Portage Sectional

Record vs. sectional teams

School	Record
Griffith	20-5 (4-0)
Portage	15-5 (0-0)
Hobart	15-6 (2-0)
River Forest	2-1 (1-1)
Highland	13-8 (3-2)
Lake Station Edison	1-4 (0-2)
Calumet	0-9 (0-1)
Andrean	0-8 (0-3)

Duneland

Record vs. conference teams

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

Title History

Conference (19): 1987(DAC), 1989(DAC), 1990(DAC), 1993(DAC), 1994(DAC), 1995(DAC), 1996(DAC), 1997(DAC), 1998(DAC), 1999(DAC), 2000(DAC), 2001(DAC), 2002(DAC), 2003(DAC), 2004(DAC), 2005(DAC), 2015(DAC), 2017(DAC), 2018(DAC)
Sectional (36): 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1983, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Regional (19): 1971, 1975, 1976, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
SemiState (12): 1977, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2016, 2018

Season History

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Year	W-L-T	Coach	Titles
2024	18-4-0	Luis Acuna Jr.	Sectional
2023	12-4-0	Luis Acuna Jr.	Sectional
2022	7-5-0	Luis Acuna Jr.	Sectional
2021	5-7-0	Andrew Bradbury	Sectional
2020	14-6-0	Andrew Bradbury
2019	11-6-0	Leroy Vega	Sectional, IHSWCA 3A Team State Qualifier
2018	13-2-0	Leroy Vega	Regional, Semi-State, IHSAA State 4th, Sectional, IHSWCA 3A Team State 3rd, Conference(DAC)
2017	13-2-0	Leroy Vega	Regional, IHSAA State 5th, Sectional, IHSWCA 3A Team State 4th, Conference(DAC)
2016	14-4-0	Leroy Vega	Regional, Semi-State, IHSAA State 4th, Sectional, IHSWCA 3A Team State Qualifier
2015	19-1-0	Leroy Vega	Conference(DAC), Sectional, Regional
2014	19-5-0	Leroy Vega	Sectional
2013	18-7-0	Leroy Vega	Sectional
2012	17-8-0	Leroy Vega	Sectional
2011	15-10-0	Pat Wilkins	Sectional
2010	18-7-0	Pat Wilkins	Sectional
2009	28-5-0	Pat Wilkins	Sectional
2008	10-12-0	Pat Wilkins
2007	13-11-0	Jason Hayes
2006	20-6-0	Jason Hayes	Sectional
2005	26-3-0	Ed Pendoski	Regional, Semi-State, IHSAA Team State Qualifier, IHSWCA Coaches Cup, Sectional, Conference(DAC)
2004	0-0-0	Ed Pendoski	Regional, Semi-State, IHSAA Team State Qualifier, IHSAA Team State Semi-Finalist, Sectional, Conference(DAC)
2003	0-0-0	Ed Pendoski	Regional, Sectional, Conference(DAC)
2002	0-0-0	Ed Pendoski	Regional, Semi-State, IHSAA Team State Qualifier, Sectional, Conference(DAC)
2001	33-2-0	Ed Pendoski	Regional, Semi-State, IHSAA Team State Qualifier, IHSAA Team State Semi-Finalist, IHSAA State 2nd, Sectional, Conference(DAC)
2000	30-2-0	Ed Pendoski	Regional, Semi-State, IHSAA Team State Qualifier, IHSAA Team State Semi-Finalist, Sectional, Conference(DAC)
1999	0-0-0	Ed Pendoski	Sectional, Conference(DAC)
1998	0-0-0	Ed Pendoski	Regional, Semi-State, IHSAA State 2nd, IHSAA Team State Qualifier, IHSAA Team State Semi-Finalist, Sectional, Conference(DAC)
1997	0-0-0	Larry Tharp	Regional, Semi-State, IHSAA Team State Qualifier, IHSAA Team State Semi-Finalist, Sectional, Conference(DAC)
1996	0-0-0	Larry Tharp	Regional, Semi-State, IHSAA Team State Qualifier, IHSAA Team State Semi-Finalist, Sectional, Conference(DAC)
1995	0-0-0	Larry Tharp	Regional, Sectional, Conference(DAC)
1994	0-0-0	Larry Tharp	Regional, Semi-State, Sectional, Conference(DAC)
1993	0-0-0	Larry Tharp	Regional, Sectional, Conference(DAC)
1992	0-0-0	Bruce Sheriff	Sectional
1991	0-0-0		Sectional
1990	0-0-0		Conference(DAC)
1989	0-0-0		Conference(DAC)
1988	0-0-0
1987	0-0-0		Conference(DAC)
1986	0-0-0
1985	0-0-0
1984	0-0-0
1983	0-0-0		Sectional
1979	0-0-0
1978	0-0-0
1977	0-0-0		Semi-State, Sectional
1976	0-0-0		Regional, Sectional
1975	0-0-0		Regional, Sectional
1973	0-0-0
1972	0-0-0		Sectional
1971	0-0-0		Regional

