By KEVIN HARRIS
EVANSVILLE – Floyd Central junior Tristan Sellmer won the
138-pound championship at Saturday’s Evansville Reitz Semistate at the Ford
Center. The title earned him a spot in the IHSAA State Finals next weekend at
Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Top four finishers in each weight
class qualified for state.
Sellmer earned the title by winning a 3-2 decision over
Columbus East sophomore Jake Schoenegge in the 138 final. Sellmer’s record is
now 38-2.
Two other wrestlers from the Clark-Floyd area punched their
tickets to state. Highlander senior Bradley Philpot (35-4) will join his
teammate at Bankers Life Fieldhouse as he finished fourth at 195. New
Washington senior Noah Franklin (40-4) placed fourth at 132 in collecting his
state finals spot.
Jeffersonville and New Albany had no wrestlers earn state
berths. Each team had four wrestlers reach the quarterfinals or ticket round,
but none of those grapplers won during that round. Wrestlers who came out on top
in their ticket-round match advanced to state.
The Red Devils’ four grapplers who did not make it out of
the ticket round were Josh Cooper (152), Kameron Fuller (170), Josh McCorkle
(220) and Nathan Long (285). The Bulldogs’ Dayton Hunter (106), Aaron Mosley
(170), Jaden Sonner (182) and Deion Cooper (195) each lost during the ticket
round.
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