Staff Report
Following are reports from the four wrestling sectionals
ââ?¬â?? East Chicago Central, Calumet, Crown Point,
and LaPorte ââ?¬â?? that feed into the team semistate at Valparaiso.
The top two sectional teams move on to the team
regionals Feb. 1 at 16 sites, while the top four wrestlers in each weight class
advance to the individual regionals Feb. 4 at 16 sites. The process repeats
itself the following week (team semistates Feb. 8 at eight sites, individual
semistates Feb. 11 at four sites), with the individual state finals set for
Feb. 17-18 at Conseco Fieldhouse and the eight-school team state finals Feb. 25
at Center Grove.
Individual
and team results from Jan. 28:
Lake Central 251
Munster 219
Highland 216
Hammond Morton
154
Hammond Clark
124
Whiting 110
Hammond Gavit
91
Hammond 90
East Chicago
Central 87
Hammond Noll 42
finishers:
Junny Padilla 10 13-2 Morton
High School
Jacob Smith 10 12-4 Munster
High School
Anthony Olund 09 20-16
Lake Central
Tim Ferry 12 21-17 Highland
Keith Britton 09 21-12 Clark
High School
Michael Garcia 09 06-20 East Chicago
Central HS
Alex Morfias 11 28-08 Munster
High School
R. Zachary Emerick 12 12-14 Lake
Central HS
Bret Roberts 09 27-13 Gavit
High School
Brandon Czalbowski 10 15-17 Highland
High School
Justin Homan 11 09-19 Clark
High School
Jon Kirgis 09 04-16 Bishop Noll Institute
Aaron Estrada 09 22-12 Munster
High School
Chris Almaraz 09 29-04
Highland High
School
David Diaz 11 14-10
Lake Central HS
Erik Martinez 09 08-02 Clark
High School
Ryan Peters 10 16-15 Gavit
High School
Deshawn Williams 09 01-09 Hammond
High
Eric McGill 11 35-01 Munster
High School
Tony Trichak 11 18-13
Highland High
School
Eric Neyhart 10 06-05
Lake Central HS
Oscar Herrera 12 07-08 Bishop Noll Institute
Alejandro Ledesma 09 21-14 Whiting
High School
Kevin Olds 11 06-17 Clark
High School
Jim Janda 12 28-09
Lake Central
High School
Dallas Wade 12 21-07 Hammond High
Mike LeBeau 12 20-15 Munster
High School
Robert Boehm 11 12-16 Highland
High School
Aaron Martinez 10 17-11 Gavit
High School
Tarai Sea-Walker 09 09-24 East Chicago
Central HS
Will Coto 12 30-02 Hammond
High
Michael Landini 12 14-17 Lake
Central HS
Billy Burk 12 12-12 Morton
High School
Fred Lopez 09 22-13
Highland High
School
Mike Adams 09 16-13 Munster
HS
Adrian Galvan 12 06-25 East Chicago
Central HS
Joe Damron 10 21-10
Lake Central HS
DeMarcus Sneed 12 16-09 Morton
High School
Dave Figueroa 10 04-01 Hammond
High
Mark Stok 11 15-20 Highland
High School
Timothy Vega 10 12-14 East Chicago
Central HS
Erich Maul 12 06-08 Munster
High School
Tommy Gruin 12 18-08
Highland High
School
Jose Gutierrez 12 20-18 Munster
High School
Michael Korba 12 24-11 Clark
High School
William Todd 11 20-16 East Chicago
Central HS
Nick Herrera 12 08-08 Morton
High School
Sam Basler 10 02-06 Lake
Central HS
Craig Fruth 12 19-10 Clark
High School
Taylor Del Rio 12
13-10 Munster High School
Nike Textor 11 16-19 Highland
High School
