Page 28 - 2015-16 Wrestling State Finals Program

Last Year’s State Finals

Two Individual Champions Spur Penn To First Wrestling State Championship

Chase Osborn and Kobe Woods both completed Tommy Cash of Lawrence North repeated at 138
unbeaten seasons to help spur Penn to the 2015 pounds with a pin of Evansville Mater Dei freshman
IHSAA Wrestling state championship at Bankers Life Joe Lee. Cash was the first of three wrestlers on the
Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. evening to pin all four opponents this weekend joining
Osborn (39-0) claimed the 182 pound state title with Indianapolis Cathedral’s Blake Rypel at 195 and
Merrillville’s Shawn Streck at 285. Rypel pinned Perry
an 8-6 win over Western’s Casey Hinkle while Kobe Meridian’s Tristen Tonte and Streck pinned Richmond’s
Woods (44-0) took a 7-2 decision from Warren Cen- Nathon Trawich in the final match of the evening.
tral’s Courvoisier Morrow at 220 pounds. Teammate
Drew Hildebrandt finished as the runner-up at 113 Mishawaka’s Tommy Forte claimed this second
pounds falling 5-2 to East Noble’s Garrett Pepple, who championship of his career in his third consecutive
claimed his first title in his third straight appearance in final match appearance. The senior delivered a 9-3
a final match. decision over Lebanon’s Kellen Van Camp at 152. He
Penn scored 79 points for the weekend to claim the was the 2013 champ at 138 and was runner-up at 145
last year.
school’s first wrestling championship. Brad Harper
is the Kingsmen coach. Defending state champion 2015 was the first year the championship matches
Indianapolis Cathedral finished as the runner-up with were televised live as Fox Sports Indiana carried all 14
73 points, Evansville Mater Dei was third with 60, Mer- weight classes.
rillville was fourth with 52 and Lowell fifth with 45.5.
Lowell joined Penn with a pair of state champions The two-day, three-session attendance at Bankers Life
Fieldhouse was 29,388..
as sophomore Colton Cummings carried off the 106
pound trophy with a 8-0 major decision over Browns- Final Team Standings:
burg freshman Tyler Mills. Drew Hughes was the other 1. Penn 79
Red Devil champ winning the 160 pound title with a pin 2. Indianapolis Cathedral 73
of Crown Point’s Darden Schurg. 3. Evansville Mater Dei 60
New Palestine’s Chad Red completed his third 4. Merrillville 52
45.5
5. Lowell
consecutive undefeated season winning the 126 pound T6. East Noble 37
title to finish 47-0. He claimed the 120 pound title last T6. Perry Meridian 37
season and the 106 crown as a freshman. The junior is 8. Portage 36
139-0 for his career. 9. Danville 35
10. Ben Davis 33
State Finals Scoring Procedures
Scoring will go to eight (8) places. Team scoring will be as follows for places 1-8.
First Place ....................................16 pts.
Second Place ..............................12 pts.
Third Place ....................................9 pts.
Fourth Place ..................................7 pts.
Fifth Place ......................................5 pts.
Sixth Place .....................................3 pts.
Seventh Place ...............................2 pts.
Eighth Place ....................................1 pt.
In addition, two (2) advancement points will be awarded in the Championship Bracket and one (1) point
for advancement in the Consolation Bracket.
Finally, team points will be awarded for individual matches with the following results:
Fall .................................................2 pts.
Forfeit ............................................2 pts.
Default ...........................................2 pts.
Disqualification ..............................2 pts.
Technical Fall ..............................1.5 pts.
Major Decision ...............................1 pts.
Source: 2015-16 Wrestling Rule Book, National Federation of State High School
Associations (NFHS–www.nfhs.org)
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