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By JEREMY HINES
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Elijah Anthony is hoping the fourth time is the charm.
 
Anthony, a senior wrestler at Frankfort High School, has qualified for state three years in a row. Each time, he’s fallen just short in his Friday night round. He has not placed yet at the state meet.
 
“He has got to be one of the best state qualifiers that has never placed,” Frankfort coach Steve Cook said. “He has probably had the toughest draw on Friday night, three years in a row. He’s wrestled someone that has placed in the top three of the finals every single year.”
 
Anthony didn’t have high expectations during his freshman campaign at state. He was wrestling with a broken hand. He drew Mater Dei’s Alec Freeman in the Friday night match. Freeman won 9-1 and went on to place third in the weight class.
 
“From the get-go I’ve expected to place every year at state,” Anthony said. “My freshman year I had a broken hand, and I knew it would be really tough to place. But my sophomore and junior years I really felt like my coaches took me to a different level, and when I didn’t place it really got in my mind.”
 
Anthony drew Avon’s Cheaney Schoeff for the Friday night round of state in 2020. It was a close match, with Schoeff escaping with a 7-5 victory. Schoeff then went on to finish second in the weight class.
 
Last season Anthony drew Brownsburg’s Brady Isom on Friday night. The two battled for six minutes, with Isom emerging with a 1-point victory, 3-2. Isom ended up placing third, and yet again, Anthony went home without placing.
 
This season Anthony is hoping his fortune starts to change.
 
“I’ve really tried to focus on all the little things this year,” Anthony said. “I focus on every single match. I work hard in every single practice. I’m just ultra-focused right now.”
 
Cook can see that focus every day in the Frankfort wrestling room.
 
“I’ve never met anyone like Elijah,” Cook said. “When he sets his mind to something, he’s going after it. Wrestling is his life.”
 
Anthony says he’s consumed with wrestling these days.
 
“All of my time is devoted to wrestling,” he said. “After practice I go help with the middle school team. When I get home, I study film. My whole life is wrestling right now.”
 
A month ago, Anthony got a scare that he thought might end his wrestling season. He was driving and he lost control of his vehicle. He ended up jumping a curb, knocking down a few trees and coming very close to hitting a telephone pole.
 
“I seriously had no idea if I was going to wrestle again after that,” Anthony said. “I remember just thinking what if this is the end of my season. I was super nervous about that.”
As it turned out, Anthony did not have any serious injuries from the wreck. He was hoping to wrestle that same weekend, but due to the circumstances he didn’t make weight for that meet. He was back on the mat the next week.
 
Currently Anthony is 30-0 on the season and ranked No. 6 in the 132-pound class.
 
Anthony wrestles at the Central Indiana Academy of Wrestling. There, his usual practice partner is the No. 1-ranked grappler in the 132-pound class – Zeke Seltzer.
 
“I might have to wrestle Zeke in semistate. I really can’t wait to wrestle him.”
 
Anthony’s wrestling style is like a pit bull that just never stops attacking. He’s aggressive, takes lots of shots and keeps his foot on the gas the entire match. He has learned to stay in better position when attacking as well.
 
“He’s very aggressive,” Cook said. “He’s non-stop from the whistle. He’s always on the attack, for sure.”
 
After high school Anthony would like to wrestle in college. He wants to study education and become a high school math teacher. He said his ultimate goal is to coach wrestling.
 
Anthony started wrestling when he was four but didn’t like it at first. He ended up quitting for a while. He took the sport back up in fourth grade and has been hooked ever since.
 
“I was in fourth grade and I started going to watch the state finals matches every year,” he said. “I watched Chad Red and Nick Lee, and all those big matches. When I made it there myself, I thought that was the coolest thing. Now, it’s all about business. If I get back to state, I’m there to win it. That’s my mentality.
 
“I really love wrestling. In this sport there is always something more. You accomplish one goal, and there is another one that comes up. I love that challenge.”

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Big win for Hayden Lohrey over Kasper McIntosh! 
 
Bonus points proved the difference. IU closing the gap.. slowly but surely.

Big win for Hayden Lohrey over Kasper McIntosh! 
 
Bonus points proved the difference. IU closing the gap.. slowly but surely.