Devin Sanders 10 12-16 Lake
Central High
School
Adam Flores 10 16-12 Whiting High Schoolq
Sean O�Connor 09 06-16 Bishop Noll Institute
Milan Milutinovic 11 28-06 Whiting High School
Zach Knight 11 15-05 Morton
High School
Rocco Depirro 11 12-14 Lake
Central HS
Steve Rose 10 19-18
Highland High
School
Robert Nolbertowicz 12 10-17 Clark
High School
Pat Higgins 12 06-08 Munster
High School
Zachary Dumezich 12 30-06 Whiting
High School
Lance Suma 12 23-10 Munster
High School
Kyle Malec 11 22-12
Lake Central HS
Martin Jimenez 12 15-10 Morton
High School
Jordon Harris 10 10-08 Clark
High School
Chris Menchaca 11 02-12 Bishop Noll Institute
Dan Berumen 12 18-14 Gavit
High School
Andres Ramos 11 17-16 East Chicago
Central HS
Don Peckler 12 19-06 Hammond
High
Manuel Gomez 12 17-16
Lake Central HS
Nick Mantel 11 15-24 Highland
High School
Ron Neely 11 12-13 Morton
High School
Joseph Brown 11 24-08 Whiting
High School
John Stiglitz 11 27-13
Highland High
School
David Bonaparte 10 18-15 East Chicago
Central HS
Rob Johnson 10 09-12 Morton
High School
Dan Galos 11 16-19 Gavit
High School
Stanley Makarowski 10 02-03 Clark High School
Mark Chraca 10 22-09
Lake Central HS
Dean Neely 11 20-04 Morton
High School
Phil Chiang 11 24-13 Munster
High School
Felix Denton 09 17-17 Gavit
High School
Kyle Hadley 09 02-02
Highland High
School
Samuel Ramirez 11 04-06 Clark
High School
SECTIONAL
Merrillville
317
Hobart 301
Calumet 191
Gary West 179.5
Griffith 151
Lake Station 96.5
Gary Wallace 63
Gary Wirt 42
River Forest 17
Gary Roosevelt na
finishers:
Andrew Kepchar 10 27-7 Merrillville
Rafael Montez 12 31-7 Hobart
Cyle Kasper 10 38-8 Calumet
Daron Thomas 11 22-9 West Side
Nick Gonzalez 9 16-19 Griffith
Steve Whittinghill 9 9-19 Lake
Station
Johnny Dillon 9 5-1 Hobart
Jabez Anderson 9 9-5 Wirt
Carlo Martinez 10 24-13 Merrillville
Malcom Malone 9 13-16 West Side
Forfeit
Forfeit
Javier Salas 12 27-1 Merrillville
Eric Galka 10 14-2 Hobart
Ron Mata 11 25-8 Lake Station
Marcus Reed 12 2-2 Lew Wallace
Reynold Richmond 11 20-11 West Side
Caitlin Moisant 11 9-24 Griffith
Zeke Abegg 12 32-6 Hobart
Aaron Frey 11 29-14 Calumet
Will Coria 12 19-15 Merrilliville
Jwan Davidson 11 15-12 West Side
Sherrod Blacks 9 9-12 Lew Wallace
Luis Madrigal 9 7-18 Lake
Station
Jon Gomez 12 33-5 Hobart
Steve Siokos 11 19-5 Griffith
Kyle Yarnell 11 19-15 Merrillville
Kenneth Alexander 10 4-4 West Side
Tim Dillon 11 3-3 Calumet
Nolan Dodge 9 10-21 Lake
Station
Brennan Cosgrove 10 35-1 Hobart
Liddell Galtney 12 25-6 West Side
Mike Welch 11 36-10 Calumet
Alex Ponce 11 14-11 Merrillville
Andrew Karpati 11 23-20 Griffith
Andrew Owens 9 11-19 Lake
Station
Joey Frey 11 36-6 Calumet
Kyle Morris 11 19-9 Merrillville
Jake Plesac 10 26-12 Hobart
Chris Bartley 9 12-17 Griffith
Kristopher Kilmek 9 11-16 Lake
Station
Derek Stokes 9 5-11 River
Forest
Jamal Lawrence 11 34-1 Merrillville
Chad Buckley 12 13-6 Hobart
Aaron Hammons 9 22-14
Lake Station
Brandon Archer 11 22-16 Griffith
