Glenelg's 152-pound two-time Howard County champion Tim Chase (top) is one of his team's six No. 1 seeds entering this weekend's Class 2A-1A South Regional Tournament at Oakland Mills High.
Oakland Mills' 145-pound Howard County champion Jovan Saunders (bottom) is seeded No. 1 entering this weekend's Class 2A-1A South Regional Tournament.
by Lem Satterfield
Glenelg of Howard County has seven wrestlers seeded within the top four of their weight classes, with six No. 1s compared to seven spread out among the top four for Calvert County and Oakland Mills of Howard County entering Friday and Saturday's Class 2A-1A South Regional Tournament to be held at Oakland Mills High.
The top seeds for the Gladiators, ranked fourth in the DigialSports-Maryland State Wrestling Association, are state runners-up Brian Marcoux (125), Danny Bichner (135) and Chris Stinnett (140), as well as third-place state finishers Brendan Conway (119) and Tim Chase (152) and also Zach Gerber (103)
The defending champion Gladiators' former county titlist, Alex Hufnagel (160) is seeded fourth.
For the Cavaliers of Calvert County, who narrowly los to the Gladiators in the Class 2A-1A South Regional duals, Jake Ridgeway (171) is seeded No. 1; Lucas Hronick (135), Pat Berry (152) and Stephen Cannetlla (285) are seeded No. 2; Danny Wilkins (125), Jeff Tolbert (160) and Danny Brickner (215) are No. 3; and Nathan Jamie (140) is No. 4.
For the host Scorpions, unbeaten two-time county champ Mike Santiago (285), county champ Jovan Saunders (145) and Chris Ealey (160) are No. 1 seeds; Peter Petties (140) is No. 2; Matt Widstrom (189) is No. 3; and county runner-up Thomas Consiglio (135) and Dan Choi (152), No. 4.
For River Hill of Howard County, state champ Scott Mantua (112) and state runner-up Nathan White (130) are seeded No. 1, as are returning regional champion Jae Kim (215) of Marriotts Ridge and Patuxent's Andrew Lloyd (189).
Tournament sleepers could be third-place state finisher Tanner Wrublik (130), a returning regional champion who is seeded seventh, and Surrattsville's Andre Johnson (215), who pinned his way to last week's Prince George's County title.
Marriotts Ridge coach Jason Conley is enthusiastic about his Mustangs' representation, which he called, "Not bad for a third-year team to have nine seeded in the top four, with one first, one second, three third and four who are fourth."
The Mustangs also have two sixth seeds and a pigtail at 171 pounds.
103
1. Zach Gerber, Glenelg (25-10)
2. Cameron Kirby, River Hill (27-9)
3. Josh Barrett, Patuxent (28-4)
4. Evan Peck, River Hill (32-4)
5. Drew Vickers, Mount Hebron (29-11)
6. Darryl Icenhower, North Point (18-12)
7. Ben Assadi, Clarksburg (19-10)
8. Kody Slayton, Calvert (15-5)
112
1. Scott Mantua, River Hill (26-3)
2. Dylan Gillett, Hammond (29-9)
3. Kyle Marvin, Marriotts Ridge (33-9)
4. Taylor Klotzman, Mount Hebron (27-14)
5. Tommy Coombs, Poolesville (16-13)
6. Terry Harens-Walgren, Southern-AA (14-13)
7. Nick Caffrey, Glenelg (18-18)
8. Denzil Dickerson, Forestville (10-6)
119
1. Brendan Conway, Glenelg (27-6)
2. Stephen Oltjen, Matriotts Ridge (31-11)
3. Luck Stocky, Northwood (17-9)
4. Brandon Campbell, Hammond (17-19)
5. Jeff Tallia, Poolesville (14-14)
