Round #2
Pee-Wee Bracket
#1 Leroy Vega (Cal College) vs. #5 Joe Willmann (Lowell)
#2 Greg Shaefer (Mater Dei) vs. #3 Brad Harper (Penn)
Intermediate Bracket
#1 Tony Abbott (Muncie South) vs. #4 Aaron Moss (Ben Davis)
#2 Jared Williams (Lawrence North) vs. #6 Brian Seltzer (Elkhart Memorial)
Junior Bracket
#1 David Maldonado (Merrillville) vs. #4 Ed Pendoski (CIA)
#2 Trent McCormick (Yorktown) vs. #3 BJ Faurote (Bellmont)
Veteran Bracket
#8 Barry Humble (New Haven) vs. #5 JD Minch (North Montgomery)
#2 Bob Hassman (Franklin Community) vs. #6 Royce Deckard (Bloomington South)
Pee-Wee Bracket
#1 Leroy Vega (Cal College) vs. #5 Joe Willmann (Lowell)
Vega walks into the match with a definite size disadvantage, but a much better resume. Willmann starts off with a great hi-c, but Vega does a great job fighting his hips back. Second period starts 0-0 but didn’t stay there for long as Vega scores a quick escape right into a takedown right to a tilt. Willmann earns an escape but it is too little too as the damage was done. He could not come back from the 5-0 deficit he started out with. Vega goes on to earn a major.
Winner #1 Leroy Vega (Cal College)
#2 Greg Shaefer (Mater Dei) vs. #3 Brad Harper (Penn)
Wow, my brain hurts when thinking about the possibilities in this match. Mater Dei vs. Mishawaka, IU vs. Purdue, Mater Dei vs. Penn. State Champ vs. State Champ. Some would say to worry for Shaefer because of his 17 staples, but this writer knows that at one point in his IU wrestling career, he lost his first round of an open tournament, split his head open, and wrestled 9 more matches with several staples in his head all nine matches. Harper starts off strong picking up a great takedown and a stalling warning on Shaefer. Shaefer fires back in the second period with an escape. Shaefer cuts Harper in the third and gets a takedown to send the match to overtime. With two seconds left in O.T. Shaefer hits a high crotch crackdown and gets 2 points as the buzzer goes off.
Side note: Jimmy Rhodes is cornering Harper goes and gives the official Chuck Barnett the business. Barnett gives him the business by escorting him out of the building.
Winner #2 Greg Shaefer (Mater Dei)
Intermediate Bracket
#1 Tony Abbott (Muncie South) vs. #4 Aaron Moss (Ben Davis)
Abbott starts off hot in this match hitting another patented left handed side headlock, but fights off his back and gets an escape takedown to finish the first period down 5-3. Moss starts playing the takedown game and ends the match with a final score of 18-12.
Winner #4 Aaron Moss (Ben Davis)
#2 Jared Williams (Lawrence North) vs. #6 Brian Seltzer (Elkhart Memorial)
In a rematch of the 2008 team state tournaments opening round, Coach Seltzer starts off with a bang. He hits a blast double right to Williams back. Then in a tribute to his 140 pounder Ryan Stahl, he hits an egg role in the end of the first period and gets a fall with one second left on the clock.
Winner #6 Brian Seltzer (Elkhart Memorial)
Junior Bracket
#1 David Maldonado (Merrillville) vs. #4 Ed Pendoski (CIA)
These two used to be rivals in the DAC, now rivals on the mat. Maldonado controls the entire match, wrestling mainly from an over-under position and hits two hip tosses. P makes a comeback in the final period but it wasn’t enough to surpass the lead that Maldonado had built.
Winner #1 David Maldonado (Merrillville)
#2 Trent McCormick (Yorktown) vs. #3 BJ Faurote (Bellmont)
In a rematch of the almost annual team regional, Coach McCormick and Coach Faurote do battle on the mat. Two former state champions with high pedigrees. McCormick starts off strong with 3 takedowns in the first period. Size seems to be an issue but Faurote wrestles tough, earning a reversal and a ride out in the second period. McCormick picks bottom going into the third and gets an escape. Faurote gets a stalling point, but it isn’t enough. McCormick comes away with a 7-5 victory.
Winner #2 Trent McCormick (Yorktown)
Veteran Bracket
#8 Barry Humble (New Haven) vs. #5 JD Minch (North Montgomery)
Humble and Minch know each other well from their years of service together on the IHSWCA board. It doesn’t pan out well for Humble though, as Minch has a definite size advantage. Minch comes out, grabs a hold of a bear hug and takes Barry down for the fall.
Winner #5 JD Minch (North Montgomery)
#2 Bob Hassman (Franklin Community) vs. #6 Royce Deckard (Bloomington South)
In a match between the two toughest coaches in the entire state, we see Deckard win in a close brawl. The score is 0-0 going into the third, but there have been 19 blood time outs. Both Coaches have black eyes and cuts everywhere. Deckard gets a late escape to win in regulation.
Winner #6 Royce Deckard (Bloomington South)
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