The championship count at the 4A/3A East Girls’ Wrestling Tournament at Northeast High School was distributed to ten different teams, with only two having more than one champ, North Point and Severna Park.
Leading the way for North Point was returning sixth-place state finisher, No. 9 Lena Black (135). Black won a 4-2 decision with No. 5 Sophia Hodges of the host school, who was a county champion and placed third in the state last year, in the finals. To do that, Black avenged a loss from the Queen of the Jungle to No. 7 Breyon Thompson of Crofton by fall, 5:17.
No. 8 Alexis Metzgar is a two-time regional champion and won this year’s SMAC crown as well. In these finals, Metzgar blanked Reagan Newby of Charles H. Flowers, 9-0. Newby attended Washington D.C.’s HD Woodson last year.
Severna Park’s titlists are believed to be sisters? No. 2 Alanna Adams (140) and No. 16 Alexandra Adams (145). Alanna is ranked second at 140 in Maryland, so her crown was expected considering she was facing No. 6 Isabelle Coe (Crofton), whom she defeated at Who’s #1 this year by fall and 5-0 at the counties. Alanna replicated the first result with a pin in 3:17.
Alexandra had just fallen to her finals foe, No. 15 Simone Littleford (Meade), in the Anne Arundel County Finals, 16-10. Adams reversed that outcome with flair as she decked Littleford in the second period, 2:38. Adams also gained revenge on No. 6 Katie Huysson (Crofton) for a Who’s # 1 loss, with a 9-1 major decision in the semis.
Defending state champion, No. 2 Lexy Pabon (Crofton) stuck Chesapeake of Anne Arundel’s Amber Walker in 1:36 of their 125lb title bout. Walker is ranked 16th at 130.
115lbs featured a top five showdown with No. 3 Liv Goldinger (Annapolis) and No. 4 Grace Ackerman (Crofton). Ackerman was sixth at states a season ago but that hasn’t kept Goldinger from owning their rivalry this year as the 5-3 win here was the third over Ackerman, accompanying those from Queen of the Jungle and the county finals.
There were three finals with top ten battles, 120lbs, 190, and 235.
SMAC Champ, No. 8 Darielle Wood (Leonardtown) dropped No. 9 Adreyanna Weitzel (Northeast) by technical fall in the finals at War on the Shore, 21-5. Weitzel won her first county tournament a week ago and boosted by that confidence hung tough with Wood in the region final before succumbing 16-15.
The 190lb situation in Anne Arundel County is a mess. Seemingly week-to-week, they take turns beating each other. That nonsense bled over to regionals as county third-place finisher, No. 7 Gigi Orellana-Henriquez (Arundel), came out on top after edging No. 5 Jaziah Bond, the county champ from Northeast, 1-0. Orellana-Henriquez lost to No. 6 Keshae Cribbs (Old Mill) at counties. Bond beat Cribs in the semis, as well as county finals and at Who’s #1.
Northern Calvert’s No. 2 Emily Boling won the 235lb state championship a year ago and lost her top rating at Queen of the Jungle to now No. 1 Shayla Watson (Queen Anne’s). Boling faced the same rival in this year’s region finals as last, but this year, that girl was wearing a different outfit as No. 10 Katrina Adhikari now represents Severn Run instead of Old Mill. The result was the same, though, a fall by Boling, but after going deep into the second a year ago, this one was over in 29 seconds.
Adhikari was the state runner-up to Boling last year but has had a more difficult time on the mat in this campaign, not winning a single tournament, falling twice to Milford Mill’s No. 4 Madison Drumwright (Francis Scott Key and Davison Classic), to Boling at Who’s #1, and in the county finals to No. 9 Lylah Jefferson (Arundel), whom Adhikari pinned in the region semis, 2:12.
The hosts saw one girl stand atop the podium, No. 17 Gema Serio (130). Serio was third in the county and encountered county champ, No. 15 Nora Kelly (Crofton) in the finals. A week ago, Serio lost to Chesapeake’s Walker and Kelly beat Walker in the finals. Serio previously beat Kelly at Queen of the Jungle and duplicated that outcome here with a 2:19 fall of Kelly.
