Valley wrestlers advance with strong wrestling sectional showings

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By Dennis Clark

The Tribune-Star

 

Brazil ? The two Bloomington schools and Edgewood dominated the team portion of the Northview wrestling sectional, but five area schools competing advanced a combined 28 individuals to the regional round on Saturday.

 

Bloomington South was the only team advancing to Wednesday?s team regional at Greencastle. Bloomington South easily outpointed Edgewood 252-196, with Bloomington North third at 190 points.

 

The top four individuals in each weight class advanced to next Saturday?s regional at Bloomington South.

 

Individual champions locally included Terre Haute South?s Jordan Jensen (27-0, 135 pounds), Northview?s Luke Pingleton (29-4, 125) and Sullivan?s Holden Fudurich (30-0, 152).

 

North placed fourth as a team, advancing eight individuals to the regional, with four being runners-up. South and Northview advanced six, Sullivan five and West Vigo three.

 

?We didn?t have anybody seeded above third and to have four second-place guys was pretty awesome,? North coach Mark Frisz said. ?We got eight kids to advance to next week ? finished a solid fourth as a team. So we met our goals today.?

 

The Patriots four runners-up were Nathaniel Page (23-12, 125), Jedidiah Page (18-14, 130), Zachary Edington (14-8, 171) and Lance Lloyd (30-5, 275).

 

Lloyd and Nathaniel Page were both pinned in the third two-minute round, Jedidiah Page was pinned in the second round, while Edington was blanked in a 3-0 decision.

 

South placed fifth as a team, with their lone champion being Jordan Jensen (27-0, 119). The sophomore pinned Edgewood?s Matt Mest with 10 seconds remaining in the first round.

 

?Jordan knew he had a job to do and he went out to get it done,? South coach Gabe Cook stated. ?He?s really turned it on the last couple of weeks.

 

?We got six out [to the regional] today, which is a little bit shy of what I was hoping. I was hoping we?d get seven or eight. But this is a tough sectional, so I?m not disappointed.?

 

One disappointment for the Braves was senior Paul Bennett (24-5, 140) getting suddenly pinned with 43 seconds left in his championship match by Ben Farmer of Bloomington South. Bennett was also a sectional runner-up last year as a junior.

 

?Paul just got caught in an awkward situation, but I really see him hopefully matching up with the same boy next week,? Cook mentioned.

 

South?s other runner-up was sophomore Phalen Montgomery (28-5, 145), losing a hard-fought 11-9 decision to Steven Spicer of Edgewood.

 

West Vigo?s big highlight was sophomore Ryan Roach (17-10, 135) reaching the finals, where he was decisioned 12-8 by Jeremy Salyers of Edgewood.

 

?[Roach] revenged a loss today to Northview?s Brandon Mikesell,? noted West Vigo coach Scott Rohrbach. ?He gave up too many points in the final match. Gave up five [points] ? tried to roll through a headlock and got caught and ended up losing by four [points].

 

?But next week, if we get a good draw he can go pretty deep in the state tournament.?

 

While the Vigo County schools only produced one sectional champion, both Northview and Sullivan had one champion apiece.

 

Northview?s Pingleton (29-4, 125), a sophomore, pinned North?s Nathaniel Page with just under one minute left in the third period.

 

?Luke Pingleton wrestled really well all day,? Northview coach Dan Mikesell observed. ?We were really happy with our two freshmen getting to the finals.?

 

Those two Northview freshmen referred to by Mikesell were Caleb Nicoson (26-12, 103) and Austin Bell (24-13, 112), both losing in championship matches.

 

?Obviously, we had a couple of disappointments with our No. 2 seeds getting beat, but they battled back and got a third [place] and moved on,? Mikesell added.

 

Sullivan?s Fudurich remained undefeated (30-0, 152) after he overwhelmed Bloomington South?s Jade Prieboy in a 5-0 decision in their championship match.

