Merrillville Pirates

Overall: #19

Record
Overall: 15-1
Conference: 6-1
Sectional: 1-0
vs. 4A: 4-1
vs. 3A: 6-0
vs. 2A: 3-0
vs. 1A: 1-0
Girls: 0-0

Address:
276 E. 68th Pl. Merrillville, IN 46410
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Enrollment: 2187
State: Indiana
Class: 4A
Conference: Duneland
Colors: Purple and White

Coaching Staff
Head Coach: David Maldonado
Assistant Coaches: Paul Maldonado, Joe Atria and Tom Kelly

State Series

Sectional: East Chicago Central
Regional: Hobart
Semi-State: East Chicago

Team Schedule

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Date/Time	Opponent
Nov 20 01:00 pm	Lake Station Invitational(JV)(2) at Lake Station Edison
	vs. North Newton	Loss 54-30
	vs. Whiting	Loss 42-30
	vs. Hammond Morton	Loss 76-6
	vs. Andrean	Loss 48-24
	vs. Gary West Side	Win 48-12
Dec 01 11:30 pm	vs. Valparaiso (1)	Win 52-21
Dec 04 02:00 pm	La Porte Super Duals(2) at LaPorte
	vs. Knox	Win 69-12
	vs. LaPorte	Win 42-36
	vs. Lowell	Win 61-15
	vs. NorthWood	Win 48-33
	vs. Rensselaer Central	Win 43-30
Dec 08 11:30 pm	at Portage (1)	Win 39-27
Dec 11 01:30 pm	Tom Cameron Invite(2) at Merrillville
	vs. Hammond Morton	Win 72-12
	vs. Harrison (WL)	Win 45-28
	vs. Hobart	Win 39-30
	vs. Kankakee Valley	Win 56-21
	vs. Plymouth	Win 54-27
Dec 15 11:30 pm	at Chesterton (1)	Win 43-27
Dec 18 02:00 pm	Raptor Varsity Invite(2) at Rich Central(IL) Bracket Link	1st Place
Dec 29 02:00 pm	Al Smith Invitational(2) at Mishawaka Bracket Link	18th Place
Jan 05 11:30 pm	vs. Crown Point (1)	Loss 68-6
Jan 08 02:00 pm	Lake County Tournament(2) at Hanover Central Bracket Link	1st Place
Jan 12 11:30 pm	vs. Lake Central (1)	Win 42-22
Jan 15 02:00 pm	Duneland Athletic Conference(2) at Merrillville	2nd Place
Jan 19 11:30 pm	vs. Michigan City (1)	Win 42-0
Jan 29 02:00 pm	IHSAA Sectional at East Chicago(0) at East Chicago Central Bracket Link	Add Result
Feb 05 02:00 pm	IHSAA Regional at Hobart(0) at Hobart Bracket Link	Add Result
Feb 12 03:00 pm	IHSAA Semi-State at East Chicago(0) at East Chicago Central Bracket Link	Add Result

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Boys Roster

Joy Cantu

c/o 2025
106lbs

Matthew Maldonado

c/o 2025
113lbs

Benicio Cuevas

c/o 2022
120lbs

Nasir Christion

c/o 2023
120lbs

David Maldonado

c/o 2023
126lbs

Ruben Padilla

c/o 2022
132lbs

Lucas Clement

c/o 2023
138lbs

Adrian Pellot

c/o 2025
145lbs

Taijon Span

c/o 2022
152lbs

Caleb Carter

c/o 2022
160lbs

Joshua Tuggle

c/o 2022
170lbs

Cameron Crisp

c/o 2024
170lbs

Ryan Gonzalez

c/o 2022
195lbs

Theodore Sparks

c/o 2022
285lbs

Girls Roster

East Chicago Central Sectional

Record vs. sectional teams

School	Record
Merrillville	15-1 (1-0)
Hammond Morton	13-5 (4-1)
Hammond Central	16-10 (5-1)
Munster	9-8 (1-0)
Whiting	4-9 (1-3)
East Chicago Central	0-3 (0-0)
Gary West Side	0-7 (0-5)
Hammond Bishop Noll	0-0 (0-0)

Duneland

Record vs. conference teams

School	Record
Crown Point	7-0
Merrillville	6-1
Portage	5-3
Lake Central	3-3
LaPorte	3-4
Chesterton	2-5
Valparaiso	1-6
Michigan City	0-5

Title History

Conference (8): 1984(DAC), 1985(DAC), 1986(DAC), 1990(DAC), 1994(DAC), 2006(DAC), 2014(DAC), 2019(DAC)
Sectional (31): 1975, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Regional (15): 1978, 1983, 1984, 1985, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2021
SemiState (7): 1978, 1984, 1985, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013

