SANTIAGO STANDS ALONE: Oakland Mills' 285-pound defending Howard County titlist Mike Santiago (right) is the league's lone unbeaten wrestler at 26-0 entering this weekend's county tournament at Atholton. Brian Nance, a 285-pounder for the host Raiders, was last year's 189-pound county champion. Nance lost, 2-1, to Santiago earlier this year. 
Howard County Tournament Seeds:
103- 1. Kevin Beck, Atholton; 2. Zach Gerber, Glenelg; (Click to see Beck's victory over Gerber) 3. Cameron Kirby, River Hill; 4. Evan Peck, Marriotts Ridge; 5. Drew Vickers, Mount Hebron; 6. Nick Trevizo, Howard; 7. Josh Knox, Reservoir; 8. Brendan McNelly, Centennial
112- 1. Scott Mantua, River Hill; 2. Ben O'Keefe, Reservoir; 3. Jack Western, Centennial; 4. Dylan Gillett, Hammond; 5. Kyle Marvin, Marriotts Ridge; 6. Taylor Klotzman, Mount Hebron; 7. Nick Caffery, Glenelg; 8. Tony Chilcoate, Atholton
119- 1. Tim Schwartz, Reservoir; 2. Brendan Conway, Glenelg; 3. Kris Dutt, Howard; 4. Dan LeRoy, Centennial; 5. Stephen Oltjen, Marriotts Ridge; 6. Brandon Campbell, Hammond; 7. Matt Benecky, Atholton; 8. Nick Allera, Wilde Lake
125- 1. Brian Marcoux, Glenelg; 2. Tyler Bulger, Howard; 3. Josh Halper, Hammond; 4. Mark Colabucci, Reservoir; 5. Evan Shebel, River Hill; 6. Julian Wood, Oakland Mills; 7. Andrew Romano, Mount Hebron; 8. Ed Neuberger, Centennial
130- 1. Brian Kraisser, Centennial; 2. Nathan White, River Hill; 3. Chris Trainer, Marriotts Ridge; 4. Craig Bridnza, Glenelg; 5. Sam Henig, Hammond; 6. Mario Trevizo, Howard; 7. Adam D'Amico, Atholton; 8. Kahlil Norris, Oakland Mills
135- 1. Danny Bichner, Glenelg; 2. Thomas Consiglio, Oakland Mills; 3. Sean Kirby, River Hill; 4. Kevin Eckert, Howard; 5. Zach Ganoe, Hammond; 6. John Michael Yavorski, Centennial; 7. Jason Giamonna, Reservoir; 8. Johnathan Martin, Long Reach
140- 1. Chris Stinnett, Glenelg; 2. Brian Lucht, Centennial; 3. Peter Petties, Oakland Mills; 4. Ben Goodwin, Marriotts Ridge; 5. Nathan Bolton, Hammond; 6. Jimmy Geiser, Atholton; 7. Sean O'Keefe, Reservoir; 8. Jose Griffin-Benitez, River Hill
145- 1. Jovan Saunders, Oakland Mills; 2. Kyle Werner, Atholton; 3. Josh Tilles, Marriotts Ridge; 4. Bruce Leuthold, Centennial; 5. Mike O'Leary, Glenelg; 6. Roberto Aleman, Hammond; 7. Josh Clark, Howard; 8. Joey Montag, Long Reach
152- 1. Tim Chase, Glenelg; 2. Zach Coe, Reservoir; 3. Sam Nudelman, Mount Hebron; 4. Johann Lilly, Centennial; 5. Matt Frieson, Marriotts Ridge; 6. Garrett Walsh, River Hill; 7. Ben Gillie, Hammond; 8. Bronson Weston, Howard
160- 1. Alex Hufnagel, Glenelg; 2. Chris Ealey, Oakland Mills; 3. Doug Carpenter, Atholton; 4. Mike Mullens, Reservoir; 5. Alex Ha, Marriotts Ridge; 6. Colin Weber, Hammond; 7. Brendan Fennessy, River Hill; 8. Sumer Punia, Mount Hebron
171- 1. Tyler Breitschwerdt, Reservoir; 2. Justin Darden, Howard; 3. Scott Trench, River Hill; 4. Dono James, Atholton; 5. Woody Hillen, Oakland Mills; 6. Gary Keister, Glenelg; 7. Samir Marinelli, Marriotts Ridge; 8. Justin Seigel, Centennial
189- 1. Malcolm Stinnett, Atholton; 2. Danny Flannagan, Hammond; 3. Ardy Kamali, Reservoir; 4. Matt Widstrom, Oakland Mills; 5. Patrick James, Wilde Lake; 6. Jon Mullinix, Glenelg; 7. John Simonetti, Marriotts Ridge; 8. Scott Scherr, Centennial
