dstruck Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 WERSTLING WEDNESDAY By MATT THACKER Kevin.Harris@newsandtribune.com WRESTLERS OF THE WEEK Floyd Central?s Aaron Witt and Ben Moberly The pair of seniors each collected a Hoosier Hills Conference championship at last Saturday?s conference meet at Jennings County. Witt won the 130 title, while Moberly was the champion at 145. They were the only Highlanders to claim individual titles, as Floyd finished third as a team. Jeffersonville?s Curtis Smith The senior made school history last Saturday in the Hoosier Hills Conference meet at Jennings County. Smith won the 112-pound conference title, becoming just the third Red Devil ever to capture four HHC championships in his career. Smith?s championships helped Jeff win back-to-back conference championships for the first time in program history. WRESTLING RUNDOWN COMPILED BY KEVIN HARRIS CHARLESTOWN PIRATES SECOND AT SIWC: Charlestown placed second in the Southern Indiana Wrestling Conference meet last Saturday at Southwestern. The Pirates tallied 240 1/2 points, 21 less than conference champion Milan. No individual results were reported at press time, except that senior Mark Dougherty lost in the 152-pound final to Providence?s Jacob Golembeski. UPCOMING MEETS: Mid-Southern Conference Championships at Corydon, Thursday, 6 p.m. CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF INDIANA WARRIORS SHOW LOTS OF IMPROVEMENT AT SIWC: CAI doubled its point total from last year?s SIWC meet with 83 points in last Saturday?s conference meet. The Warriors finished 10th in the team standings. Five CAI grapplers placed in the top five in their respective weight classes, two of which finished fourth. Last season, the third-year program only had one fourth-place wrestler at the SIWC. The two fourth-place finishers were Cory Neal at 125 pounds and Ethan Banet at 135. Placing fifth were Levi Speth (152), Evan Embry (160) and Caleb Delbridge (285). UPCOMING MEETS: at Jeff, Thursday, 5:30 p.m.; Jeff Sectional, Saturday, Jan. 30, 9 a.m. FLOYD CENTRAL HIGHLANDERS PLACE THIRD AT HHC: A pair of conference champions helped Floyd Central finished third in the Hoosier Hills Conference meet last Saturday at Jennings County. The Highlanders tallied 173 points. Seniors Aaron Witt and Ben Moberly were the Floyd conference champions. Witt prevailed at 130, while Moberly took home the 145 crown. Three Highlanders earned runner-up spots, who were junior Caleb Happel (103), senior Tom Denny (135) and senior Drew Denny (140). Sophomore Eric Foster was third at 152. ?We did a little better as a team than the seeds had us at,? Floyd head coach Brandon Sisson said. ?We came in third and I think we were supposed to come in fourth or fifth. We had some wrestlers do really well. but we still need to improve as a team as we move towards sectionals.? UPCOMING MEETS: at Evansville North, tonight, 6; New Albany Invitational, Saturday, 8:30 a.m. JEFFERSONVILLE RED DEVILS MAKE TON OF HISTORY AT HHC: The Jeff Red Devils had a historic day last Saturday at the HHC meet. For the first time in program history, Jeff claimed back-to-back conference titles by scoring 258 points. The Red Devils defeated second-place and tournament host Jennings County by 23 points. Jeff tied the Panthers for the most individual champions with five. Leading the Red Devils was senior Curtis Smith, who won the 112 championship. Smith became only the third Jeff wrestler in program history to capture four HHC titles. Two of Smith?s teammates each collected their second conference crown. Renaldo Weekly accomplished the feat in the 135 division, while Caleb Browner was the champ at 171. Browner won each match by pin. Jeff?s Alonzo Shepherd was the 103 champion, while teammate Devon Miller claimed the 119 title. ?It was a special day,? Red Devil head coach Danny Struck said. ?We knew we had won the tourney for sure after the 135-pound finals match. There was no way for any team to catch us points-wise after that. We are very excited because of the nine guys in the finals, six of them are going to be returning next year.? Four Jeff wrestlers finished second in Darien Tatgenhorst (152), Brandon Marlin (160), Nelson Bowen (189) and Jimmy Pratt (215). Pratt?s loss in the 215 final came in double overtime. RED DEVILS UPSET TRINITY: Last Wednesday at home, Jeff won seven individual matches to shock Trinity, the No. 2-ranked team in Kentucky, 36-31. Weekly prevailed at 135 by technical fall, and teammate Trey Harbin picked up a win by pin at 140. Miller (125), Marlin (160) and Elijah Curtley (285) each claimed their matches by decision. Shepherd earned the 103 match by forfeit and Tatgenhorst won at 152 by injury default. UPCOMING MEETS: home vs. Charlestown, tonight, 6; Jeff Sectional, Saturday, Jan. 30, 9 a.m. NEW ALBANY BULLDOGS WIND UP FIFTH IN HHC: Senior Larry Rickman led New Albany to a fifth-place finish in the HHC meet last Saturday. The Bulldogs scored 133 1/2 points. Rickman was the Bulldogs? lone conference champion, defeating Floyd?s Drew Denny in the 140 final. Fellow senior Tim Martin wound up second at 130, losing to Witt in the final. Martin was New Albany?s only runner-up finisher. Finishing third for the Bulldogs were Tre Marler (130), Zack Faith (189) and Taylor Hoke (285). UPCOMING MEETS: New Albany Invitational, Saturday, 8:30 a.m.; Jeff Sectional, Saturday, Jan. 30, 9 a.m. NEW WASHINGTON MUSTANGS NINTH AT SIWC: New Washington scored 113 points to finish ninth in the SIWC meet last Saturday. The Mustangs were half a point behind eighth-place Paoli and only six points behind seventh-place Providence. No individual results were reported at press time. UPCOMING MEETS: Milan Invitational, Saturday, 9 a.m.; Jeff Sectional, Saturday, Jan. 30, 9 a.m. PROVIDENCE GOLEMBESKI PACES PIONEERS AT CONFERENCE: Golembeski was Providence?s lone individual champion at the SIWC last Saturday. The senior prevailed in the 152 final over Dougherty by a 10-0 decision. ?He?s wrestling really well right now, which should give him great momentum heading into the postseason,? Pioneer co-coach Patrick Fleming said. Teammate Joey Libretto (189) collected a runner-up spot, while Jordan Kaelin (140) placed fourth. Providence had two fifth-place finishers in Daniel Fernandez (160) and Dalton Schell (171). Fleming gave kudos to Libretto for his performance. ?Joey?s a natural to the sport,? Fleming said. ?This is only his second year and he?s placed high in every tournament we?ve wrestled in this year.? UPCOMING MEETS: Crawford County Tournament, Saturday, 9:15 a.m.; Jeff Sectional, Saturday, Jan. 30, 9 a.m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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