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FORT WAYNE - Eight Wawasee wrestlers will advance to next Saturday's semistate.
The Warriors sent 12 wrestlers from the sectional to the regional, and eight of them finished in the top three of Saturday's Carroll Regional.
The Warriors had four champions, including Kevin Carr (125), Darrell Carr (135), Jason Carr (145) and Shaun Belin (152). Placing second for the Warriors were Chet Wortinger (103), Jacen Hendricks (119) and Ryan Johnson (130). Travis Coy (112) placed third.
Wrestlers who finished in the top three places move on to the semistate, which will be held at Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne.
CARROLL WRESTLING REGIONAL RESULTS
Championship match followed by
consolation match
103 - Travis Rood (Bishop Luers) def. Chet Wortinger (Wawasee) 103 - Isaac Houser (Eastside) def. Reuben Shenefield (Columbia City) 6-4
112 - Courtney Hurse (North Side) def. Joe Caprino (Garrett) 5-2
112 - Travis Coy (Wawasee) pinned Brett Bushroe (Homestead), 2:58
119 - Jeremy Mudrack (Carroll) def. Jacen Hendricks (Wawasee) 14-4
119 - Brian Eastom (Northrop) pinned Ryan Pepple (North Side), 2:08
125 - Kevin Carr (Wawasee) def. Tim Sloffer (Carroll) 4-3
125 - Jason Sorg (Homestead) def. Rick Covington (Northrop) 3-2
130 - Terrence Holiday (North Side) def. Ryan Johnson (Wawasee) 12-8
130 - Rod Rahebi (Homestead) def. Trey Begin (Carroll) 10-2
135 - Darrell Carr (Wawasee) pinned Geoffrey Davis (North Side), 2:45
135 - Rod Krider (West Noble) pinned Josh Ross, 2:17
140 - Heath Luther (Northrop) def. Eric Simerman (Bishop Luers) 7-2
140 - Paul Hilger (Bishop Dwenger) def. Luke Oeding (East Noble) 11-2
145 - Jason Carr (Wawasee) def. Eric LeBeau (Concordia) 10-6
145 - Ryan Aldin (Bishop Dwenger) def. Logan Beltz (Columbia City) by forfeit
152 - Shaun Belin (Wawasee) def. Jesse Brenner (North Side)( 10-5
152 - Kamal Macon (Concordia) def. Justin Boersma (Churubusco) 7-4
160 - Dan Adams (Bishop Dwenger) def. Ryan Schott (Homestead) 12-5
160 - Toby Geyer (Elmhurst) def. Rob Burke (Wawasee) 11-6
171 - Joel Strausborger (Carroll) def. Thomas Hammock (Bishop Luers) 11-5
171 - Marcus Cowherd (Harding) pinned Ryan Lutter (East Noble), :44
189 - Alex Tone (Bishop Dwenger) def. Jon Fitch (Carroll) 5-3, overtime
189 - Ben Cleason (North Side) pinned Jafi Whitt (Harding), 1:15
215 - Anton Talamantes (Bishop Dwenger) def. Luke Hedges (Carroll) 21-6, technical fall
215 - Colin Smith (Elmhurst) def. James Easley (Harding) 6-0
275 - Aaron Kesterke (Garrett) def. James Parke (Elmhurst) 1-0
275 - Kevin Gall (Westview) pinned Jamie Salazar (Wawasee), 1:56
At Goshen, wrestlers from Tippecanoe Valley, Triton and Warsaw competed in Saturday's Goshen Regional.
Only one wrestler from the three schools, Warsaw's Adam Harter, will advance from the regional.
Harter (112 pounds) went 2-1 on the day. He beat Northridge's Jason Hosler in the first round then beat Prairie Heights' Nathan Kuhn 19-4 in the second round. He lost to Lakeland's Travis Landers 8-3 in the championship match to settle for second. Harter owns a 35-8 record.
First through third places all move on to the semistate.
