Hereford's three-time state champion Josh Asper won last weekend's Mount Mat Madness Invitational at 171 pounds, Jeremy  Keil (145) won four of six bouts, and Max Rosen (112) and Sean Gunn (119) also wrestled well at the MMM as the Bulls finished a respectable 16th out of 29 teams.



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1. McDonogh -- The Eagles won their second straight Mount Mat Madness crown, getting their second straight individual title from Nick Schenk (119). Josh Fitch (135) earned his first MMM championship after being runner-up last year, and 285-pound Lane Clelland earned his first tournament crown as a high school wrestler. Their runners-up were Ben Levin (130), Kramer Whitelaw (160) and Alex Pagnotta (189).


2. Southern Garrett -- Pins by state champion George Scheffel (125) and his younger brother, Jakob (130), as well as one by Ryan Bennett (189) paced Southern Garrett County to Thursday night's 39-25 victory over previously unbeaten Mountain Ridge as Southern Garrett remained unbeaten at 8-0.

3. Mount St. Joseph  -- The Gaels of the MIAA's A Conference bounced back from the previous week's loss to Glenelg by finishing sixth at the MMM, getting a title from 112-pound sophomore, Frankie Goodwin, and top six finishes from sophomore 285-pounder Karl Green and senior 152-pounder Bobby Bowman.


4. Glenelg -- Big, big weekend at MMM for the Howard County champion Gladiators, whose 152-pound Tim Chase was named MMM's Outstanding Wrestler, with a runner-up finish from state runner-up Brian Marxoux (125), and third place finishes from state runners-up Danny Bichner (135) and Chris Stinnett (140).


5. LaPlata -- The two-time defending Class 4A-3A state dual meet champs of Charles County had top six placewinners at MMM in third-place finisher Alex Ingagliato -- a 215-pound sophomore, no less -- and state runner-up Tanner Shaffer (145) and Brent Mowry (152).


6. DeMatha -- Those Stags of Hyattsville and the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference will be the likely front-runners entering this weekend's Arundel Duals, led by their two tournament placewinners, 140-pound Matt Dugan and 189-pound Mike Aguggia.


7. North Carroll -- Led by state runner-up Jason Thomen, the Panthers, in the wake of their championship at the recent Franklin Tournament, are gearing up for the second half of the season and runs at their respective Carroll county, Class 4A-3A North Region and Class 4A-3A state dual and tournament titles.


8. Urbana -- Those Hawks of Frederick County won last weekend's Springbrook Tournament, with Adam Krop (112), Billy Hering (125) and Steven Edmands (160) earning crowns. They'll be in Howard County on Thursday as unbeaten Krop, a third place state finisher, perhaps meets River Hill's state champ Scott Mantua.

9. Archbishop Curley -- These MIAA A Conference stalwarts finished a respectable 14th at last weekend's MMM Invitational, and private schools state titlist Tyler Scarinzi (125) is gearing up for the second half of his season.


10. Stephen Decatur -- Coach Kevin Gilligan and fifth-ranked 135-pounder Skylar Snead and fifth-ranked state champion Danny Miller (189) of Berlin, Maryland, will be in town for Friday and Saturday's 16-team Arundel Duals Invitational, as will DeMatha, Hereford and Loyola.


11. Hereford -- During his title-winning effort at last weekend's MMM, three-time state champion Josh Asper (171) ran his record to 17-0 on the year, his winning streak to 67 straight bouts, and his career record to 131. Overall, the Bulls firmly established themselves as Class 4A-3A state title contenders.


12. Old Mill -- Those Patriots of Anne Arundel County got top six placefinishes at Mount Mat Madness from Ron Vaughters and Arron Hawkins at 112, and, 285-pounds, respectively, and play host to Wednesday's big tri-meet featuring unbeaten league rivals Northeast and Chesapeake.


13. Mountain Ridge -- Although Mountain Ridge lost its dual meet to Southern Garrett on Thursday, the once-beaten team still boasts state runner-up Stephen Whetstone, who ran his record to 24-0. In addition, Noah Devore bumped from 215-to-285 to beat Southern Garrett's state runner-up Sean Sisler.


