Page 30 - 2011-12 Individual Wrestling State Finals Program

Last Year’s Individual State Finals

Crown Point’s Tsirtsis Wins Third Straight State Championship

IHSAA 2011 Individual State Champions pion.
Crown Point’s Jason Tsirtsis dominated the competition Molloy secured a perfect season (50-0) with an 8-1 deci-
in impressive fashion all weekend and won his third straight sion over Collin Crume of Jimtown in the 130 pound match
championship during the IHSAA Individual Wrestling State and Harvey survived an overtime encounter with Damon
Finals at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Howe of Plymouth at 285.
Tsirtsis won all four of his matches including a 15-5 decision Jared McKinley of Perry Meridian put an exclamation
over Terre Haute South’s Phelan Montgomery in the 140 point on his 53-1 season with a pin of Roncalli’s Josh Kieffer
pound final. The junior became the 32nd individual in state at 125. It was Kieffer’s second runner-up finish in three years
history with three or more titles and stands at 128-2, including (112). Nathan Boston of Lawrence North is 46-0 heading
42-0 this year, heading into Crown Point’s appearance in next into next week’s team competition after topping Josh Fuqua
weekend’s Team State Finals. of Crown Point, 13-3, in the 103 final. Garret Goldman of
Four individuals won the second state championships of Bloomington North carried the 189 pound class with a 2-1
their careers, including three who went back-to-back. victory in overtime over Indian Creek’s Aaron Stevenson. It
Princeton’s Drake Stein successfully defended his 171 was Stevenson’s only loss of the season.
pound championship outlasting South Dearborn’s Nicholas The weekend’s three session event drew 27,999 fans.
Manning with a 4-1 decision. Stein finished 46-0 after a 44-2
finish a year ago. The 73rd Annual
Crown Point’s Eric Roach won his second straight 145 IHSAA Individual Wrestling State Finals
championship when he earned a 3-1 decision over Jefferson- February 19, 2011
ville’s Renaldo Weekley, giving the Bulldogs a pair of winners. Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind.
Roach, currently 42-0 heading into next weekend’s team
tournament, finished 42-0 in 2010. 103 – Nathan Boston, 9, Lawrence North (46-0) def.
In the 119 pound final, Lake Central’s Kyle Ayersman (52-0) Josh Fuqua, 9, Crown Point (41-2), decision, 13-3.
trailed New Castle’s Brenden Campbell the whole match until 112 – Mason Todd, 11, Pendleton Heights (32-0) def.
tying it in the closing seconds to force overtime and won on a Jarred Brooks, 11, Warsaw (30-2), decision, 3-0.
takedown in the extra session. It was Ayersman’s second state
championship after winning the 112 pound title a year ago. It 119 – Kyle Ayersman, 11, Lake Central (52-0) def.
was Campbell’s only setback of the year (54-1). Brenden Campbell, 11, New Castle (54-1), decision, 10-8 OT.
After winning the 103 pound championship as a freshman 125 – Jared McKinley, 11, Perry Meridian (53-1) def.
in 2008 and a 125 runner-up last year, Ethan Raley of Indian Josh Kieffer, 12, Roncalli (44-5), fall 1:56.
Creek finished his senior year back at the top of the awards
podium. Raley’s 5-3 decision over Devon Jackson of Yorktown 130 – Neal Molloy, 10, Danville (50-0) def. Collin Crume, 12,
capped a 34-1 year and another blue ribbon medal. Jackson Jimtown (49-5), decision, 8-1.
fell short for the second year in a row after a runner-up finish at 135 – Ethan Raley, 12, Indian Creek (34-1) def.
130 in 2010. Devon Jackson, 11, Yorktown (51-1), decision, 5-3.
Indian Creek and Castle both matched Crown Point with
two state champions of their own. 140 – Jason Tsirtsis, 11, Crown Point (42-0) def. Phelan
Trey Reese of Indian Creek finished 32-0 with his pin of Montgomery, 12, Terre Haute South (41-1), decision, 15-5.
Perry Meridian’s Logan Cooper in the 215 pound final. Reese 145 – Eric Roach, 12, Crown Point (42-0) def.
pinned all four opponents he faced during the two days, the Renaldo Weekley, 12, Jeffersonville (50-2), decision, 3-1.
first to do so since D.J. Radnovich of Gibson Southern in the
1998 215 pound class. Castle brothers Doug and Chad Welch, 152 – Doug Welch, 12, Castle (50-1) def.
identical twins, went back-to-back winning the 152 and 160 Connor Mullins, 11, New Castle (52-3), decision, 1-0.
bouts, respectively. Doug (50-1) defeated New Castle’s Con- 160 – Chad Welch, 12, Castle (51-0) def.
nor Mullins, 1-0, and Chad (51-0) emerged with a 3-0 decision John Sims, 12, Evansville Mater Dei (21-6), decision, 3-0.
over John Sims of Evansville Mater Dei. They became just
the third set of twins to win championships in the same school 171 – Drake Stein, 12, Princeton (46-0) def.
year and first since 1963. Nicholas Manning, 12, South Dearborn (33-1), decision, 4-1.
Mason Todd of Pendleton Heights (32-0) proved the class 189 – Garret Goldman, 12, Bloomington North (40-1) def.
of the 112 weight class with a 3-0 decision over Warsaw’s Aaron Stevenson, 12, Indian Creek (41-1), 2-1, OT.
Jarred Brooks. Brooks had beaten Cody Phillips of Union
County in the semifinals and derailed Phillips’ bid for a third 215 – Trey Reese, 12, Indian Creek (32-0) def.
consecutive state championship. Phillips had won the 103 Logan Cooper, 12, Perry Meridian (49-4), fall 3:20.
pound title the last two years but settled for third. 285 – Jeremiah Harvey, 12, Culver Community (45-4) def.
Danville’s Neal Molloy and Culver Community’s Jeremiah Damon Howe, 12, Plymouth (36-3), decision, 3-1 OT.
Harvey each became their school’s first wrestling state cham-
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