ROCHESTER -- Seven Penn wrestlers, including 112-pound champion Alex Gregory, placed in the top four Saturday at the Rochester Regional wrestling tournament and earned the right to compete in next Saturday's Merrillville Semistate.
Marian advanced one wrestler to semistate.
Seven of No. 1-ranked Mishawaka's 13 semistate qualifiers were regional champions.
The top four at semistate go on to the State Finals Feb. 20-21 in Indianapolis.
ROCHESTER REGIONAL
(Top 4 to Merrillville Semistate)
Semistate qualifiers (regional champions in parentheses): Mishawaka 13 (7), SB Riley 7 (2), Penn 7 (1), Plymouth 5, Warsaw 4 (3), SB Clay 3, Rochester 3, Culver Military 2 (1), Wawasee 2, Tippecanoe Valley 2, Triton 2, SB Washington 2, Culver 1, Marian 1, SB Adams 1, SB St. Joseph's 1.
Championship Summary
103 -- Jarred Brooks (War) dec. Lymen Stoneburner (Mi) 10-5. 112 -- Alex Gregory (Pe) dec. Nicholas Nielsen (Ri) 9-2. 119 -- Justin Brooks (War) dec. Cory Hildebrandt (Pe) 8-2. 125 -- Nick Schrader (Mi) maj. dec. Tony Stevens (Pe) 13-4. 130 -- Josh Harper (Mi) maj. dec. Bobby Marcuccilli (Waw) 8-0. 135 -- Trent Reinoehl (Mi) dec. Chase Lewandowski (Ply) 7-4. 140 -- Steven Sandefer (Mi) dec. Trace Hall (Ri) 6-2.
145 -- Daniel Young (CMA) dec. Tyler Lymburner (Ri) 6-1. 152 -- Adam Keener (War) dec. Tim Forte (Mi) 7-2. 160 -- Richard Morin (Mi) dec. Adam Arsenault (SJ) 7-2. 171 -- Huey Hudson (Ri) dec. Joey Smith (Mi) 3-2. 189 -- Timmy Buckingham (Ri) dec. Dustin Boyd (Mi) 4-3 (double ot). 215 -- Christian Lentz (Mi) pinned Eric McDaniel (Was) 4:45. Hwt -- Travis Thomas (Mi) pinned Pablos Auces (Ri) 5:08.
Consolation Summary
103 -- Jacob Schroder (Roc) tech. fall Matt Lindsey (Tri) 17-0. 112 -- Garth Simpson (Roc) maj. dec. Garrett Glueckert (Cla) 12-0. 119 -- Matt Guerra (Mi) tech. fall Joshua Olsen (Ad) 16-0. 125 -- Josh Brown (CMA) pinned Chuck Holmquest (Ply) 6:31 (ot). 130 -- Grant Anglemyer (Pe) dec. Austin Nelson (TV) 11-8. 135 -- Paul Manbu (War) dec. Zach Nixon (Cla) 6-4. 140 -- James Letsinger (Ply) dec. David Pitts (Roc) 4-0.
145 -- Alex White (Mi) maj. dec. Pat Davenport (Pe) 11-3. 152 -- Austin Kunze (Pe) dec. Isaac Yoder (TV) 4-0. 160 -- Malcolm White (Was) pinned Kyle Ullery (Ri) 4:23. 171 -- Robert Molebash (Cul) by injury default over Blake Hoffer (Tri). 189 -- Brock Vermillion (Ply) dec. Jeff Veal (Pe) 3-2 (double ot). 215 -- Tom Schwartz (Waw) dec. Nikolas Lindke (Mar) 7-4. Hwt -- Damon Howe (Ply) pinned Evan Nixon (Cla) 1:00.
Next: Qualifiers in Merrillville Semistate Saturday, 10 a.m. (EST).