IHSAA Boys State Placement History

Champions (16): Frank Colon(1975), Leroy Vega(1996), Leroy Vega(1997), Jake Warner(1997), Jason Tabor(1998), Fred Joseph(1999), Eric Keith(2000), Fred Joseph(2000), Darren Elkins(2004), Chad Biddle(2006), Sean McMurray(2008), Sean McMurray(2009), Sean McMurray(2010), Jacob Moran(2018), Kris Rumph(2018), Jacob Moran(2019)
Runner-ups (20): Tom Choucalas(1976), Alec MacKenzie(1978), Adam Condo(1987), Jeremy Rivas(1993), Byron Chandler(1994), Chris Spurrier(1995), Andrew Bradbury(1999), Rick Elkins(2000), Mike Leucuta(2005), Dan Zemlik(2005), Dallas Hesseltine(2005), Adam Walters(2006), Gaige Torres(2015), Steven Lawrence(2015), Gaige Torres(2016), Kasper McIntosh(2016), Steven Lawrence(2016), Kris Rumph(2017), Donnell Washington(2019), Michael Ortega(2025)
3rd Place (7): Ron Cook(1971), Jon Hilliard(1975), Mike Pittman(1977), Brandon McKinney(1994), Leroy Vega(1995), Darren Elkins(2003), Brad Kemp(2005)
4th Place (14): Tom Choucalas(1975), Alec MacKenzie(1977), Brian Garapic(1979), Mike Spence(1989), Chris Spurrier(1996), Josh Garza(2002), Paul Reed(2003), Chad Biddle(2004), Josh Garza(2004), Matt Hemry(2006), Kris Rumph(2016), Brock Peele(2017), Colin Poynter(2017), Damari Dancy(2020)
5th Place (7): Fred Joseph(1998), Adam Moreno(1999), Dallas Hesseltine(2004), Adam Walters(2005), Chad Biddle(2005), Kasper McIntosh(2017), Donnell Washington(2018)
6th Place (6): Scott Buhman(2001), David Persin(2002), Clay Williams(2003), Julian Torres(2012), Ismael Cornejo(2017), Kasper McIntosh(2018)
7th Place (12): Glenn Ballor(1995), Jake Warner(1996), David Torres(1997), Andrew Bradbury(1998), David Torres(1998), Adam Moreno(2001), Darren Elkins(2001), Sean McMurray(2007), Luis Acuana(2011), Gaige Torres(2013), Steven Lawrence(2014), Brock Peele(2018)
8th Place (5): Brandon McKinney(1993), Stephan Stanfel(1998), Mike Leucata(2004), Chad Allen(2007), Kasper McIntosh(2015)
Qualifiers (79): Steve Cook(1973), Dane Povlinski(1977), Bill Beattie(1983), Scott Donovan(1984), Jose Reyes(1985), Adam Condo(1986), Kevin Delgado(1988), Doug Draia(1988), Kevin Delgado(1989), Ruben Munoz(1989), Mark Tuzinski(1989), Jeremy Rivas(1990), Donovan DeGaetano(1991), George Mamounas(1991), Jeremy Rivas(1992), Paul Palichuk(1993), Tony Alaniz(1994), Paul Chandler(1994), Casey Palichuk(1994), Tony Alaniz(1995), Paul Chandler(1995), Jason Dudley(1995), Eric Keith(1997), Chris Roman(1997), Ryan Lang(1997), Mike Chandler(1998), Eric Keith(1998), Adam Alaniz(1998), Eric Keith(1999), Dale Fancher(1999), Adam Moreno(2000), Nathan Uldricks(2001), Josh Garza(2001), Rick Elkins(2001), Paul Reed(2002), Dallas Hesseltine(2002), Darren Elkins(2002), Scott Buhman(2002), Troy Hill(2003), Mike Leucuta(2003), Dallas Hesseltine(2003), Troy Hil(2004), Dan Zemlik(2004), Brad Kemp(2004), Matt Hemry(2005), Michael Torres(2007), Brandon Coppinger(2010), Luis Acuna(2010), Zach Thorn(2012), Dylan Logsdon(2013), Daniel Roach(2013), Exvonte Jones(2013), Ismael Cornejo(2015), Matt Hedrick(2015), Braden Majewski(2015), Colin Poynter(2016), Ismael Cornejo(2016), Gio Murillo(2016), Miguel Prado(2017), Jeremy Torres(2017), Anthony Maceo(2017), Ricky Hegedus(2018), Colin Poynter(2018), Drake Guerrero(2018), Jeremy Torres(2018), Ty Haskins(2019), Brock Peele(2019), Ricky Hegedus(2019), Damari Dancy(2019), Bradley Conrad(2020), Bradley Conrad(2021), E'Shawn Tolbert(2022), Trey White(2022), Cameron Woods(2024), Chase Mikels(2025), Zavier Acuna(2025), Lincoln Underwood(2025), Cameron Woods(2025), Cooper Wilkins(2025)

