LaPlata's 145-pound Tanner Shaffer (above), shown during an earlier win over Pat Downey of Mount St. Joseph, was among the Warriors' five champions at Saturday night's Class 4A-3A South Regional Tournament.
LaPlata's 119-pound Jake Shilling (right) defeated Huntingtown's Daniel Justice, 7-1, for the Class 4A-3A South Regional title on Saturday night.
by Lem Satterfield
State runners-up Jake Shilling (119) and Tanner Shaffer (145), as well as Daniel Brannon (103), Brent Mowry (152) and Alex Ingagliato (215) won titles, Mike Garrow (112) and Tony Ingagliato (189) were second, Tom Brannon (125) took third, and Chase Ursitti (135), fourth as the LaPlata Warriors blew away the field at Saturday's Class 4A-3A North Regional Tournament and qualiefied nine wrestlers for next weekend's Class 4A-3A state tournament at the University of Maryland's Cole Field House.
Shilling won a clash of former state finalists, 7-1, over Huntington's Daniel Justice to help the Warriors, who are trying to regain the tournament crown they lost to Old Mill last season.
With 193.5 points to that of runner-up Westlake's 98, the Warriors nearly doubled their second-place team's points.
Others winning titles were Northern of Calvert wrestlers Quin Leadbetter (112) and Jeff Williams (140), Thomas Stone's Phillip Wesbury (160) and Justin Bowersox (171), Prince George's County champ Martin Mitchell (125) of Laurel, Bowie's Eric Bulger (130), Chopticon's Sam Cannon (135), Lackey's Bryan DePhillip (189) and Oxon Hill's Nigel Cross (285).
4a-3a South Region Tournament 2008
Final Team Scores
1. LaPlata 193.5
2. Westlake 98
3. Thomas Stone 88
4. Chopticon 86
5. Oxon Hill 78
6. Leonardtown 72
7. Bowie 65.5
8. Northern 62
9. Charles Flowers 51
Eleanor Roosevelt 51
10. Huntingtown 42
11. Parkdale 35.5
12. Henry Lackey 32
Northwestern 32
13. Bladensburg 29
14. Laurel 21
15. Friendly 17
16. DuVal 14
17. Suitland 11
18. Great Mills 7
19. Largo 6
20. Crossland 0
Henry Wise 0
103
Daniel Brannon (LAP)
wins by dec 6-3 over Samuel Yirenkyi (PKD)
3rd
Place
Eric Stubblefield (NOC) wins by fall 2:53 over Raheem Williams (WLA)
5th
Place
Scott Barish (ELR) wins by dec 4-0 over Cody Reiter (CHO)
112
Quentin Leadbetter
(NOC) wins by dec 4-3 over Mike Garrow (LAP)
3rd
Place
Abby Solomon (OXH) wins by dec 7-3 over Trevor Lee (CHF)
5th
Place
Tayo Fagbuyi (ELR) wins by fall 4:56 over Delante Edmonds (PKD)
119
Jake Shilling (LAP)
wins by dec 7-1 over Daniel Justice (HUN)
3rd
Place
Stephen Cannon (CHO) wins by fall 2:22 over Tyler Smith (BOW)
5th
Place
Eric Jones (BLA) wins by dec 3-2 over Mark Inda (ELR)
125
Martin Mitchell (LAU)
wins by maj dec 10-2 over Sean Cannon (WLA)
3rd
Place
Thomas Brannon (LAP) wins by dec 3-2 over Markus Jarboe
(HUN)
5th
Place
Tyler Welch (LAC) wins by dec 4-2 over Rodney Clark (OXH)
130
Eric Bulger (BOW) wins
by dec 7-2 over Derek Taylor (WLA)
3rd
Place
Chas Guy (CHO) wins by dec 6-4 in OT over Austin Campbell
(LEO)
5th
Place
Johnny Thomas (LAP) wins by dec 9-2 over Malcolm Howard
(ELR)
135
Sam Cannon (CHO) wins
by fall in 1:29 over Andre
Wilcox (OXH)
3rd
Place
Michael Lancaster (WLA) wins by dec 7-5 over Chase Ursitti
(LAP)
5th
Place
Isaac Fagbuyi (ELR) wins by dec 11-5 over Jelani Wright
(DUV)
140
Jeff Williams (NOC) wins
by dec 6-4 over Derek Bell (CHO)
3rd
Place
Ronnie Sinclair (BOW) wins by dec 7-5 over BJ Frederick
(LEO)
5th
Place
Jordan Murphy (OXH) wins by maj dec 12-0 over Paul Ademola
(BLA)
145
Tanner Shaffer (LAP)
wins by maj dec 15-3 over Damion Butler (NWE)
3rd
Place
Martez Allen (LEO) wins by dec 2-1 over Vincent Shontere
(CHO)
5th
Place
James Monda (GTM) wins by dec 6-1 over Jordan Cherry (BOW)
152
Brent Mowry (LAP)
wins by dec 10-7 over Zach Lohr (THS)
3rd
Place
Pete Cangelosi (WLA) wins by dec 4-3 over Paul Tshikaya (PKD)
5th
Place
Keyshaun Ward (BOW) wins by dec 6-2 over Dominique Cole
(FRI)
160
Philip Wesbury (THS)
wins by dec 8-6 over Anthony Nero (BLA)
3rd
Place
Steven Butler (HUN) wins by dec 5-2 over Tevin Dixon (NWE)
5th
Place
Darnell Murphy (BOW) wins by maj dec 12-3 over Aaron Dull
(WLA)
171
Justin Bowersox (THS)
wins by tech fall 19-3 over Zane McBride (CHF)
3rd
Place
Will Dixon (ELR) wins by dec 6-3 over Ricardo Bullock (DUV)
5th
Place
Devin Bohanan (LEO) wins by dec 2-0 over Charles Thomas
(NWE)
189
Bryan DePhillip (LAC)
wins by injury default over Tony Ingagliato (LAP)
3rd
Place
Raymond Bruce (THS) wins by maj dec 11-1 over Michael
Spriggs (CHF)
5th
Place
TJ Schmidt (LEO) wins by forfeit over Darius Daniels (LAR)
215
Alex Ingagliato (LAP)
wins by maj dec 12-1 over Mark Wroblewski (LEO)
3rd
Place
Ralph Parson (OXH) wins by fall in 4:06 over Joshua Clark (SUI)
5th
Place
Josh Akinsanya (CHF) wins by dec 9-8 over Randy Prout (PKD)
285
Nigel Cross (OXH)
wins by dec 4-1 over Josh Mommers (WES)
3rd
Place
DeAnthony Cloyd (FRI) wins by dec 4-2 over Kwame Marshall
(THS)
5th
Place
Joe Sharp (LAP) wins by fall in 1:42 over Isaiah Shelton (CHF)