Patrick Burley 11 12-12 Calumet
Jamar Thompson 11 15-13 West Side
Brett Rayner 12 36-1 Hobart
Justin Gust 12 28-9 Merrillville
Mike Rayson 11 28-15 Calumet
Austin Guzior 9 10-14 Griffith
Daron Smith 12 11-11 West Side
Jim Esteph 10 7-9 River
Forest
Joe Wing 11 28-3 Merrillville
Devin Bruce 12 34-6 Hobart
Dustin Denisiuk 11 32-12 Calumet
Anthony Concialdi 10 5-7 Griffith
Antonio Goomez 12 7-11 Lew Wallace
Cameron Brown 9 3-14 West Side
Colt Contreras 12 24-7 Merrillville
Shaun Bruce 12 22-7 Hobart
Brandon DelPrado 11 36-8 Calumet
Charles Wilson 10 17-11 West Side
Randall Washington 10 3-9 Wirt
Justin Louie 10 1-3 Griffith
Manuel Acevedo 12 35-8 Calumet
Cedric Rambert 12 24-7 Merrillville
Phillip Burtin 12 26-7 West Side
Andy Kepshire 11 21-13 Hobart
Kaleb Matthews 12 32-7 Griffith
Forfeit
Jefferey King 12 21-1 Lew Wallace
Robbie Beuhler 11 31-7 Griffith
Cody Greener 11 27-13 Hobart
Jake Salas 10 26-7 Merrillville
Chris Woods 9 3-11 West Side
Kevin James 9 5-11 Wirt
Dexter Larimore 12 28-0 Merrillville
Erik Owens 11 29-6
Lake Station
Ben Roberts 12 20-2 West Side
Roy Hall 10 18-17 Hobart
Anthony Zarndt 11 16-7 Griffith
Raymon Farr 10 9-18 Lew Wallace
Crown Point held off Hanover Central by just three points as each advances to
the team regional at Portage
Feb. 1.
scores:
2. Hanover
Central 231.5
3. Valparaiso
201
4. Lowell 157.5
5. Kankakee Valley 115
6. Boone Grove 108.5
7. North Newton 106.5
8. Andrean 50
Top four finishers:
Sullivan (BG) (30-1) won by fall 3:30
2nd Alex Murzyn (CP) (16-10)
3rd Derek Wilson (V) (12-20) won by fall 3:49
4th Jake Krause (HC) (16-16)
112 ââ?¬â??
Churchard (V) (32-4) won by dec 9-7
2nd George Petrov (HC) (37-2)
3rd Anthony Fennell (CP) (23-3) won by dec 4-0
4th Jacob Lamb (L) (26-12)
119 ââ?¬â??
Cusack (KV) (28-12) won by dec 3-2
2nd Jake Rosenbaum (CP) (24-7)
3rd Marc Holley (BG) (23-11) won by fall 2:50
4th Cody Jenkins (HC) (20-15)
125 ââ?¬â??
Brandon Ward (HC) (27-6) won by dec 7-2
2nd Ryan Gill (CP) (22-8 )
3rd Kurt Monix (L) (25-12) won by fall 1:56
4th Rob Martin (V) (16-19)
130 ââ?¬â??
Metz (HC) (32-6) won by dec 9-8
2nd Nick Bruno (CP) (23-8 )
3rd Mark Puskar (L) (12-12) won by dec 12-7
4th Tim Cusack (KV) (21-20)
135 ââ?¬â??
Conway (CP) (21-1) won by dec 5-2
2nd Anthony Antonietti (A) (30-6)
3rd Matt Sands (HC) (20-3) won by dec 7-3
4th Alex Miller (V) (25-12)
140 ââ?¬â??
Howe (HC) (39-0) won by major dec 18-8
2nd Brett Mellis (CP) (26-3)
3rd Shawn Franz (L) (33-7) won by fall 2:03
4th Cody Ray (NN) (25-13)
145 ââ?¬â??
Sands (HC) (25-0) won by fall 1:37
2nd Mark Myers (CP) (23-7)
3rd Dan Arnold (L) (32-10) won by fall 1:17
4th Dan Papas (BG) (6-6)
152 ââ?¬â??
Znika (L) (24-5) won by dec 9-4
2nd Luke Previs (HC) (35-7)
3rd Tom Drakos (V) (15-9) won by dec 3-2
4th Tom Richardson (NN) (21-13)
160 ââ?¬â??
Szymborski (CP) (24-7) won by dec 2-1
2nd Kyle Sobkowicz (HC) (32-6)
3rd Corey Crew (V) (27-8 ) won by dec 6-4
4th David Feitz (L) (18-16)
171 ââ?¬â??
