Crown Point won their 19th straight Wrestling Sectional on Saturday afternoon, topping a field that included Lake Central, Kankakee Valley, Hanover Central, Hebron, Wheeler, Illiana Christian, Boone Grove, and Lowell.
The Bulldogs also won nine weight classes on their way to the championship, and qualified 14 wrestlers for the regional championship next Saturday.
“The team did a fantastic job,” said Branden Lorek, head coach for the Bulldogs. “The boys wrestled really hard, we just need to correct a couple errors and clean some things up. It’s all good, everyone’s healthy, and we’re going to get ready for Regionals.”
Lorek is already anticipating stiff competition at the regional meet, particularly from Chesterton who was the only team to beat them since 2008 at the event back in 2018.
“They’re a really good, well-coached team,” he said. “We’ll see them in a lot of the finals matches, maybe some of the semi-finals. They’re the team that we’ll have our eye on, and vice versa, but La Porte and all of our Duneland teams have some good wrestlers, as well as the schools like John Glenn and New Prairie who also have outstanding individuals.”
Final Team Scores
- Crown Point – 324.0 points
- Lake Central – 207.5 points
- Kankakee Valley – 165.0 points
- Hanover Central – 111.5 points
- Hebron – 107.5 points
- Wheeler – 106.0 points
- Illiana Christian – 88.0 points
- Boone Grove – 61.0 points
- Lowell – 41.5 points
Wrestlers Advancing to Regionals
106: Jonny Cortez (Lake Central), Evan Cruz (Crown Point), Olivia Rayson (Boone Grove), Noah Mathews (Illiana Christian)
113: Anthony Bahl (Crown Point), Guillermo Rivera (Lake Central), Jeremy Kranz (Boone Grove), Jacob Strominski (Hanover Central)
120: Logan Frazier (Crown Point), Chase Kasprzak (Lake Central), Henry Hase (Kankakee Valley), Skylar Iverson (Hanover Central)
126: Sam Goin (Crown Point), Caleb Solomey (Kankakee Valley), Matthew Adamczyk (Hebron), CJ Briner (Lake Central)
132: Stephen Roberson (Crown Point), Cole Solomey (Kankakee Valley), Nicholas Durall (Wheeler), Hunter Helson (Lake Central)
138: Jesse Mendez (Crown Point), Damian Ruoff (Wheeler), Adam Glass (Lake Central), Tony Tuley (Hanover Central)
145: Cody Goodwin (Crown Point), Kenneth Bisping (Lowell), Tyler Tillema (Kankakee Valley), Zane Rayson (Boone Grove)
152: Javen Estrada (Crown Point), Isaiah Ponce (Lake Central), Angelo Ramirez (Hanover Central), Alex Bosman (Illiana Christian)
160: Orlando Cruz (Crown Point), Jake Serafin (Wheeler), Kyle Hoover (Hanover Central), Caleb Swallow (Kankakee Valley)
170: Aiden Sneed (Kankakee Valley), Nick Tattini (Crown Point), Trenton Kersey (Lowell), Hayden Price (Wheeler)
182: Jake Sues (Lake Central), Jacob Carter (Crown Point), Patrick Adamczyk (Hebron), Ben Ritzema (Illiana Christian)
195: Will Clark (Crown Point), Trevor Hoffman (Hebron), Mitchell Oostman (Hanover Central), Zachary Dodson (Kankakee Valley)
220: Michael Degrado (Lake Central), Paul Clark (Crown Point), Dominic Csomos (Hebron), Brandon Boone (Illiana Christian)
285: Jonathan Mollencupp (Wheeler), Seth Garcia (Lake Central), Jack Ruess (Crown Point), Ivan Wright (Kankakee Valley)