The Batesville High School wrestling team traveled to Milan on Saturday for the Milan 6-way. Participating teams include Batesville, Lawrenceburg, Milan, Rushville, South Dearborn, and Union County. The Bulldogs wrestled well coming in 3rd place behind 2nd place Union County and 1st place South Dearborn and avenging an earlier loss against Rushville by beating them 42-25. The team is now 12-9 on their season.
Three Bulldogs earned MVW honors for their respective weight classes winning all of their five matches for the day. The MVW honors went to: Michael Deal – 113lb class, Neal Nobbe – 160lb class, and Jarret Hooten in the 195lb class.
Wrestlers with 4 wins include: Ben Westerfeld and Will Amberger.
Wrestlers with 3 wins include: Levi Nordmeyer and Zach Strub.
Wrestlers with 2 wins include: Hunter Fetters, Robert Strobel, and Garrett Watkins.
Wrestlers with 1 win include: John Moody and Derek Davidson.
Other Bulldogs representing BHS include: Chris Schene, Jon Kurtz, Nick Schneider, and Xavier King
Team scores were: Batesville 22 South Dearborn 49, Batesville 45 Milan 33,
Batesville 54 Lawrenceburg 25, Batesville 42 Union County 43, and Batesville 42 Rushville 25.
Submitted by Batesville Coach Chris Deal with Wendy Deal.