Rochester gets 8 falls, beats Valley in dual

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

On Senior Night, Rochester finishes the dual meet season at 20-2 with a huge win over Tippecanoe Valley, 63-12! Picture Courtesy of Paul Deming

Boys wrestling

Rochester 63, Tippecanoe Valley 12 (Jan. 10): The Rochester wrestling team recorded eight falls in beating visiting Valley on senior night at the RHS gym on Jan. 10.

Layne Horn (126), D.J. Basham (138), Kale Shotts (144), Wyatt Davis (150), Ethan Amezquita (157), Brant Beck (165), Declan Gard (175) and Brady Beck (HWT) earned the falls.

Alex Deming (195) earned a 10-4 decision over fellow senior Dalton Alber.

Grant Holloway (106) and Colin Weiand (190) won by forfeit.

Basham, Amezquita, Weiand, Deming and Brady Beck were among the seniors honored in prematch ceremonies.

This marked Rochester’s first dual after winning the Class 1A Team State Duals four days earlier.

Rochester will next compete at the Three Rivers Conference tournament at Maconaquah at 9 a.m. Saturday.

Kodiak Hillen (113) and Aaron Babbitt (120) each won by fall for Valley.

There was a double forfeit at 132.

Rochester 63, Tippecanoe Valley 12

106 – Holloway (RHS) won by forfeit.

113 – Hillen (TV) def. Perry (RHS), fall, 3:59

120 – Babbitt (TV) def. Fugate (RHS), fall, 0:50

126 – Horn (RHS) def. Shambaugh (TV), fall, 0:54

132 – double forfeit

138 – Basham (RHS) def. Lybarger (TV), fall, 0:44

144 – Shotts (RHS) def. Rickel (TV), fall, 0:25

150 – Davis (RHS) def. Wilson (TV), fall, 0:36

157 – Amezquita (RHS) def. Fincher (TV), fall, 1:35

165 – Brant Beck (RHS) def. Adamson (TV), fall, 2:25

175 – Gard (RHS) def. Crabb (TV), fall, 2:58

190 – Weiand (RHS) won by forfeit.

215 – Deming (RHS) def. Alber (TV), 10-4

HWT – Brady Beck (RHS) def. Sisk (TV), fall, 1:59