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Mt Saint Joseph’s at South Carroll Recap
Mount St Joseph’s at South Carroll Recap Someone lied to me. Well, not directly but still. And maybe it wasn’t a lie, maybe it was my own misinterpretation or maybe I still don’t know the lay of the Maryland land enough to know what people mean by “Baltimore area”. I live in Baltimore. And when I read that a dual between the state’s #1 and #3 wrestling teams was happening in the Baltimore area, well of course I was going to go. Only I didn’t realize just how far I was going to go. Of course I’m glad I went and it was a great dual. But I didn’t get gas before I left and then put the address in the GPS and all of a sudden I was cutting it closer than I would have liked. Like being 22 all over again. But you aren’t here to read about my poor planning, you’re here for some wrestling results. Before the dual started, we knew we were in for a battle. And we’re just spectators. The kids were really in for one and they delivered. On both sides. So let’s start at the team level. Mount St Joseph’s won the dual 36-25. They entered 195 trailing by 7 at 25-18 and then scored 3 straight 6 point wins for the final score. Now, they got the pin at 195 but the final two were forfeited by the host Cavaliers. Turns out their guys are hurt and they’re getting better for the post-season. But coming in, I think they probably needed to be up by 12 heading into those final two just to be safe. Mount St Joseph’s has a couple of elite guys there and were favored either way. To the host’s credit, they did win the wrestled matches, 7-5. Again, that’s not to say the forfeits go their way in some alternate universe where they wrestled those but it is to say they were every bit the equal of the state’s #1 for the majority of the night. And I would guess they feel great about things overall. As for the weights, we have to start at 120. I mean have to. It’s a new Maryland law. I just made it today. It states, when a freshman takes out the top kid in the state (who is also nationally ranked) you have to start any recap with him. Of course that freshman is JoJo Gigliotti. Side note, I can honestly say in 40 something years I had never known anyone called “JoJo”. Moving to Baltimore and it’s been at least a handful. Must be an east coast thing. But I digress. This JoJo has mojo. Oh my god that’s corny. Deal with it. As someone who suffers from social anxiety, and even had to stop my mediocre athletic career short because of it, I couldn’t imagine being that young thrown to the wolves. Only on this night, it turned out he was the alpha. The score was 9-3. Four takedowns to zero. And I can’t recall if any sequence was even really close to 2 points for his opponent. It was in every sense of the word a sensational performance. There were plenty of other big matches throughout the 14 weights so we’ll get into those. At 170, we saw the current #1 and #2 in the state go at it. That was Nick Barnabae (MSJ) vs Rylan Moose (SC). I hadn’t seen Moose before but with a name like that I wondered if he could be compared to his namesake animal and I would say yes. A moose, a bear, and basically any other animal you can think of. He gave up an early takedown to start the first period but got out and really never looked back. He outscored the top ranked Barnabae 6-1 to close out the bout with a very strong 7-3 decision. 160 might have been the single best match of the whole thing. That was current #1 AJ Rodrigues against #4 Ben Smith. I mean it did go all the way to ultimate tie break. Tied 2-2 if I recall correctly. Rodrigues chose down and got out and that was the win. That was tightly contested and exciting all around. We’ve highlighted three weights and all three had the home team come out the winner. Surely the winning team had some moments of their own. And they did. But like I said, these 3 results really underscore the kind of quality performance it was for the Cavaliers, even in a losing effort. Well, the effort wasn’t losing – you get what I mean. As for the Gaels, Coleman Nogle was as impressive as advertised. He seemed to be having his way early – looked like he might pick up the tech fall but closed it out with a pin right before the buzzer. Matching Nogle’s pinning effort for the Gaels were Max Conley at 126 (1:15) and Brandon Beall at (2:47). All in all, a great night of wrestling in the state of Maryland. The crowd was amped on both sides. I think I’ll go to sleep with Jayden Diggs’ mom’s voice still ringing in my ear. And I was sitting on the opposite side of the gym. All love here. The student section was into it. When it was over, you could hear longtime friends reuniting for a quick moment. Maybe reminiscing of some wrestling match of long ago. Whatever the case, as an outsider to the community, you could tell it was a memorable night for many. When I decided to head out to this, I thought I was in store for some of the best wrestling Maryland has to offer. I think that’s what I got. And now you got to hear about it. You can check out the complete bout results below:
