10 middle school teams participated at Lake Central High School on Saturday; Hobart, Lake Central (Clark, Grimmer, Kahler), Griffith, Merrillville, Portage (Willowcreek), Crown Point (Wheeler), Calumet (Lake Ridge), and Lowell.
Congrats to A.D. Brooks for running a very good tournament and a special thanks to Bill Hawkins of CIA along with his assistants on a great day of wrestling! Also, thanks to Alex Tsirtsis for putting on a clinic before the tournament started.
No team score was kept.
We (Lowell) had 11 individual champions, 15 in the finals; the tourney was blocked weight classes.
Champions
(7th graders)
Drew Hughes
Brandon Arena
Jake Tucker
Deion Komosa
Dakota Nichols
Trevor Asher
(8th graders)
Derek Pearman
Clark Smith
Josh Bottos
Alex Mavros
Kenny Hughes
--Coach Shane Tucker, Lowell Wrestling