12 local girls wrestlers advance to regional

Tienica Dits

TRAFALGAR — Columbus East qualified seven girls wrestlers, and Columbus North advanced one from Friday’s Indian Creek Sectional to the Jan. 10 Bloomington South Regional.

The Olympians finished fourth in the sectional with 137.5 points, while the Bull Dogs were ninth with 45 points. Whiteland won with 295 to 177.5 for Franklin and 151.5 for Bloomington South.

Gloria Cloud

East had three runner-up finishes with Tienica Dits at 105 pounds, Gloria Cloud at 120 and Annie Redman at 170. Izzy Wakefield (155) and Kyleigh Traylor (190) each placed third, and Abby Morales (100) and Kaydence Spradlin (235) each took fourth to join them in qualifying for regional.

Annie Redman

North’s Zahlynn Williams advanced with a fourth-place finish at 170. Nitya Hurli (100) and Aubreigh Campbell (155) each were fifth.

Brown County finished 12th with 16 points. Annie Stowers took fifth at 135.

4 Panthers qualify

FLOYDS KNOBS — Jennings County had two champions and two other regional qualifiers and finished fifth as a team in the Floyd Central Sectional.

Floyd Central won the team title with 204.5 points and were followed by Jeffersonville (154.5), Madison (139), South Dearborn (119) and Jennings (113.5).

Violeta Gomez-Hilerio (130) and Gabrella Hernandez (170) won their respective weight classes for the Panthers. Sofia Lazcano (115) took third, and Chloe Franks (125) was fourth and will join them in the Bloomington South Regional.