December 23, 2018 at 2:30 a.m.
First time for a three-peat
Schricker claims first title while Winner becomes three-time champ
First time for a three-peat
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Jordan Schricker had never gotten to stand atop a podium.
Mason Winner is familiar with the feeling.
Schricker, a Jay County High School senior, and the junior Winner both reached the top of the podium on Saturday as they won their respective weight classes in the East Central Indiana Classic the Patriot wrestling team hosted.
“It’s beautiful,” said Schricker, a 152-pounder who was sixth as a junior. “First time ever stepping on the podium in first place. First time ever being in the championship round.
“It was beautiful. I loved it.”
Winner, who was a state medalist each of the last two seasons, won his third consecutive ECIC championship.
“Just another win,” he said, emotionless.
Oak Hill repeated as team champions with 210 points. Delta was runner-up with 195 points and Jay County finished third out of 16 teams with 178.5 points.
“We got third today. We had five freshmen in the lineup,” JCHS coach Eric Myers said. “Start of the year, if you would have said that I wouldn’t have believed you. I thought we’d be a little more season=ned than that.
“Kind of makes for a fun atmosphere watching those guys grow into high school varsity wrestlers.”
Schricker met Greenville, Ohio, senior Jacob Mikesell (11-4) in the 152-pound final and dominated the match. A single-leg takedown gave the JCHS senior a 2-0 lead in the first period, and after starting the second on bottom he pushed the advantage to 5-0 with an escape and another takedown.
Mikesell got on the board by taking Schricker to the mat early in the third period, but an escape, a takedown and a near-fall led to Schricker’s 10-2 decision and the championship.
It was the second straight match Schricker (20-3) was actually challenged after cruising to the semifinal round.
He pinned Bluffton’s Nathan Jones in the first period and disposed of Monroe Central’s Jackson Franklin with 1:10 remaining in the third period. He then worked a 6-2 decision against Homestead’s Gabe Scott to reach the title match.
“I feel the first match I have to get my rust out,” said Schricker, who wrestled at 145 pounds as a junior. “My second match i just wrestled. Then I kept going and found myself top of the podium.”
Myers said a lot of what helped Schricker’s success this year was a bit of a change in the space between the ears.
“He’s developed the skills in the last couple years, the next thing we had to work on was the mentality,” he said. “Believing in himself because he knew what to do he just had to do it with confidence.
“Once he started having confidence in himself, he started winning more matches and now we’re to a point he’s winning tournaments.”
At 182 pounds, Winner cruised to the final before defeating previously undefeated senior Bradley Rosman of Oak Hill.
The junior had the upper-hand throughout the match, grabbing a takedown in the first period, riding Rosman for the full two minutes of the second period and escaping in the third for a 3-0 win.
“His finals match, we just never felt like he was in danger there,” Myers said. “He was always in good position and in control of the match.”
The shutout of Rosman came after he pinned the path to get there. Winner needed 1:22 to take care of Monroe Central’s Jacob Keith before a 90-second pin of Wes-Del’s Preston Heffernan.
Cameron Harris of Norwell lasted a little longer in the semifinal, a mere 3:37, before Winner (19-2) claimed his third ECIC title.
Jay County senior Thomas Hemmelgarn wrestled in the 160-pound final, but lost a 7-4 decision to Joe Parrish of Homestead.
It was the second straight year Hemmelgarn (15-6) was runner-up at ECIC.
“He wrestled the kid hard,” Myers said.
The Patriots has seven of their 10 other wrestlers compete in the consolation finals, with all but one winning those matches.
Blayne Daniels and Tyler Moore were third at 126 and 170 respectively, while Dyllan Garringer (106), Zakk Atkins (120) and Nathaniel Lykins (195) all placed fifth. Jayden Maymi was seventh at 113.
Camron Gage was the lone Patriot to drop his final consolation match as he was eighth at 132 pounds.
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Jordan Schricker had never gotten to stand atop a podium.
Mason Winner is familiar with the feeling.
Schricker, a Jay County High School senior, and the junior Winner both reached the top of the podium on Saturday as they won their respective weight classes in the East Central Indiana Classic the Patriot wrestling team hosted.
“It’s beautiful,” said Schricker, a 152-pounder who was sixth as a junior. “First time ever stepping on the podium in first place. First time ever being in the championship round.
“It was beautiful. I loved it.”
Winner, who was a state medalist each of the last two seasons, won his third consecutive ECIC championship.
“Just another win,” he said, emotionless.
Oak Hill repeated as team champions with 210 points. Delta was runner-up with 195 points and Jay County finished third out of 16 teams with 178.5 points.
“We got third today. We had five freshmen in the lineup,” JCHS coach Eric Myers said. “Start of the year, if you would have said that I wouldn’t have believed you. I thought we’d be a little more season=ned than that.
“Kind of makes for a fun atmosphere watching those guys grow into high school varsity wrestlers.”
Schricker met Greenville, Ohio, senior Jacob Mikesell (11-4) in the 152-pound final and dominated the match. A single-leg takedown gave the JCHS senior a 2-0 lead in the first period, and after starting the second on bottom he pushed the advantage to 5-0 with an escape and another takedown.
Mikesell got on the board by taking Schricker to the mat early in the third period, but an escape, a takedown and a near-fall led to Schricker’s 10-2 decision and the championship.
It was the second straight match Schricker (20-3) was actually challenged after cruising to the semifinal round.
He pinned Bluffton’s Nathan Jones in the first period and disposed of Monroe Central’s Jackson Franklin with 1:10 remaining in the third period. He then worked a 6-2 decision against Homestead’s Gabe Scott to reach the title match.
“I feel the first match I have to get my rust out,” said Schricker, who wrestled at 145 pounds as a junior. “My second match i just wrestled. Then I kept going and found myself top of the podium.”
Myers said a lot of what helped Schricker’s success this year was a bit of a change in the space between the ears.
“He’s developed the skills in the last couple years, the next thing we had to work on was the mentality,” he said. “Believing in himself because he knew what to do he just had to do it with confidence.
“Once he started having confidence in himself, he started winning more matches and now we’re to a point he’s winning tournaments.”
At 182 pounds, Winner cruised to the final before defeating previously undefeated senior Bradley Rosman of Oak Hill.
The junior had the upper-hand throughout the match, grabbing a takedown in the first period, riding Rosman for the full two minutes of the second period and escaping in the third for a 3-0 win.
“His finals match, we just never felt like he was in danger there,” Myers said. “He was always in good position and in control of the match.”
The shutout of Rosman came after he pinned the path to get there. Winner needed 1:22 to take care of Monroe Central’s Jacob Keith before a 90-second pin of Wes-Del’s Preston Heffernan.
Cameron Harris of Norwell lasted a little longer in the semifinal, a mere 3:37, before Winner (19-2) claimed his third ECIC title.
Jay County senior Thomas Hemmelgarn wrestled in the 160-pound final, but lost a 7-4 decision to Joe Parrish of Homestead.
It was the second straight year Hemmelgarn (15-6) was runner-up at ECIC.
“He wrestled the kid hard,” Myers said.
The Patriots has seven of their 10 other wrestlers compete in the consolation finals, with all but one winning those matches.
Blayne Daniels and Tyler Moore were third at 126 and 170 respectively, while Dyllan Garringer (106), Zakk Atkins (120) and Nathaniel Lykins (195) all placed fifth. Jayden Maymi was seventh at 113.
Camron Gage was the lone Patriot to drop his final consolation match as he was eighth at 132 pounds.
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