Winamac’s Jones, Bedwell, Wolford, Garner, Pioneer’s VanMeter, Culver’s Markley, Buschman win individual crowns
BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS
Sports Editor, RTC
Boys wrestling
The Winamac boys wrestling team’s run of six straight Hoosier North titles ended at the conference tournament at Triton Saturday.
Conference newcomer North Miami won the title with 297 points, 55 more than runner-up Winamac. Pioneer was third in the seven-team field with 140.5, Caston was sixth with 97.5, and Culver was seventh with 81.
Area wrestlers won seven conference titles, including Winamac’s Asher Jones (144), Ryan Bedwell (157), Tearson Wolford (190) and Talen Garner (HWT); Pioneer’s Noah VanMeter (165); and Culver’s Coehn Markley (113) and Kael Buschman (132).
Wolford spent just 2:12 on the mat in winning his two matches by fall and improving to 34-5.
Garner is now 39-1 after two pins Saturday, and he spent less than four minutes on the mat.
Jones won a 9-4 decision over North Miami’s Alex Towles for the crown. Bedwell, a senior, won both of his matches by fall, including a win over Pioneer’s Eli Guffey in the title match.
Markley, a sophomore, decisioned North Miami’s top-seeded Ming Lowry 14-8 for the title. Buschman upset top-seeded Charles Cottrell of Winamac 11-3 in the semifinals and beat Triton’s Brenton Heckaman 12-5 for the title.
VanMeter, a junior, pinned North Miami senior Kody Whann in 4:41 for the title and improved his record to 15-5 on the season.
Caston had no individual champions, but freshman Jack Brumett was the runner-up at 120, and sophomore Ashton Bowyer was the runner-up at 138.
HOOSIER NORTH BOYS WRESTLING TEAM RESULTS
North Miami 297, Winamac 242, Pioneer 140.5, North Judson 133.5, Triton 102, Caston 97.5, Culver 81
WINAMAC INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
106 – Franklin Crawford – second, 113 – Aidyan Broeker – third, 120 – Cameron Hilton – third, 126 – forfeit, 132 – Charles Cottrell – third, 138 – Rian Shell – fifth, 144 – ASHER JONES – CHAMPION, 150 – Michael Shidler – third, 157 – RYAN BEDWELL – CHAMPION, 165 – Cooper Kopka – fourth, 175 – Austin Attinger – second, 190 – TEARSON WOLFORD – CHAMPION, 215 – Aaron Hardin – fifth, HWT – TALEN GARNER – CHAMPION
PIONEER INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
106 – forfeit, 113 – forfeit, 120 – forfeit, 126 – forfeit, 132 – Cole Franklin – sixth, 138 – Gage Lakes – third, 144 – Kevin Gluth – fourth, 150 – Hunter Stover – second, 157 – Eli Guffey – second, 165 – NOAH VANMETER – CHAMPION, 175 – Eli Nicoll – fourth, 190 – Brady Price – second, 215 – Tyler Schnurpel – sixth, HWT – Jorge Martinez – fifth
CASTON INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
106 – forfeit, 113 – Braxton Enyart – fourth, 120 – Jack Brumett – second, 126 – forfeit, 132 – Elijah Zabel – did not place, 138 – Ashton Bowyer – second, 144 – Cayman Brown – third, 150 – Dalton Oaf – fifth, 157 – forfeit, 165 – Landon Rigney – sixth, 175 – Kane Finke – fifth, 190 – forfeit, 215 – Brody Brewer – did not place, HWT – Braxton Mills-Taylor – sixth
CULVER INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
106 – forfeit, 113 – COHEN MARKLEY – CHAMPION, 120 – forfeit, 126 – forfeit, 132 – KAEL BUSCHMAN – CHAMPION, 138 – Kyler Weiger – sixth, 144 – Dillon Tanner – did not place, 150 – forfeit, 157 – forfeit, 165 – Theron Carrington – third, 175 – forfeit, 190 – forfeit, 215 – Drake Zorich – third, HWT – forfeit
HOOSIER NORTH INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS
106 – Hunter Duncan (North Miami), 113 – COHEN MARKLEY (CULVER), 120 – Braylon McIntire (North Miami), 126 – Jordan Korreckt (North Miami), 132 – KAEL BUSCHMAN (CULVER), 138 – Adin Cash (North Miami), 144 – ASHER JONES (WINAMAC), 150 – Riley Kling (North Miami), 157 – RYAN BEDWELL (WINAMAC), 165 – NOAH VANMETER (PIONEER), 175 – Jordan Simon (North Miami), 190 – TEARSON WOLFORD (WINAMAC), 215 – Hartley Hoover (North Miami), HWT – TALEN GARNER (WINAMAC)
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