Mount St Joseph’s at South Carroll Dual
Mount St Joseph’s at South Carroll Dual Preview Tonight will be my first in-person Maryland dual. Having moved to the Baltimore area a little over a year ago, I am still getting familiar with the lay of the land so to speak. As my platform for covering wrestling has always been more of a national thing I have spent less time in my own backyard than I was hoping to. But there is no time like the present to get all the way caught up. Or at least to the extent that I can. And what better match up to do it than a dual between the #1 and #3 schools in the state. The prep/private school top dawg and the public school numero uno. Bet you didn’t know we get multilingual over here at times. Anyway, I’m still learning names and becoming familiar with Maryland’s wrestling community. I leaned a bit on Billy B’s rankings to fill in roster spots. I looked at recent events. The point being, the projected line ups I put together may be off a weight or two. I apologize if so. One specific example is 190. I haven’t seen a wrestler for the Gaels at this weight in all the events I looked at. Whereas I’ve seen where South Carroll had guys there. For example, Manny Rodrigues competed at 195 in a Tri-Meet against Liberty and Century. He’s ranked among the 175 pound class so I would guess making 190 wouldn’t be an issue. However, I wouldn’t suspect it would be him there anyway. He’s looking at a top 5 showdown with Austin Lewis. All I’m saying is that it appears the Cavaliers will get a forfeit win here – I just don’t know who will actually get their hand raised. Or maybe the Gaels have a surprise up their sleeve. Do Gaels have sleeves? Or even wear shirts? I digress. Also, I saw Shane Anderson recently for the Gaels at 138 pounds. However, Billy B has Jayden Diggs there, so I’ll slot him in at 138 against Gage Owen. I had seen Diggs compete at 144 so we’ll put Anderson there. Of course in a dual all of this can be flipped or switched. And finally, Joseph Gigliotti is currently ranked at 120. That sets up a beautiful head to head with Carter Nogle. However, Shawn Hobbs has been at 120 for the Cavaliers and could be at the weight here which would put Gigliotti up at 126 against the other Nogle, Coleman. I usually like to include a weight by weight prediction/breakdown in my dual previews but I’m not in a position to do anything beyond blind guessing. That’s why I’m genuinely excited for this. Because some of these weights appear to be top-notch when it comes to the state’s elite. And that’s always fun for a Thursday evening. As for those weights, I’ve gathered up the possible top 10 [state rankings] matchups. 106 #8 Joseph Cooper (MSJ) #10 Grayson Barnhill (SC) 113 #4 Evan Owen (SC) #7 Jake Tamai (MSJ) 120 #1 Carter Nogle (MSJ) #4 JoJo Gigliotti (SC) 157 #1 AJ Rodrigues (SC) #4 Ben Smith (MSJ) 165 #1 Nick Barnabae (MSJ) #2 Rylan Moose (SC) 175 #3 Austin Lewis (MSJ) #5 Manny Rodrigues (SC)
Buchanan vs Poway Dual: A Conversation With The Coaches
A Conversation With John Meyers and Troy Tirapelle When you get a chance to look at a season schedule, you always pay extra special attention to those events you know are going to bring excitement. The fireworks. The great wrestling. And in what seems to be a growing – or glowing trend in CA – the neon thunder sticks. Anyway, there’s always the familiar faces: Doc B, “The Big One” (Clovis Buchanan Dual), The Garlic City Rumble, Temecula Valley and 5 Counties. And starting last season, Buchanan vs Poway. The distinction with that last one is that it’s an intersectional dual. The Central Section’s best (who also happens to be the state’s best) against the San Diego Section power who consistently finds itself in the top 2-5 in the state. And it is this dual, Poway hosting Buchanan tomorrow 1/28 that we’ll be breaking down and previewing here. Of course I wanted this to be a little different. I talked to both head coaches and they shared some thoughts with me. (It should be noted that the conversation to follow is a fictionalized version of those real conversations. The main difference is that I spoke to them separately) Jesse Smith – me – a world-renowned journalist (see totally fake) recently sat down with John Meyers and Troy Tirapelle, the head coaches of Poway and Buchanan respectively. We discussed the upcoming dual, how it came together and what each team is looking for toward the end of the season. Jesse: Alright