Wrestling for the week of January 10th

After having swept the competition at the Providence 6-way duals, the Panthers look to be in top form down at Madison for the HHC individual championships.  Jennings County will have a chance to avenge their only team loss of the season against Columbus East and take home a conference championship by winning the overall team score.  It will be a tough battle, and the Panthers need all the support they can get from their fans.  Seedings are posted at the bottom of this post.

The second varsity will be traveling north of Indianapolis to Tri-Central for their own tournament.  If it is anything like last years tournament, the Panthers will have their hands full.  Good luck to both Panther teams, and come out with your support.

The Madison Dual with 1st Varsity and the Reserve Invite at JCHS may be rescheduled.  TBA.

HHC individual tournament seeds
103:  Lane Luhn-4th
112:  Gary Engleking-2nd
119:  Marshall Holwager-2nd
125:  Joey Resch-2nd
130:  Conner Montgomery-2nd
135:  Jordan Gast-2nd
140:  Draden Box-4th
145:  Jerrod Holwager-4th
152:  Zach Graham-5th
160:  Jacob Schmidt-3rd
171:  Brock Wathen-1st
189:  Tyler Morrison-3rd
215:  Iyan Bass-1st
285:  Mark Collett-1st

Wrestling over the break and into the new year

The Panther Varsity headed up north to Mooresville for a holiday individual tournament and finished 2nd place only to #6 Yorktown.  Our boys put up a heck of an effort, finishing in many weight classes above their seed.  In doing so, JC put five in the finals, had two champions (Mark Collett and Iyan Bass), and ended up with eleven wrestlers in the top five.  Good wrestling against great competition.

103 Lane Luhn 5th  3-2
112 Gary Engelking 2nd  3-1
119 Marshall Holwager 5th   3-2
125 Joey Resch 5th  3-2
130 Conner Montgomery DNP  1-2
135 Jordan Gast 3rd   4-1
140 FF
145 Draden Box 7th  3-2
152 Zach Graham 5th  3-2
160 Justin Baldwin 2nd  3-1
171 Brock Wathen 2nd  3-1
189 Tyler Morrison 4th   4-2
215 Iyan Bass 1st   4-0
285 Mark Collett 1st   4-0
Top 4 team scores:

Yorktown 259
Jennings County 224.5
Castle 202
Homestead 176

The 1st varsity also racked up another win against Southern Dearborn a few days after the new year, 65 to 8.  Joey Resch wrestled well, earning a tech fall as did Jordan Gast.  Conner Montgomery, Draden Box, Zach Graham, Brock Wathen, and Mark Collett all finished off their opponents by pin.  A highly anticipated rematch between Wathen and Nick Manning (Both ranked at 171) never came to be as Manning was apparently out with injury.

2nd Varsity at Columbus North Invitational

The Panthers' 2nd Varsity, coming off a sweep at Scottsburg's Robert Fugate Memorial Tournament, will be looking to continue to impose their will against a tough lineup at the Columbus North Invite this Saturday the 18th.  Come and support your JCHS Panthers!!!

JEFF CLASSIC Seeds

1st Varsity wrestles this Saturday, the 18th, in the Jeffersonville Classic which will include some of the better teams in the state.  Evansville Mater Dei, Bloomington South, your Jennings County Panthers, and Jeffersonville all look poised to wrestle well as a team.  Look for spot light matches between ranked opponents in the 112, 135, 140, 145, 152, and 171 weight classes.

Jennings County Tournament Seeds are as follows:

103:  Lane Luhn-11th seed
112:  Gary Engleking-4th seed (Shroeder SW and Shepherd JE ranked)
119:  Marshall Holwager-1st seed
125:  Joey Resch-2nd seed
130:  Connor Montgomery-2nd seed
135:  Jordan Gast-5th seed (Schroeder EMD and Bradley MS ranked)
140:  Alex Alcorn-8th seed (Adams MA and Boyd BS ranked)
145:  Draden Box-8th seed (Weekly JE and Farmer BS ranked)
152:  Zach Graham-12th seed (Raben EMD and Horrocks BS ranked)
160:  Justin Baldwin-2nd seed
171:  Brock Wathen-3rd seed (Wathen JC, Manning SD, and Brandendtein EMD ranked)
189:  Tyler Morrison-11th seed
215:  Shane Adams-12th seed
285:  Mark Collett-1st seed

Panther Varsity @ Greensburg

Panther 1st Varsity and select Reserves are at Greensburg tonight.  Come and support your team!!!

Wrestling starts at 7:00 P.M.

The year of the Panther!

The Panthers have once again gotten off to a strong start this 2010-11 wrestling season by winning not only the entire War on the Wabash Tournament, but also finishing a respectible 2nd at the HHC Conference Duals Tournament.  In doing so, they have amassed a 19-1 record and were even able to take down two teams ranked in the top 20 of the state.  Let's hope the competition is starting to paying attention!  The Panther's only loss this season so far has been to a tough Columbus East team by tiebreak.  And that was after leading half way through the match 30-9!  The Panther Varsity is lead this year by a gritty and seasoned group of seniors including Joey Resch (125), Alex Alcorn (140), Justin Balwin (160), Tyler Morrison (189), and Mark Collett (285).  The varsity line-up is rounded out by 5 underclassman that were at least regional qualifiers last year including Gary Engleking (112), Marshall Holwager (119), Jordan Gast (130), Brock Wathen (171), and Iyan Bass (215-I.R.).  Three panthers have been included in indianamat.com's individual wrestler rankings.

This years squad is obviously going to be tough to beat and is only made stronger by our 2nd Varsity that is constantly nipping at their heels.  The 2nd Varsity, including seniors Taylor Alcorn, Jerrod Holwager, Jacob Krueger, Broady Bowers, and Chris Galliher has already swept the Robert Fugate Memorial Classic in Scottsburg going a perfect 8-0.

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