Introducing the 2021-22 Post-Tribune All-Area Team

FIRST TEAM

Anthony Bahl, Crown Point, junior, 132: State runner-up went 36-5 and helped Bulldogs win state championship.

Jeffrey Bailey, River Forest, senior, 106: Went 27-2, returning to state meet and placing fifth.

Paul Clark, Crown Point, sophomore, 220: Went 31-10, placing fourth at state and helping Bulldogs win state championship.

Johnny Cortez, Lake Central, senior, 113: Went 36-11, placing fourth at state.

Orlando Cruz, Crown Point, junior, 182: State runner-up went 39-2 and helped Bulldogs win state championship.

Gage DeMarco, Chesterton, senior, 195: Went 44-8, finishing fourth at state.

Logan Frazier, Crown Point, junior, 126: Firsttime state champion went 34-1 season and helped Bulldogs win team title.

Sam Goin, Crown Point, junior, 152: First-time state champion went 40-0 and helped Bulldogs win team title.

Cody Goodwin, Crown Point, junior, 160: Went 36-4, finishing fourth at state and helping Bulldogs win state championship.

Ashton Jackson, LaPorte, junior, 113: Went 50-0 and won second state championship.

Gavin Jendreas, Crown Point, freshman, 106: State runner-up went 35-5 and helped Bulldogs win state championship.

Jesse Mendez, Crown Point, senior, 138: Ohio State commit went 41-0, becoming 10th Indiana wrestler to win four state championships and helping Bulldogs win team title.

Cole Solomey, Kankakee Valley, junior, 138: State runner-up to Mendez went 43-4.

Aidan Torres, Chesterton, junior, 145: Went 43-2, finishing third at state.

SECOND TEAM

Kenneth Bisping, Lowell, sophomore, 152:

State qualifier went 35-7.

Christopher Bohn, Munster, sophomore, 120: State qualifier went 42-2.

Caleb Carter, Merrillville, senior, 160: Semistate runner-up qualified for state and went 33-7.

Will Clark, Crown Point, sophomore, 195: Went 36-5, finishing fifth at state and helping Bulldogs win state championship.

Hayden DeMarco, Chesterton,sophomore,120: Went 44-3, finishing seventh at state.

Jesse Herrera, Highland, senior, 170: State qualifier went 36-5.

David Maldonado, Merrillville, junior, 126: Went 35-9, finishing seventh at state.

Trevor Schammert, Hobart, senior, 113: Went 42-6, finishing sixth at state.

Jacob Simpson, Hobart, senior, 182: Went 41-6, finishing sixth at state.

Theodore Sparks, Merrillville, senior, 285: State qualifier went 33-6.

Connor Svantner, Valparaiso, senior, 170: Transfer from Ohio went 33-3, finishing sixth at state.

Nick Tattini, Crown Point, senior, 145: Duke recruit went 31-7 and qualified for state, helping

Bulldogs win state championship.

E’Shawn Tolbert, Portage, sophomore, 106: State qualifier went 24-6.

Trey White, Portage, senior, 285: State qualifier went 31-8.

HONORABLE MENTION

Seth Aubin, Hobart, freshman, 106; Liam Begley, Crown Point, senior, 285; Connor Cervantes, Griffith, junior, 170; Nasir Christion,

Merrillville, junior, 120; Lucas Clement, Merrillville, junior, 138; Aidan Costello, Hobart, freshman, 152; Jordan Cree, Rensselaer Central, junior, 220; Matthew Maldonado, Merrillville, freshman, 113; Guillermo Rivera, Lake Central, sophomore, 120; Donovan Ruiz, Hobart, senior, 126; Noah Salary, LaPorte, senior, 152; Mason Stanley, Rensselaer Central, junior, 132; Jake Sues, Lake Central, senior, 182; Stefan Vitello, Valparaiso, senior, 138.

TELECHAN/POST-TRIBUNE KYLE LaPorte’s Ashton Jackson, right, tries to flip Hobart’s Trevor Schammert during the championship match in the 113-pound weight class at the 2022 East Chicago Semistate.

SMIERCIAK/POST-TRIBUNE JOHN Crown Point’s Sam Goin, top, wrestles against LaPorte’s Noah Salary during the championship match in the 152-pound weight class at the Duneland Athletic Conference Meet.