By E. Shawn Aylsworth
Managing Editor
Fifth-ranked Perry Meridian took out its frustrations from a double-digit dual-meet loss at Indianapolis Cathedral earlier in the week by winning eight of 14 weight classes Jan. 17 en route to the Conference Indiana Tournament title at Bloomington South.
The Falcons won five straight classes going from 135 to 160 in tallying 251 team points. That was plenty enough to outpoint runner-up Columbus North (181.5), while the host Panthers took third place with 170 and Bloomington North finished fourth in the eight-team tourney at 151.
Most impressive, however, was Bloomington South’s eighth-ranked Brannigan Barlow’s giant-slaying performance at 130. After dispatching of Franklin Central’s Josh Dossey with a pin late in the second period of their opening-round match, Barlow pounded Perry Meridian’s No. 2 Sampson Cook with a 10-4 semifinal decision before toppling Pike’s top-ranked D’Marcus Spencer 6-3 in the finals.
Yowza.
There were a couple other upsets as well, both coming in the championship bouts of heavier weight classes. At 189, Bloomington South’s unranked Darren Eads upset No. 14 Daniel Sandberg of Lawrence Central, 5-2. And at heavyweight, No. 12 Jowan Gill of Columbus North pinned No. 5 Joe of Bloomington North in 4:46.
In the day’s other battle of ranked opponents, Perry Meridian’s No. 7 Jacob Tasseff outlasted No. 14 Marcus Waddell in the 145 finals, 3-2.
Finally, 10 of the day’s matches ended in first-period pins.
Team scores
1. #5 Perry Meridian 251
2. Columbus North 181.5
3. Bloomington South 170
4. Bloomington North 151
5. Pike 133.5
6. Franklin Central 115.5
7. Southport 86.5
8. Lawrence Central 85
Results from each weight class (courtesy of indianamat.com):
103
#5 Jared McKinley, PM, pin Sam Summitt, BN, 1:30
#14 Jacob Boomsma, BS, pin Kyle Crites, LC, 0:28
Devon Orben, CN, dec. Summitt, 6-4
#14 Boomsma pin Alonzo Calloway, Pike, 0:47
#5 McKinley (PM) dec. #14 Boomsma (BS), 3-2 (championship)
112
Kaleb Kemp, FC, dec. Kayne Pike, BS, 9-0
#15 Shawn Miracle, BN, pin Griffin Rudisill, Southport, 3:07
Rudisill dec. Pike, 5-2
#15 Miracle dec. Kemp, 11-0
#15 Miracle (BN) dec. Jamel Hill (Pike), 8-0 (championship)
119
Sean Jewart, BN, pin Ethan Farmer, BS, 3:55
Jewart dec. Caleb Albertson, CN, 4-0
Farmer major dec. Michael Kistner, Southport, 8-0
Farmer pin Aaron Handley, Pike, 2:28
Jamahl Crouch, LC, dec. Farmer, 7-6, (third place)
Jason Simmons (PM) pin Jewart (FC), 0:33 (championship)
125
Austin Marshall, Southport, pin Trevor Poplewko, BS, 1:19
Michael Brown, BN, pin Alex Kruse, FC, 1:25
Poplewko dec. Cole Fazekus, LC, 7-3
Brown dec. Kirk Johnson, PM, 5-3
Johnson major dec. Poplewko, 11-0
Poplewko dec. Kruse, 5-2 (fifth)
Marshall (Southport) pin Brown (BN), 1:56 (championship)
130
#1 D’Marcus Spencer, Pike, pin Dru Spires, BN, 0:47
#8 Brannigan Barlow, BS, pin Josh Dossey, FC, 3:51
Jordan East, Southport, pin Spires, 1:37
#8 Barlow dec. #2 Sampson Cook, PM, 10-4
#8 Barlow (BS) dec. #1 Spencer (Pike), 6-3 (championship)
135
#6 Chris Goodwin, PM, major dec. Sam Horrocks, BS, 9-1
Kyle Ettner, FC, pin Adam Joraanstad, BN, 2:58
Brian Boucher, Southport, dec. Horrocks, 7-5
Joraanstad dec. John Standley, LC, 3-2
Justin Aimers, CN, pin Joraanstad, 2:20
Boucher pin Joraanstad, 0:48 (fifth)
#6 Goodwin (PM) tech fall Ettner (FC), 19-2 (championship)
140
#11 Jacob Tonte, PM, pin Connor McMasters, BN, 0:58
Ben Farmer, BS, pin Hayden Cook, Southport, 1:03
Nick Horton, FC, pin McMasters, 1:56
Farmer dec. Horton, 3-1
Farmer dec. Dominique Butts, LC, 4-2 (third)
#11 Tonte (PM) pin Jacob Milenbaugh (CN), 3:57 (championship)
145
Ethan Oppenlander, BN, pin Austin Allen, Southport, 0:42
#14 Marcus Waddell, CN, major dec. Spencer Boyd, BS, 10-2
Boyd pin Allen, 2:18
#14 Waddell major dec. Oppenlander, 10-1
Oppenlander pin Darius Rose, Pike, 2:04
Boyd pin Kenny O’Brien, FC, 2:58
Boyd pin Oppenlander, 3:50 (third)
#7 Jacob Tasseff (PM) dec. #14 Waddell (CN), 3-2 (championship)
152
Allen Cox, BN, pin Clay Labarr, LC, 0:48
Jade Prieboy, BS, pin Raymond Martin, Pike, 3:47
#13 Blake Wood dec. Cox, 10-4
Prieboy dec. Gabe Holt, CN, 6-3
Cox pin Martin, 2:56
Cox dec. Holt, 4-3 (third)
#13 Wood (PM) dec. Prieboy (BS), 6-4 (championship)
160
Terry Terrell, BS, won by forfeit
Alan McNeal, Southport, pin Branson Gilliland, BN, 1:08
Logan Harrell, CN, pin Gilliland, 0:45
Terrell dec. Matt Knox, FC, 3-2
#16 Cory Hudgins (PM), dec. Terrell (BS), 5-2 (championship)
171
Jordan Robinson, PM, major dec. Joey Todd, BS, 11-2
Garrett Goldman, BN, pin Erick Zeleya, Pike, 1:37
Todd dec. Zeleya, 8-1
Austin Enghauser, LC, pin Todd, 4:40
Goldman dec. Robinson, 1-0
Todd dec. Joe Land, Southport, 8-7 (fifth)
Gabe Watson (CN), major dec. Goldman (BN), 12-0 (championship)
189
Darren Eads, BS, pin Peaire Hosea, Pike, 1:59
Austin Netherton, FC, pin Sam Deckard, BN, 4:19
Hosea pin Deckard, 0:35
Eads major dec. Netherton, 11-0
Eads (BS) dec. #14 Daniel Sandberg (LC), 5-2 (championship)
215
Patrick Alderson, Pike, dec. Tito Valentin, BS, 8-6
Jake VanDeventer, BN, won by forfeit
Valentin won by forfeit
Valentin dec. John Cleary, Southport, 3-2
VanDeventer major dec. Alderson, 10-1
Valentin dec. Alderson, 6-4 (third)
#6 Chris Schaefer (PM), dec. VanDeventer (BN), 9-2 (championship)
Heavyweight
#5 Joe Arthur, BN, pin Vincent Parmer, Southport, 1:45
Eric Thigpen, LC, pin Jeremiah Carpenter, BS, 5:06
Jamill Jackson, Pike, pin Carpenter, 2:43
Arthur pin Zach Kirages, FC, 1:54
#12 Jowan Gill (CN), pin #5 Arthur (BN), 4:46 (championship)
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