IU – PURDUE WRESTLING RESULTS
125: No. 16 Devin Schroder (PU) def. No. 31 Jacob Moran (IU) |MD, 11-0| Score: PU leads, 4-0.
133: No. 11 Brock Hudkins (IU) def. No. 31 Matt Ramos (PU) |7-1 by decision | Score: PU leads, 4-3.
141: No. 29 Parker Filius (PU) def. No. 27 Cayden Rooks (IU) |MD, 12-4 | Score: PU leads, 8-3.
149: Graham Rooks (IU) def. Alec White (PU) |MD, 12-2 | Score: PU leads, 8-7
157: Cooper Noehre (PU) def. Derek Gilcher (IU) |3-1 by decision | Score: PU leads, 11-7
165: Hayden Lohrey (PU) def. Kasper McIntosh (IU) |5-3 by decision | Score: PU leads, 14-7.
174: Nick South (IU) def. No. 19 Gerrit Nijenhuis (PU) |3-2 by decision | Score: PU leads, 14-10.
184: No. 14 D.J. Washington (IU) def. No. 30 Max Lyon (PU) | 7-3 by decision | Score: PU leads 14-13.
197: No. 17 Thomas Penola (PU) def. Nick Willham (IU) |10-4 by decison | Score: PU leads 17-13.
285: Jacob Bullock (IU) def. No. 33 Michael Woulfe (PU) | SV-1, 6-4, decision | Score: PU leads 17-16.
FINAL TEAM SCORE: INDIANA 16, PURDUE 17

#4 ranked Luke Rioux over #1 Hockaday 10-6 
 

Asa Garcia (Rutgers) & Anthony Ciccerelli (West Virginia) is wrestling in Pennsylvania today at the Mat-Town ll Open at Lock Haven University. Only 2 Indiana wrestlers I know there . Let me know if anyone else and I’ll update . 
 
Asa wins his 1st match 21-3 Tech Fall over Lock Haven 
 
Asa loses to Arizona St. 12-6 will go to Consi side of the bracket 
 
Asa wins 2-0 over West Virginia 
 
Asa loses 11-3 to Lock Haven 
………………………………..
 
