Tell City takes title in 10-team elementary wrestling conference

NEWBURGH—The Tell City Wrestling Club had five individual champions as it won the 10-team Southern Indiana Elementary Wrestling Conference tourney Jan. 20.

The Tell City Wrestling Club won the Southern Indiana Elementary Wrestling Conference tourney and regular-season titles. Team members are (front row, from left) Morgen Scherzinger, Drevan O’Brien, Trent Cail, Brayden Lain, Cole Gentry, Coy Hammack, Cole Stiff, Kelby Glenn, Tyce DuPont. Second row: Devon Casebolt, Alex Stiff, Nigel Kaiser, Austin Kleeman, Shane Braunecker, Will Kirtley, Corey Braunecker, Keaton Lloyd, Tavor DuPont. Back row: David Teague, Steven Wheatley, Ben Gutierrez, Ross Wilgus, Alec Stahly, Tyler Hawhee, and Levi Nash. Absent: Joe Craig.

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The Tell City Wrestling Club’s individual champions in the Southern Indiana Elementary Wrestling Conference and middle-school conference tourneys Jan. 20 were (from left) Will Kirtley, Devon Casebolt, Corey Braunecker, Shane Braunecker, David Teague, Tyce DuPont and Coy Hammack.

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Coy Hammack in the kindergarten-grade two 55-pound division and Shane Braunecker in grades 3-5 75-pound weight class each pinned all three of his opponents.
Tyce DuPont (K-2 60 pounds) and Corey Braunecker (grades 3-5 70 pounds) each went 3-0 with two pins to win their divisions.
Will Kirtley went 2-0 with one pin to take the grades 3-5 135-pound title.
Keaton Lloyd (grades 3-5 85 pounds) went 3-1 with two pins and Brayden Lain (K-2 50 pounds) went 2-1 with two pins as they placed second.
Also placing second were Morgen Scherzinger (K-2 45), Trent Cail (K-2 65), Alex Stiff (K-2 105), Cole Gentry (grades 3-5 55), Alec Stahly (grades 3-5 105), and Levi Nash (grades 3-5 160).
Tell City placed fifth in the middle school (grades 6-8) conference tourney with two individual champions.
Devon Casebolt went 2-0 with one pin to take the middle school 75-pound title and David Teague won the 105-pound division.