Valley finishes 8th at Peru sectional, advances 5 to regional

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys wrestling

The Tippecanoe Valley boys wrestling team scored 87 points and finished eighth out of 10 teams at the Peru sectional Saturday.

Though they had no individual sectional champions, five Valley wrestlers advanced to the regional by finishing in the top four in their weight class.

Those advancing include Colton Crabb, who took second at 175; Remington Rickel, who was third at 150; Diego Gonsalez, who was third at 190; Kodiak Hillen, who was fourth at 120; and Thad Shambaugh, who was fourth at 138.

Hillen, Rickel and Crabb also qualified for last year’s regional.

Valley forfeited 106, 113 and heavyweight.

Valley will return to Peru for the regional at 9:30 a.m. this Saturday.

North Miami won their second consecutive sectional title with 239.5 points. Maconaquah, the Three Rivers Conference champions, was 60 points behind and finished second.

Crabb, the No. 2 seed, pinned Lewis Cass’ Brecken Smith in 1:09 in the first round and advanced to the final with a 4-1 win over Huntington North’s Christian Jemison. He then lost by fall in 3:09 to North Miami’s Jordan Simon in the final.

PERU BOYS WRESTLING SECTIONAL RESULTS: North Miami 239.5, Maconaquah 179.5, Northfioeld 146, Peru 126, Huntington North 125, Lewis Cass 120.5, Manchester 100.5, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 87, Wabash 74, Southwood 26.5

VALLEY RESULTS

106 – forfeit, 113 – forfeit, 120 – Kodiak Hillen – fourth, 126 – Aaron Babbitt – DNP, 132 – Chase Fincher – DNP, 138 – Thad Shambaugh – fourth, 144 – Joseph Lybarger – DNP, 150 – Remington Rickel – third, 157 – Denver Wilson – sixth, 165 – Parker Adamson – DNP, 175 – Colton Crabb – second, 190 – Diego Gonsalez – third, 215 – Masen Fincher – sixth, HWT – forfeit

PERU SECTIONAL INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS

106 – Ari Schrock (Maconaquah), 113 – Rex Moore (Manchester), 120 – Braylon McIntire (North Miami), 126 – Jordan Korreckt (North Miami), 132 – Glen Baldwin (Peru), 138 – Adin Cash (North Miami), 144 – Kameron Pratt (Northfield), 150 – Elijah Gahl (Northfield), 157 – Evan Oglesby (Maconaquah), 165 – Jose Cortes (Manchester), 175 – Jordan Simon (North Miami), 190 – Ethan Farnell (Maconaquah), 215 – Hartley Hoover (North Miami), HWT – Trevi Hillman-Conley (Peru)

VALLEY REGIONAL TICKET MATCHES

120 – Kodiak Hillen vs. Brady Shannon (Western)

138 – Thad Shambaugh vs. Liam Bumgardner (Western)

150 – Remington Rickel vs. Aiden Hendey (Madison-Grant)

175 – Colton Crabb vs. Sawyer Stepp (Madison-Grant)

190 – Diego Gonsalez vs. Brody Burns (Western)