Anthony wins his match 11-5 over Penn State  
 
Anthony wins his 2nd match 7-2 over Navy 
 
Anthony loses 13-2 to Spartan will now go to Consi bracket 
 
Anthony loses 13-3 to Navy 

69 wrestlers will start the post-season undefeated with at least one win
 
106 Nathan Smith- Southport 36-0
106 Levi Johns- Bluffton 30-0
106 Jeffrey Bailey- River Forest 25-0
106 Donnie Feeler- Crawford County 13-0
113 Ashton Jackson- LaPorte 36-0
113 Bryson Rowley- Corydon Central 27-0
113 Tanner Tishner- Western 27-0
113 Braden Getz- Roncalli 9-0
120 Christopher Bohn- Munster 33-0
120 Ethan Holloway- Rochester 32-0
120 Zane Schreck- Corydon Central 27-0
120 Liam Siburcrist- North White 26-0
120 Kyrel Leavell- Warren Central 22-0
120 Seth Cowden- Northview 14-0
126 Blake Wolf- East Central 36-0
126 Kamariyon Nelson- Castle 31-0
126 Aidan Sprague- East Noble 29-0
126 Joey Buttler- Whiteland 26-0
126 Drake Fritz- West Central 24-0
126 Morris Daring- Fort Wayne Bishop Luers 5-0
132 Kellan Carter- Scottsburg 38-0
132 Brady Ison- Brownsburg 30-0
132 Caleb Solomey- Kankakee Valley 28-0
132 Elijah Anthony- Frankfort 27-0
132 Dylan Stroud- Manchester 26-0
132 Coy Hammack- Tell City 25-0
132 Nico Menconi- Whiting 2-0
138 Cole Solomey- Kankakee Valley 33-0
138 Carson Johnson- Mount Vernon (Fortville) 28-0
138 Bryce Lowery- Roncalli 27-0
138 Jesse Mendez- Crown Point 26-0
138 Cash Turner- Edgewood 20-0
138 Hernandez Christian- Logansport 7-0
138 Ashton Hayhurst- Castle 5-0
145 Brody Arthur- Oak Hill 32-0
145 Matthew Koontz- Perry Meridian 28-0
145 Toby Abbott- Cowan 23-0
145 Brodrick Ashby- Seeger 4-0
145 Daijon Carroll- Victory College Prep 4-0
152 Alex Currie- Adams Central 38-0
152 Corbin Walston- Lawrenceburg 36-0
152 Mitchell Betz- Western 33-0
152 Max Naselroad- Alexandria Monroe 28-0
152 Kody Glithero- Roncalli 27-0
152 Sam Goin- Crown Point 26-0
160 Landon Boe- Avon 29-0
160 Leo Calderon- Centerville 28-0
160 Luke Kemper- Evansville Central 28-0
160 J Conway- Floyd Central 23-0
170 Ben Phillips- Charlestown 32-0
170 Eli Johnson- Norwell 29-0
170 Brody Baumann- Evansville Mater Dei 21-0
170 Luke Stento- Chesterton 6-0
182 Evan Tilton- Hamilton Heights 36-0
182 Demetrus Dean- Hammond Central 31-0
182 Drake Buchanan- Center Grove 30-0
182 Logan Smith- Pioneer 18-0
182 Ray Townsend- Attica 13-0
182 Noah Phelps- North Harrison 7-0
195 Connor Barket- West Lafayette 41-0
195 Brayden Schrader- North Vermillion 13-0
220 Nathan Critchfield- Evansville Mater Dei 23-0
220 Christian Carroll- New Prairie 8-0
220 Brenden Bridgewater- Seymour 1-0
285 Brandon Villafuerte- Angola 43-0
285 Beau Noland- North Knox 19-0
285 Hunter Whitenack- New Prairie 17-0
285 Jackson Goodall- Lawrenceburg 13-0
285 Quentin Clark- Logansport 11-0
 

Smart for Henry to move down to 182 due to the three studs at 195 coming out of Evansville. I have Henry as top 5 at 182 and hopefully we see another battle with Veazy at state.

More results from the weekend of Jan 22-23...

Nebraska 23 Northwestern 12
Chad Red got a 4-2 decision over Frankie Tal Shahar at 141
Andrew Davison lost by TF, 23-8 to Eric Schultz at 197
Lucas Davison won 8-3 over Christian Lance at 285

Misc Duals
Mason Parris bounced back with a 10-3 win over Boone McDermott of Rutgers at 285
Drew Hildebrandt won 8-0 major over Tristan Lujan of Michigan St at 125
Nick Lee added a 13-1 major over Matt Santos against MSU at 141
Giovanni Diaz got 2 wins in duals for Franklin & Marshall over Army.   He's 7-8 on the year at 125
 
Wisconsin 23 Purdue 12
Alec White dropped a 14-5 major dec to Austin Gomez at 149
Hayden Lohrey lost by TF, 17-1 to Dean Hamiti at 165
Thomas Penola got a nice 8-3 dec win over Braxton Amos at 197

Ohio U Duals
Jordan Slivka went 1-1, getting an 8-0 major against Davidson and losing a 5-4 decision to Andrew Cerniglia of Navy. Slivka was ranked #23 going into this weekend by Flo at 157
Carson Brewer also split 2 matches, winning 11-1 against Davidson and dropping a 7-0 decision against Navy, both matches at 197

UIndy vs. Drury Dual
Breyden Bailey won 6-4 at 133
Ray Rioux lost 1-0 at 141
Brayden Lowrey won by Fall at 149
Dawson Combest won 4-2 at 157
Nathan Conley lost 15-4 at 165
Gleason Mappes won 10-2 at 184
Derek Blubaugh won by TF 17-0 at 197

Any others??








 
 

Indiana beat Maryland tonight 26-12. IU got wins from Hoosier natives:
Jacob Moran (TF)
Cayden Rooks (Fall)
Graham Rooks
Jonathan Kervin
Kasper McIntosh
Nick Willham

Wins were by decision unless noted.  Nick South and Donnell Washington suffered decision losses.   Note, Brock Hudkins did not wrestle at 133.

Purdue knocked off Illinois 25-13.  Hoosier wins came from:
Hayden Lohrey
Thomas Penola (TF)

Cooper Noehre get a win by major decision in an Extra Match.