Funk (NN) (38-0) won by dec 7-4
2nd Aaron Biggs (V) (27-8 )
3rd Marcus Shrewsbury (CP) (22-11) won by dec 6-4
4th Patrick Prochno (KV) (32-11)
189 ââ?¬â??
Guettner (NN) (34-2) won by dec 10-7
2nd Sean Patrick (KV) (33-8 )
3rd Brandon Tritle (V) (28-10) won by dec 8-4
4th Mike Damjanovic (CP) (20-11)
215 ââ?¬â??
Vukobratovich (HC) (35-4) won by fall 3:28
2nd John Small (V) (25-11)
3rd Travis Morris (BG) (14-20) won by dec 11-7
4th Edmund Kennedy (KV) (22-16)
275 ââ?¬â??
Kasperan (V) (33-4) won by fall 2:34
2nd Nick Conway (CP) (23-10)
3rd James Kelley (NN) (30-7) won by default
4th Jed Travis (L) (14-17)
221
Prairie 208
127.5
119.5
107
Judson 84
Williams 10 26 3 Chesterton
Albano 12 28 5 Michigan City
Mahaffey 11 16 15 Portage
Ostergren 10 16 18 LaPorte
Jeske 9 20 16 New Prairie
Mowery 9 14 16 Glenn
Dutcher 12 26 10 Chesterton
Bogan 10 21 3 Knox
Choucalas 9 14 12 Portage
Lofberg 12 11 9 LaPorte
Leda 10 17 17 Glenn
Sanchez 11 35 3 Chesterton
Hill 12 22 10 Portage
Richard Kaminski 10 28 10 New Prairie
Garrett Payne 9 20 13 Michigan City
Fredel 10 9 20 LaPorte
Marek 9 20 19 Glenn
Walters 12 28 3 Portage
Johnson 11 23 12 LaPorte
Prairie
Robbins 9 30 12 North Judson
Zachary Morton 12 26 13 Glenn
Peronis 9 16 17 Michigan City
Hemry 12 28 3 Portage
Balanow 9 19 18 New Prairie
Bradley 10 9 27 Knox
Oliver 11 18 24 North Judson
Wilke 9 5 14 LaPorte
Allen 11 7 0 Knox
Vottero 11 23 7 Portage
Ennis 11 36 3 Glenn
Oviatt 10 23 13 LaPorte
Martin 9 21 16 New Prairie
Brandon Wright 11 29 12 North Judson
Murray 12 20 11 Portage
Lowry 10 24 15 Glenn
Roberts 10 7 11 LaPorte
Balanow 11 9 21 New Prairie
Harbrecht 10 15 18 Chesterton
Singleton 11 15 18 Knox
31 0 Portage
Morris 12 31 2 Glenn
Virden 11 21 17 Chesterton
Winebrenner 9 10 22 Knox
Butts 10 12 17 LaPorte
Anderson 10 7 33 North Judson
Poplawski 10 12 6 New Prairie
Roberts 12 21 16 Glenn
Cherry 11 14 10 Portage
Hernandez 9 7 12 Knox
Doland 11 21 21 North Judson
Armstrong 11 4 14 Chesterton
Oudhuis 11 37 3 New Prairie
Thurman Gast 11 28 10 Michigan City
Rhein 12 17 14 Portage
Mitchell Strycker 11 31 10 Glenn
Jackson 11 8 14 Chesterton
Windbigler 9 9 26 Knox
Kraus 12 38 4 New Prairie
Curtis 12 29 8 Glenn
Juszczak 11 12 12 Portage
Knox
12 18 24 North Judson
Duszynski 12 25 6 Glenn
Pearman 11 20 11 Portage
Sustaita 9 13 18 Knox
Hankins 10 14 12 North Judson
Porras 11 5 15 LaPorte
Niespodziany 11 11 10 New Prairie
Bogard 12 38 0 Glenn
Pirkel 12 22 11 Michigan City
Pavolka 11 29 10 New Prairie
11 23 15 North Judson
Magana 12 17 13 Portage
Banks 12 2 18 LaPorte
Prairie
Bogard 12 32 6 Glenn
Ellis 11 17 8 Portage
Young 11 26 10 Knox
Fardulis 9 5 9 LaPorte
Schwartz 10 10 29 North Judson