North County’s No. 5 Reese Butler is a two-time Anne Arundel County champion and now two-time East Region champ after posting a 12-4 major decision of Northeast’s Madelyn Wright at 155lbs. No. 11 Pashince Gregory (Glen Burnie) pinned No. 12 Ruby Russell (Crofton) en route to a county title last week, here they met in the finals with Gregory coming out ahead, 15-9.
Two unranked wrestlers won titles at 110 and 170lbs. Alanis Molina was overlooked in the rankings update after winning an Anne Arundel Count title but will force that to be reconciled after blasting No. 19 Rory Andrews (Crofton) with a 15-0 tech in the finals. Molina also flattened No. 20 Kennedy Barnes (Arundel) in 1:07.
At 170, Mabel Alafiatayo (Charles H. Flowers) dropped No. 14 Jody Ogundine (Meade) with a 2:40 fall in the semis, then stuck No. 12 Alexis Ogundipe of Glen Burnie in the finals in 2:53.
The top 3 at each weight advance to states.
100
1st Place Match
Pashince Gregory (Glen Burnie) 8-0, Fr. over Ruby Russell (Crofton) 17-11, Fr. (Dec 15-9)
3rd Place Match
Olivia Burnett (Meade) 14-15, Fr. over Ava Quinlan (Arundel) 16-10, Fr. (Dec 4-3)
5th Place Match
River Heslep (Severn Run) 2-2, . over Amy Umana (Annapolis) 0-8, Fr. (Fall 0:20)
105
1st Place Match
Alexis Metzgar (North Point) 25-6, So. over Reagan Newby (Charles H. Flowers) 18-3, So. (MD 9-0)
3rd Place Match
Miranda Lentz (Leonardtown) 12-6, Sr. over Hayley Conwell (North County) 7-4, So. (Fall 3:48)
5th Place Match
Emily Alvarez (Crofton) 13-10, So. over Tahirah Long (Oxon Hill) 12-11, Jr. (TF-1.5 2:17 (18-2))
110
1st Place Match
Alanis Molina (Meade) 24-5, Sr. over Rory Andrews (Crofton) 10-7, Fr. (TF-1.5 2:50 (15-0))
3rd Place Match
Kennedy Barnes (Arundel) 10-11, So. over Gabrielle Katz (Annapolis) 10-9, So. (Fall 2:38)
5th Place Match
Rita Shade (Chesapeake-AA) 2-12, Fr. over () , . (Bye)
115
1st Place Match
Liv Goldinger (Annapolis) 12-0, Sr. over Grace Ackermann (Crofton) 15-14, Sr. (Dec 5-3)
3rd Place Match
Liliana Pinenda (Northeast (AA)) 12-12, Fr. over Abigail Wargo (Chesapeake-AA) 10-15, Sr. (TF-1.5 4:22 (16-1))
5th Place Match
Conner Farmer (Severn Run) 7-7, . over () , . (Bye)
120
1st Place Match
Darielle Wood (Leonardtown) 15-1, Fr. over Adreyanna Weitzel (Northeast (AA)) 18-6, Sr. (Dec 16-15)
3rd Place Match
Michelle Perkins (Arundel) 16-10, Fr. over Haliey Nelson-Steeples (Oxon Hill) 7-8, So. (Fall 0:34)
5th Place Match
Leticia Roulhac (Crofton) 14-11, Fr. over Yael Martinez (Meade) 9-17, Fr. (M. For.)