ladies and gentlemen, I’m pleased to be joined by two very familiar names among CA high school wrestling fans, John Meyers and Troy Tirapelle. Now, let me start with the basics, start from the beginning at the top of the list (I like to incorporate rap lyrics whenever possible) so how does a dual like this, intersectional, powerhouse programs come together? Meyers: Well, we might be seen as one of the best in the state but they (nods toward Troy) are the standard and currently where we want to be. But to get there we have to get a sense for what it takes, and no better experience than firsthand and we welcome the challenge. So basically I was sitting in class one day it just hit me. Let me call Buchanan real quick and see what we can do. Coach [Gabe] Flores put me through to Troy and they were all for it so I said we’ll come up there, they said they’ll return the favor next year and here we are. Jesse: Troy is that how you remember it? Tirapelle: Pretty much. I mean we have always had the belief that you wrestle. We’re not here to protect a record or a streak but to continue pushing and if people want to compete we’re here for that. We weren’t always in this spot either. We were chasing Clovis at one time so now we’re the ones teams are gunning for and we say welcome it. Jesse: So what are you looking to get out of the dual? Like John, you know Buchanan is pretty much expected to win whatever dual they participate in — but what do you think it’ll take to pull it off? Do you strategize and manipulate the line up to ‘steal points’? Do you just tell your guys to get out there and scrap and let the chips fall where they may? I mean you have some pretty bonafide hammers in your own right. Meyers: Yeah I’m really just looking for how hard they compete. They’re going to face some adversity maybe they haven’t faced yet. That’s why we do this. That’s what we love. So this is a really good chance heading into the postseason for our guys to see what the need to fine-tune and what they’re going to be tested with at the end of February. Don’t get me wrong, we’re not going in not trying to win, we want to win everything we do. It’s just more about the opportunity to battle in another high stakes environment, and what can we take away from it. Jesse: And Troy, not so much what it will take to win but also what you’re looking forward to seeing from your team this weekend? Troy: Just to see some of the young guys continue to improve, even though they’re already competing at a high level now, I think there’s even more for them to tap into. I think that coming off the big Clovis rivalry, this gives us a test, to come right back on the road, in a new environment against a team we’re not as familiar with and get some great quality matches in this late in January. Jesse: Ok so this one is for Troy, you mentioned once upon a time you were in a position of hunting Clovis and now you’ve turned into the hunted. Have you noticed that shift within the program like say with kids coming in who now just expect to put on the B and win? How do you fight against complacency, I guess is the question, and sustain this? Tirapelle: Well you said it. It’s a constant fight to stay hungry. How do you that when the fridge is full? Sometimes you have to create some tension, some conflict. You have to manufacture the adversity a little bit. Maybe there’s something someone said that we can say “you see they don’t believe in you anymore.” It’s like what Michael Jordan said about being slighted at a pregame shoot around and he took it personally and the guy had no idea. And in this sport there’s always work to do, there’s no rest, and I think our group of kids generally knows that. Jesse: So back to John, when we talk about that hunter vs hunted role, there is sometimes an advantage to being the one chasing. But you don’t go hunting Cape Buffalo because you shot a couple pheasants in a calm meadow. You
Sem at Blair Dual Recap
TKDWN STORE The best apparel you’ve ever seen. No Really. Enter Store Hot TKDWN ntl ca pa nj il girls ncaa news Hot News 2023 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS ROCCO WELSH DANIEL ZEPEDA PRESEASON NCAA RANKINGS Sem at Blair Dual Recap So, we already gave the match-by-match recap (you can find on FB or IG). Here, I have 4 moments from the dual that stood out and set the tone for the entire competition. We knew we were in store from some great wrestling, but you never know how a dual unfolds and this one was not short on storylines, drama, and nail-biting results. Takes Two To Tangle When looking at the line ups for the two teams heading into this one, one thing stood out to me more than anything else. Each team has a world gold medalist. Needless to say, it isn’t common to have one world champion in