215- 1. Michael Massarelli, Atholton; 2. Jae Kim, Marriotts Ridge; 3. Mitch Cowger, Hammond; 4. Eric Kohr, River Hill; 5. Jackson Drury, Wilde Lake; 6. Michael Daniel, Oakland Mills; 7. John Barrett, Centennial; 8. Zach Cross, Glenelg
285- 1. Mike Santiago, Oakland Mills; 2. Brian Nance, Atholton; 3. Peter Rangelov, Wilde Lake; 4. Derek Patrick, Glenelg; 5. Greg Stokes, Marriotts Ridge; 6. Pablo Aleman, Hammond; 7. Kevin Woods, Howard; 8. Adam Reynold, Reservoir
Howard County Tournament Schedule: What: Howard County Tournament. Where: Atholton High in Columbia When:Friday, February 22 --3-4 p.m. Prelims 4-6 p.m. Quarterfinals 7-10 p.m. Consolation prelims, quarterfinals Saturday, February 23 --10:30-noon Semifinals, consolation quarterfinals 12:45-1:30 p.m. Consolation semifinals 2-3 p.m. Finals for 5th-6th; 7th-8th 6-7 p.m. Finals for 3rd-4th 7-9:30 p.m. Championship finals Individual returning county champions: (Nine total) Glenelg -- Brian Marcoux, 125; Danny Bichner, 135 (3X); Chris Stinnett, 140 (2X); Tim Chase, 152; Alex Hufnagel, 160; Atholton -- Brian Nance, 285; Howard -- Tyler Bulger, 125; Oakland Mills -- Mike Santiago , 285; River Hill -- Scott Mantua, 112. Undefeated wrestlers: Mike Santiago, Oakland Mills, 285 (26-0). Defending team champion: -- Glenelg Potential milestone: Danny Bichner of Glenelg can become only the county's eighth four-time champion. (See list below); Chris Stinnett of Glenelg can become the county's 19th three-time champion. Toughest weight class: 119 -- No. 1 seed -- Tim Schwartz, Reservoir (has lost to Dan LeRoy); No. 2 seed -- Brendan Conway, Glenelg (has lost to Tim Schwartz, Kris Dutt); No. 3 seed- Kris Dutt, Howard (has lost to Tim Schwartz); No. 4 seed -- Dan LeRoy, Centennial. Tournament sleeper: Centennial's Dan LeRoy. Wrestled mostly at 125, where he defeated Reservoir's Tim Schwartz, and suffered his lone league losses to Glenelg's Brian Marcoux and Howard's Tyler Bulger, by decisions each time. Placed fourth, third and sixth, respectively, in last year's county, region and state tournament -- all at 119 pounds. Big and physically strong for this weight class, LeRoy has notable victories over Urbana's Billy Hering, Bowie's Tyler Smith and Aberdeen's Chris Hoffman. What a difference a year makes: Glenelg's Tim Chase defeated Atholton's Mike Massarelli for last year's 171-pound county title. Chase is this year's No. 1 seed at 152; Massarelli is the No. 1 seed at 215. Weight classes featuring two returning champions: 125- Glenelg's Brian Marcoux; Howard's Tyler Bulger; 285- Atholton's Brian Nance; Oakland Mills' Mike Santiago. Schools looking to crown their first county champions: Marriotts Ridge, Reservoir. FOUR-TIME HOWARD COUNTY CHAMPIONS |
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| TIM LEWIS | ATHOLTON | 1974-77 | ||
| JEFF ROSENBERG | OAKLAND MILLS | 1985-88 | ||
| ADAM SEIDMAN | OAKLAND MILLS | 1990-93 | ||
| JOSH ZILLMER | HAMMOND | 1994-97 | ||
| JEREMY LIGNELLI | GLENELG | 1994-97 | ||
| RYAN GREEN | RIVER HILL | 1999-02 | ||
| VINCE TAWEEL | HAMMOND | 2004-07 | ||