 

 

 

Northview wrestling sectional

 

(Top team advances to Greencastle team regional on Wednesday)

 

Team results ? Bloomington South 252, Edgewood 196, Bloomington North 190, Terre Haute North 169, Terre Haute South 154.50, Northview 138, Sullivan 100.50, Owen Valley 72.50, West Vigo 66.50.

 

Individual results

 

(Top four in each weight class advance to Bloomington South individual regional on Feb. 7)

 

103 ? Championship: Jacob Boorsma (BS) pin. Caleb Nicosin (Nv), 5:05. 3. Michael Kirby (Sul), 4. Samuel Summitt (BN), 5. Franklin Camp (THN), 6. Joe Chambers (THS).

 

112 ? Championship: Shawn Miracle (BN) major dec. Austin Bell (Nv), 16-4. 3. Connor Curley (THN), 4. Dalton Kemp (OV), 5. Kayne Pike (BS), 6. Nathaniel Sullivan (Sul).

 

119 ? Championship: Jordan Jensen (THS) pin. Matt Mest (E), 1:50. 3. Ethan Farmer (BS), 4. Sean Jewart (BN), 5. Mike Bird (OV), 6. Austin Sciotto (Nv).

 

125 ? Championship: Luke Pingleton (Nv) pin. Nathaniel Page (THN), 4:58. 3. Dakota Case (THS), 4. Anthony Kerr (E), 5. Robert Stewart (OV), 6. Levi Edwards (WV).

 

130 ? Championship: Brannigan Barlow (BS) pin. Jedidiah Page (THN), 3:12. 3. Anthony Thompson (E), 4. Jack Petry (OV), 5. Jordan Castillo (BN), 6. Patrick Duong (THS).

 

135 ? Championship: Jeremy Salyers (E) dec. Ryan Roach (WV) 12-8. 3. Brandon Mikesell (Nv), 4. Tsali Lough (THS), 5. Sam Horrocks (BS), 6. Adam Joraanstad (BN).

 

140 ? Championship: Ben Farmer (BS) pin. Paul Bennett (THS), 5:17. 3. Kyle McCoy (Nv), 4. Dyman Lewellyn (WV), 5. Jedidiah Cox (Sul), 6. Wes Adams (E).

 

145 ? Championship: Steven Spicer (E) dec. Phalen Montgomery (THS), 11-9. 3. Spencer Boyd (BS), 4. Ethan Oppenland (BN), 5. Dustin Query (THN), 6. Baylor Girton (Nv).

 

152 ? Championship: Holden Fudurich (Sul) dec. Jade Prieboy (BS), 5-0. 3. Allen Cox (BN), 4. Eric Joyal (THS), 5. Zach Ferguson (E), 6. Evan White (OV).

 

160 ? Championship: Josh Sparks (E) dec. Terry Terrell (BS), 3-2. 3. Daniel DeLisle (THN), 4. Brady Silvers (Nv), 5. James Bender (THS), 6. Dakota Nicoson (OV).

 

171 ? Championship: Garrett Goldman (BN) dec. Zachary Edington (THN), 3-0. 3. Dale Vire (Sul), 4. Joey Todd (BS), 5. Austin McClain (THS), 6. Ben Bird (WV).

 

189 ? Championship: Darren Eads (BS) dec. Will Heston (E), 3-2. 3. Douglas Collett (THN), 4. Robert Nero (Sul), 5. Chase Behrman (OV), 6. Brandon Pleake (Nv).

 

215 ? Championship: Jacob Vandeventer (BN) dec. Tito Valentin (BS), 12-7. 3. Spencer Brooks (Sul), 4. David Knight (THN), 5. Seth Sturgeon (E), 6. Junior Hubbard (Nv).

 

275 ? Championship: Joseph Arthur (BN) pin. Lance Lloud (THN), 4:37. 3. Chris Brummett (E), 4. Ian Bolin (WV), 5. Nathan Schuster (THS), 6. Jeremiah Carpenter (BS).