Hadyn Ball and Jacob Harker finished third in their respective weight classes to advance to the New Castle Semistate.

On Saturday at the Perry Meridian Regional, Ball, a Triton Central senior, lost a semifinal match at 220 pounds to Warren Central’s Greg Johnson, 5-2, then defeated Franklin Central’s Talan Humphrey, 5-3, in the third-place match.

Ball qualified for the semistate with a 9-1 victory over Beech Grove’s Ian Thompson in his opening match.

Deckard won the regional championship with a 3-2 win over Johnson.

Harker, a Shelbyville junior, followed the same route at 285 pounds.

Harker defeated Southport’s Jacarei Markey, 7-3, to qualify for the semistate.

In the semifinal round, Beech Grove’s John Broadwell, ranked No. 20 in the state poll, defeated Harker, 8-4, to relegate him to the third-place match.

Harker earned the third-place position with a 6-3 victory over Perris Green of Warren Central.

Broadwell claimed the 285-pound championship with a 3-2 victory over Franklin Central’s Andrew Just.

Triton Central’s Ayden Nufio (106 pounds), Shelbyville’s Isaiah Havens (120), Triton Central’s Dayne Bailey (132) and Ethan Booth (138) and Shelbyville’s Julian Eads (145) lost quarterfinal-round matches Saturday at Perry Meridian.

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