Greenfield-Central’s Matt Wickham goes for a reversal during his 132-pound match with Pendleton Heights at Greenfield-Central High School on Nov. 25, 2020.
PENDLETON — The Greenfield-Central wrestling team rolled up its sleeves and seized the “ToolBox” Thursday night, defeating rival Pendleton Heights 45-22 on the road.
The “ToolBox” dual put Hoosier Heritage Conference bragging rights and a custom toolbox trophy on the line, which was introducted to honor the lives and contributions of both Indiana high school wrestling hall of famers and former assistant coaches Eric Kriebel of Pendleton Heights and Ed Hamant of Greenfield-Central.
The visiting Cougars prevailed in nine matches, including six by pinfall, to win the dual and claim the toolbox in honor of Hamant, who passed away this past February.
Greenfield-Central’s Kylie Smith-Foster (106 pounds), Lincoln Parsons (113), Matt Wickham (138), Zeke Holden (145), Chase Gardner (170) and Brady Durnell (182) all won by fall.
Josh VanOsdol (152) won by major decision 13-1. Clay Guenin (160) won by decision 6-0, and Adam Garard (195) won by decision 5-3.
G-C’s Abi Elliott (138) and Madalyn Reed (170) both won by fall during their womens’ matches. Smith-Foster is also part of the Cougars women’s wrestling team, but competed in the boys varsity lineup against Pendleton Heights.
Swimming and Diving
Cougars best rival Arabians
The Greenfield-Central boys swimming and diving team tied rival Pendleton Heights, while the girls seized the team victory on Thursday night.
The visiting G-C boys tallied 89 points to stalemate with the Arabians behind six event wins.
Jaeden Peters and Colten Mayberry both finished the night and three-event winners. Peters was first in the 200-yard freestyle, 500 free and as part of the 400 free relay.
Mayberry took first in the 200 IM, 100 breaststroke and with the 400 free relay.
Kien Dalton was first in diving.
The G-C girls team won 97-89 behind seven first-place finishes.
Norah Johnson won three events, including the 100 breaststroke, 100 free and as a member of the 200 medley relay.
Rachel Stutz was a triple winner as well, taking first in the 50 free, 100 backstroke and with the 200 medley relay.
Mary Ellen Stratman was first in the 100 butterfly, and Alyssa Osborn won the 200 IM. Both were also part of the 200 medley relay.
Dragons’ boys win tri-meet
The New Palestine boys swimming and diving team swept a triangular meet Thursday against New Castle and Eastern Hancock. The Dragons girls split their meet.
The Dragons boys beat New Castle 51-47 and EH 59-39. The Dragons girls beat EH 56-35, but lost to New Castle 65-34.
The boys won five events. Ben Miesse and Dontae Thompson went 1-2 in both the 50 and 100 freestyle. Dawson Lynch also won the 100 breaststroke and Aidan Stephens won diving.
The 200 free relay team of Eli Kleine, Liam Fuller, Thompson and Miesse won.
The girls were led by Sullie Leavell, who led a 1-2 finish with Chloe Siler in the 100 freestyle.
The boys are now 4-1 on the season, while the girls are 5-4. Both teams are in action Saturday, with the divers at the Pendleton Heights Invitational and the swimmers at the East Central Relays.