a dual let alone two. But the added intrigue came from the fact they are very close in weight. Luke Lilledahl has been competing at 120 basically the entire year. Marc-Anthony McGowan has been at 126. We thought it might take a little finessing of the line up to make this match up happen. And in the end, I thought nah they couldn’t give us something this elite on a Friday night. But they did. And we’re all glad they did. It lived up to whatever expectations you might have for a match between wrestlers of this caliber. These two stepped on the mat as the 4th match of the dual. A dual that saw Wyoming Seminary holding a slight 6-5 lead. Would the visitor extend it a bit, would the home team step in front. They spent the first period sort of feeling each other out. And it ended with zeroes across the board. Lilledahl took down to start period 2 and got the escape for the 1-0 lead. A little less than halfway through the 2nd period and McGowan was in on Lilledahl’s left leg. Super quick from the 3-point stance he often works from and he was around for 2 and the 1 point lead. Lilledahl would get the escape before the period ended and they went into the 3rd tied 2-2. McGowan chose to start down and got himself the 1 point escape and a 3-2 lead. With about a minute left, you could just feel the energy from Lilledahl kick up a few notches while it seemed like McGowan was trying his best to just hang on. Luke tried a double leg, blocked. But the ability to adjust in real time, he went right to a throw by, and was like he willed the takedown. With only 30 seconds left, he was able to ride out the period and come away with the 4-3 win. Like I say, I wasn’t sure we’d get to see this one, and we did. And it proved once again that the only thing better than one gold medalist is two. No Small Fry One of the issues with putting together a preview of – any wrestling event really, but – duals in particular is the lack of certainty around a line up. Heading into this showdown Friday night, Blair wrestlers for the most part had dropped a weight but that doesn’t mean they stick to that in a dual. And we did see Leo DeLuca stay down at 113 but we saw everyone else from McGowan up stay where they’ve been. On the other side, if Wyoming Seminary were going to put Lilledahl up from 120 to take on McGowan at 126 (which we know now they did do), it would leave a vacancy at 120. One of the reasons I wasn’t convinced we would see this is because I couldn’t figure out what they would do at 120. Well, what they did was wrestle one of their lower school kids. Wyatt Fry isn’t in high school yet but he got the call to take on Ryan Meier. So let’s break down what all of this meant for the dual. 106 pounds was a toss up between two top 10 kids in the country. I thought the home gym advantage would swing it Tyler Dekraker’s way, but Davis Motyka came up big. This was a match that the Blue Knights needed to go their way to take this dual down to the wire and they got it. They were at a clear disadvantage at 113 where bonus for Blair was imminent and the Bucs did get 5 team points to take their first lead of the evening. By choosing to wrestle Lilledahl up they were saying, we’re not letting your gold medalist get bonus and we think ours can win. If they were right (which they ended up being) that would give them a 6-5 advantage over those 3 weights. The wildcard was 120. To make all of this strategy really pay off, they needed the youngster to step up, in a hostile environment, let’s call it the deep fryer, and he did. With a solid 4-1 win where he never really looked to be in trouble. Now, Blair was still able to overcome the 9-5 deficit to win the dual in the end. But the fact it was tied, and came down to HWT at all, was due in large part to the effort of Wyatt Fry, who showed he’s ready for this stage now, leaving the competition feeling a little salty (haha that’s so corny I love it). Flip The Script When you get an event like this that features the very best, there will almost certainly be a history between some guys head-to-head. And we got that on this night as well. There were more possible rematches we could have seen as well, like LeDuca vs Lilledahl, but we did get two. Matty Lopes of Blair had suffered a close defeat at the hands of Matt Botello of Wyoming Seminary. Likewise Pete Snyder of Blair
Sem at Blair Dual
