NM wins 2nd straight regional, advances 5 to semistate

Valley’s Sisk advances at heavyweight

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

The North Miami boys wrestling team scored 129 points to win its second straight Peru regional title Saturday.

Huntington North was second with 91.

North Miami had six semistate qualifiers, including five regional champions. Three of the five remain undefeated on the season.

The regional champions included Braylon McIntire (120), Rex Moore (126), Jordan Simon (190), Hartley Hoover (215) and Logan Smith (HWT)

Hunter Duncan also advanced by finishing second at 113.

The top four in each weight class advanced to the semistate at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne at 9 a.m. this Saturday.

McIntire had two falls to get to the final before winning by tech fall (16-0) in 2:32 in the final to improve to 40-0.

Moore is 36-0 after a 12-5 decision over Peru’s Kwynn Al Boggs in the final.

Simon eked out a 2-0 win over Taylor’s Dylan Underwood in the semifinals before a tech fall (17-2) in 5:37 over Oak Hill’s Jared Prickett in the final.

Hoover, ranked No. 6, needed only 2:55 to record three falls, finishing his day with a stick in 1:01 over Northfield’s Rylan Turner.

Smith improved to 39-4 after a 5-3 win over Northfield’s Cail Dunphy in the final.

As for Tippecanoe Valley, they scored eight points and finished in 17th place in the 18-team field.

Kolton Sisk was the lone semistate qualifier after finishing fourth at heavyweight. Sisk pinned Kokomo’s Stacy Rund in 5:36 in his ticket match before losing by tech fall (15-0) to Smith in 2:00 in the semifinals and to Western’s Hayden Dillinger 7-4 in overtime in the third-place match.

Among other Valley wrestlers, Thad Shambaugh (150) lost by fall in 2:56 to Eastern (Greentown)’s Owen Tolle in the ticket round, and Hunter Clyde (190) lost to Underwood by tech fall (18-2) in 3:52 in the ticket round.

Masen Fincher (215) did not wrestle.

PERU BOYS WRESTLING REGIONAL RESULTS SATURDAY: NORTH MIAMI 129, Huntington North 91, Northfield 79, Oak Hill 77.5, Wabash 62, Marion 47, Maconaquah 46, Eastern (Greentown) 43, Western 41.5, Madison-Grant 40.5, Kokomo 31, Peru 29, Eastbrook 27, Mississinewa 22, Taylor 18.5, Lewis Cass 16, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 8, Tri-Central 7

NORTH MIAMI INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

113 – Hunter Duncan – second, 120 – Braylon McIntire – champion, 126 – Rex Moore – champion, 132 – Tyler Tacheny – DNP, 138 – Santiago Silva – DNP, 144 – Riley Collins – DNP, 150 – Eli Winters – DNP, 157 – Cooper Pattison – DNP, 190 – Jordan Simon – champion, 215 – Hartley Hoover – champion, HWT – Logan Smith – champion

VALLEY INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

150 – Thad Shambaugh – DNP, 190 – Hunter Clyde – DNP, 215 – Masen Fincher – DNP, HWT – Kolton Sisk – fourth

PERU REGIONAL INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS

106 – Ari Schrock (Maconaquah), 113 – Ian McVicker (Mississinewa), 120 – BRAYLON MCINTIRE (NORTH MIAMI), 126 – REX MOORE (NORTH MIAMI), 132 – Hickson Love (Marion), 138 – Erik Hunt (Western), 144 – Keagan Hallis (Eastbrook), 150 – Lathen Janes (Huntington North), 157 – Evan Oglesby (Maconaquah), 165 – Shaun Caldwell (Marion), 175 – Elijah Gahl (Northfield), 190 – JORDAN SIMON (NORTH MIAMI), 215 – HARTLEY HOOVER (NORTH MIAMI), HWT – LOGAN SMITH (NORTH MIAMI)

NORTH MIAMI SEMISTATE FIRST-ROUND MATCHES

113 – Hunter Duncan vs. Leon Bontrager (West Noble)

120 – Braylon McIntire vs. Sylas Wenk (Jay County)

126 – Rex Moore vs. Dalton Parks (Cowan)

190 – Jordan Simon vs. Owen Shull (Angola)

215 – Hartley Hoover vs. Jaydon Barrie (Carroll (Fort Wayne))

HWT – Logan Smith  vs. Mason London (NorthWood)

VALLEY SEMISTATE FIRST-ROUND MATCH

HWT – Kolton Sisk vs. Kyle Sommer (Elkhart)