Batesville Wrestling continued their season traveling to East Central to wrestle in 5 duals. Batesville had some success going 2-3 on the day.
Batesville started the day against conference rivals East Central. Despite the effort Jacob Weigh (160) was the only Bulldog to get a victory with a 6-5 decision on the way to a 71-3 defeat.
Batesville bounced back against Cambridge City Lincoln. Alex Murphy(113) got the teams only pin. Jonah Chase(138), Jt Linkel (145) and Chase Hamilton (182) were able to win by decision. Josh Mobley(152), Jacob Weigel, Axel Garcia(170), and Brandon Manning(195) received forfeits leading to a 40-24 victory.
Batesville continued with 9 victories against Columbus North. Caleb Bischoff-Niese(126), Tyler Schaefer(132), Jonah Chase, Jt Linkel, Josh Mobley, Jacob Weigel, and Axel Garcia all got pin fall victories. Brandon Manning picked up a forfeit while Batesville won the dual 54-18.
Batesville next wrestled Rushville for the 3rd week in the row closing the gab. Jt Linkel, Josh Mobley, and Axel Garcia were able to wrestle to pin fall victories. Jonah Chase and Jacob Weigel were able to win by decisions. Despite winning 5 out of 10 matches Batesville lost 40-24.
Batesville closed the day against the champions of the meet, Lawrenceburg. Only two Bulldogs were able to pick up victories. Jt Linkel had a 16-10 victory while Alex Murphy picked up a forfeit giving the bulldogs 9 points to Lawrenceburgs 64 points.
Batesville moves their record to 8-8. Jacob Weigel and Jt Linkel were able to get 3 wins on the day. Jonah Chase, Josh Mobley, and Axel Garcia each got 3 victories. Vonlay Hund(145) and Nick Nobbe (160) each got pin fall victories in JV competition.
Batesville will next travel to Franklin county this Tuesday.