The six Montgomery County wrestlers headed to Saturdays IHSAA Semi-State at New Castle now know their opening round opponents.
It takes two wins at the semi-state level to advance to the placing rounds and punch a ticket to the state finals at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
At 106, Southmont freshman Kion Cornelius (19-8) will wrestle No. 9 ranked Evan Dickey (31-5) of Indianapolis Cathedral.
At 126, Southmont junior Dillan Lauy (32-4) will wrestle No. 6 ranked David Pierson of Warren Central.
At 170, Southmont senior Ty Welliever (24-7), and is ranked as the No. 8 wrestler according to Indiana Mat at the New Castle semi-state, will wrestle the No. 4 ranked wrestler at the semi-state in Perry Meridain’s Jujuan Dale (30-9).
At 182, regional runner-up and Southmont junior Riley Woodall (30-6), who is ranked as the No. 7 wrestler at the semi-state will face Collin Gillespie (27-8) of Pendleton Heights. If Woodall wins, he will face the winner of South Dearborn’s Dylan McGill (28-12) and No. 4 ranked wrestler in the state, and No. 1 at the semi-state in Perry Meridian’s Aiden Warren (30-3).
Regional champion at 182, North Montgomery senior Dawson McCloud will wrestle Kolton Myers (24-10) of Hamilton Heights. McCloud is ranked No. 18 in the state and No. 6 at the semi-state, and with a win, will wrestle the winner of Nick Lawler (37-5) from Rushville Consolidated and Indianapolis Lutheran’s Hayden Filipovich (30-3), who is ranked No. 12 overall, and No. 3 at the semi-state.
At 220, regional champion and defending semi-state champion Drew Webster (37-0) will wrestle Lawrenceburg’s Noah Rowlett (27-9). With a win, Webster who is ranked No. 2 in the state and No. 1 at the semi-state, will face the winner of Tyler Goodall (23-12) of Perry Meridian, and No. 12 overall and No. 2 at the semi-state in Indianapolis Cathedral’s David Guhl (30-5).
Stay tuned for a full preview later this week.
