Pair of Golden Bears need two more wins to reach IHSAA State Finals

To reach the IHSAA State Finals, wrestlers at four semistates around Indiana Saturday must win their first two matches.

That guarantees a top four finish and a trip to Gainbridge Fieldhouse for the state championship meet Feb. 20-21.

Two Shelbyville wrestlers face that task Saturday at the New Castle Semistate.

At 126 pounds, Tripp Garner (37-4) (top of podium), ranked No. 22 in his weight class, opens against South Dearborn’s Jayden Coy (28-11). A win sets up a quarterfinal round showdown with either Noblesville’s Brody Weimer (34-4), ranked No. 16, or Hamilton Southeastern’s Cale Beattie (30-14).

There are eight state-ranked wrestlers in the bracket at New Castle. In addition to Weimer and Garner, they are No. 2 Blake Getz (34-1) of Indianapolis Roncalli, No. 6 Bradyn Volz (35-0) of Eastern Hancock, No. 8 Dallas Rosenbarger (35-0) of Rossville, No. 13 Jett McGuire (25-7) of Warren Central, No. 20 Bryce Glaze (31-2) of Southmont, and No. 26 Jackson Lavin (29-6) of Indianapolis Cathedral.

Shelbyville’s Brady Bryant (33-6) must navigate the 157-pound bracket that features nine state-ranked wrestlers. The unranked Bryant (photo) will face unranked Zander Schaefer (29-7) of South Dearborn in his first match.

The winner will face either No. 6 Jack Davis (33-2) of Indianapolis Bishop Chatard or unranked Ezekiel Kramer (22-18) of Fishers. Davis placed sixth at the 2025 state finals at 138 pounds.

Other ranked wrestlers in the bracket are No. 8 Jacob Weaver (39-0) of Rossville, No. 13 Tyler Lavin (30-11) of Cathedral, No. 15 Tyler Sandusky (36-4) of Franklin Central, No. 20 Erick Grady (29-6) of Lawrence North, No. 23 Zion Tavorn (14-4) of New Palestine, No. 24 William Rowland (30-7) of Alexandria Monroe, and Dylan Lane (25-4) of Hamilton Southeastern.

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