Other results from former Hoosier HS wrestlers
Chad Red got an 8-3 decision win over Joesph Zargo of Wisconsin as the Cornhuskers beat Wisconsin 22-12

Drew Hildebrandt dropped a 2-1 decision to Nick Suriano
Nick Lee won by TF, 21-6 over Drew Mattin
Mason Parris lost a 7-5 decision to Greg Kerkvliet
Stevan Micic did not wrestle
Penn State won the dual against Michigan 29-6.

 

CP wins 31-29 (should have been 33-29 I think but CP lost two team points). Good dual.
 
I am surprised Sergio won 10-2. I thought Frazier could have pulled the upset.
What happens during 160 match? Two CP coaches get kicked out? 

Pretty cool tweet from a Chicago sports writer 

CP wins 31-29 (should have been 33-29 I think but CP lost two team points). Good dual.
 
I am surprised Sergio won 10-2. I thought Frazier could have pulled the upset.
What happens during 160 match? Two CP coaches get kicked out? 

Services is a kid who has also performed great in college. 

Big matchup last night in girls state finals. 

#11 Julianna Ocampo (New Haven) 3-0, . over #16 Heather Crull (Northeastern) 2-1, . (Dec 4-0)

We should get to see a Lemley and Frazier rematch at 126!

Should be a great event on Wednesday.  Looking back at the lineups for Cathedral (Dual & Tournament), they have a tendency to move kids around more often.  The Royals have been extremely consistent, so I am comfortable predicting their lineup with a degree of accuracy.  With that said, in this dual, each team could/may adjust a few weights depending on who reports first to the table.
 
Projected lineup with State Ranking and Semi-State Ranking:
 
106: Matthew Rossman (NR, NR) vs Gavin Bragg (#21, #4)- Irish
113: William May (NR, NR) vs Evan Dickey (#2, #1)- Irish
120: Alex Plahitko (NR, NR) vs Aden Reyes (#11, #4)- Irish
126: Patrick McGinley (NR, NR) vs Josh Johnson (#12, #4)- Irish
132: Drew Willis (#20, #6) vs Zeke Seltzer (#1, #1)- Irish
138: Bryce Lowery (#3, #1) vs Luke Gonzalez (#12, #3)- Royals
145: Zach Wilson (#8, #8) vs Dillon Graham (#9, #5)- Royals
152: Kody Glithero (#5, #1) vs Max McGinley (NR, NR)- Royals
160: Andrew Stuck (#19, #4) vs Gabe Bragg (NR, NR)- Royals
170: James Dozier (NR, NR) vs JJ Braun (#14, #2)- Irish
182: Sam Hansen (#10, #3) vs Jake Hosbrook (NR, NR)- Royals
195: Sam Peeples (#16, #2) vs Grayson Harvey (#25, #6)- Royals
220: Justin Lewis (NR, #4) vs Jackson Weingart (NR, NR)- Royals
285: Luke Swartz (NR, NR) vs Hosia Smith (#12, NR)- Irish
 
I see the 14 matches being split, 7-7.  Bonus points are always the key to any close dual, and this will be no different.  I will be in attendance and pulling for Roncalli, but more than anything I want to see good sportsmanship and everyone going home healthy. 

Correct, Hansen is the Roncalli RB and Hannon was the Chatard RB.  Both tough as nails and both are longtime friends and competitors.

If that's the Chatard running back, he is tough as nails!

We should get to see a Lemley and Frazier rematch at 126!

If that's the Chatard running back, he is tough as nails!

Big matchup last night in girls state finals. 

#11 Julianna Ocampo (New Haven) 3-0, . over #16 Heather Crull (Northeastern) 2-1, . (Dec 4-0)

J. Conway vs. K. Law 
1st:  0-0
2nd: 1 -0 escape Conway
3rd:  1-1 escape Law
OT:  3-1 Takedown Conway
 
Conway over Law 3-1
 

Big matchup last night in girls state finals. 

#11 Julianna Ocampo (New Haven) 3-0, . over #16 Heather Crull (Northeastern) 2-1, . (Dec 4-0)

At 126 Trevor Hott over Keaton Morton 7-3