Niles goes 5-0 at Henry Wilks Classic

Published 8:44 am Monday, December 18, 2017

MISHAWAKA — The Niles wrestling team went 5-0 at the Henry Wilk Classic at Penn High School Saturday.

The Vikings defeated Culver Academies 51-25, Penn 29-25, Huntington North 51-18, Columbia City 68-11 and Zionsville 33-30.

Detroit Catholic Central also went 5-0 on the day. Edwardsburg was 3-2 after defeating Valparaiso 41-27, falling to Zionsville 45-24, falling to Warren Central 36-35, defeating Culver 42-38 and defeating Columbia City 43-36.

Going undefeated on the day for the Vikings was Austin Franco (126), while Caden Reece was 5-0 for the Eddies at 126 and Jackson Hoover of Edwardsburg at 132.

Niles is now 6-0 on the year heading into the holiday break.

The Vikings return to the mat Dec. 29 when they travel to Defiance, Ohio, for the Border Wars Invitational.

HENRY WILK CLASSIC

At Penn

Team scores

5-0, Detroit Catholic Central 5-0, Penn 3-2, Edwardsburg 3-2, Culver Academies 3-2, Zionsville 2-3, Warren Central ‘B’ 2-3, Huntington North 1-4, Columbia City 1-4, Valparaiso 0-5.

Match scores

Round one

Penn 56, Huntington North 6; Detroit Catholic Central 60, Zionsville 12; Niles 51, Culver Academies 25; Edwardsburg 41, Valparaiso 27; Warren Central 39, Columbia City 30

Round two

Niles 29, Penn 25; Zionsville 45, Edwardsburg 24; Columbia City 48, Valparaiso 27; Culver Academies 45, Huntington North 36; Detroit Catholic Central 71, Warren Central 6

Round three

Detroit Catholic Central 57, Penn 6; Zionsville 42, Valparaiso 37; Niles 51, Huntington North 18; Culver Academies 42, Columbia City 37; Warren Central 36, Edwardsburg 35

Round four

Edwardsburg 42, Culver Academies 38; Niles 68, Columbia City 11; Detroit Catholic Central 79, Valparaiso 0; Huntington North 46, Warren Central 27; Penn 44, Zionsville 22

Round five

Penn 70, Valparaiso 0; Niles 33, Zionsville 30; Detroit Catholic Central 65, Huntington North 9; Edwardsburg 43, Columbia City 36; Culver Academies 48, Warren Central 36

Undefeated wrestlers (5-0)

106: Nate Hadary (Penn); 113: Ryan Sheets (Columbia City); 120: Ben Kamal (Detroit Catholic Central); 126: Caden Reece (Edwardsburg); Austin Franco (Niles); Dominic Lomazzo (Detroit Catholic Central); 132: Jackson Hoover (Edwardsburg); Stone Moscovic (Detroit Catholic Central); 138: Manzona Bryant (Culver Academies); 145: Adam Davis (Culver Academies)

152: Cody Wagner (Zionsville); 160: Hunter Reed (Columbia City); Cam Amino (Detroit Catholic Central); 170: Aidan Wagh (Detroit Catholic Central); 182: Jacob Trefren (Culver Academies); Rory Cox (Detroit Catholic Central); 220: Joe Kuhl (Culver Academies); Easton Turner (Detroit Catholic Central); 285: Dennis Hubbard (Warren Central)