IHSAA Girls State Placement History

2025 was the first year of IHSAA Sanctioned Girls wrestling. From 2017-2024 the girls state tournament was organized by the IHSGW association.

Champions (1): Kaylee Adams(2018)
Runner-ups (1): Madisyn Mikels(2025)
3rd Place (2): Kaylee Adams(2019), Madisyn Mikels(2024)
6th Place (1): Kaylee Bunton(2024)
Qualifiers (5): Kaylee Bunton(2022), Madisyn Mikels(2023), Kaylee Bunton(2023), Deanna Robinson(2023), Brianna Palmer(2024)

Collegiate All-Americans (17)

NCAA DI: (4): Leroy Vega(5th in 1999), Leroy Vega(5th in 2000), Leroy Vega(3rd in 2001), Donnell Washington(8th in 2025)
NCAA DIII: (2): Kris Rumph(2nd in 2021), Kris Rumph(5th in 2022)
NAIA: (5): Andrew Bradbury(1st in 2004), Andrew Bradbury(1st in 2005), Gaige Torres(7th in 2018), Gaige Torres(5th in 2019), Steven Lawrence(5th in 2019)
NJCAA: (6): Andrew Bradbury(2nd in 2000), Andrew Bradbury(4th in 2002), Dallas Hesseltine(2nd in 2006), Dallas Hesseltine(3rd in 2007), Steven Lawrence(6th in 2017), Steven Lawrence(3rd in 2018)

Top 25 Career Wins

Wrestler(School)	Career Record
1. Darren Elkins	190-9
2. Fred Joseph	171-25
3. Eric Keith	170-8
4. Sean McMurray	159-12
5. Dallas Hesseltine	150-28
6. Jason Tabor	143-32
7. Gaige Torres	137-14
8. Jake Warner	136-18
9. Leroy Vega	134-1
10. Colin Poynter	130-29
11. Brock Peele	128-31
12. Adam Moreno	126-18
13. Luis Acuna	121-31
14. Stephan Stanfel	119-28
15. Steven Lawrence	119-20
16. Chad Biddle	118-13
17. David Persin	116-25
18. Adam Walters	114-21
19. Brad Kemp	109-31
20. Adam Condo	109-11
21. Kasper McIntosh	108-20
22. Adam Alaniz	103-38
23. Chris Spurrier	102-16
24. Josh Garza	98-20
25. Ismael Cornejo	98-24