TKDWN STORE The best apparel you’ve ever seen. No Really. Enter Store Hot TKDWN ntl ca pa nj il girls ncaa news Hot News 2023 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS ROCCO WELSH DANIEL ZEPEDA PRESEASON NCAA RANKINGS Sem at Blair Preview When: 7PM EASTERN; Friday January 20, 2023 Where: Blair Academy; Mat Scouts Rokfin channel And here we go. The top prep school rivalry in the country, the top 2 teams in the country. More nationally ranked match ups than I can count – musings of a middle school dropout. That’s a story for another day. The story on this day is the best HS wrestling of the season. At least as far as a single dual is concerned. And I think we’re in for a classic. Now, I want to emphasize (I feel like I need to always emphasize) that dual line ups are subject to change. I can only go by the information I’m given – which in this case was none – and the information that is out there and give a best guess as to what we’ll see. I also try to line up main event or headliner type matches, if those are possible at a weight. And then I like to look at particular strategies and see if there’s a way a team can “steal” a weight or mitigate the team points they give up. With that being said, most recently almost all of the Blair wrestlers have dropped down a weight. DeLuca at 113, Marc-Anthony at 120, and so on. And I started putting this together keeping that in mind. However, if you do that all the way up to 285, they have a hole somewhere. In this case it was 215. So the question really is, in a dual, where does Blair feel they have the solid enough wrestler to fill in the hole left by the downward movement. I believe it is at 113 with Ryan Meier. Meaning he should still be in this lineup tonight. So then the question is, for a dual do they just keep the lineup they’ve been going with, or do they get creative between DeLuca and Meier? (note: the Mat Scouts preview of this does have DeLuca at 113 and Meier at 120. My feeling is they get better information than I do, so perhaps that is the way this goes. So we’ll look at that for the team score implications). (second note: I would love to see a Marc-Anthony McGowan vs Luke Lilledahl match up but there’s really no reason to do it other than just to do it). Ok, so like I say, we’re playing a little guessing game here but I like games and I’m a decent guesser. If the lineups are true to where they’ve competed most of the season, Blair would be the favorite in 7. Sem would be the favorite in 5. And there would be 2 coin flip type tossups. The issue – if you want to call it that – for Sem is that Blair is a bigger favorite in those 7 than they are in their 5. This means it’s more likely for Blair to get one of these from them than the other way around. For the outcome to go Sem’s way, they will need to protect all the matches they come in expected to win, win the coinflips, and either “steal” a weight or match any Blair bonus. It’s not impossible by any means, but does remind me of say the Packers playoff chances with 3 weeks left. A lot of dominoes had to fall in place. The Packers almost made it happen. The Blue Knights could as well. So, I do have the match up stats of the lineups I’m focusing on but let’s look at this alternate Blair lineup where DeLuca and Meier flip and the rest stay the same. In this scenario, DeLuca becomes a big favorite at 113. I have Filipos winning that now (but this is one of those coinflips so Blair could win this with Meier anyway). But for our consideration at the moment, DeLuca flips this weight for Blair. This puts Meier down at 120 against Lilledahl, which makes WS a bigger favorite and very likely to get bonus. Still, in the end, it could end up being the difference between an 8-6 match advantage for Blair vs 7-7. So where my hypothetical below has Blair winning in extra dramatic fashion at 285, they might have it secured before then. However, what if they keep Meier at 113 and he wins and then DeLuca wins 120? By flipping 113/120 they are conceding to Lilledahl. DeLuca on the other hand could pull it off. But, ultimately, it might make strategic sense for Blair to flip DeLuca and Meier. They probably do it. But if we can’t get McGowan and Lilledahl, I hope for selfish reasons we get to see LeDuca and Lilledahl run it back. Maybe some other time. In the end, who really knows how these coaches end up moving guys around and all of what I typed and put together will be worth the paper it was written on. Still fun to hash out and see just what a quality competition we have in store. Dual Matches Dual 106 Tyler Dekraker vs Davis Motyka They haven’t wrestled each other yet this season. Dekraker has spent the better part of the season carrying the higher rank. The gap there has closed. Dekraker has placed a bit higher at the events they were both at. This should be a very tough one. Certainly one of the more “toss up” weights of the evening. I favor Dekraker but only slightly. This is the kind of match where the home crowd energy could swing it. 113 Ryan Meier vs Nikos Filipos As noted above, this may not even be the match up at 113. But if it is, it is another toss up. I made a prediction because that’s what I do.
