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Last Week’s Individual State Finals

Crown Point’s Jason Tsirtsis Makes History with Fourth State Title

Crown Point’s Jason Tsirtsis made history on Lake Central’s Kyle Ayersman (52-0) earned his
Saturday becoming the eighth individual in Indiana third straight championship winning the 126 pound
history to win four straight wrestling state champi- class with a 1-0 decision over Cody LeCount (46-1)
onships at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. of Perry Meridian.
Tsirtsis won all four of his matches in dominating Following the state tournament, the IHSAA Ex-
fashion throughout the weekend including a 22-7 ecutive Committee named Abraham Hall of Bremen
technical fall over Indianapolis Cathedral’s Vinny High School as the recipient of the Ward E. Brown
Corsaro in the 145 pound final. He joins his brother Mental Attitude Award.
Alex who also won four state crowns while at Hall ranks eighth in his senior class, was a junior
Griffith from 2001-04. and senior academic all-state selection, team
Tsirtsis adds the 145 pound crown to his resume captain and capped his senior season with the 285
after winning at 125 pounds as a freshman, 130 pound state championship.
as a sophomore and the 140 bracket last year. He The son of Wade and Eileen Hall of Bremen, he
owns a perfect 42-0 record this season, including plans to study political science at the University of
a 170-2 career mark heading into Crown Point’s Indianapolis.
appearance in next weekend’s Team State Finals. Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, corporate spon-
He was one of two Bulldogs to stand at the top of sor of the IHSAA, presented a $1,000 scholarship
the awards stand along with 220 pound teammate to Bremen High School in the name of Hall.
Tyler Kral (41-2) who defeated South Bend Clay’s The award is named in honor of the IHSAA’s
Joe Gallegos (45-3), 3-2. fourth commissioner (1976-1983) in 1985.
Matching Crown Point’s haul was another Lake Recipients of the award must be nominated by
County school, Hanover Central, which saw Stevan their principal and coach and must excel in mental
Micic and Paul Petrov win two of the first three title attitude, scholarship, leadership and athletic ability
matches of the evening. in the sport.
Micic (47-0) defeated Nathan Boston (44-1) of The two-day, three session attendance for the
Lawrence North in the 106 pound match, 5-1, while tournament was 28,830.
Paul Petrov (47-0) rallied to top Brenden Campbell
(53-3) of New Castle at 120 pounds, 14-11.

The 74th Annual IHSAA Individual Wrestling State Finals
February 17-18 2012
Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind.
106 – Stevan Micic ,10, Hanover Central (47-0) def. Nathan Boston, 10, Lawrence North (44-1), dec. 5-1.
113 – Jarred Brooks, 12, Warsaw (35-0) def. Schuyler Phillips, 11, Yorktown (47-2), dec. 18-6.
120 – Paul Petrov, 12, Hanover Central (47-0) def. Brenden Campbell, 12, New Castle (53-3), dec. 14-11.
126 – Kyle Ayersman, 12, Lake Central (52-0) def. Cody LeCount, 10, Perry Meridian (46-1), dec. 1-0.
132 – Jared McKinley, 12, Perry Meridian (48-1) def. Todd Batt, 12, South Adams (45-3), dec. 9-2.
138 – Devon Jackson, 12, Yorktown (52-0) def. Josh Farrell, 11, Greenfield-Central (39-4), major dec. 12-2.
145 – Jason Tsirtsis, 12, Crown Point (42-0) def. Vincent Corsaro, 10, Indianapolis Cathedral (35-4), tech. fall, 22-7.
152 – Isaiah Bradley, 11, Muncie Southside (44-0) def. Luke Kriech, 11, Franklin Community (35-6), dec. 2-1.
160 – Brian Harvey, 12, Indianapolis Cathedral (47-0) def. Connor Robinson, 12, New Palestine (39-9), major dec. 12-4.
170 – Sean Mappes, 12, Center Grove (46-0) def. Jake Masengale, 11, Perry Meridian (47-2), dec. 7-6.
182 – Tanner Lynde, 12, Delphi (52-0) def. Lukas Schaeffer, 12, Westfield (53-1), dec. 8-1.
195 – Mitch Sliga, 11, Fishers (49-0) def. Kourtney Berry, 12, Merrillville (32-1) Pin 3:20.
220 – Tyler Kral, 12, Crown Point (41-2) def. Joe Gallegos, 12, South Bend Clay (45-3), dec. 3-2.
285 – Abraham Hall, 12, Bremen (50-0) def. Dominique Stauffer, 12, Elkhart Central (38-2), dec. 3-1.

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