East Central Wins Wrestling Sectional Title, Several SEI Stars Advance to Regional

Local wrestling sectionals were held at South Dearborn and Jennings County.

Photo by EC Athletics.

(Aurora, Ind.) - The IHSAA Boys Wrestling State Tournament got underway on Saturday with 32 sectional tournaments going on throughout the state. 

Locally, two sectionals were held at South Dearborn and Jennings County high schools. 

At South Dearborn, East Central was crowned champions, holding off second-place Milan and third-place Franklin County. The Trojans were led by three individual sectional champions: Nyden Euson, Brody Wingate, and Jaxsin Prater.  

South Dearborn Sectional Team Scores

1) East Central 205.5, 2) Milan 178, 3) Franklin County 175.5, 4) Lawrenceburg 146, 5) South Dearborn 143.5, 6) Rushville 117, 7) Greensburg 105, 8) Batesville 68, 9) Union County 34, 10) Connersville 32

Individual Winners / Notable Regional Qualifiers

106 - Mason Baylor (Milan, Fr.) defeated Colton Seale by TF 19-3 (3:00)

• 2nd Place: Colton Seale (Franklin County, Fr.), 3rd Place: Aiden Grimsley (East Central, Fr.)

113 - Cael McKeever (South Dearborn, Fr.) defeated Logan Jacobs (Rushville, Sr.) by fall (1:02)

• 3rd Place: Andrew Varos (Lawrenceburg, So.), 4th Place: William Teuschier (Franklin County, Fr.)

120 - Carson Weiler (Batesville, So.) defeated Briggs Tackett (Rushville, Jr.) by Dec. 6-0

• 3rd Place: Andrew Lewis (East Central, So.), 4th Place: Cain Hopkins (South Dearborn, Sr.) 

126 - Jayden Coy (South Dearborn, So.) defeated Anthony Cox by MD 16-8

• 2nd Place: Andrew Cox (Franklin Co. Fr.), 3rd Place: Kolton Harris (Milan, Jr.), 4th Place: Ayden Couch (Lawrenceburg, Jr.)

132 - Matthew Baylor (Milan, Sr.) defeated Liam Hubbartt by fall (1:05)

• 2nd Place: Liam Hubbartt (South Dearborn, Sr.), 3rd Place: Bryce Bruns (Franklin County, Sr.), 4th Place: Jaxon Fliehman (East Central, So.)

138 - Kyle Bolser (Franklin County, Sr.) defeated Jacob Roell by TF 18-2 (5:48)

• 2nd Place: Jacob Roell (Milan, Fr.)

144 - Adam Brewer (Batesville, Jr.) defeated Carson Beagle (Greensburg, So.) by MD 13-1

• 3rd Place: Brody Steigerwald (Lawrenceburg, Jr.), 4th Place: Casey Jones (East Central, Sr.)

150 - Noah Reffitt (Union County, Sr.) defeated Tyler Stenger by Dec. 21-16

• 2nd Place: Tyler Stenger (East Central, Sr.) 3rd Place: Logan Troyer (Franklin County, Jr.) 

157 - Zander Schaefer (South Dearborn, Sr.) defeated Huston Cook by TF 16-1 (5:19)

• 3rd Place: Beckett Langferman (Milan, Fr.), 4th Place: Owen Schummer (East Central, Jr.)

165 - Nyden Euson (East Central, Sr.) defeated Jayden Disbro by fall (1:56)

• 2nd Place: Jayden Disbro (Milan, Jr.), 3rd Place: Camden York (Lawrenceburg, Jr.) 

175 - Jaxsin Prater (East Central, Jr.) defeated Kayden McClellan by TB 11-7

• 2nd Place: Kayden McClellan (Milan, Sr.), 3rd Place Keegan Clark (Franklin County, Sr.)

190 - Brody Wingate (East Central, Jr.) defeated Cody Bolser by fall (0:50)

• 2nd Place: Cody Bolser (Franklin County, Sr.), 3rd Place: Braxton York (Lawrenceburg, Sr.), 4th Place: Carson Ellis (Milan, So.)

215 - Sam Pavey (Rushville, Sr.) defeated Max Nelson by Dec. 11-5

• 2nd Place: Max Nelson (Lawrenceburg, So.), 3rd Place: Austyn Kolter (East Central, So.)

285 - Seth Graham (Lawrenceburg, Jr.) defeated David Miller by Dec. 5-1

• 2nd Place: David Miller, Jr. (East Central, So.)

At the Jennings County Sectional, Switzerland County placed third and Madison was fifth. For the Pacers, they had three sectional champs: Leonard Oatman (So.) at 113 pounds, Ethan Rose (Sr.) at 132 and Peyton Richards (Sr.) at 138. Michael Gross qualified for regional after finishing second at 120 and Aillan Hartley moves on at 126 after a fourth-place finish. 

Madison's Drew Zuckschwerdt (Jr.) was the champion at 126. Other regional qualifiers for the Cubs include: 

• Segar Ralston (So.) 3rd at 150
• Zane Skinner (Sr,) 3rd at 157
• Brendan Bentz (So) 3rd at 165
• Garrett Deuser (So.) 3rd at 215