The Big One: Buchanan vs Clovis Dual Preview
Buchanan vs Clovis Preview The sport needs more duals. It also needs more duals that operate like full-blown events. It may not make sense to do it for every single dual, but for the bigger ones on a team’s schedule, I think so. This is the biggest dual on either team’s schedule as they are cross-city rivals and perennially within the top 3 in the state. Of course Buchanan is usually #1 and then Clovis is either 2 or 3 depending on the year. But I digress. The point is that this has become the sort of event other big duals should learn from and take some notes from and create more of. It’s a party. Of course a dual like Buchanan vs Clovis is most notable for the quality of the individual matches. This year is no different. There are a handful of weights featuring top 10 or even top 5 guys at each school. There are 6 wrestlers between the two schools ranked nationally (if you look at Flo and Mat Scouts. Mat Scouts does a better job with CA and last I saw has Sloan Swan ranked whereas Flo does not). So when it comes to CA competition this is as good as it gets. And even with all of that being said, Buchanan enters the dual as a pretty big favorite. They’re loaded. As always. Case closed. Now duals don’t always work out how you expect, or have come to expect from tournament results. Momentum is a real thing. A run of bonus points where the match should be a decision on paper can swing things in a hurry. But, it’s hard to predict that so we do our best to point out where it most likely COULD happen but still generally stick to the chalk. Where it gets more interesting, or from the perspective of someone like me writing about it, difficult, is predicting who actually wrestles where in the lineup. Coaches will move guys around, jockey for the best match-ups, and try to steal points where they can. I have gone ahead and laid out the most “standard” lineup for each team based on the last time they each competed with their A roster. What actually transpires might be a bit different. As you can see with this hypothetical dual lineup, Buchanan wins 8 out of 14 matches. They also would be expected to pick up bonus points in more matches than Clovis. But that’s harder to predict. So it’s possible even this exact 8-6 match count ends up 24-18 instead of 28-18, or Clovis gets a couple majors and it’s 24-20 or 28-20 and so on. As a fan of the underdog, I like to look at where a team can make up ground and maybe it happens for them. In this case, I think the most likely weights to see a result flip are 113 and 152. The problem then becomes there are a couple weights Clovis should win that could go Buchanan’s way, 120 and 160 in particular. To really have a shot here, Clovis has to win the ones they are favored and pull off a couple upsets along the way. It’s always doable, but not likely. Another thing I will do here is try to find a different line up that might help them close the gap. At the Rockwell Rumble, the Cougars brought Anthony Coelho to compete at 98 pounds. He took 3rd. So maybe he’s the choice at 106. Let’s get to it… If Clovis assumes Rocklin Zinkin wins 106 no matter who is out there for them, then it could be Coelho – which then frees up Thunder Lewis to go to 113. Lewis has a head to head win over Besmer, though he hasn’t faced Huerta this season if that’s who Buchanan goes with. Either way, Lewis would probably be favored to win 113 and give Clovis the win there. If Zinkin over Coelho is a pin for 6 points, the way the matches