Hatch Remains Unbeaten, Area Wrestlers Advance To Semistate
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ROCHESTER – Warsaw’s Kyle Hatch continued his undefeated season, defended his regional title and became a three-time semistate qualifier by winning the 138-pound championship at the Rochester wrestling regional on Saturday. Hatch won with pins in his first two matches, extending his school record for pins in a season to 33. He advances to the East Chicago semistate this Saturday. Andrew Brock will join Hatch in representing Warsaw in the semistate thanks to his third-place finish at 220 pounds. Two Triton wrestlers advanced to East Chicago: Malachi Greene was third at 120 and Gage Waddle was third at 160. Wawasee’s Braxtin Alexander is among a trio of Warrior wrestlers to advance. He was second at 113 pounds. He’ll be joined by Jeremiah Dilley, fourth at 195, and Tristin Ponsler, third at 132. Manchester’s Quentin Moore was the sectional champ at 170 pounds. He’ll be joined in East Chicago by teammate Wade France, who finished third at 160 pounds. The semistate in East Chicago will begin at 10 am Eastern time. Whitko’s Dillon Alma advanced to semistate with a fourth-place finish at the Carroll regional. He’ll wrestle in the New Castle Semistate at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne.
