Howard High's defending Howard County champ, Tyler Bulger (left), shown last month defeating Milford Mill's Baltimore County and regional titlist, Terrence Owens for his 100th career win, nailed down a pin in Thursday night's 48-21 dual meet loss to unbeaten league rival Atholton.
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Howard County and regional champ Brian Nance (285) pinned his opponent, as did county and regional runners-up Bruce Steinel (135), Doug Carpenter (152), Malcolm Stennett (189) and Mike Masserilli (215) as Atholton overcame Howard, 48-21, in an impressive showing that improved the Raiders to 8-0 overall on Thursday night.

Also nailing down a pin was Kyle Werner (145), with decisions by Kevin Beck (112) and Dono James (160) for the Raiders.

Tyler Bulger (125), a returning county champion and regional runner-up, had one of the three pins for Howard.

With the return of Steinel from a recent shoulder injury, the Raiders, meanwhile, increasingly look like a darkhorse contender in a Class 4A-3A East Region that includes Stephen Decatur of Berlin, Md., 11th-ranked defending Class 4A-3A state tournament titlist  Old Mill of Anne Arundel County, unbeaten Northeast of Anne Arundel County and Severna Park of Anne Arundel County -- teams ranked Nos. 7, 11, 17 and 19 in the Digital-Maryland State Wrestling Association Top 20 poll.

--Lem Satterfield


Atholton 48 Howard 21

103 Trevizo (H) dec Noppinger(A)  5-1
112 Beck (A) dec Risk (H) 4-2
119 Dutt( H) pinned Chilcoate (A) 3:29
125 Bulger (H) pinned Benecky (A) 5:33
130 D’Amico (A) dec Trevizo (H) 8-3
135 Steinel (A) pinned Eckert (H) 5:52
140 Geiser (A) dec Canterbury (H) 8-4
145 Werner (A) pinned Dukes (H) 4:40
152 Carpenter (A) pinned Clark( H) 5:17
160 James (A) dec Weston (H) 7-1
171 Darden (H) forfeit
189 Stennett (A) pinned Marsden (H) 1:52
215 Masserilli (A) pinned Barnett (H) 3:14
285 Nance (A) pinned Woods (H) 3:08