Westfield Aiden Driscoll (right) won at 120 pounds for the Shamrocks during their dual meet win at Carmel on Wednesday. Pictured at left is the Greyhounds’ Carlo Federici. (Manford Photography)
By RICHIE HALL
CARMEL – Boys wrestling sectionals are on the horizon, and two teams that are likely to make an impact on the Frankfort sectional faced off Wednesday at Carmel.
Carmel’s Tyler Elliott (left) won a hard-fought match over Westfield’s Aiden Driscoll at 144 pounds. (Manford Photography)
The Greyhounds hosted Westfield in a dual meet on Bill Shepherd Court at the Eric Clark Activity Center. The Shamrocks won 42-19, taking 10 of the 14 matches.
“I’m happy to get a nice win against a rival team,” said Rocks coach Tom Griffin. “A lot of little things we got to clean up.”
Westfield led 8-7 after the first four matches. Keegan Carson won at 126 pounds by decision, then Trevor Humburg took the 132-pound bout by technical fall. Elliott Leonard was the 138-pound winner by major decision, then Tyler Elliott won at 144 in a 6-5 decision.
The Rocks won the next four matches, starting with a pin by Graydon Staley at 150. That was the first of three falls for Westfield; Charley Head (106) and Brayden Head (113) both got pins in their matches later in the meet.
It was a good start to the week for the Shamrocks, who travel to Zionsville on Saturday for the Hoosier Crossroads Conference meet. Westfield is ranked No. 8 in the IndianaMat.com team rankings, which makes the Rocks one of six ranked programs in the HCC. Two-time defending state champion Brownsburg is No. 1, with Noblesville, Zionsville and Avon ranked 11th, 12th and 13th respectively. Fishers is rated No. 25.
“I think a lot of it, as we get to this point in the season, is just refining some of our things that we’ve been working on and cleaning up the little finer details on things that are going to matter in the postseason,” said Griffin.
After their early victories, the Greyhounds won two matches by fall. Gavin Adkins won the 190-pound match by pin after being down 12-1. Will Massey moved up to 285 pounds and got a fall in the third period.
“That’s what we’re preaching to these guys, stay in the match. I think we’re one of the best in-shape teams in the state. I would put our shape up against anyone in the state,” said Carmel coach Kyle Ayresman.
Both teams will compete in the Frankfort sectional on Jan. 31, after one more dual meet next Wednesday (Jan. 21). On that night, Westfield wrestlers at Harrison while the Greyhounds travel to Hamilton Southeastern.
WESTFIELD 42, CARMEL 19
Meet started at 126 pounds
126: Keegan Carson (W) def. Jordan Penquite (C) by decision, 8-4
132: Trevor Humburg (W) def. Brock Raasch (C) by technical fall, 15-0
138: Elliott Leonard (C) def. Abe O’Neill (W) by major decision, 21-7
144: Tyler Elliott (C) def. Alic Washburn (W) by decision, 6-5
150: Graydon Staley (W) def. J.J. Marsh (C) by fall, 1:10
157: Seth Tanner (W) def. Braydon Mack (C) by decision 13-9
165: Blake Glodowski (W) def. Austin Yunker (C) by major decision, 10-2
175: Max Brown (W) def. Eli Isen (C) by decision, 10-8
190: Gavin Adkins (C) by Jon Stryker (W) by fall, 2:32
215: Sam Travis (W) def. Elliott Johnson (C) by decision, 5-0
285: Will Massey (C) def. Aiden Padgett (W) by fall, 4:47
106: Charley Head (W) def. Clayton Alexander (C) by fall, 1:09
113: Brayden Head (W) def. Joshua Velarde (C) by fall, 2:22
120: Aiden Driscoll (W) def. Carlo Federici (C) by decision, 11-4