Season History

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Year	W-L-T	Coach	Titles
2022	15-1-0	David Maldonado
2021	9-9-0	David Maldonado	Sectional, Regional
2020	12-4-0	David Maldonado	Sectional, Regional
2019	15-1-0	David Maldonado	Sectional, Regional, Conference(DAC)
2018	13-3-0	David Maldonado	Sectional
2017	17-2-0	David Maldonado	Sectional
2016	14-6-0	David Maldonado	IHSAA State 5th, Sectional
2015	17-4-0	David Maldonado	Sectional
2014	20-1-0	David Maldonado	IHSAA State 4th, Sectional, Regional, Conference(DAC)
2013	18-3-0	David Maldonado	Regional, Semi-State, Sectional
2012	20-4-0	David Maldonado	Sectional
2011	19-4-0	David Maldonado	Sectional
2010	19-3-0	David Maldonado	Sectional
2009	19-3-0	David Maldonado	Sectional
2008	21-5-0	David Maldonado	Regional, Semi-State, IHSAA Team State Qualifier, IHSAA Team State Semi-Finalist, Sectional
2007	23-2-0	David Maldonado	Regional, Semi-State, IHSAA Team State Qualifier, Sectional
2006	23-2-0	David Maldonado	Regional, Semi-State, IHSAA Team State Qualifier, Sectional, Conference(DAC)
2005	18-6-0	David Maldonado	Regional, Sectional
2004	24-3-0	David Maldonado	Regional
2003	20-6-0	David Maldonado
2002	0-0-0	Randy Qualitza
2001	0-0-0	Randy Qualitza	Sectional
2000	0-0-0	Randy Qualitza	Regional, Sectional
1998	0-0-0	Mark Rosenbalm
1997	0-0-0	Mark Rosenbalm
1996	0-0-0	Chris Joll	Sectional
1995	0-0-0	Chris Joll	Sectional
1994	0-0-0	Chris Joll	Sectional, Conference(DAC)
1993	0-0-0	Chris Joll	Sectional
1992	0-0-0	Tom Cameron
1991	0-0-0
1990	0-0-0		Sectional, Conference(DAC)
1989	0-0-0
1988	0-0-0
1987	0-0-0
1986	0-0-0		Conference(DAC)
1985	0-0-0		Regional, Semi-State, Sectional, Conference(DAC)
1984	0-0-0		Regional, Semi-State, Sectional, Conference(DAC)
1983	0-0-0		Regional, Sectional
1982	0-0-0		Sectional
1981	0-0-0
1978	0-0-0		Regional, Semi-State, Sectional
1977	0-0-0
1976	0-0-0		Sectional
1975	0-0-0		Sectional
1974	0-0-0
1973	0-0-0
1968	0-0-0

