Portage's Vega among wrestling hall inductees with local roots

GREENWOOD | Chicken and beef were part of the menu for Sunday's Indiana High School Wrestling Coaches Association hall of fame banquet at Jonathan Byrd's Cafteria, and the induction ceremony had a distinctive region flavor.

Micic, Steveson and Robinson punctuate undefeated wrestling seasons with state titles

INDIANAPOLIS | Three region wrestlers came into the state finals undefeated and they left Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Saturday night the exact same way.

Garcia, Roadruck cap careers with consolation wins at state wrestling finals

INDIANAPOLIS | If it turns out to be Adam Garcia's final go-round on the mat, the Merrillville senior at least made his last memory a good one.

Region advances 12 from first round of state wrestling

INDIANAPOLIS | The first time Drew Hughes attended the state wrestling finals, he was a first-grader traveling to what was then called Conseco Fieldhouse to watch Hanover Central star Andrew Howe.

JIM PETERS: Wrestling coaches stunned, saddened by Olympics ouster

When Leroy Vega first heard the news, he thought it was a joke.

Portage's Dylan Logsdon

Portage senior 126-pounder Dylan Logsdon won the Calumet sectional and regional titles, and finished third in the Merrillville Semistate. He will compete in the state finals Friday in Indianapolis.

Scouting the 75th annual Indiana high school state wrestling finals

When: 5 p.m. Friday (first round); 8:30 a.m. (quarterfinals), 11 a.m. (semifinals); 4 p.m. (consolations), 6:30 p.m. (finals) Saturday.

Portage's Logsdon went from losing his varsity spot to earning a state berth

It's about a two-and-a-half hour drive from Portage to Indianapolis.

Highland wrestler Maldonado basks in afterglow of winning Merrillville Semistate

MERRILLVILLE | Amid all the emotional highs and lows of Saturday's Merrillville Semistate, the smile on Mark Maldonado's face after he won the 160-poind weight class title shined the brightest.

Freshmen Hughes, Streck among semistate wrestling champions

MERRILLVILLE | There weren't any freshmen as impressive as Lowell's Drew Hughes at Saturday's Merrillville Semistate -- at least until the final match anyway.