The Hoosier Hills Conference wrestling tournament took place Saturday morning inside Lloyd E. Scott Gymnasium.

The host Owls had wrestlers on three different mats at the same time.

Jesus Aguilar captured the day for Seymour, winning the 215-pound class to become the first HHC champion for the Owls since 2019. Aguilar defeated James Moss of Columbus East in a 2-1 sudden victory.

Seymour head coach Dan Rasey spoke about the day for Aguilar.

“Jesus secured our first conference title since the 2018-19 season,” Rasey said. “He pinned his way to the final. He avenged an earlier season loss that will be huge in sectional seeding. Jesus improved his record to 31-7 after his performance.”

Palik Findley put together the second-best performance for the Owls with a third-place finish in the 113-pound weight class.

Findley defeated Leblanc Phan of Floyd Central to secure his final placement.

“Palik rallied from down four in the third to secure a pin over his Floyd Central opponent,” Rasey said. “He improved his record to 25-13 with half those losses being at a higher weight class. Palik has grown so much over this season and become someone we depend on in each dual. I look forward to seeing how far he can come over the next few seasons.”

The team finished in sixth place with 109.5 points.

Columbus East took the top spot, while Floyd Central claimed the runner-up position. It then went Jeffersonville, Jennings County, New Albany, Seymour and Bedford North Lawrence.

“Overall, the meet went about how I thought it would. With Floyd Central having won the 3A team state dual title and Columbus East having finished third in the same tournament, they were coming in above the rest,” Rasey said. “The other five schools were left to fight it out for third, and that race was as competitive as expected.”

Mason Nugent and Alexis Cisneros finished in fourth place for Seymour. Nugent received a bye in the first round before dropping his second match to Bray Emerine of Floyd Central. He then defeated his Jeffersonville opponent via a 4-3 decision.

Cisneros took two forfeits for victories after losing her opening match to a Highlander.

Liam Chandler took fifth place after pinning Collin Massie in the fifth-place match to end his day.

Briley Compton, Nic Frady, Zach Edwards, Charlie Bruce, Raul Diego Juan, Vade Hanley and Philip Dacayo all finished sixth for the Owls.

Seymour will now start preparing for the sectional meet at Jennings County, which takes place at 9 a.m. Jan. 27. If wrestlers advance, they’ll move onto regional competition at 9 a.m. Feb. 3 at Jeffersonville.

Rasey spoke about building off of the conference meet.

“Overall, the day was a microcosm of our season. There have been many ups and downs with injuries and lineup changes, and you saw a lot of that on Saturday,” he said. “We have two weeks now to become hyperfocused and clean up some of those smaller things before heading to sectional.”

Team scores: 1, Columbus East, 266.5. 2, Floyd Central, 264. 3, Jeffersonville, 170.5. 4, Jennings County, 137. 5, New Albany, 132. 6, Seymour, 109.5. 7, Bedford North Lawrence, 55.5.

Individual results:

106: Seymour didn’t compete

113: Palik Findley, third

Quarterfinal: Palik Findley, Seymour, won by forfeit over Bedford North Lawrence

Semifinal: Tom Nguyen, New Albany, won by fall over Findley (4:00)

Consolation semifinal: Findley won by forfeit over Jennings County

Third-place match: Findley won by fall over Leblanc Phan, Floyd Central (4:12)

120: Seymour didn’t compete

126: Charlie Bruce, sixth.

Quarterfinal: Brandon Didat, Floyd Central, won by fall over Charlie Bruce, Seymour (1:03)

Consolation round 1: Bruce won by forfeit over Jennings County

Consolation semifinal: John Stivers, Jeffersonville, won by fall over Bruce (1:45)

Fifth-place match: Will MacLaughlin, New Albany, won by fall over Bruce (0:33)

132: Liam Chandler, fifth

Quarterfinal: Hunter Banet, Floyd Central, won by fall over Liam Chandler, Seymour (1:18)

Consolation round 1: Chandler received a bye.

Consolation semifinal: Aiden Miller, Columbus East, defeated Chandler in a major decision (12-3)

Fifth-place match: Chandler won by fall over Collin Massie, Jennings County (2:29)

138: Zach Edwards, sixth

Quarterfinal: Caleb Kirkpatrick, Columbus East, won by fall over Zach Edwards, Seymour (0:20)

Consolation round 1: Edwards won by forfeit over Bedford North Lawrence

Consolation semifinal: Lane Kirchner, Jennings County, won by fall over Edwards (4:01)

Fifth-place match: Damion Castellio, New Albany, won by fall over Edwards (2:53)

144: Raul Diego Juan, sixth

Quarterfinal: Kaden Houser, Floyd Central, won by fall over Raul Diego Juan, Seymour (1:36)

Consolation round 1: Diego Juan won by forfeit over Bedford North Lawrence

Consolation semifinal: Aiden Kirchner, Jennings County, won by fall over Diego Juan (2:01)

Fifth-place match: Isa Santos-Moore, Jeffersonville, won by fall over Diego Juan (0:20)

150: Vade Hanley, sixth

Quarterfinal: R.J. Barberis, Jennings County, won by fall over Vade Hanley, Seymour (0:34)

Consolation round 1: Hanley won by forfeit over Bedford North Lawrence.

Consolation semifinal: Varric Wright, Floyd Central, won by fall over Hanley (0:37)

157: Nic Frady, sixth

Quarterfinal: Nic Frady, Seymour, received a bye.

Semifinal: Lincoln Cooper, Columbus East, won by fall over Nic Frady (0:26)

Consolation semifinal: Antonio Pittman, Jennings County, won by fall over Frady (3:42)

165: Briley Compton, sixth

Quarterfinal: Ethan Stancombe, Bedford North Lawrence, won by decision over Briley Compton, Seymour (7-2)

Consolation round 1: Compton won by fall over Nick Cortes, Jennings County (4:51)

Consolation semifinal: Colton Philpot, Floyd Central, won by decision over Compton (4-2)

175: Mason Nugent, fourth

Quarterfinal: Mason Nugent, Seymour, received a bye.

Semifinal: Bray Emerine, Floyd Central, won by fall over Mason Nugent (1:22)

Consolation semifinal: Nugent won by decision over Cade Williams, Jeffersonville (4-3)

190: Alexis Cisneros, fourth

Quarterfinal: Spencer Fain, Floyd Central, won by fall over Alexis Cisneros, Seymour (0:56)

Consolation round 1: Cisneros won by forfeit over Bedford North Lawrence

Consolation semifinal: Cisneros won by forfeit over Cody Shewmaker, Jeffersonville

215: Jesus Aguilar, first.

Quarterfinal: Jesus Aguilar, Seymour, won by fall over Connor Roberts, Bedford North Lawrence (2:19)

Semifinal: Aguilar won by fall over James Hoffman, New Albany (3:26)

First-place match: Aguilar defeated James Moss, Columbus East, in the ultimate tiebreaker (3-2)

285: Philip Dacayo, sixth

Quarterfinal: Dominic Piper, Columbus East, won by fall over Philip Dacayo, Seymour (1:55)

Consolation round 1: Dacayo received a bye.

Consolation semifinal: Ben Land, Jeffersonville, won by fall over Dacayo (0:13)