By Mike Deak We have a state finalist! Sophomore Brogan Parks will compete in his first IHSAA Wrestling State Finals after finishing in fourth place at 190 pounds at Saturday’s Fort Wayne Semi-state! Parks used a 9-4 win in the opener against Fabien Zamudio-Gibson of Eastbrook, and then held off Eastside’s Job Richman, 14-6, to get his ticket punched to Indy next weekend. As far as seeding rounds went, Parks lost his semi-final, 4-3, to Jordan Simon was pinned by Heritage’s Jaxton Litchfield in the third place match, leaving Parks (35-6) as a four-seed for next weekend’s state prelims. Two other Chargers were also active at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum but did not advance to the finals. Leon Bontrager was in good shape in his 113-pound matchup against Wabash’s Jae’lin Collins, and held a 14-12 lead going into the third period. But an injury to Bontrager (18-5) saw his tournament season end, as Collins got a fall three seconds into the third period. At 138 pounds, Gavin Christman won his first round matchup against Madison-Grant’s Kayden Simpson, scoring a pin at 4:24. But in the ticket round, Homestead’s Hunter Douglas was too much in a 21-5 tech fall, ending Christman’s senior season at 33-6 overall. Thank you to West Noble assistant principal, Michael Reyes and Wes Weimer for the photos from Fort Wayne.