14. John Carroll -- The Patriots' of Harford County contiinue their roll. They continue to be a factor in the coming MIAA's A Conference tournament, led by sophomore Matt Miller and junior Ethan Reese at 145, and, 189, respectively.


15. Owings Mills -- Those Eagles of Baltimore County, led by unbeaten state champ Tony Mack (160) and regional champs, Avi Friedman (103) and Cody Rosen-Stone (140) remain a threat to dethrone Hereford as county dual meet and tournament titlists.


16. Rising Sun -- State champion Matt Jackson was a runner-up at last weekend's Mount Mat Madness Invitational, tying the Cecil County all-time career victories mark of 132, and once-beaten teamamate Danny Cox (160) was third at MMM at 160 pounds.


17. Atholton -- The Raiders of Howard County are fresh off of their runner-up finish to Urbana at last weekend's Springbrook turney, getting titles from Malcolm Stennett (189), Mike Massarelli (215) and Brian Nance (285).


18. South Carroll-- Led by state champ Cam Hobin (119), state runner-up Tyler Mullen (171) and third-place state finisher Zac Stavish (160), the Cavaliers of Carroll County defeated Winters' Mill tournament titlist Westminster, and lost a naibiter to DeMatha of Hyattsville.


19. River Hill -- State titlist Scott Mantua's Hawks of Howard County will meet the Hawks of Urbana on Thursday, potentially setting up a 112-pound rematch of last year's state quarterfinal matchup won by state champion Scott Mantua of River Hill over Urbana's third-place state finisher Adam Krop.

20. Loyola -- The Dons of the MIAA's A Conference are led by 145-pound, unbeaten defending MIAA A Conference champion Colins Schuster, who will lead them into Friday and Saturday's difficult, 16-team Arundel Duals.



Individual Rankings

103

1 – Avi Friedman (11) Owings Mills
2 – Brett Przywara (9) Curley
3 - Alex Rice (9) Mt. St. Joe
4 - Matt Swinger (9) Hereford
5 - Mitch Bode (9) McDonogh
6 - Zach Gerber (9) Glenelg
HM: Brandon Gain (10) Harford Tech, Jordan Tolbert (9) Magruder, Pat Prada (10) DeMatha and Chris Wampler (9) South Carroll.


112

1 - Frankie Goodwin (10) Mt. St. Joseph
2 – Scott Mantua (11) River Hill
3 - Adam Krop (10) Urbana
4 - Lex Ozias (9) Southern-Gar
5 - Housten Zemanski (11) Broadneck
6 - Brian Hines (12) Seneca Valley
HM: CJ Savage (12) Tuscarora, Chad Strube (10) Middletown, Alex Hakspiel (12) Sherwood, and Ben Baker (11) Pikesville.

119:

1 - Nicky Schenk (10) McDonogh
2 - Cam Hobin (11) South Carroll
3 - Nik Gialamas (12) Calvert Hall
4 - Brendon Conway (10) Glenelg
5 - Jake Shilling (12) La Plata
6 - Kenneth Green (9) St. Mary's
HM: Earl Eppard (11) Lansdowne, Tyler Smith (11) Bowie, Dan Beall (11) AACS, and Daniel Justice (12) Huntingtown.

125:

1 - Andrew Bannister (11) Bishop McNamera
2 - Deonte Carter (11) Woodlawn
3 - George Scheffel (10) Souther-Gar
4 - Tyler Strube (12) Middletown
5 - Brian Marcoux (12) Glenelg
6 - Eric Filipowicz (11) McDonogh
HM: Tyler Scarinzi (12) Curley, Kyle Hayden (9) DeMatha, Tyler Bulger (12) Howard and Jason Warnick (11) Northern-Gar.

130:

1 - Sean McCarty (12) Northwest
2 - Ben Levin (12) McDonogh
3 - Ben Shaufele (10) Mt. St. Joe
4 - Nathan White (11) River Hill
5 - Adeleke Ibironke (12) Milford Mill
6 - CJ Cotterman (12) Walkersville
HM: Peter Tantanish (12) Urbana, Jeremy Seipp (11) North Carroll, Jakob Scheffel (9) Southern-Gar, and Dustin Peddicord (12) Eastern Tech.

