Westfield’s Brayden Head was 3-0 for the Shamrocks at the IHSWCA Team State Duals tournament, which took place Saturday, Jan. 10 at Brownsburg. (Manford Photography)
The REPORTER
Westfield and Noblesville both competed at the IHSWCA Team State Duals Saturday, Jan. 10 at Brownsburg.
Both teams lost their first-round duals. The Shamrocks fell to Center Grove 67-3, while the Millers dropped a 66-9 bout to the defending team IHSAA state champion Bulldogs. Both teams lost in the consolation round, with Westfield falling to Avon 43-28 and Noblesville falling to Cathedral 50-27.
The two teams wrestled against each other for seventh place, with the Rocks winning 55-14. Westfield won 11 of the 14 matches. Charley Head (106), Brayden Head (113), Aiden Driscoll (120), Trevor Humburg (132), Jon Stryker (190) and Aiden Padgett (285) all won matches by pin, while Sebastian Zamora took the 144-pound match by technical fall.
The Fishers wrestling team had three champions at the Connersville Spartan Classic on Dec. 30 and 31. Pictured are Julian Burgett, Seth Lamb and Will Hruskoci. (Photo provided)
Seth Tanner (157) and Maxwell Brown (175) were winners by major decision. Alic Washburn (138) and Graydon Staley (150) got decision victories.
Noblesville’s Brody Weimer won the 126-pound bout by fall, while Aidan Kincaide got a technical fall at 165. Cale Metzler won 215 by decision.
Kincaide won matches against his Brownsburg and Cathedral opponents, keeping him unbeaten for the year at 17-0. Metzler and Brayden Head both earned perfect 3-0 records at team state.
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Hamilton Heights placed third at the Bill Kerbel Invitational at New Haven.
The Huskies scored 182 points, behind only winner Homestead’s 283.5 points and runner-up Fort Wayne Caroll’s score of 252 points. Simon Kuhn won the 157-pound division, cruising through four matches to stay unbeaten for the year at 26-0. Kuhn won two matches by fall, including the championship match.
Heights had 11 place winners. Braxtyn Baber (175) and Hans Frymier (190) both finished third, while Samuel Van Hook was sixth at 285. The Huskies had seven wrestlers place fourth in their divisions: Ezekiel Rice (106), Jude Bailey (113), Jonah Wolfgang (120), Kase Powell (132), Asher Barrick (144), Jameson Mullins (150) and Nathan Flanders (165).
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Fishers competed in the Spartan Classic at Connersville on Dec. 30 and 31.
The Tigers had three champions at the event: junior Seth Lamb at 120, senior Will Hruskoci at 132 and senior Julian Burgett at 215.
Other place winners were Camden Funk (sixth at 190), Ellis Burns (seventh at 138), Dempsey Douglas (eighth at 138) and Carter Fraley (eighth at 165).
