Tiger Cubs sweep, win Holiday Tournament

Monday, December 20, 2010
The Greencastle wrestling team won the 2010 Greencastle Holiday Tournament with a perfect record of 4-0. Members of the squad include Reggie Alex, Nick Pingelton, Devin Mooney, Riley Bowell, Kody Collins, Riley Jayne, Tyler Hudson, Hunter Smith, Aaron Langdon, Anthony Leonard, Carter Lewis, Billy Finch, Nikko Hayden, Kendrich Collins, Blaine Fenwick, Jesse Vermillion, Jorden Froderman, Will Mobley, Zeb Rumley. Pingelton, Kody Collins, Lewis, Fenwick and Vermillion all won their respective weight classes.

GREENCASTLE -- Going into Saturday's Greencastle High School Holiday Wrestling Tournament the Tiger Cubs were looking to get back on the winning track.

The Tiger Cubs hosted Sullivan, South Vermillion, Covington and Monrovia.

Winning is exactly what the Tiger Cubs did, sweeping all four rounds of the tournament.

Going into the final round the Tiger Cubs took to the mat against Sullivan High School for the championship. Both teams were 3-0 on the day.

Wrestling at 140 Tyler Hudson was the first to take the mat for Greencastle. Hudson pinned Robert Graves of Sullivan helping lift the Cubs to the team title.

Hudson was one of seven wrestlers that pinned their opponents in the final round.

Coach Matt McComish said that his team was looking to improve on their performance from Thursday night's County Wrestling Tournament. The Tiger Cubs fell to Cloverdale at the county tournament.

"We were very disappointed after the county meet," McComish said. "Coming into the tournament we decided to go back to the basics."

With only two seniors and one junior on the team, McComish said his team is learning as they go.

"We have a lot of younger kids that are going to make mistakes," McComish said. "We have to learn from those mistakes though.

"After watching film from Thursday night we talked about what we did wrong."

McComish said he was proud of how his wrestlers competed.

Greencastle wrestlers earning tournament honors were Nick Pingleton (119), Kody Collins (135), Carter Lewis (152), Blaine Fenwick (189) and Jesse Vermillion (215).

Each wrestler won all four rounds.

The Tiger Cubs will host Avon High School Tuesday night.

At Greencastle

2010 Greencastle Holiday Tournament

Weight class winners

103 -- Joseph Gilham (Sullivan)

112 -- Scott Seeley (South Vermillion)

119 -- Nick Pingleton (Greencastle)

125 -- Justin Hegg (Covington)

130 -- Colt Thompson (Sullivan)

135 -- Kody Collins (Greencastle)

140 -- Kevin Giza (Monrovia)

145 -- Dalton Clements (Monrovia)

152 -- Carter Lewis (Greencastle)

160 -- Brice Payton (Covington)

171 -- Alex Foltz (South Vermillion)

189 -- Blaine Fenwick (Greencastle)

215 -- Jesse Vermillion (Greencastle)

285 -- Trent Wallace (South Vermillion)