Regional wrestling roundup: New Prairie's Jeffrey Huyvaert breaks through Crown Point wall
How dominant is Crown Point, Indiana’s No. 1-ranked wrestling team?
At Saturday’s Crown Point regional, the host Bulldogs claimed 11 champions out of 14 weight classes and won the tournament by 219 points.
Oh, and of the three weight classes they didn’t win, Bulldog wrestlers were runners-up.
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New Prairie sophomore Jeffrey Huyvaert was one of the few able to break through Crown Point’s wall, winning the 144-pound weight class to remain undefeated on the season.
Huyvaert, 42-0, scored a 15-5 major decision over Crown Point’s Oscar Baca in the championship match. To get there, he tech falled Kankakee Valley’s Tyler Tuesburg in the semifinals, 19-4, and opened the tournament by pinning Hebron’s Matt Fisher in 2:32.
Huyvaert improved his unofficial state record for takedowns in a season to 384. And in the process, he led New Prairie to a second-place team finish with 85 ½ points. That matches the best-ever regional finish by a Cougar wrestling squad.
Crown Point scored 304 ½ in winning its sixth consecutive regional title.
John Glenn finished seventh and La Porte ninth.
New Prairie junior Jayden Lewis (38-4) earned runnerup honors in the 150-pound weight class, falling to Crown Point’s Kaptur Nowaczyk in the title match, 5-0. Caleb Halfacre, a junior who is 34-7, finished second at 113.
In all, the Cougars advance six wrestlers to next week’s semistate at East Chicago. The top four finishers in each weight class advance.
Glenn’s Mason Kobelt (37-6) finished second at 175, pinning two opponents before falling to Crown Point’s Aidan White in the finale. Four Glenn wrestlers advance.
La Porte advances three.
IHSAA WRESTLING REGIONAL RESULTS
At Crown Point
TEAM SCORES: Crown Point 304 ½, New Prairie 85 ½, Hanover Central 79, Chesterton 74, Lowell 61, Valparaiso 47, John Glenn 39, Kankakee Valley 38, La Porte 34, North Newton 15 ½, Illiana Christian 12 ½, Wheeler 10, Boone Grove 8, Knox 8. All others 0.
CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
106: Teigan Newell (Crown Pt.) maj. dec. Julian Deluna (Hanover Central), 12-3. 113: Gavin Lewis (Crown Pt.) tech fall Caleb Halfacre (New Prairie), 20-1 in 4:38. 120: Gavin Jendreas (Crown Pt.) tech fall Adrian Origel (North Newton), 19-3 in 4:43. 126: LT Hawkins (Crown Pt.) pinned Evan Cryderman (Hanover Central), 4:33. 132: Hayden DeMarco (Chesterton) dec. Sontonio Sesa (Crown Pt.), 8-3. 138: Clinton Shepherd (Crown Pt.) pinned Luke Reid (Valparaiso), 1:04. 144: Jeffrey Huyvaert (New Prairie) maj. dec. Oscar Baca (Crown Point), 15-5.
150: Kaptur Nowaczyk (Crown Pt.) dec. Jayden Lewis (New Prairie), 5-0. 157: Griffin VanTichelt (Crown Pt.) pinned Noah Sesions (Kankakee Valley), 1:15. 165: Anthony Rinehart (Crown Pt.) pinned Michael Mavros (Lowell), 5:57. 175: Aidan White (Crown Pt.) maj. dec. Mason Kobelt (Glenn), 8-0. 190: Kenneth Bisping (Lowell) dec. Austin Reading (Crown Pt.), 6-4. 215: Will Clark (Crown Pt.) pinned Jayden Bartoszek (Hanover Central), 3:24. 285: Paul Clark (Crown Pt.) pinned Collin Foy (Hanover Central), 3:46.
CONSOLATION ROUND
(For 3rd Place)
106: Riley Griffin (La Porte) pinned Devin Huff (Kankakee Valley). 113: Merrick Raphael (Valparaiso) pinned John Carter (Hanover Central), 4:52. 120: Max Quiroz (Chesterton) dec. Brody King (Glenn), 12-5. 126: Brogan Cherepko (Valparaiso) dec. Josh Chapman (Glenn), 6-4. 132: Dalton Robson (Lowell) dec. Walter Drews (Glenn), 5-4. 138: Josh England (La Porte) pinned Connor Wintczak (Knox), 2:19. 144: Tyler Tuesburg (Kankakee Valley) pinned Connor Olson (Chesterton), 2:12.
150: Carson Ulrich (Illiana Christian) pinned Charlie Shaffer (Chesterton), 1:00. 157: Andrew Shaffer (Chesterton) dec. Cayden Yuran (Boone Grove), 7-5 in OT. 165: Lucas Anderson (Chesterton) maj. dec. Israel Sinnott (Hanover Central), 14-4. 175: Caiden Paredes (New Prairie) dec. Ben Fedorchak (Valparaiso), 3-0. 190: Aiden Ziegler (New Prairie) won by inj. def. over Samuel Pressler (La Porte). 215: Aidan Abad (Lowell) dec. Mike Zielinski (Chesterton), 3-1 in OT. 285: Mitch Krolikowski (Wheeler) dec. Chris Johnson (New Prairie), 3-2.
