Two Shelbyville wrestlers need two more wins to extend their seasons one more week.

Senior Jacob Harker (main photo), 25-5 this season, and sophomore Julian Eads (17-113) compete Saturday in the New Castle Semistate.

Wrestling at 157 pounds, Eads opens his first semistate against No. 25-ranked Kaleb Wilburn (43-2), a junior from Milan. A win would then set up a match against either Carmel’s Jario Ojeda-Cortes (18-11) or Hamilton Heights’ Michael Cain (38-5, ranked No. 11).

There are four state-ranked wrestlers seeded into the top half of the 157-pound bracket opposite of Eads (photo). They are No. 4 Silas Foster (35-2) of Purdue Polytechnic, No. 5 Anthony Cashman (31-3) of Warren Central, No. 12 Aidan Kincade (32-4) of Noblesville and No. 13 Zach Lang (37-3) of Hamilton Southeastern.

At 285 pounds, Harker, a semistate qualifier in 2023, will face Hamilton Southeastern senior Nate Ingalls (19-6) in the opening round. A win would create a quarterfinal-round match against either No. 7 Austin Hastings (36-2) of Noblesville or No. 25 Levi DeGroat (24-4) of Connersville.

There are three state-ranked wrestlers in the top half of the 285-pound bracket. They are No. 8 Hosia Smith (34-6) of Cathedral, No. 14 Jacob McClure (31-6) of Perry Meridian and No. 21 Killian Miller (12-4) of Carmel.

The top four finishers in each weight class advance to the State Finals, held in Evansville this year.

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