Warsaw's Aaron Banks (135) just missed out, finishing fourth. He beat Angola's Matt David, who owned a 28-2 record, 4-2 in the first round. He lost to Northridge's John Artley, who entered 32-4, 8-7 in the second round. Then he lost to Mike Sanders 9-7 in the last round to finish fourth.
Warsaw's Scott Snyder (103), Greg Patrick (119), Tim Roe (125), Robbie Boley (130), Carl Hartwell (152), Chris Wilson (160), Steve Fribley (171), Marvin Farmer (189), Steve McKinley (215) and Chris Godwin (275) lost their opening matches.
"It's frustrating," Warsaw coach Tony Boley said, "because every kid had reached his goals prior to the regional. Hartwell lost by one point. The kids Roe, Patrick, Farmer and Boley lost to are advancing."
Triton's Ryan Klotz (103), Joshua Hooley (130), Daniel Sellers (140) and Jason Lemler (145) fell in the first round. Valley's Chris Hoover (160), Mike McNeal (171) and Mark Wortley (189) lost in the first round.
Harter wrestles at Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne in Saturday's semistate.
WARSAW RESULTS
103 - Paul Sacquitne (Fremont) pinned Scott Snyder, 1:02
112 - Adam Harter def. Jason Hosler (Northridge) 7-5, overtime
112 - Harter def. Nathan Kuhn (Prairie Heights) 7-1
112 - Travis Landers (Lakeland) def. Harter 8-3
119 - Darin Schrock (Fairfield) def. Greg Patrick 13-8
125 - Renault McHenry (Angola) def. Tim Roe 6-2
130 - Ryan Kallimani (Jimtown) def. Robbie Boley 17-2
135 - Aaron Banks def. Matt David (Angola) 4-2
135 - John Artley (Northridge) def. Banks 8-7
135 - Mike Sanders (NorthWood) def. Banks 9-7
140 - None
152 - Steve Kenner (Goshen) def. Carl Hartwell 7-6
160 - Brian Amos (Elkhart Memorial) def. Chris Wilson 8-5
171 - Nate Liechty (Jimtown) def. Steve Fribley 14-3
189 - Todd Sacquitne (Fremont) pinned Marvin Farmer, 3:49
215 - Jason Thompson (Prairie Heights) pinned Steve McKinley, 1:17
275 - Joe Stoffel (Northridge) pinned Chris Godwin, 3:00
TRITON RESULTS
103 - Ryan Klotz lost by pin, 3:37
130 - Josh Hooley lost by pin, 2:18
140 - Daniel Sellers lost by pin, :56
145 - Jason Lemler lost by pin, 2:40
TIPPECANOE VALLEY RESULTS
160 - Chris Hoover lost 9-3
171 - Mike McNeal lost 5-3
189 - Mark Wortley lost by pin, :30
Whitko, Manchester
At FW Snider, the Manchester Squires and the Whitko Wildcats competed at the Ft. Wayne Snider regionals. Both squads got one member of the team to move on to the Adams Central Semi-State.
The Wildcats were disappointed with their results.
"We made some mistakes that cost us," Whitko head coach Brian Balsmeyer said. "You can't do that at this level."
Scott Barker, one of two Whitko seniors, came into the competition with a 33-0 record. Despite losing his first match of the year, he still qualified with a second place finish.
Mark Rakoczy, the other Whitko senior, also came in undefeated at 21-0. He failed to qualify as he was defeated in the first round.
"We're happy for Scott and disappointed for Mark," Coach Balsmeyer said. "They have shown great leadership during the season."
For Manchester, Greg Groombridge finished third with a 2-1 record, qualifying him for the semi-state competition.
Todd Grube of Whitko and Shane Hoffman of Manchester both finished fourth. They are both alternates.
Barker and Groombridge will compete Saturday.
Individual Results
112-Watson 0-1
119-Bird 0-1
152-Rakoczy 0-1
160-Grube 1-2
189-Nieto 0-1
215-Linn 0-1
275-Barker 2-1