6. Graham Welch, Mount Hebron (19-19)
7. Nick Volkman, Rockville (4-16)
8. Andre Miles, Clarksburg (9-20)
125
1. Brian Marcoux, Glenelg (29-4)
2. Josh Halper, Hammond (29-7)
3. Danny Wilkins, Calvert (24-9)
4. Evan Shebel, River Hill (20-13)
5. Stephen Miller, Central (15-9)
6. Roja Stephenson, Clarksburg (19-13)
7. Dominc Anastasi, McDonough (18-11)
8. Henry Field, Poolesville (21-16)
130
1. Nathan White, River Hill (31-4)
2. Tyler Schirf, North Point (0-0)
3. Kyle Flick, Poolesville (35-5)
4. Chris Trainer, Marriotts Ridge (37-4)
5. Joseph Rollins, Surrattsville (15-0)
6. Aj Moran, Calvert (20-9)
7. Tanner Wrublik, Clarksburg (17-5)
8. Craig Brindza, Glenelg (20-13)
135
1. Danny Bichner, Glenelg (29-3)
2. Lucas Hronick, Calvert (9-1)
3. Phillip Meadows, North Point (0-0)
4. Thomas Consiglio, Oakland Mills (24-5)
5. Logan Wilson, Poolesville (34-6)
6. Chris Williamson, (20-11)
7. Searn Kirby, River Hill (17-9)
8. Zach Ganoe, Hammond (22-13)
140
1. Chris Stinnett, Glenelg (22-3)
2. Peter Petties, Oakland Mills (23-7)
3. Ben goodwin, Marriotts Ridge (29-12)
4. Nathan Jamie, Calvert (25-7)
5. Nathan Bolton, Hammond (23-12)
6. Mason Konkol, North Point (0-0)
7. Jose Griffin-Benitez (12-20)
8. Khalil Muslimani, Clarksburg (10-15)
145
1. Jovan Saunders, Oakland Mills (27-2)
2. Danny Dempsey, North Point (0-0)
3. Josh Tilles, Marriotts Ridge (31-7)
4. Zack Wrublik, Clarksburg (21-11)
5. Adam Boes, Mount Hebron (23-18)
6. Tommy Klein, Poolesville (15-17)
7. Roberto Aleman, Hammond (17-19)
8. Mike O'Leary, Glenelg (13-10)
152
1. Tim Chase, Glenelg (32-1)
2. Patrick Berry, Calvert (25-4)
3. Sam Nudelman, Mount Hebron (25-14)
4. Danel Choi, Oakland Mills (7-1)
5. Garrett Walsh, River Hill (17-19)
6. Matt Friesen, Marriotts Ridge (11-17)
7. Jonathan Ko, Clarksburg (9-19)
8. Phil Fromyer, Northwood (6-7)
160
1. Chris Ealey, Oakland Mills (27-6)
2. Sam Forsyth, Patuxent (20-5)
3. Jeff Tolbert, Calvert (16-5)
4. Alex Hufnagel, Glenelg (24-9)
5. Joe Gilpin, Poolesville (22-10)
6. Alex Ha, Marriotts Ridge (20-14)
7. Dan Shor, Rockville (19-12)
8. Brendan Fennessy, River Hill (18-9)
171
1. Jake Ridgeway, Calvert (22-8)
2. Randy Farrell, Patuxent (24-10)
3. Nick Croniger, Hammond (12-6)
4. Scott Trench, River Hill (22-14)
5. Woody Hillen, Oakland Mills (18-10)
6. Jeff Turner, Clarksburg (16-16)
7. Justin Yin, Rockville (16-15)
8. Cory Poncheri, North Point (0-0)
189
1. Andrew Lloyd, Patuxent (25-6)
2. David Johnson, Poolesville (27-10
3. Matt Widstrom, Oakland Mills (16-12)
4. John Simonetti, Marriotts Ridge (19-12)
5. David Post, Calvert (11-14)
6. Anthony Zoscak, North Point (0-0)
7. Sean Ferguson, Northwood (9-3)
8. Jon Mullinix, Glenelg (6-16)
215
1. Jae Kim, Marriotts Ridge (34-5)
2. Mitch Cowger, Hammond (28-9)
3. Danny Brickner, Calvert (19-9)
4. Michael Daniel, Oakland Mills (24-9)
5. Eric Kohr, River Hill (24-13)
6. Matt Bosnick, Poolesville (22-17)
7. Andre Johnson, Surrattsville (0-0)
8. Vance Brinkley, Forestville (13-5)
285
1. Mike Santiago, Oakland Mills (29-0)
2. Stephen Cannetlla, Calvert (14-8)
3. Darius Grey, Southern-AA (16-9)
4. Greg Stokes, Marriotts Ridge (24-14)
5. Jim Kane, Rockville (13-15)
6. Derek Patrick, Glenelg (11-13)
7. Bobby Berry, Clarksburg (8-19)
8. Jordan Hayden, Patuxent (10-14)