Gary Franklin
- Sports Writer
The 2006 Milan Indian Wrestling team has been
ringing up wins since their season first began
back in the fall.
The recent meet was the SIWC, (Southern Indiana
Wrestling Conference), which would be similar
to ORVC, in basketball, etc., which included
111 competitors representing 11 different high
schools.
Once again the Milan Indian wrestling team
awed the crowd with their positive performance
efforts and attitude during the event, capturing
the gold.
Individual wrestlers truly wrestle one competitor
at a time at the meets, however, these individuals
together are as much a team as any other sport
requiring more than one person to perform at
a time, ever motivating and encouraging one
another.
The Milan Indian support and comradeship of
wrestling coaches, scorers, and young men who actually do the
wrestling is unsurpassed by any other team
I have ever had the pleasure of watching. I
have found them to be '3-D', (Dedicated, Directed,
and Determined).
Wrestling in the SIWC, the Milan Indians took
the Conference title scoring 244 points during
the meet. Second place was taken by the Providence
Rams with 164, third to the Southwestern (Hanover)
Rebels finishing with 163 points, and fourth
place went to the Charlestown Pirates at 161.5.
The Paoli Rams scored 115.5 for fifth place,
and the Mitchell Blue Jackets scored 100 points
for a sixth place finish. Scoring 83 for seventh
place was the Forest Park Rangers, followed
in eighth by the Anderson Indians with 69.
Ninth place went to the Salem Lions with 34
points, tenth to the New Washington Mustangs
and eleventh to Eastern Pekin, having scored
18 points each.
Milan Indian wrestling
team Head Coach Roy Adams stated of the 2006
Wrestling
team: "An
extremely strong team for a small school", "In
a non-classed sport, this team has represented
their home town and area in a positive manner. The wrestlers current record of 18 wins to
2 losses includes wins over three previously
ranked teams in New Castle, Fort Wayne Snider,
and Union County.
The SIWC win makes the third
large tournament of which the Indians have
brought home the
title trophy. The other two tournaments were
the Brebeuf Invitational, and the Connersville
Classic".
Receiving All-Conference honors were: senior
Josh Yatsko in the 135# class, Darren Hess
in the 152# class, and Heath Meinders in the
171# class. Receiving Runner-up honors were
Jeremy Herbert in the 140# class, Nick Yatsko
in the 160# class, Shane McCormick in the 189#
class, and Tanner Roark in the 275# class. Also placing
for the team were Daniel Fleming in the 145#
class, J.J. Mullins in the 112# class, Andrew
Gress in the 130# class, and Josh Dickey in
the 125# class.
Josh Yatsko was voted by the coaches as the
MOW, (Most Outstanding Wrestler), of the SIWC
tournament. Both Josh Yatsko and Darren Hess
have exceeded 30 wins so far this season.
Coach Adams added, "the wrestlers will
vie again this weekend at home against some
very tough competitors from Madison, Columbus
East, Rushville, Shelbyville, and New Washington." "The
team stands to exceed their best record ever
of 21 and 3 if they can manage more than 3
wins this weekend."
Receiving Reserve All-Conference honors were
Tony Isles in the 171# class, and Jacob Fleming
in the 215# class. |
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