Weekend Recap

This past weekend saw many wrestlers participating and doing well at national level events.

NHSCA National Duals

The exact details are sketchy, but Indiana took three teams to Virginia Beach this weekend and did quite well. The Indiana Elite made the quarter-finals before dropping a tough match with Team Griffin Select. They posted dominant wins in seven of their eight victories throughout the tournament. The High Rollers were rolling with four of a kind on their way to finishing 9^th in the field of over 120 teams from across the country.

In the middle school division Indiana had a team make the fifth place match and also had an elementary team place 7^th.

FILA Cadet Nationals

The Indiana contingent was small, but might at the FILA Cadet Nationals in Akron, Ohio this weekend. On the Greco-roman side Dylan Lydy finished 4^th in a tough weight class. Also Blake Schjoll finished 6^th in Greco-roman.

Only four competitors took the mat in the freestyle portion of the tournament. Nick Lee lead the way with a runner-up finish for the second straight year. He dominated his opponents with six tech falls in his eight wins. He beat several nationally ranked wrestlers during his run. Nick’s younger brother, Joe, went 1-2 with a tough draw. He drew eventual champion Daton Fix in his second match. Then he had another tough opponent in Ohio state champion Jose Rodriguez. Lee took a 4-0 lead into the second period, but was unable to finish with the victory. Dylan Lydy started with a victory, but had to pull out due to injury or he would have likely made a deep run. Also, Danville’s Elliot Molloy won his first match, then dropped his next two.

University Nationals

There were numerous wrestlers with Indiana ties wrestling in the University division over the weekend. Leading the way was Indiana University’s Lucas Sheridan who finished second. He had a big win over this year’s national champion at 197lbs J’Den Cox in the semi-finals. Sheridan pinned Cox in just 53 seconds. The only other placers with Indiana ties were a couple region wrestlers. Jason Tsirtsis finished 5^th after dropping a tough semi-final bout and Paul Petrov finished 7^th in a tough weight class.

On the Greco-roman side, Sheridan also placed 3^rd for the Hoosiers. Also placing was Garret Goldman, who brought in a 7^th place finish.