Greenfield-Central’s Jasmine Camacho, shown here winning in last week’s regional championship match, was the lone Hancock County champion Friday night at the Muncie Central Semi-State. Camacho won the 155-pound class title.
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Greenfield-Central junior Jasmine Camacho won a semi-state championship and eight other Hancock County girls wrestlers earned spots into next week’s IHSGW (Indiana High School Girls Wrestling) State Finals in Kokomo with performances Friday at the Muncie Central Semi-State.
Camacho, wrestling in the 155-pound class, defeated Perry Meridian’s Kate McKee 6-1 in the title match to improve her overall season record to 26-6.
Three other Cougar wrestlers and five from New Palestine will vie for state titles next week.
Greenfield-Central had two second-place finishes. Asia Bowen (21-4) was runner-up in the 105-pound title match. Kylie Smith-Foster (28-2) was a second-place finisher in the 110-pound category. Keely Allen (14-10) earned a ticket to Kokomo with a third-place in the 235-pound division.
New Palestine had five qualifiers, including four runner-up finishes.
Second-place finishers for the Dragons were: Sydney DeLois (125, 21-3), Ezra Wagner (130, 29-6), June Wagner-Gilbert (135, 35-3) and Ella Morris (145, 33-7). Julia Champ (22-13) earned a spot with a fourth-place finish in the 155 division.
Southport won the team event with 142 points. New Palestine was second with 102 and Greenfield-Central finished third with 84.
Boys basketball
Royals lose to No. 1 Wapahani
Eastern Hancock gave Class 2A No. 1 Wapahani its closest battles of the season, but the Royals boys basketball team fell short with a 52-44 loss to the Raiders Friday in Charlottesville.
It was the closest any team had come to the Raiders since Wapahani beat Muncie Central by nine points in the season opener.
The Royals led midway through the fourth quarter, 42-40, but were unable to close out the top-ranked Raiders. Wapahani outscored Eastern Hancock 13-6 in the final period.
“Our kids really fought,” Eastern Hancock coach Brett Bechtel said.
Charlie Halcomb led Eastern Hancock with 17 points, including three 3-point field goals. Kayden Ruble scored nine points.
Eastern Hancock dropped to 4-5 overall and 2-2 in the Mid-Eastern Conference. Wapahani is 11-0 and 3-0 in MEC play.
The Royals are back in action next Friday at Union County.
Royals celebrating 50th anniversary
The Eastern Hancock Athletic Boosters will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1974 boys basketball sectional championship team at halftime of the varsity basketball game versus Shenandoah on Saturday January 20, 2024.
The boosters will recognize players, managers, cheerleaders, and coaches from the team. There also will be a reception in the high school cafeteria after the game for the community to greet the team. RSVP’s from team members to the booster email account ([email protected]) are appreciated to help with planning, but are not required.
