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Last Week’s Individual State Finals

CROWN POINT’S TSIRTSIS WINS THIRD STRAIGHT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Crown Point’s Jason Tsirtsis dominated the competition Jackson of Yorktown capped a 34-1 year and another blue
in impressive fashion all weekend and won his third straight ribbon medal. Jackson fell short for the second year in a
championship during the IHSAA Individual Wrestling State row after a runner-up finish at 130 in 2010.
Finals at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Trey Reese of Indian Creek finished 32-0 with his pin of
Tsirtsis won all four of his matches including a 15-5 Perry Meridian’s Logan Cooper in the 215 pound final and
decision over Terre Haute South’s Phelan Montgomery in Castle brothers Doug and Chad Welch, identical twins, went
the 140 pound final. The junior became the 32nd individual back-to-back winning the 152 and 160 bouts, respectively.
in state history with three or more titles and stands at Doug (50-1) defeated New Castle’s Connor Mullins, 1-0,
128-2, including 42-0 this year, heading into Crown Point’s and Chad (51-0) emerged with a 3-0 decision over John
appearance in next weekend’s Team State Finals. Sims of Evansville Mater Dei.
Four individuals won the second state championships of Mason Todd of Pendleton Heights (32-0) proved the
their careers, including three who went back-to-back. class of the 112 weight class with a 3-0 decision over
Princeton’s Drake Stein successfully defended his 171 Warsaw’s Jarred Brooks. Brooks had beaten Cody Phillips
pound championship outlasting South Dearborn’s Nicholas of Union County in the semifinals and derailed Phillips’ bid
Manning with a 4-1 decision. Stein finished 46-0 after a for a third consecutive state championship. Phillips had won
44-2 finish a year ago. the 103 pound title the last two years but settled for third.
Crown Point’s Eric Roach won his second straight Danville’s Neal Molloy and Culver Community’s
145 championship when he earned a 3-1 decision over Jeremiah Harvey each became their school’s first wrestling
Jeffersonville’s Renaldo Weekley, giving the Bulldogs a state champion. Molloy secured a perfect season (50-0)
pair of winners. Roach, currently 42-0 heading into next with an 8-1 decision over Collin Crume of Jimtown in
weekend’s team tournament, finished 42-0 in 2010. the 130 pound match and Harvey survived an overtime
In the 119 pound final, Lake Central’s Kyle Ayersman encounter with Damon Howe of Plymouth at 285.
(52-0) trailed New Castle’s Brenden Campbell the whole Jared McKinley of Perry Meridian put an exclamation
match until tying it in the closing seconds to force overtime point on his 53-1 season with a pin of Roncalli’s Josh
and won on a takedown in the extra session. It was Kieffer at 125. It was Kieffer’s second runner-up finish in
Ayersman’s second state championship after winning the three years (112). Nathan Boston of Lawrence North is 46-0
112 pound title a year ago. It was Campbell’s only setback heading into next week’s team competition after topping
of the year (54-1). Josh Fuqua of Crown Point, 13-3, in the 103 final. Garret
After winning the 103 pound championship as a Goldman of Bloomington North carried the 189 pound class
freshman in 2008 and a 125 runner-up last year, Ethan with a 2-1 victory in overtime over Indian Creek’s Aaron
Raley of Indian Creek finished his senior year back at the Stevenson. It was Stevenson’s only loss of the season.
top of the awards podium. Raley’s 5-3 decision over Devon The weekend’s three session event drew 27,999 fans.

The 73rd Annual IHSAA Individual Wrestling State Finals
February 18-19, 2011
Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind.
103 – Nathan Boston, 9, Lawrence North (46-0) def. Josh Fuqua, 9, Crown Point (41-2), decision, 13-3.
112 – Mason Todd, 11, Pendleton Heights (32-0) def. Jarred Brooks, 11, Warsaw (30-2), decision, 3-0.
119 – Kyle Ayersman, 11, Lake Central (52-0) def. Brenden Campbell, 11, New Castle (54-1), decision, 10-8 OT.
125 – Jared McKinley, 11, Perry Meridian (53-1) def. Josh Kieffer, 12, Roncalli (44-5), fall 1:56.
130 – Neal Molloy, 10, Danville (50-0) def. Collin Crume, 12, Jimtown (49-5), decision, 8-1.
135 – Ethan Raley, 12, Indian Creek (34-1) def. Devon Jackson, 11, Yorktown (51-1), decision, 5-3.
140 – Jason Tsirtsis, 11, Crown Point (42-0) def. Phelan Montgomery, 12, Terre Haute South (41-1), decision, 15-5.
145 – Eric Roach, 12, Crown Point (42-0) def. Renaldo Weekley, 12, Jeffersonville (50-2), decision, 3-1.
152 – Doug Welch, 12, Castle (50-1) def. Connor Mullins, 11, New Castle (52-3), decision, 1-0.
160 – Chad Welch, 12, Castle (51-0) def. John Sims, 12, Evansville Mater Dei (21-6), decision, 3-0.
171 – Drake Stein, 12, Princeton (46-0) def. Nicholas Manning, 12, South Dearborn (33-1), decision, 4-1.
189 – Garret Goldman, 12, Bloomington North (40-1) def. Aaron Stevenson, 12, Indian Creek (41-1), 2-1, OT.
215 – Trey Reese, 12, Indian Creek (32-0) def. Logan Cooper, 12, Perry Meridian (49-4), fall 3:20.
285 – Jeremiah Harvey, 12, Culver Community (45-4) def. Damon Howe, 12, Plymouth (36-3), decision, 3-1 OT.
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