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Nine area and Northern Lakes Conference Wrestlers qualified for the State Finals at Conseco Fieldhouse.
Four won matches on Friday evening and advanced to Saturday's round to earn places.
Warsaw's Kris Hueber grabbed fifth place, and Wawasee's Josh Roa wound up in eighth place.
From elsewhere in the NLC, Grant Woodka of Elkhart Memorial took fourth place, while Tom Kidder of Northridge earned fifth place.
Hueber (215) won his first match, controlling David Haines of Mishawaka through three periods in a 4-0 victory. In his opening match on Saturday, Hueber lost a battle on his feet to eventual runner-up, Tony Talley of Lawrence North, 2-1 in double overtime. Hueber then came back in a consolation match to defeat Portage's Scott Buhman, 6-2.
Hueber concludes his senior Tiger season with a record of 35-5.
Roa (145) was victorious on Friday night, edging out Nick Strub of East Central in a 4-2 overtime decision. However, on Saturday morning, Roa was defeated by Jimmy Huser of Roncalli 9-4.
Roa moved to the consolation round, where he lost to Jarrod Lewis of Norwell, 5-1. Roa's senior Warrior season concludes with a record of 31-6.
Two Goshen wrestlers, Kevin Russell (112) and Tom Skinner (119), were both defeated in round one on Friday.
Also, Mark Palbykan (215) Plymouth was also ousted in the first round.
Josh Staton (145) of Manchester bowed out in round one after losing by fall (3:38) to eventual runner-up, Mike McCarthy of Mount Vernon (Fortville). Staton, a sophomore, ends up with a 16-10 record on the season.
Warsaw freshman Kyle Boley lost his Friday match when he was pinned by another freshman, Blake Maurer of Evansville Mater Dei in 4:55.
Maurer went on the capture the championship and ended the season with a record of 42-0. Boley's first varsity season comes to an end with a record of 25-12.
Evansville Mater Dei dominated the event, with three of their four wrestlers in the championship round walking away with championship medals.
INDIANA STATE WRESTLING FINALS
Results (grade, school, record)
Championship and Consolation
103 Aaron Clark (12 Franklin 48-0) def. Craig Macke (9 Evansville Mater Dei 39-3) 4-3; Nick Hartman (11 Lawrence North 53-2) def. Tim Hunt (11 Munster 42-4) 11-5
112 Craig Weinzapfel (10 Evansville Mater Dei 39-3) pinned Gralan Early (10 Fort Wayne Northside 42-2) 3:05; John Sheets (10 Bellmont 48-1) def. Sean Schmaltz (10 Franklin 41-5) 8-4 ot
119 Alex Tsirtsis (9 Griffith 57-0) def. Hector Mendez (11 E. Chicago Cent. 39-8) 7-0; Manuel Rodriguez (12 Hobart 29-5) pinned Phu Hong (12 Lawrence Central 41-9), 3:28
125 Cameron Sakon (12 Indianapolis Cathedral 50-0), def. Jason Cook (11 Valparaiso 38-3) 10-2 maj.; Andy Uhl (11 E. Noble 37-1) def. Andrae Henrnadez (9 Griffith 54-3) 3-2
130 Blake Maurer (9 Evansville Mater Dei 42-0) def. Nick Hobbs (11 Beech Grove 47-4) 3-2; Robert Maldonado (12 E. Chicago Central 44-1) def. Nick Koons (12 Bellmont 40-6), 7-3
135 Danny Williams (11 Warren Cent. 41-1) def. Tom Schneider (12 Lawrence N. 49-6) 7-2; Matt Conkling (11 Evansville Mater Dei 32-4) def. Mark Whetstine (Evansville Mem. 39-8) 6-2
140 J.T. Young (12 Bloomington South 43-0) pinned Danny Creasap (12 Lawrence Cent. 42-8) 1:33; Jonathan Brownlee (11 Ft. Wayne Snider 44-4) def. Grant Woodka (12 Elkhart Mem. 29-2) 3-1
145 Michael Escobedo (11 Lake Cent. 43-0) def. Mike McCarthy (12 Mt. Vernon -Fortville 38-2) 7-5; Brandon Castle (12 Castle 40-3) def. Jimmy Huser (12 Roncalli 38-2) 5-1
152 Michael Engberg-Bartley (12 Lake Cent. 46-0) def. Justin Denison (12 Floyd Cent. 42-2) 3-1 ot; Chris Healy (12 Jasper 40-2) def. Nick Himes (11 Roncalli 38-3), 4-3
160 Allen Weinzapfel (12 Evansville Mater Dei 35-3) def. Jason Woodson (12 Ft. Wayne Snider 40-2) 13-10; Maurice Swain (11 Anderson 34-4) def David Martin, III (10 Griffith 47-9) 3-1 ot
171 Ben Wissel (12 Richmond 43-0) def. Brady Richardson (12 Vincennes Lincoln 45-2) 6-5; Joshua Buuck (11 Ft. Wayne Dwenger 39-2) def. Aaron Kerkhof (10 Delta 36-8) 5-4
189 Nathan Moore (11 Perry Meridian 48-1) def. Charles Geyer (12 Ft. Wayne Elmhurst 39-1) 3-0; Barry Jackson (12 Indianapolis N. Cent. 42-3), def. Charles Price (12 Beech Grove 46-6) 7-1
215 Jake O'Brien (10 Franklin Cent. 43-0) def. Tony Talley (12 Lawrence N. 45-5) 9-6; Tim Jones (12 Lake Cent. 44-1) pinned Zac Dommer (10 New Haven 36-6) 1:49
275 Greg Wagner (12 Ft. Wayne Snider 47-0) def. Adam Baker (12 Beech Grove 50-2), 7-4
Mental Attitude Award: 140 J.T. Young (Bloomington South)
Other concluding matches for
area and NLC Wrestlers
Round One:
112 Sean Schmaltz 4th (Franklin) def.Kevin Russell (12 Goshen 34-5) 4-3
119 Alex Tsirtsis 1st (Griffith) def. Tom Skinner (10 Goshen 34-8) 9-0 maj.
130 Blake Maurer 1st (Evansville Mater Dei) pinned Kyle Boley (9 Warsaw 25-12) 4:55
145 Mike McCarthy 2nd (Mt. Vernon -Fortville) pinned Josh Staton (10 Manchester 16-10) 3:38
215 Scott Buhman 6th (Portage) def. Mark Palbykin (12 Plymouth 28-5) 3-1
Consolation Round
135 Tom Kidder 5th (12 Northridge 29-1) pinned Dante Burney (11 Ben Davis 37-9) 6:13 ot
145 Jarrod Lewis 7th (11 Norwell 37-1) def. Josh Roa (12 Wawasee 31-6) 5-1
215 Kris Hueber 5th (12 Warsaw 35-5) def. Scott Buhman (11 Portage 46-4) 6-2