down the line work out, it probably leads them back to the same outcome. However, if Coelho can keep it to even just a major, it could keep it close through the 145 & 152 pair that figure to go heavily to Buchanan. And then we get to the stretch run from 160 to HWT. This is where Clovis can try to get a little more creative potentially. The biggest mismatch on paper is at 220. Kannon Campbell has already pinned the Clovis 220, Matt Miller, this season. However, Mark Marin would be a slight favorite over Campbell and that could be as much as a 9 point swing for the Cougars. So we bump Marin up to 220. Then Tyler Hodges up to 195. Then Adrien Reyes up to 182. Then Joe Buck to 170. Sloan Swan is favored over Reyes and would be over Buck as well. Clovis would need him to keep it to a simple decision. So let’s say that happens. Then there’s a hole at 160. At that same Utah tournament, they had Jordan Molina at 165. Perhaps he fills in that hole. The weight would flip to Buchanan but Clovis would be in position to sweep 182-HWT. So what are we looking at now after this moving around: (the team in parentheses is the team I’m predicting wins these new match ups) 106: Zinkin over Coelho (Buchanan) 113: Lewis over Huerta (Clovis) 120: Zinkin over Harris (Clovis) 126: Toscano over Ornelas (Buchanan) 132: Cabrera over Simon Cervantes (Buchanan) 138: Lemus over Raiz (Clovis) 145: Alexander over Good (Buchanan) 152: Contino over Reynolds (Buchanan) 160: Espinoza over Jordan Molina? (Buchanan) 170: Swan over Buck (Buchanan) 182: Reyes over Rocha (Clovis) 195: Hodges over Trelles (Clovis) 220: Marin over Campbell (Clovis) 285: Limon over Dansby (Clovis) Match Count: 7-7 So we found a possible configuration that closes the matches won gap to 7-7. The problem is that some of these become even more likely for Buchanan
Beast of the East: Maryland & Virginia Results
BEAST OF THE EAST: MARYLAND & VIRGINIA RESULTS MARYLAND/VIRGINIA Now that I’m here in the great state of Maryland, time to get familiar with some of the state’s best. As well as neighboring Virginia to the South. This weekend was a good opportunity to see some guys new to me like Mekhi Neal and Joel Brown. I came away impressed with a lot of this group and look forward to covering them more in greater depth. Special shoutout to Patrick Jordon [144] of New Kent (VA). The VMI commit was the only wrestler from the two states to bring home the 1st place trophy. Team Results: Mount St Joseph’s (MD) – 113.5 pts St Mary Ryken (MD) – 84.5 pts Brooke Point (VA) – 72 pts New Kent (VA) – 66 pts Gilman School (MD) – 64.5 pts St Christophers (VA) – 58.5 pts Eastern View (VA) – 53 pts Loyola-Blakefield (MD) – 41.5 pts Skyline (VA) – 41 pts Riverbend (VA) – 39.5 pts Fauquier (VA) – 37.5 pts Staunton River (VA) – 36 pts Sherando (VA) – 36 pts St Paul VI (VA) – 35 pts Mountain View (VA) – 31.5 pts JW Robinson (VA) – 31.5 pts Great Bridge (VA) – 30 pts Christiansburg (VA) – 29 pts Benedictine Prep (VA) – 27 pts Kellam (VA) – 25.5 pts Landon School (MD) – 29.5 pts Independence (VA) – 24.5 pts Deep Run (VA) – 24 pts Brentsville (VA) – 22.5 pts Archbishop Spalding (MD) – 22 pts Frank Cox (VA) – 22 pts Norfolk Academy (VA) – 20.5 pts Grassfield (VA) – 19 pts Oakton (VA) – 19 pts Potomac (VA) – 14 pts St Stephens School (VA) – 14 pts Wilson Memorial (VA) – 14 pts Calvert Hall College (MD) – 13 pts Westfield (VA) – 13 pts Fishburne Military School (VA) – 12.5 pts Heritage (VA) – 12 ptse Yorktown (VA) – 12 pts Collegiate School (VA) – 9 pts McDonogh (MD) – 8 