135:

1 - Josh Fitch (12) McDonogh
2 - Lester Andrews (12) Mardela
3 - Matt Danielson (12) Bullis
4 - Dan Bichner (12) Glenelg
5 - Skylar Snead (12) Stephen Decatur
6 - Alex Tolbert (12) Magruder
HM: Aaron Patterson (12) Mountain Ridge, Bruce Steinel (12) Atholton, Sam Cannon (11) Chopticon and Travis Kolstrom (12) Sparrows Point.

140:

1 - Chris Stinnett (12) Glenelg
2 - Matt Dugan (12) DeMatha
3 - Stephen Whetstone (12) Mountain Ridge
4 - Albert Woody (11) McDonogh
5 - Tyler White (11) Walkersville
6 - Josh Bressler (11) PCA
HM: Cody Rosen-Stone (11) Owings Mills, Ali Saadulev (11) Curley, Steve Miller (12) Paint Branch and Dan Orem (11) Mt. St. Joe.

145:

1 - Maurice Fleming (12) Northeast-AA
2 - Matt Jackson (12) Rising Sun
3 - Colin Schuster (11) Loyola
4 - Curtis Holmes (11) McDonogh
5 - Tanner Shaffer (12) LaPlata
6 - Fred Green (12) St. Mary's
HM: Zach Shreve (12) Severna Park, Jeremy Keil (12) Hereford, Matt Miller (10) John Carroll, and Mike Munno (12) DeMatha.

152:

1 - Tim Chase (12) Glenelg
2 - Shane Milam (11) McDonogh
3 - Steven Gamble (11) Sherwood
4 - Zach White (11) Walkersville
5 - Tim Stewart (12) Paint Branch
6 - Matt Cross (12) Bel Air
HM: Ronnie Marvel (12) Kent Island, Jim Eichelberger (12) North Hagerstown, Andy Ganoe (12) Northern-Gar, and Bobby Bowman (10) MSJ.

160:

1 - Bubby Graham (12) Annapolis
2 - Tony Mack (12) Owings Mills
3 - Kramer Whitelaw (12) McDonogh
4 - Dan Cox (12) Rising Sun
5 - Edwin Jackson (12) MSJ
6 - Zac Stavish (12) South Carroll
HM: Joe Foster (12) Curley, Sam Johnson (12) Poly, Tyler Lomax (12) Chesapeake-AA, and Dustin Stough (12) Northern-Gar.

171:

1 - Josh Asper (12) Hereford
2 - Tyler Mullen (12) South Carroll
3 - Brandon Johnson (11) Middletown
4 - Owen Smith (12) Calvert Hall
5 - Justin Bowersox (12) Thomas Stone
6 - Brian Wittenberger (12) Damascus
HM: Ryan Hertz (12) Old Mill, Mark Massie (11) Severna Park, Travis Bullock (12) Elkton, and Joe Eder (12) McDonogh.

189:

1 - Alex Pagnotta (11) McDonogh
2 - Jordan Walsh (12) Walkersville
3 - Mike Aguggia (12) DeMatha
4 - Ethan Brown (12) Old Mill
5 - Danny Miller (12) Stephen Decatur
6 - Ian Graham (12) South River
HM: Ethan Reese (11) John Carroll, Zach O'Keefe (12) Chesapeake-AA, George Denton (12) CM Wright, and Bryan DePhillip (12) Lackey.

215:

1 - Chance Gaffney (12) Georgetown Prep
2 - Billy Nichols (11) Severna Park
3 - Jason Thomen (12) North Carroll
4 - Josh Frederick (12) Damascus
5 - Jon Byrd (12) Mardela
6 - Dake Williams (11) Quince Orchard
HM: Noah Devore (12) Mountain Ridge, Alex Ingagliato (10) La Plata, Josh Brown (12) Westlake and Trey Smith (12) Landon.

285:

1 - Sean Sisler (12) Southern-Gar
2 - Jeff Hernandez (12) Kennedy
3 - Lane Clelland (12) McDonogh
4 - Karl Green (10) MSJ
5 - Terrence Stephens (12) Quince Orchard
6 - Joe Waters (12) Wicomico
HM: Craig Hayes (12) Cambridge, Mike Santiago (12) Oakland Mills, Travis Bowie (12) Frederick and Bryan Murray (12) Good Counsel.