Top four finishers in each weight class advance to IHSAA semistate at East Chicago on Saturday, Feb. 10.
Elkhart, Northridge claim two champs each at Goshen
Elkhart’s Cameron Dews (138-pound weight class) and Chance McCollough (165) earned individual championships Saturday at the Goshen wrestling regional. Grayson Beasley (132) and Travis Henke (215) did the same for Northridge.
East Noble claimed the team title with 109 points, edging Prairie Heights (99). Elkhart finished third and Northridge sixth.
Dews (35-4) survived a one-point match in the semifinals before beating Fairfield’s Matt Senn in the title bout, 9-4. McCollough, meanwhile, saved his one-point win for the finals, where he topped East Noble’s Dallas Plattner, 5-4, and improved to 31-9 on the season.
In all, Elkhart advances six wrestlers to next weekend’s semistate at Fort Wayne. The top four finishers in each weight class advance.
Northridge is sending three. Henke (36-1) took a 2-0 decision from Central Noble’s Jaxon Copas for the 215-pound championship, while Beasley was a 9-4 winner over Lynkyn Ratcliff of NorthWood at 132.
Goshen’s Laish Detwiler (39-1) claimed the 175-pound championship.
IHSAA WRESTLING REGIONAL RESULTS
At Goshen
TEAM SCORES: East Noble 109, Prairie Heights 99, Elkhart 87 1/2, Wawasee 76 1/2, DeKalb 56, Northridge 56, NorthWood 48, Goshen 46 ½, Angola 43 ½, Central Noble 42 ½, Jimtown 32, West Noble 30 ½, Concord 27, Fairfield 14, Lakeland 12. All others 0.
CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
106: Charlie Fleshman (C Noble) dec. Cole Carper (Jimtown), 9-2. 113: Kaleb Salazar (Wawasee) dec. Kealen Fuller (E Noble), 8-6. 120: Blake Byerley (E Noble) pinned Aden Hartman (Jimtown), 1:31. 126: Drew Waldon (DeKalb) dec. Cameron Senter (Wawasee), 4-2. 132: Graysen Beasley (Northridge) dec. Lynkyn Ratcliff (NorthWood) 9-4. 138: Cameron Dews (Elkhart) dec. Matthew Senn (Fairfield), 9-4. 144: Brody Hagewood (Prairie Hts.) tech. fall Ethan Rodriguez (Wawasee), 18-3.
150: Brock Hagewood (Prairie Hts.) dec. Blake Denman (Angola), 9-5. 157: Teegan Clouse (W Noble) dec. Benjamin Baker (E Noble), 7-4. 165: Chance McCollough (Elkhart) dec. Dallas Plattner (E Noble), 5-4. 175: Laish Detwiler (Goshen) pinned Matt Levitz (Prairie Hts.), 1:25. 190: Donovan Blair (Wawasee) dec. Kaullin Price (Elkhart), 5-1. 215: Travis Henke (Northridge) dec. Jaxon Copas (C Noble), 2-0. 285: James Hartleroad (DeKalb) pinned Brody Streeter (Northridge), 2:13.
CONSOLATION ROUND
(For 3rd Place)
106: Brayden Baas (Prairie Hts.) dec. Carter Shegog (Angola), 7-4. 113: Cole Hinkel (Goshen) maj. dec. Kaiden Braden (Concord), 12-2. 120: Zac Brown (Lakeland) maj. dec. Reed Shaffer (Prairie Hts.), 14-4. 126: Will Hahn (NorthWood) dec. Boston Baas (Prairie Hts), 3-0. 132: Donovan Cunningham (Concord) pinned Aymen Ahmed, (E Noble), 4:09. 138: Taiden Chambers (W Noble) dec. Dallas Davidson (Angola), 5-0. 144: Cohen Lundy (Elkhart) won by forfeit over Jadon Teague (DeKalb).
150: Rylee Biddle (E Noble) maj. dec. Porter Kleeberg (C Noble), 13-4. 157: Brennon Whickcar (Elkhart) maj. dec. Riley Cearbaugh (Prairie Hts.), 17-3. 165: Jonathon Flores (Goshen) pinned Jericko Jackson (Prairie Hts), 2:10. 175: Cameron Freedline (Elkhart) pinned Graham Blythe (DeKalb), 2:30. 190: Keith Miller (NorthWood) pinned Connor Leins (E Noble), 2:18. 215: Dylan Krehl (E Noble) dec. Brady King (NorthWood), 3-1. 285: Terry Henion (Angola) pinned Jeremiah Riffell (Concord), 3:32.
NOTE: Top four finishers in each weight class advance to IHSAA semistate at Fort Wayne on Saturday, Feb. 10.
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