deming (War) 24.21, 11. Brad Willaman (Waw) 24.23, 15. Austin Dunithan (Waw) 25.83, 16. Bryce Knepp (Waw) 26.63; Diving – 1. Austin Leas (C) 414.75, 2. Terik Jenkins (NR) 327.25, 3. Brady Classen (Waw) 310.60, 5. Dunithan (Waw) 305.75, 9. Dane Jenkins (Waw) 277.20, 10. Cameron Bowell (War) 264.00; 100 butterfly – 1. Nicholas Dibley?(NR) 53.93, 2. Robinson (War) 54.35, 3. Camden Lacey (NR) 54.36, 6. Borchers (War) 55.95, 9. I. Deming (War) 56.28, 11. Spencer Naugler (Waw) 1:00.44, 12. Jake Cowan (Waw) 1:00.54; 100 freestyle – 1. Spencer Lehman (NR) 46.60, 2. Kallaghan Findley (C) 48.12, 3. Brouillette (NR)?49.82, 6. Cook (War) 50.93, 10. J. LaLonde (War) 52.62, 11. willaman (Waw) 52.92, 12.Trent Rapp (War) 53.28; 500 freestyle – 1. Glenn (NR) 4:44.97, 2. Nicholas Dibley (NR) 3. Trevor Sallee (NR) 4:50.82, 4. Ja. Krugman (Waw) 5:00.04, 5. snyder (War) 5:00.16, 7. Metcalf (Waw) 5:14.81, 11. Eric Park (Waw) 5:18.89, 12. Matt Hastings (War) 5:21.57; 200 freestyle relay – 1. Northridge (Brad Thomas, VanCoppenolle, Joey Garberick, Lehman) 1:29.51, 2. Warsaw 1:33.75, 3. Concord 1:33.88, 5. Wawasee 1:36.30; 100 backstroke – 1. Camden Koch (NR) 53.364, 2. Zogbi (War) 55.85, 3. Tyler Overmyer (NR) 56.49, 8. Cowan (Waw) 1:03.54, 10. Z. LaLonde (War) 1:02.21; 11. Hastings (War) 1:02.42, 13. Naugler (Waw) 1:04.00, 14. Thomas Collin (Waw) 1:04.52; 100 breaststroke – 1. Findley (C) 59.08, 2. Knight (War) 59.76, 3. Mitchell Rockrohr (EM) 1:00.93; 12. Nick Bazzoni (War) 1:08.33, 14. Ja. Krugman (Waw) 1:10.51, 15. Troutman (Waw) 1:11.21; 400 freestyle relay – 1. Northridge (Lehman, Glenn, Brouillette, Koch) 3:16.76, 2. concord 3:20.18, 3. Warsaw 3:21.90, 4. Wawasee 3:27.96.

Whitko Closes With Win
BUNKER HILL – Brianna Cumberland finished with 15 points, Aly Reiff 12, and Hanna Yohe added 11 to lead 2A No. 2 Whitko to a 61-21 girls basketball win at Maconaquah Saturday night.
The win wrapped up second place in the Three Rivers Conference for Whitko.
Whitko (19-4) opens postseason play at 7 p.m. Tuesday against Fremont (8-14) in the first round of the Central Noble Sectional in Albion.

WHITKO 61
MACONAQUAH 21
M    6    1    5    9    –    21
W    22    10    20    9    –    61
Whitko – Brianna Cumberland 15, Aly Reiff 12, Hanna Yohe 11, Ellie Snep 6, Kennedy Krull 6, Brielle Harrison 5, Emalee Duggins 2, Haley Yohe 2, Anna Ousley 2.
Maconaquah – Kate White 6, Syenna Powell 3, Ashely Jess 3, Jolee Gardner 2, Brittany Lamb 2, Kiersten Dinn 2, Courtney Turcheck 2, Grace Hann 1.
Records – Whitko 19-4 (8-1 TRC), Maconaquah 2-20 (0-9 TRC).

Whitko Falls In See-Saw TRC Game
BUNKER HILL – River West had 19 points, with Nate Walpole and Alex Robbins adding 17 points each in Whitko’s 61-57 loss at Maconaquah in a Three Rivers Conference boys basketball game Saturday night.
Whitko trailed by six at the end of the first quarter, and trimmed the deficit to one by halftime. The Wildcats led 46-42 at the end of three quarters before being outscored 19-11 in the decisive fourth period.
The Wildcats (8-7, 3-3 TRC) play a conference game at North Miami on Thursday.

Lady Cougars Clinch Winning Season
GOSHEN – Hope Fancil had 22 points, and Melissa Goss added nine in Lakeland Christian’s 43-20 win at Clinton Christian Saturday afternoon.
Goss added 10 rebounds, and Jess Slone pulled down nine boards for LCA,
The victory assures the Lady Cougars will finish the 2016-17 season with a winning record. They stand at 12-10 entering Tuesday’s game against Bethany Christian at the 1A Fort Wayne Blackhawk Sectional.

LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 43
CLINTON CHRISTIAN 20
LCA    6    16    12    9    –    43
CC    5    4    6    5    –    20
LCA – Hope Fancil 22, Melissa Goss 9, Hannah Salmons 4, Anna Reimink 4, Jess Slone 2, Heather Plastow 2.
Clinton – A. Miller 7, A. Troyer 6, M. Shetler 5, H. Wingard 4, J. Bender 2.
Record – LCA 12-10.

Triton Rolls Bluejays
NORTH JUDSON – Zac Pitney scored a game-high 29 points, and Nate Flenar added 12 in Triton’s 67-48 Hoosier North Athletic Conference boys basketball win at North Judson Saturday night.
The Trojans jumped out to a 12-point lead after the first quarter, led 31-14 at halftime and cruised from there.
Now 9-5 overall and 5-0 in the HNAC, Triton plays a non-conference game at Argos Thursday night.

TRITON 67. N. JUDSON 48
T    18    13    19    17    –    67
NJ    6    8    18    16    –    48
Triton – Caden Marr 2-2 0-0 5, Nate Flenar 5-5 2-3 12, Drew Stichter 0-1 0-0 0, Beau Hepler 3-6 0-1 8, Max Slusser 0-3 0-0 0, Zac Pitney 12-15 1-2 29, Tye Orsund 0-2 0-0 0, Dylan Hensley 2-2 0-0 4, Grant Johnson 4-7 1-2 9, Adam Stevens 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 28-43 4-8 67,
N. Judson – Thomas 4-4 0-0 9, Peretti 0-1 0-0 0, Bishop 1-6 5-6 8, Back 0-0 0-0 0, Wilcox 3-7 1-2 9, Medbourn 0-1 0-0 0, Gowen 0-0 0-0 0, Ambold 0-2 0-0 0, Contreras 4-7 1-2 9, Benson 6-7 1-1 13. Totals 18-35 8-11 48.
Three-pointers – Triton 7 (Pitney 4, Hepler 2, Marr), N. Judson 4 (Wilcox 2, Thomas, Bishop); Rebounds – Triton 20 (Pitney 7), N. Judson 16 (Benson 5); Turnovers – Triton 15, N. Judson 19; Fouls – Triton 13; N. Judson 13; Fouled out – none; Records – Triton 9-5 (5-0 HNAC), N. Judson 2-14 (1-5 HNAC).

Wawasee Falls To Lakers
LAGRANGE – Bennett Hoffert had 14 points for Wawasee, including four three-pointers, in the Warriors’ 35-32 loss at Lakeland in a non-conference boys basketball game Saturday night.
Wawasee (5-10) hosts Northridge Thursday night.

LAKELAND 35, WAWASEE 32
W    11    3    7    11    –    32
L    9    8    4    14    –    35
Wawasee – Cayden Wegener  1 0-0 2, Cameron Schlabach 0 0-0 0, Tyler Smith 2 2-4 6, Jairus Boyer 3 0-0 6, Jacob Hand 1 0-0 2, Bennett Hoffert 5 0-0 14, Ryan Edington 1 0-0 2, Tim Conley 0 0-0 0, Zak?Linnemeier 0 0-0 0, Dalton Pearish 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 2-4 32.
Lakeland – Britian Isaacs 1 2-2 4, Cole Harp 3 2-2 10, Tyler Holt 2 0-0 5, JaShaun Poole 0 0-0 0, Jeff Patrick 2 0-0 4, Cameron Bontrager 3 5-6 12. Totals 11 9-10 35.
Three-pointers – Wawasee 4 (Hoffert 4), Lakeland 4 (Harp 2, Holt, Bontrager); Fouls – Wawasee 16, Lakeland 6; Fouled out – none; Records – Wawasee 5-10, Lakeland 5-11.
JV – Wawasee 56, Lakeland 36

Cougars Fall To Clinton
GOSHEN – Josh McDaniel scored 15 points , and Landon Twombly added 10 in Lakeland Christian’s 72-36 loss at Clinton Christian Saturday.
The Cougars (6-10) play at Lakewood Park on Thursday.

Freshman Girls Basketball
NLC Tournament
Northridge 33, Wawasee 14
Wawasee – Jadison Rostochak 5, Emily Davis 5, Rhian Galloway 2, Madison Mottern 2.
Wawasee 38, Goshen 11
Wawasee – Davis 15, Rostochak 8, Galloway 4, Mottern 4, Hannah Grindle 3, Shelby Bolt 2, Hannah Lancaster 2.
Warsaw 25, NorthWood 24
Warsaw – Sophie Long 10.
Plymouth 26, Warsaw 13