Area wrestlers will compete in the Logansport Regional on Saturday in the Berry Bowl.
One win will mean a guaranteed top-four finish and a trip to next week’s Merrillville Semistate.
“It boils down to a one-match tournament,” Logan coach Frank Patacsil said. “As far as we’re concerned, our goal is to qualify everyone for the semistate, and you’ve got to do that by winning that first match. Obviously we want all the kids to be champions, but we’re saying you’ve got to win that first match or your season’s over in that tournament.”
Logansport has a defending regional champion in junior Brandon Preston. Last season Preston won the title in the 103-pound weight class, but this year he’s wrestling at 112.
“He’s got to go out and perform,” Patacsil said. “At least in this area, he’s a pretty well-known kid, so it’s not like he’s sneaking up on anyone. They know about him. So he’s got to step up and perform, as does everyone else.”
Pioneer has a defending regional champion in junior Owen Dorris. Last season Dorris won the 135-pound weight class, and now he competes at 140.
Other returning semistate qualifiers from a year ago include Logansport’s Ulises Contreras (130) and Kegan Clark (heavyweight), Winamac’s Robert Hartley (125), Pioneer’s Aaron Wagoner (145) and Lewis Cass’ Derrick Worden (160).
At last weekend’s Twin Lakes Sectional the top four individual finishers advanced.
For Logansport, Preston, Logan Baldini (125) and Derrick McQuiston (189) won individual titles, Contreras, Clark and Frank Martinez (135) each finished runner-up, Chris Espinoza (140) placed third, Dalton Christenson (171) and John Lawrence (215) placed fourth.
For Cass, Worden claimed his second straight sectional title and Jacob Reed (112), Cody McGehee (125) and Austin Moorman (145) each placed fourth to advance.
For Pioneer, Dorris repeated as a sectional champ and Nathan Nethercutt (171) was runner-up, Wagoner and Justin Johnson (119) placed third and Anthony Baxter (152), Phillip Whitlock (189) and John Mangum (heavyweight) placed fourth.
For Caston, Wil Holloway (130) repeated as sectional champ and Dylan Berkshire (119) also claimed a sectional title, David McMenamin (145) finished runner-up, Austin Ault (160) placed third and Kyle Harvey (103) placed fourth.
For Winamac, Zac Dix (heavyweight) was a sectional champ, Hartley, Quentin Chapman (140) and Matt Tolson (215) each were runner-up, Bryce Hoover (152) placed third and Shawn Mickey (135) placed fourth.
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McCutcheon tops Logan, wins 3rd straight sectional crown
One thing Logansport’s girls basketball team didn’t want to do against the powerful McCutcheon Mavericks was to fall behind by double digits in Saturday night’s Class 4A Logansport Sectional championship game.
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Warriors top Zebras to win sectional title
It may have not been a David-vs.-Goliath type matchup, but it was well worth the price of admission for all in attendance.
The Winamac Lady Warriors jumped on Rochester early and held on for a 52-49 win giving them the title of Class 2A Sectional 34 champions.
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3 area grapplers advance to state
Many of northern Indiana’s finest wrestlers gathered Saturday at Merrillville High School for semistate action. Thirteen area grapplers had advanced out of regional competition and were looking to punch their tickets to the state finals next week.
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Berries cruise past Raiders, set up title game showdown
Hoosier Hysteria promises to be alive and well when the young and talented Berries (20-3) go up against the senior-laden two-time defending sectional champion McCutcheon Mavericks (19-3), ranked No. 8 in Class 4A, in tonight’s Logansport Sectional championship game. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m.
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Comets topple Vikings to reach title game
With an increase in wins this season, the Lady Comets of Caston have taken another step in making this a very memorable season by defeating North White 38-30 during semifinal action Friday at the North White Sectional.
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Slow start dooms Cass in loss at Wabash
After knocking off Class 2A No. 11 Oak Hill earlier in the week, Wabash’s girls basketball team proved once again white it is the defending sectional champion Friday night.
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Winamac throttles North Newton in sectional play
Winamac’s girls basketball team defeated North Newton 61-35 Friday at a Class 2A North Judson Sectional.
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Defending state runner-up Kokomo edges Logansport
For the second straight game Logansport’s boys basketball team went toe-to-toe against one of the state’s best teams for 32 minutes.
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Hot-shooting Kings throttle Comets
Lewis Cass’ boys basketball team was on fire offensively in a 90-50 rout of Eastern in a Mid-Indiana Conference boys basketball game here Thursday night.
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Comets bomb away on Squires in rout
After Caston’s boys basketball team lost consecutive games to Logansport and Carroll in early December, the Comets proceeded to rattle off 11 wins in a row.
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