Portage’s Michael Wellman has wanted to win sectional title ‘since I could really remember.’ But he’s not done yet.
Wellman is a former ball boy for Portage, which hadn't won a sectional title since 2001.
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Kelvion Brown steps forward in sectional as Merrillville knows he can: ‘Big-time players make big-time shots’
Brown records a double-double as Merrillville tops Valparaiso.
Nationally ranked Joy Cantu, the 2024-25 Post-Tribune Girls Wrestler of the Year, is a ‘pioneer’ for Merrillville
Cantu, a state champion in girls wrestling this season, qualified for semistate among boys in previous years.
Introducing the 2024-25 Post-Tribune Girls Wrestling All-Area Team
Highland's Aleksandra Bastaic, a state champion, is among the wrestlers on the first team.
Lowell freshman Kameron Hazelett makes history at the state meet: ‘I had to win this for my grandpa’
Hazelett becomes the first freshman to win the heavyweight state title in Indiana.
Griffith’s Zach Kenney advances to state for first time after grandfather’s death: ‘I’m dedicating it to him’
Kenney, whose grandfather Tim Reid died this month, has fulfilled a longtime dream.
Portage’s Michael Ortega invests ‘passion and intensity in everything he does.’ He’s doing a lot of winning.
Ortega has won conference, sectional and regional titles this season.
A point guard again, Savannah Ballard ‘just had to get back into it.’ She gets Highland back into the regional.
Ballard guides Highland to its second Class 3A sectional title in three seasons.
Hobart’s Luke Juris may be ‘loud,’ even ‘obnoxious.’ But he makes noise another way at the sectional meet.
Juris, a college football commit, wins his first sectional title in wrestling.
Crown Point’s Ivy Henderson ‘affects the game in so many different ways.’ She’s happy to be back in that game.
Henderson, who missed most of her freshman seasons in two sports, is a force inside.