(Photo Courtesy of Penn High School Athletics)

Five Sports Michiana area wrestlers captured IHSAA Semi-State championships on Saturday.

132 Pounds
Layne Horn (Rochester)

144 Pounds
Jeffrey Huyvaert (New Prairie)

157 Pounds
Matthew Staples (New Prairie)

175 Pounds
Vinny Freeman (Penn)

215 Pounds
Travis Henke (Northridge)

Horn, Huyvaert, Staples & Freeman competed in the SemiState at East Chicago while Henke took part in the SemiState in Fort Wayne.

Other Sports Michiana area guaranteed state qualifiers from the East Chicago SemiState include: Mishawaka’s Chance Smith (120), Penn’s Angelo Vargo (126), LaPorte’s Josh England (138), Rochester’s Brant Beck (157), Penn’s Leonardo Santiago (165), New Prairie’s Hayden Whitenack (175), Rochester’s Wyatt Davis (175), New Prairie’s Devin Kendrex (190), Penn’s Alessio Retzloff (190), Penn’s Malachi Evans (215), Winamac’s Talen Garner (215) and Rochester’s Declan Gard (285).

See Full Results from the East Chicago SemiState here.

Other Sports Michiana area wrestlers competed in the Fort Wayne SemiState. Area automatic state qualifiers from that SemiState include: Wawasee’s Cavan Tom (144), Elkhart’s Chance McCollough (165), West Noble’s Teegan Clouse (165), Elkhart’s Brennon Whickcar (175), Northridge’s Austin Parks (190) and Wawasee’s Derek Morrison (215).

See full results from the Fort Wayne SemiState here.

The IHSAA Boys Wrestling State Finals are next weekend at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.