Eastern Hancock’s Bradyn Volz takes his Frankton opponent down during a regular-season match. Volz was one of three Royals to win Centerville Sectional weight-class titles Saturday.
Mike Brown | For The Daily Reporter
Staff report
Bradyn Volz (113), Zane Badgley (126) and Dominic Shelby (165) each won weight class titles and Eastern Hancock’s boys wrestling team finished second at Saturday’s Centerville Sectional.
Volz, Badgley and Shelby won all of their matches, three each, by pins.
Nine Royals qualified for this Saturday’s Richmond Regional.
Along with the three champions, Jackson Cook (106), Cameron Volz (132) and Taylor Conley (157) each placed second.
In the title match at 132, Cameron Volz lost a 4-3 decision to undefeated, defending state champion Tylin Thrine of New Castle.
Other Royals moving on to the regional round are Kolton Gilbreath (150, 3rd), Aden Montgomery (138, 4th), and Hunter Survant (144, 4th).
New Castle won the tournament with 216 points. Eastern Hancock scored 196 and Centerville totaled 191.
Boys basketball
Marauders edge Eagles
Mt. Vernon kept its Hoosier Heritage Conference title hopes alive with a 53-51 victory over Class 3A No. 6 Delta, at home, Saturday
The Marauders are 10-7 overall and 4-1 in the HHC. Greenfield-Central leads the conference standings at 6-0 with one game remaining, at Delta Thursday. New Palestine is also 4-1 in league contests.
Saturday in Fortville, an R’mani Wells second-chance bucket broke a tie and gave Mt. Vernon a 50-48 lead with 1:05 remaining.
Tanner Teschendorf, who led Mt. Vernon with 16 points, missed a shot, but got his own rebound. Wells then hit a short jumper for the lead. Delta turned the ball over on its next possession, and Wells got an offensive rebound — off a Julien Smith miss — and putback to give the Marauders a 52-48 lead with 25 seconds to go.
Delta’s D’Amare Hood kept the Eagles in it with a 3-pointer at the 19-second mark.
Smith hit the first of two free throws with 13.7 seconds to go for the final margin. Delta’s Hood had a long 3-point attempt, defended by Smith and Wells, that bounced off the backboard in the closing seconds.
Following Teschendorf, Smith scored 15 points and Wells added 12. Both Aden Daugherty, who had earlier broken a 46-46 tie at the 2-minute mark, and Elijah Parra had four points. Brady Fitzgerald had two points.
Mt. Vernon is back in action Thursday with a home game against Noblesville (15-2), ranked No. 4 in the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association poll (all classifications) and No. 5 in the Associated Press Class 4A poll.
Royals lose to Tigers
Eastern Hancock’s boys basketball team dropped to 7-8 on the season with a 48-28 loss to visiting Triton Central (13-4) Saturday.
The Royals (7-8, 4-2) return to action this Saturday with a 1:30 p.m. Mid-Eastern Conference game against Cowan (4-9. 2-2).