Past Wrestlers

Jason Streck

(c/o 2021)
X | Qualifier at 170lbs | Qualifier at 220lbs | 2nd at 220lbs

Malik Hall

(c/o 2021)
X | 6th at 106lbs | Qualifier at 120lbs | X

Aleksandar Pejovski

(c/o 2021)
X | X | X | X

Cameron Williams

(c/o 2021)
X | X | X | X

Zion Garcia

(c/o 2021)
X | X | X | X

Jacob Maldonado

(c/o 2020)
X | X | Qualifier at 145lbs | 6th at 145lbs

Anthony Rivera

(c/o 2020)
X | X | X | X

Khris Walton

(c/o 2020)
X | X | X | 4th at 182lbs

Elijah Sandridge

(c/o 2020)
X | X | X | X

Jevonte Williams

(c/o 2020)
X | X | X | X

Jordan Carey

(c/o 2019)
X | X | X | X

Anthony Atria

(c/o 2019)
X | X | X | Qualifier at 285lbs

Martin Cruz

(c/o 2019)
X | X | X | Qualifier at 113lbs

Juan Maldonado

(c/o 2019)
X | X | X | X

Brandon Lucero

(c/o 2019)
X | X | X | X

Seyi Akinwumi

(c/o 2019)
X | X | X | X

Devin Pope

(c/o 2019)
X | X | X | X

Drew Bailey

(c/o 2019)
X | X | X | Qualifier at 220lbs

Brandon Streck

(c/o 2018)
X | Qualifier at 220lbs | 6th at 285lbs | 2nd at 220lbs

Malik Hoover

(c/o 2018)
X | X | X | Qualifier at 160lbs

Ahzsur Ursery

(c/o 2018)
X | X | X | X

Aaron Griggs

(c/o 2018)
X | X | X | X

Tyjonn Lockett

(c/o 2018)
X | X | Qualifier at 182lbs | X

Dennis Weston

(c/o 2018)
X | X | X | X

Michael DeLaPena

(c/o 2017)
X | Qualifier at 113lbs | 4th at 126lbs | 3rd at 126lbs

Nathan Potter

(c/o 2017)
X | X | X | X

James Davis

(c/o 2017)
X | X | X | X

Aaron Corralez

(c/o 2017)
X | X | X | X

Andrew Vander Woude

(c/o 2017)
X | X | X | X

Romeo Hoover

(c/o 2017)
X | X | X | X

Jacob Covaciu

(c/o 2016)
Qualifier at 132lbs | 2nd at 138lbs | 1st at 145lbs | 1st at 160lbs

Shawn Streck

(c/o 2016)
7th at 285lbs | 3rd at 285lbs | 1st at 285lbs | 1st at 285lbs

Justin Johnson

(c/o 2016)
X | X | X | X

Elijah Ray

(c/o 2016)
X | X | X | X

Clarence Johnson

(c/o 2015)
X | X | 7th at 126lbs | 6th at 138lbs

Derrick Scott

(c/o 2015)
X | X | X | X

Thomas Butler

(c/o 2015)
X | X | X | X

Jarius Perry

(c/o 2015)
X | X | X | X

Kamau Richardson

(c/o 2015)
X | X | X | X

Felipe Godinez

(c/o 2015)
X | X | X | X

Bobby Steveson

(c/o 2015)
5th at 160lbs | 1st at 170lbs | X | X

Isaac Rentas

(c/o 2014)
X | X | Qualifier at 138lbs | 5th at 145lbs

Matthew Hollins

(c/o 2014)
X | X | Qualifier at 160lbs | X

Michael Garza

(c/o 2014)
X | Qualifier at 106lbs | Qualifier at 106lbs | 7th at 113lbs

Willie Armstrong

(c/o 2014)
X | X | X | 7th at 152lbs

Adam Brodie

(c/o 2012)
X | X | X | Qualifier at 113lbs

Adam Garcia

(c/o 2012)
X | X | Qualifier at 119lbs | 4th at 120lbs

Darryl Peppers

(c/o 2012)
X | X | X | 8th at 170lbs

Kourtney Berry

(c/o 2012)
X | X | 5th at 189lbs | 2nd at 195lbs

Michael Nickson

(c/o 2012)
X | X | X | Qualifier at 220lbs

Zach Sanderfur

(c/o 2012)
X | X | Qualifier at 152lbs | X

Anthony Napules

(c/o 2010)
X | 4th at 119lbs | Qualifier at 125lbs | 5th at 125lbs

James Travis

(c/o 2010)
X | X | 5th at 285lbs | 2nd at 285lbs

Zach Stevens

(c/o 2010)
X | Qualifier at 103lbs | 4th at 103lbs | 7th at 103lbs

Keon Jones

(c/o 2009)
X | X | X | 4th at 145lbs

Carlo Martinez

(c/o 2008)
X | X | X | 6th at 112lbs

Corderro Pollard

(c/o 2008)
X | X | X | Qualifier at 215lbs

Jake Salas

(c/o 2008)
X | X | Qualifier at 215lbs | 7th at 189lbs

Andrew Kepchar

(c/o 2008)
X | Qualifier at 103lbs | X | X

Jamal Lawrence

(c/o 2007)
X | 5th at 130lbs | 4th at 145lbs | 1st at 145lbs

Joe Wing

(c/o 2007)
X | X | 4th at 160lbs | 4th at 171lbs

Kyle Morris

(c/o 2007)
X | X | X | 4th at 152lbs

Wilson Williams

(c/o 2007)
X | X | X | 5th at 103lbs

Wesley English

(c/o 2006)
X | 2nd at 145lbs | 1st at 145lbs | X

Justin Gust

(c/o 2006)
X | X | X | Qualifier at 152lbs

Dexter Larimore

(c/o 2006)
