The No. 2 Chesterton wrestling team fell behind early to No. 1 Crown Point and couldn’t climb all the way back in a 37-27 Duneland Athletic Conference loss Wednesday night.

The Bulldogs started with a 6-0 lead after a forfeit victory at 106. Hayden DeMarco put the Trojans on the board with a 4-2 victory at 113. Sergio Lemley followed that with a fall win for Chesterton at 120.

Crown Point got a forfeit victory at 126 that started a seven-match winning streak that pushed the lead to 37-9.

Jude Mochen ended the streak with a 5-0 victory at 182 and Gavin Layman followed with a 6-2 win at 195. Gage DeMarco (220) and Evan Bates (285) finished the night with fall victories.

106 -- Kaptur Nowaczyk (CP) FFW. 113 -- Hayden DeMarco © dec. Evan Cruz, 4-2. 120 -- Sergio Lemley © fall Anthony Bahl, 4:25. 126 -- Logan Frazier (CP) FFW. 132 -- Stephen Roberson (CP) dec. Aidan Torres, 9-5. 138 -- Jesse Mendez (CP) fall Ethan Conteras, :30. 145 -- Cody Goodwin (CP) dec. Ethan Kaiser, 10-6. 152 -- Javen Estrada (CP) fall Brock Ellis, 5:03. 160 -- Orlando Cruz (CP) dec. Cade Johnson, 7-2. 170 -- Nick Tattini (CP) dec. Brandon Bolin, 21-9. 182 -- Jude Mochen © dec. Jacob Carter, 5-0. 195 -- Gavin Layman © dec. Seth Willems, 6-2. 220 -- Gage DeMarco © fall Paul Clark, 1:33. 285 -- Evan Bates © fall Jack Ruess, 1:56.