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Randolph County Wrestlers Offered Another Chance to Compete
The Indiana High School Athletic Association has announced that due to the severe road conditions that prohibited some Randolph County wrestlers from attending the Jay County individual wrestling regional on Saturday, those student athletes will be afforded another opportunity to advance in the IHSAA individual wrestling tournament series.
“While we continue to support the decision to contest the Jay County regional on Saturday, it seems contrary to our purpose to exclude qualified participants through no fault of their own”, commented Assistant Commissioner Bobby Cox. “Extreme conditions sometimes require extreme measures and while I’m not 100% comfortable with this solution, it appears to be the best option for those student athletes in Randolph County and in the best interest of the tournament series.”
The Woodlan individual wrestling semi-state will be modified to include “pigtail” matches prior to the round of 16. Those wrestlers that qualified to participate in the Jay County regional from the Delta and Jay County sectionals, but were unable to attend, will now be paired against semi state qualifiers from the Jay County individual regional. The pigtail matches have been set and are listed below:
103 Gavin Cox, Winchester vs. Jacob Girod, Bellmont
103 Trevor Phenis, Randolph Southern vs. Benjamin Fiechter, Southern Wells
119 Angel Rascon, Winchester vs. Phillip Gerber, Bluffton
140 Kevin Dines, Winchester vs. T.J. Burnfield, South Adams
145 Zach Boyd, Winchester vs. Kyle King, Bluffton
152 Jordan Simmons, Winchester vs. Caleb Smith, Yorktown
160 Dylan Holcomb, Winchester vs. Trent Fuller, Blackford
171 Zach Anguiano, Union City vs. Anthony Stebing, Bellmont
171 Taylor Mock, Winchester vs. Ben Pfister, Bluffton
171 Steve Phillips, Randolph Southern vs. Nick Taylor, South Adams
189 Steven Thomas, Monroe Central vs. Kyle Garringer, Jay County
215 Andrew Chalfant, Winchester vs. Matt James, Jay County
215 Taylor Morris, Monroe Central vs. Andrew Bultemeier, Bellmont
285 Justin Hersberger, Winchester vs. Elijah Justice, Blackford
The Woodlan individual wrestling semi state will be held at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne on Saturday, February 13, 2010 beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET.