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Last Year’s State Finals Last Year’s State Finals

Crown Point wins Second Wrestling State Title The 84th Annual IHSAA Wrestling State Finals

Individual State Champions
February 18-19, 2022
Crown Point fished with a record-breaking 178 team Evansville Mater Dei Seniors Brody Baumann and Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind.
points to secure their second Wrestling state title Gabe Sollars ended their high school careers with a
during the 84th Annual IHSAA Wresling State Finals second consecutive state title. Baumann took home
at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. the 170 pound crown, while Sollars won the 195 106 – Jake Hockaday (9) Brownsburg (43-2) def. Gavin Jendreas (9) Crown Point (35-5) 4-3
pound title. Mater Dei finished third as a team after
Crown Point had 11 wrestlers qualify for the State winning the 2021 team state title. 113 – Ashton Jackson (11) LaPorte (50-0) def. Preston Haines (10) Brownsburg (38-3) 1-0
Finals, with six advancing to the championship in LaPorte Junior Ashton Jackson followed up his 106 120 – Kyrel Leavell (10) Warren Central (35-1) def. Toby Billerman (11) Perry Meridian (35-5) 9-5
their respective weight class. Senior Jesse Mendez pound state title in 2021 with this year’s 113 pound
took home the 138 pound title and became only the title. He’ll have a chance to become a three-time 126 – Logan Frazier (11) Crown Point (34-1) def. Joey Buttler (11) Whiteland Community (39-2) 5-3
10th wrestler in State Finals history to win a state champion in 2023.
championship in each of his four years of high school. 132 – Zeke Seltzer (12) Indianapolis Cathedral (43-1) def. Anthony Bahl (11) Crown Point (36-5) 10-5
Mendez also finished his senior season undefeated. Center Grove Seniors Hayden Watson and Drake
Buchanan both avenged Championship Match losses 138 – Jesse Mendez (12) Crown Point (41-0) def. Cole Solomey (11) Kankakee Valley (43-4) Fall 3:38
Junior Samuel Goin secured the 152 pound title and suffered in the 2021 Finals by winning the 145 pound
finished his year without a loss, 40-0, while Junior and 182 pound titles, respectively. Buchanan also 145 – Hayden Watson (12) Center Grove (43-1) def. Rider Searcy (11) East Central (47-3) Fall 2:31
Logan Frazier ended his year with a 34-1 record and was awarded the Ward E. Brown Mental Attitude
the 126 pound title. Both will look to defend their Award, given to a senior participant each year. 152– Samuel Goin (11) Crown Point (40-0) def. Delaney Ruhlman (11) Bloomington South (35-2) 4-3
championships in 2023.
Brownsburg High School finished as team runner-up 160 – J Conway (12) Floyd Central (37-0) def. Kade Law (12) Columbus East (41-3) SV-1 4-2
Freshman Gavin Jendreas, Junior Anthony Bahl, this year and were led by Freshman Jake Hockaday,
and Junior Orlando Cruz finished second in their who took home the 106 pound crown. Brownsburg 170 – Brody Baumann (12) Evansville Mater Dei (35-0) def. Brodie Porter (12) Eastern (Greentown) (44-2) MD 14-2
respective weight classes, adding to Crown Point’s had 9 wrestlers qualify for the State Finals. 182 – Drake Buchanan (12) Center Grove (43-1) def. Orlando Cruz (11) Crown Point (39-2) 4-1
point total.
195 – Gabe Sollars (12) Evansville Mater Dei (38-2) def. Connor Barket (12) West Lafayette (54-1) Fall 2:49
Indianapolis Cathedral Senior Zeke Seltzer became Final Team Standings:
the 30th wrestler in State Finals history to win three 1. Crown Point 178.0 220 – Christian Carroll (11) New Prairie (22-0) def. Juan Grange (12) Penn (29-3) 6-2
state championships after taking home the 132 2. Brownsburg 105.0
pound title. Seltzer was also only the 22nd wrestler 3. Evansville Mater Dei 93.0 285 – Marshall Fishback (12) Rochester Community (45-1) def. Mihail Platonov (12) Westfield (39-8) UTB 3-2
to advance to four championship matches during his 4. Center Grove 65.0
career. 5. Indianapolis Cathedral 58.5
6. Warren Central 43.0
T7. Avon 37.0
T7. Penn 37.0 State Finals Scoring Procedures
9. Chesterton 34.0
10. New Prairie 33.5 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: Wrestling Rules Book, National Federation of State High School Associations
(NFHS–www.nfhs.org)

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