X | 2nd at 275lbs | 2nd at 275lbs | 1st at 275lbs

Javier Salas

(c/o 2006)
Qualifier at 103lbs | X | 6th at 119lbs | 1st at 119lbs

Gary Nelson

(c/o 2005)
X | X | 8th at 103lbs | 5th at 103lbs

Eric Oria

(c/o 2005)
X | X | 2nd at 135lbs | 8th at 140lbs

Jerry Williams

(c/o 2004)
X | X | X | 8th at 189lbs

Joseph Thomas

(c/o 2002)
X | X | X | Qualifier at 171lbs

Michael Mays

(c/o 2001)
X | X | X | 8th at 189lbs

Jacob Rodriguez

(c/o 2000)
X | X | X | 3rd at 135lbs

Josh Mehay

(c/o 2000)
X | X | X | Qualifier at 215lbs

Dan Spencer

(c/o 1998)
X | X | X | 1st at 275lbs

Montell Pace

(c/o 1997)
X | X | Qualifier at 152lbs | 3rd at 160lbs

Jeremy Schwandt

(c/o 1996)
X | Qualifier at 171lbs | X | 5th at 189lbs

Jared Tabor

(c/o 1996)
X | X | Qualifier at 106lbs | 6th at 119lbs

Ted Umphress

(c/o 1996)
X | X | X | Qualifier at 112lbs

Ryan Valentine

(c/o 1996)
X | X | X | Qualifier at 160lbs

Mike Villanueva

(c/o 1996)
X | X | X | Qualifier at 125lbs

Mike Mikesell

(c/o 1995)
X | X | 8th at Hwtlbs | 7th at Hwtlbs

Ted Phillips

(c/o 1994)
X | Qualifier at 103lbs | 7th at 103lbs | X

Tim Lavery

(c/o 1994)
X | X | X | 6th at 135lbs

John Tabor

(c/o 1993)
X | X | X | 8th at 130lbs

Michael Pace

(c/o 1993)
X | X | X | Qualifier at 171lbs

Dennis Watson

(c/o 1992)
X | X | Qualifier at 130lbs | 1st at 145lbs

Joe Clark

(c/o 1992)
X | X | X | 6th at Hwtlbs

Victor Garcia

(c/o 1991)
X | X | X | 5th at 152lbs

Brad Fentress

(c/o 1990)
X | X | X | 6th at 145lbs

Ed Pendoski

(c/o 1990)
X | X | Qualifier at 140lbs | 6th at 140lbs

Mark Hidalgo

(c/o 1989)
X | X | Qualifier at Hwtlbs | 4th at Hwtlbs

Mark Rosenbalm

(c/o 1989)
Qualifier at 98lbs | 3rd at 98lbs | 2nd at 112lbs | 1st at 125lbs

Bill Truitt

(c/o 1988)
X | X | 6th at 177lbs | Qualifier at 171lbs

Henry Lorenz

(c/o 1988)
X | X | Qualifier at 167lbs | X

Jeff Pysh

(c/o 1988)
X | X | X | Qualifier at 125lbs

Erik Miner

(c/o 1986)
X | Qualifier at 177lbs | Qualifier at 177lbs | 2nd at 177lbs

John Allen

(c/o 1986)
X | X | X | Qualifier at 126lbs

Tom Magiera

(c/o 1986)
X | Qualifier at 105lbs | 2nd at 112lbs | 1st at 119lbs

Jay Mack

(c/o 1985)
X | 4th at 98lbs | 4th at 112lbs | 4th at 126lbs

Mike Miner

(c/o 1985)
X | X | X | Qualifier at 185lbs

Brian Bardeson

(c/o 1984)
X | X | X | Qualifier at 185lbs

Scott Mundell

(c/o 1984)
X | Qualifier at 105lbs | Qualifier at 112lbs | 1st at 119lbs

William Cruz

(c/o 1984)
X | X | X | Qualifier at 126lbs

David Woodward

(c/o 1982)
X | X | X | Qualifier at 167lbs

Scott Plesha

(c/o 1982)
X | X | X | 2nd at 145lbs

Bruce Jones

(c/o 1981)
X | X | X | Qualifier at 155lbs

George Costakis

(c/o 1978)
X | X | X | Qualifier at 126lbs

Ken Turner

(c/o 1978)
X | X | 2nd at 98lbs | 3rd at 112lbs

Larry Tharp

(c/o 1978)
X | X | X | Qualifier at Hwtlbs

Mark Konrady

(c/o 1978)
X | X | X | Qualifier at 177lbs

Kelly Keough

(c/o 1977)
X | X | 4th at Hwtlbs | Qualifier at Hwtlbs

Ken Dike

(c/o 1974)
X | X | Qualifier at Hwtlbs | 1st at Hwtlbs

Tom Simpson

(c/o 1968)
X | X | X | 4th at 145lbs

Top 25 Career Wins

Wrestler(School)	Career Record
1. Shawn Streck	175-8
2. Dexter Larimore	168-15
3. Jacob Covaciu	166-14
4. Jamal Lawrence	154-23
5. Adam Garcia	149-22
6. Michael DeLaPena	146-26
7. Mark Rosenbalm	143-8
8. Justin Johnson	141-37
9. Gary Nelson	125-43
10. Anthony Napules	123-13
11. Mike Mikesell	122-21
12. Carlo Martinez	121-50
13. Joe Wing	121-40
14. Zach Stevens	118-22
15. Jay Mack	116-17
16. Michael Garza	115-18
17. Tom Magiera	114-15
18. Dennis Watson	111-34
19. Jacob Rodriguez	110-31
20. Kourtney Berry	107-9
21. Tim Lavery	105-43
22. Jared Tabor	102-24
23. Scott Mundell	102-12
24. Kyle Morris	98-48
25. Jason Streck	96-33

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