Triton Central senior Hadyn Ball is one of two unranked wrestlers at 220 pounds to qualify for the IHSAA Wrestling State Championships.

Ball pinned Northeastern’s Michael Henderson in two minutes, 56 seconds Saturday at the New Castle Semistate then needed just 39 seconds to pin Sheridan’s Peyton Cross to punch his ticket to the state finals.

Henderson and Cross had a combined two losses this season before losing to Ball.

In the semifinal round, Ball (photo) lost to Mount Vernon’s Devin Kendrex then took another loss in the third-place match to Noblesville’s Austin Hastings.

The seeding for each weight class at the state championship meet was announced Sunday by the IHSAA.

Fourteen of the 16 wrestlers in the 220-pound weight class ended the regular season ranked in the top 25.

Ball (26-6) will make his first state finals appearance Friday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis against Fort Wayne Northrop junior Julante Hinton (38-1), a two-time state finals qualifier at 220 and ranked No. 12 in the final state poll.

The winner moves into Saturday’s quarterfinal round to face either No. 8 Nate Johnson (27-3) of Center Grove or No. 20 Cole Chicoine (37-3) of McCutcheon.

Also at the New Castle Semistate, Shelbyville junior Jacob Harker lost his first-round match to Frankton’s Hunter Branham to end his season with a 28-6 record.

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