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Joey Rice (119) earns one of two pins for the Hurricanes in the semifinals.
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By James A. McCray III
Prince George's County, Content Manager

The La Plata Warriors hosted the 4A/3A South regional dual wrestling championship semifinals Wednesday evening as Huntingtown (SMAC), and C.H. Flowers and Oxon Hill (Prince George's County) each look to earn a spot in the finals.

The Hurricanes wrestled to the finals with a 49-27 victory over Oxon Hill on the strength of pins from Joey Rice (119 pounds) and Tommy George (125).

Huntingtown also added two technical falls, those from Brandon Baumgartner (103) and Hunter Rowe (152).

"I think they did well," Huntingtown head coach Terry Green said of his team. "They came here working hard and came out with a win. ... We got out six points where we needed to, so we could take off and not wrestle our 215 or heavyweight.

"Oxon Hill's 215 and heavyweight are two of the better guys around, so I had a chance to rest my guys and get ready for La Plata."

Oxon Hill earned two pins on the night as Abby Solomon (112) and Andre Wilcox (140) earned those respectively.

"We were a little disappointed in tonight's efforts," Oxon Hill coach John Carpenter said. "We were hoping for a little better performance. ... I would have liked to see us hold together as a team. We tried to tell them, win or lose, stay behind everybody."

La Plata advances to finals

Hosts La Plata earned six pins to punch its ticket to the finals and get past C.H. Flowers, 64-10.

Dylan Dull (103) started the match off with his second-period pin as Jason Jennings (112), Mike Garrow (125), Nick Romero (135), Brent Mowry (152), and Nick Howser (160) earned the others.

Flowers' Zane McBride earned a major decision in his 171-pound match for the lone victory earned on the mat.

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Huntingtown 49, Oxon Hill 27

103: Baumgartner (H) tech. Thompson, 15-0

112: Solomon (O) pinned Bowen, 4:57

119: Rice (H) pinned E. Lynch, 3:04

125: George (H) pinned J. Lynch, 2:00

130: Jarboe (H) win by FF

135: Cranford (H) win by FF

140: Wilcox (O) dec. D. Hayden, 8-2

145: Murphy (O) pinned Shockley, 1:35

152: Rowe (H) tech. Hourahan, 19-2

160: Lowery (H) dec. Bailey, 5-3

171: Russell (H) win by FF

189: B. Hayden (H) win by FF

215: Parson (O) win by FF

285: Cross (O) win by FF


La Plata 64, C.H. Flowers 10

103: Dull (L) pinned White, 2:48

112: Jennings (L) pinned Te. Akinsanya, 2:38

119: Brannon (L) dec. Fagbemi, 4-0

125: Garrow (L) pinned To. Akinsanya, 1:42

130: Toney (L) dec. Davis, 10-6

135: Romero (L) pinned Williams, 1:00

140: Ursiti (L) dec. Hunter, 12-0

145: Higgs (L) win by FF

152: Mowry (L) pinned Henderson, 1:03

160: Howser (L) pinned Jacque, 4:30

171: McBride (C) maj. Jones 10-2

189: Keith (L) win by FF

215: Ingagliato (L) win by FF

285: Shelton (C) pinned Boarman, 2:12