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"It's special to win three in a row, and it gets tougher every year, so we are very pleased," said Warsaw coach Tony Boley. "We came out and went after it today. Twelve of our wrestlers went to the finals and 12 are going to regionals."
Of those 12 Warsaw wrestlers who advanced to the regional competition in Goshen, nine were sectional champions.
At 112 pounds, Adam Harter pinned Triton's Errik Lemler in 15 seconds in the championship round, while John Milton defeated Tyler Keyser 8-2 in the finals to earn champion honors.
Tim Roe won the 130-pound sectional championship by defeating Triton's Brandon Chapman. The match was not decided until Roe scored two points in the last ten seconds to take the lead.
Richard Wolfe earned sectional honors by pinning Jared Baker of Plymouth in 29 seconds in the 145-pound weight class, and at 152 pounds Matt Zellers defeated Triton's Jason Lemler 13-4.
"Wolfe didn't win a match all season last year," said Boley. "This year he went 21 and 12 and first place in the sectional."
At 160, Isaac Perry defeated Ben Rader of Plymouth 5-3 while Kris Hueber earned honors at 171 pounds by defeating Tippecanoe Valley's David Reese 7-4.
"Hueber is the sectional champion, but in the first match of the season, he was pinned by Reese," said Boley.
Steve McKinley pinned Mark Wortley in 5:21 in the 215-pound match, and Joey Navarro defeated Shay Beaver 7-0 at 275 to earn sectional titles.
Anthony Boley (103), Adam Bott (125), and Steve Fribley (189) all placed second in their weight classes and will advance to the regional as well.
"Adam Bott was 0-13 on the season and earned his first win in the sectional," said Boley.
Triton will be sending five grapplers to the regional mats in Goshen.
Josh Hooley, at 135 pounds, was the lone Triton sectional champion after he defeated Plymouth's Mike Nekolite 6-4 in an overtime thriller.
Errik Lemler (112), Brandon Chapman (130), Matt Wanemacher (140) and Jason Lemler (152) will each advance to the regional by placing second in ther weight classes.
"We knew coming in thet this would be a tough sectional," said Triton coach Sam Davis. "I'm pleased with our performance."
Two wrestlers from Tippecanoe Valley advanced to the regional competition.
David Reese (171) and Mark Wortley (215) placed second in their weight classes to earn spots at the regionals.
"All our wrestlers were strong, but it just wasn't our day," said Valley coach Scott Smith. "We had soem close matched that we just couldn't seem to pull out."
Warsaw will compete in the team competition Wednesday night in Jimtown where the Tigers will compete against four other sectional champion teams.
The wrestlers who placed first or second will advance to the Goshen Regional next Saturday.