pts Loudon County (VA) – 6 pts Union (VA) – 5 pts Blacksburg (VA) – 4 pts The Heights School (MD) – 4 pts Chantilly (VA) – 3pts 106 Dylan Lamar (Heritage) | DNP | Cooper Brandt (Wilson Memorial) | DNP | Eli Chesla (Spalding) | DNP | Joe Papalia (Landon) | DNP | Jack Sawyer (Great Bridge) | DNP | Caden Smith (JW Robinson) | DNP | Nick Sanders (Mountain View) | DNP | Levi Roach (Staunton River) | DNP | Noah Rankin (Riverbend) | DNP | Caleb Haney (St Christophers) | DNP | Robert Coleman (Brooke Point) | DNP | Austin Wood (St Mary Ryken) | DNP | James Wright (Mt Saint Josephs) | DNP | 113 Cadell Lee (Brooke Point) | 2nd Place | Collin Martin (Staunton River) | 3rd Place | Evan Sanati (Brentsville) | 6th Place | Ezekiel Keel (Chantilly) | DNP | Bryson Rios (Loudon County) | DNP | Brendan Sholders (Westfield) | DNP | Henry Gessford (Spalding) | DNP | Ian Arnett (Kellam) | DNP | Sam Parsons (Benedictine) | DNP | Richard Linkous (Christiansburg) | DNP | Thomas Egley (Great Bridge) | DNP | Cayden Farver (Blakefield) | DNP | Drew Roggie (St Christophers) | DNP | Sam Stamper (New Kent) | DNP | Cadell Lee (Brooke Point) | DNP | Sawyer Enright (Landon) | DNP | Cameron Jefferson (St Mary Ryken) | DNP | Adam Rather (Mt Saint Josephs) | DNP | 120 Carter Nogle (Mt Saint Josephs) | 4th Place | James Carlock (Collegiate School) | DNP | Carson Easlick (Westfield) | DNP | Sean Garretson (Spalding) | DNP | Jerry Simon (Deep Run) | DNP | James Hanley (Landon) | DNP | Brady Hand (Christiansburg) | DNP | Cole McAndrew (Fauquier) | DNP | Kyle Kuhmley (Great Bridge) | DNP | Alex Delacrux (JW Robinson) | DNP | Josh Manning (Staunton River) | DNP | Josiah Sykes (Skyline) | DNP | Brandyn Fish (Blakefield) | DNP | Jack Parker (St Christophers | DNP | Kyle Gibson (New Kent) | DNP | Chase Beltz (Brooke Point) | DNP | Zach Glory (Landon) | DNP | Tyler Wood (St Mary Ryken) | DNP | 126 Coleman Nogle (Mt Saint Josephs) | 2nd Place | Ryan Barone (Fishburne Military) | DNP | Josh Kim (Westfield) | DNP | Stewart Griffin (Calvert Hall) | DNP | Jahleel Armstrong (Grassfield) | DNP | David Simon (Deep Run) | DNP | Jackson Foldes (Benedictine) | DNP | Anthony Lucchiani (Sherando) | DNP | Evan Mefford (Christiansburg) | DNP | Cam Hooks (Fauquier) | DNP | William Marsh (Great Bridge) | DNP | Geoff Whelan (Mountain View) | DNP | Caiden Saavedra (Staunton River) | DNP | Nathan Gipson (Riverbend) | DNP | Josh Hale (Blakefield) | DNP | Derrick Brown (Eastern View) | DNP | Miles Hinson (St Christophers) | DNP | Quinn Morrison (New Kent) | DNP | Benjamin Aguilar (Brooke Point) | DNP | 132 Chase Van Hoven (Brooke Point) | 3rd Place | Brycen Arbogast (Benedictine) | 8th Place | Tharun Svetanant (Blacksburg) | DNP | Leo Tansey (Collegiate School) | DNP | Nick Ta (Westfield) | DNP | Aidan Kammar (Calvert Hall) | DNP | Jakob Brown (Grassfield) | DNP | Nicco Stellar (Spalding) | DNP | Brodie Altman (Kellam) | DNP | Myrin Nixon (Great Bridge) | DNP | Phoenix Alyea (Skyline) | DNP | Logan Kisner (Blakefield) | DNP | Elijah Smoot (Eastern View) | DNP | Walker Turley (St Christophers) | DNP | Trace Ragland (New Kent) | DNP | Tyson Sherlock (Landon) | DNP | Max Conley (Mt Saint Josephs) | DNP | 138 Joel Brown (Landon) | 4th Place | Emmitt Sherlock (Gilman) | 6th Place | Connor Bollinger (McDonogh) | DNP | Robert Rerras (Westfield) | DNP | Matt Lombardo (Calvert Hall) | DNP | Gage Miller (Grassfield) | DNP | Zane Leitzel (Spalding) | DNP | Jackson Stroud (Brentsville) | DNP | Zachary Hayes (Sherando) | DNP | Caleb Neal (Great Bridge) | DNP