McIntire, Moore, Hoover stay unbeaten, help NM win 3rd straight Peru sectional

Valley finishes 7th, advances 4 wrestlers to regional

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Led by six individual champions, the North Miami boys wrestling team scored 245 points to top a field of 10 teams and win their third consecutive Peru regional Saturday.

Meanwhile, Tippecanoe Valley scored 92 points and placed seventh.

North Miami’s individual champions included Hunter Duncan (113), Braylon McIntire (120), Rex Moore (126), Jordan Simon (190), Hartley Hoover (215) and Logan Smith (HWT).

McIntire, Moore and Hoover remained undefeated on the season. Hoover won all three of his matches by fall and needed only 2:39 of mat time to win the title.

North Miami had 11 regional qualifiers.

Other Warriors advancing to the regional included second-place finishers Tyler Tacheny (132) and Eli Winters (150), third-place finishers Santiago Silva (138) and Cooper Pattison (157) and fourth-place finisher Riley Collins (144).

Northfield, who was the Three Rivers Conference runner-up the previous week behind Rochester, also finished second in the sectional with 181.5 points. Huntington North was third with 180.

Valley had four regional qualifiers. They included third-place finishers Hunter Clyde (190) and Masen Fincher (215) and fourth-place finishers Thad Shambaugh (150) and Kolton Sisk (HWT).

The top four in each weight class advanced to this Saturday’s regional at Peru. Start time is 9:30 a.m.

Prior to 2024, North Miami had not won a sectional title since 1979.

PERU BOYS WRESTLING SECTIONAL RESULTS SATURDAY: NORTH MIAMI 245, Northfield 181.5, Huntington North 180, Wabash 151, Peru 125, Lewis Cass 113.5, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 92, Maconaquah 90, Southwood 39, Manchester 4

NORTH MIAMI INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

106 – forfeit, 113 – Hunter Duncan – champion, 120 – Braylon McIntire – champion, 126 – Rex Moore – champion, 132 – Tyler Tacheny – second, 138 – Santiago Silva – third, 144 – Riley Collins – fourth, 150 – Eli Winters – second, 157 – Cooper Pattison – third, 165 – Jension Carr – fifth, 175 – Jayce Burns – DNP, 190 – Jordan Simon – champion, 215 – Hartley Hoover – champion, HWT – Logan Smith – champion

VALLEY INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

106 – forfeit, 113 – forfeit, 120 – Christopher Bailey – sixth, 126 – Bryson Martin – fifth, 132 – Wyatt Reese – sixth, 138 – Chase Fincher – DNP, 144 – Kodiak Hillen – sixth, 150 – Thad Shambaugh – fourth, 157 – forfeit, 165 – Parker Adamson – sixth, 175 – Diego Gonsalez – sixth, 190 – Hunter Clyde – third, 215 – Masen Fincher – third, HWT – Kolton Sisk – fourth

PERU SECTIONAL INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS

106 – Ari Schrock (Maconaquah), 113 – Hunter Duncan (North Miami), 120 – Braylon McIntire (North Miami), 126 – Rex Moore (North Miami), 132 – Elliott Grist (Lewis Cass), 138 – Glen Baldwin (Peru), 144 – Tayten Barlow (Northfield), 150 – Lathen Janes (Huntington North), 157 – Evan Oglesby (Maconaquah), 165 – Adrian Haughn (Wabash), 175 – Elijah Gahl (Northfield), 190 – Jordan Simon (North Miami), 215 – Hartley Hoover (North Miami), HWT – Logan Smith (North Miami)

VALLEY REGIONAL QUALIFIERS AND TICKET MATCHES

150 – Thad Shambaugh vs. Owen Tolle (Eastern (Greentown))

190 – Hunter Clyde vs. Dylan Underwood (Taylor)

215 – Masen Fincher vs. Austin Neese (Oak Hill)

HWT – Kolton Sisk vs. Hayden Dillinger (Western)

NORTH MIAMI REGIONAL QUALIFIERS AND TICKET MATCHES

113 – Hunter Duncan vs. Noah Shue (Western)

120 – Braylon McIntire vs. Payson Roe (Western)

126 – Rex Moore vs. Carson Hendey (Madison-Grant)

132 – Tyler Tacheny vs. Dayton McCool (Tri-Central)

138 – Santiago Silva vs. Kayden Simpson (Madison-Grant)

144 – Riley Collins vs. Keagan Hallis (Eastbrook)

150 – Eli Winters vs. David Nieto (Kokomo)

157 – Cooper Pattison vs. Gage Pearce (Oak Hill)

190 – Jordan Simon vs. Dominick Scott (Marion)

215 – Hartley Hoover vs. Sebastian Klueh (Kokomo)

HWT – Logan Smith vs. Carter Moreno (Marion)