Pioneer boys wrestlers blanked at Logansport regional

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

All five members of the Pioneer boys wrestling team were eliminated in the ticket round at the Logansport regional Saturday, ending their season.

Harrison (West Lafayette) won the regional with 169 points. Rensselaer was second with 148.5. Either Harrison or Rensselaer has won the regional every year since 2013.

Pioneer wrestlers competing at the regional included Hunter Ward (120), who lost 9-0 to Lafayette Jeff’s Parker Bernard 9-0; Chase VanMeter (157), who lost by fall in 1:57 to Seeger senior Austin Thomas; Noah VanMeter (175), who lost 9-1 to Harrison’s Noah O’Brien; Brady Price (215), who lost by fall in 3:47 to Attica’s Anthony Askren; and Tyler Schnurpel (HWT), who lost by fall in 1:25 to Harrison’s Joseph Gutierrez.

LOGANSPORT BOYS WRESTLING REGIONAL RESULTS SATURDAY: Harrison (West Lafayette) 169, Rensselaer 148.5, Lafayette Jeff 79, West Lafayette 47, Benton Central 45.5, Tri-County 40.5, Seeger 40, West Central 40, Attica 39, North White 32.5, Lafayette Central Catholic 27, Delphi 24, Logansport 22, McCutcheon 19, Faith Christian 18, Frontier 15.5, Twin Lakes 6, PIONEER 0, Carroll (Flora) 0

PIONEER INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

120 – Hunter Ward – DNP, 157 – Chase VanMeter – DNP, 175 – Noah VanMeter – DNP, 215 – Brady Price – DNP, HWT – Tyler Schnurpel – DNP

LOGANSPORT REGIONAL INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS

106 – Reid Hayworth (Harrison (West Lafayette)), 113 – Isabel Kaplan (West Lafayette), 120 – Joseph Mendoza (Benton Central), 126 – Camron Sell (Harrison (West Lafayette)), 132 – Solomon Siburcrist (North White), 138 – Alfredo Origel (Rensselaer), 144 – Keegan Des Forges (Rensselaer), 150 – R.J. McCoy (Lafayette Jeff), 157 – Justin Hettinger (Harrison (West Lafayette)), 165 – Tucker Herndon (Seeger), 175 – Carter Ogborn (Rensselaer), 190 – Quintin McLeod (Logansport), 215 – Robert McKinney (Lafayette Jeff), HWT – Joseph Gutierrez (Harrison (West Lafayette))