Delta Sectional Preview
The Delta Sectional was going to be a very quiet sectional with Yorktown dominating the field. The recent buzz about Yorktown’s 140 lber has brought much attention to this sectional that would have otherwise gone unnoticed. This sectional contains 9 ranked wrestlers, 8 of them being from Yorktown. Yorktown’s dominance will continue this year, but there should be a very interesting race for 2nd place between Muncie Southside and Winchester.
103:
3rd ranked Brock Bevans (Y) is the heavy favorite to win this weight class again this year. Bevans starts the first of two sets of “Big 3†wrestlers for Yorktown. Bevans’ top two challengers will be 22-0 Travis Phenis (RS) and Tyler Rigney (MS).
112:
The second wrestler in the “Big 3†is 9th ranked Schuyler Phillips (Y). This outstanding sophomore has had a great season and it is likely to continue in the postseason. Gavin Cox (Win) seems to be Phillips’ finals opponent. The other two spots in this weight class will be up for grabs with the remaining five wrestlers battling it out.
119:
The last leg of this “Big 3†would be the Freshmen Sensation, 9th ranked Chandler Carroll. Carroll is a dominating wrestler that will continue his domination this week. The bottom bracket will have some interesting matchups that could shake out in numerous ways: Helm (WD) v Wills (MS) with the winner most likely facing 23-4 Rascon (Win). Once again a weight class where the battles for 2nd-4th will be up in the air!
125:
Another freshman for Yorktown is leading the pack at 125, Rhett Hiestand. Hiestand’s main competition will be 24-10 Adam Gordon (De). Hiestand will try to bring the first of two sectional titles home for the Hiestand family on Saturday
130:
130 is the first weight class that Yorktown does not have the heavy favorite. 1st seeded Hunter Randolph (Wap) is the favorite at this weight class, but 3rd seeded Dalton Baysinger (Y) will want to continue the Yorktown domination, and he has the talent and ability. This weight class will be the first weight class that will have a lot of suspense for all 4 placements.
135:
#1 ranked Devon Jackson (Y) leads this weight class, and leads the entire state according to the final rankings. Jackson is also the start to Yorktown’s second “Big 3â€. Jackson is joined by 7th ranked Isaiah Bradley (MS) in this weight class making it the only weight class with multiple ranked wrestlers.  The intrigue in this weight will be if Bradley can give Jackson a competitive mach or will Jackson have his way with him. Bradley will first have to get by 28-3 Scott Kohler (MuC) in the semifinals.
140:
The weight class that has brought attention to this weight class will not provide much wrestling attention on Saturday. 2nd seeded and 18th ranked Cole Van Horn (Y) is actually the favorite to win this weight class over #1 seed Joey Crabtree (MuC). Van Horn is the second wrestler in Yorktown’s second “Big 3â€.
145:
The last wrestler of this “Big 3†is 2nd ranked Andrew Hiestand. Hiestand is another wrestler who has had a dominating season, and the dominance will continue. This weight class will provide some interesting matches for placers 2nd – 4th. The Hiestand family may get to watch Rhett win his first sectional title and then watch Andrew win his last.
152:
28-1 Austin Quinn (WD) is the favorite to but this weight class will have two highly competitive semifinal matches. Returning semistate qualifier Jake Reed (MS) will meet Quinn in the semifinals while in the other semifinal Hunt (Y) will look to knock off Boyd (Win). This weight class could be full of surprises.
160:
29-1 Jordan Simmons (Win) and Andie Higgins (Y) are the top two wrestlers in this weight class. Simmons may be the slight favorite but Yorktown has a history of pulling out a few upsets in the tourney. This weight would definitely classify as a mild upset if Higgins can pull out the victory.
171:
Spencer Osborn (MuC) recovered from a broken leg suffered during soccer and had a really good season. He has only wrestled 19 matches due to the injury and recovery time, but he is wrestling well and quickly returning to his form of a year ago. Eric Sauser (Win) and Seth Edwards (Y) will both be interested in meeting up with Osborne in the finals.
189:
This weight class became a lot more interesting a few weeks ago when 19th ranked Scott Neff (Y) dropped from 215. Joining Neff as the top contender is Corey Crabtree (MS). Crabtree has been a fixture at this weight for the past few seasons, but so has a Yorktown singlet as he was beating in the finals last year by a Yorktown wrestler.
215:
Chase Edwards (Y) and Andrew Chalfant (Win) lead this weight, with a very talented Taylor Morris (MoC) close behind. This field has many athletic wrestlers and will provide a lot of fun wrestling for such a high weight class.
HW:
Micah Hill (MuC) leads a very talented HW class. There are 4 wrestlers with over 20 wins: Hill, Jacob Peckham (MoC), Dylan Williams (Da), and Jim Schafer (De). Add in Dylan Smith (Y) and Lee Reyes (MS) and this will be the most exciting and unpredictable weight class of the entire sectional.
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