125
1st Place Match
Lexy Pabon (Crofton) 27-10, Sr. over Amber Walker (Chesapeake-AA) 12-14, So. (Fall 1:36)
3rd Place Match
Katherine Brookman (Meade) 13-7, Sr. over Ellie Snode (Leonardtown) 5-10, Jr. (Dec 5-2)
5th Place Match
Olivia Cambio (Arundel) 10-11, Fr. over Hildegard Zimmerelli (Annapolis) 7-7, So. (Dec 4-1)
130
1st Place Match
Gema Serio (Northeast (AA)) 15-11, Fr. over Nora Kelly (Crofton) 16-8, Jr. (Fall 2:19)
3rd Place Match
Maddie Keller (Chesapeake-AA) 14-7, Jr. over Camille Rumeau (Arundel) 6-17, So. (Dec 6-3)
5th Place Match
Christiana Adeniyi (Charles H. Flowers) 11-6, . over Madelaine Becher (Great Mills) 4-9, Sr. (Fall 0:40)
135
1st Place Match
Lena Black (North Point) 17-3, Sr. over Sophia Hodges (Northeast (AA)) 19-1, Jr. (Dec 4-2)
3rd Place Match
Breyon Thompson (Crofton) 21-7, Jr. over Lynden Conner (Northern-Cal) 14-10, Sr. (Fall 4:22)
5th Place Match
Sharon Peters (Charles H. Flowers) 12-6, So. over Navaeh Diaz (Meade) 14-12, Fr. (M. For.)
140
1st Place Match
Alanna Adams (Severna Park) 11-3, Sr. over Isabella Coe (Crofton) 18-7, Jr. (Fall 3:17)
3rd Place Match
Vivian Abalama (Meade) 25-2, Sr. over Kately Gomez (Charles H. Flowers) 6-7, . (Fall 4:40)
5th Place Match
Khamarra Nickell (North County) 11-12, Jr. over Abbygail Lozano (Great Mills) 3-11, So. (Fall 0:23)
145
1st Place Match
Alexandra Adams (Severna Park) 11-4, Sr. over Simone Littleford (Meade) 18-6, Sr. (Fall 2:38)
3rd Place Match
Katie Huyssoon (Crofton) 8-5, So. over Autumn Read (Arundel) 9-13, Fr. (Fall 4:24)
5th Place Match
Gianna Ozunumba (Charles H. Flowers) 3-3, . over Shobika Adhikari (Severn Run) 6-12, . (Dec 8-5)
155
1st Place Match
Reese Butler (North County) 24-2, Jr. over Madelyn Wright (Northeast (AA)) 14-7, Sr. (MD 12-4)
3rd Place Match
Lilah Pabon (Crofton) 15-12, Fr. over Alyssa Placek (North Point) 7-12, Jr. (Fall 3:21)
5th Place Match
Joanne Baltimore (Annapolis) 10-8, Sr. over Jocalyn Hackman (Chesapeake-AA) 8-12, Fr. (Fall 2:18)
170
1st Place Match
Mabel Alafiatayo (Charles H. Flowers) 8-5, . over Alexis Ogundipe (Glen Burnie) 8-1, Jr. (Fall 2:53)
3rd Place Match
Jody Ogundine (Meade) 21-7, Sr. over Erin Wright (Arundel) 14-10, Sr. (Fall 1:11)
5th Place Match
Chryseis Gindhart (Old Mill) 7-6, . over Madysen Castle (Northeast (AA)) 8-12, Fr. (Dec 4-1)
190
1st Place Match
Gigi Orellana-Henriquez (Arundel) 18-2, Sr. over Jaziah Bond (Northeast (AA)) 18-10, Sr. (Dec 1-0)
3rd Place Match
Keshae Cribbs (Old Mill) 7-6, . over Za`Aryiah Smith (Severn Run) 15-13, . (Fall 2:41)
5th Place Match
Ariyah Cooke (Suitland) 5-4, . over Gia Servinsky (Chesapeake-AA) 8-9, . (DFF)
235
1st Place Match
Emily Boling (Northern-Cal) 10-1, Sr. over Katrina Adhikari (Severn Run) 13-5, . (Fall 0:29)
3rd Place Match
Laylah Jefferson (Arundel) 14-4, Fr. over Cyleigh Graham (Chesapeake-AA) 13-13, Jr. (Fall 1:25)
5th Place Match
Makenna Jamieson (Leonardtown) 2-10, Jr. over Nadin Sackey (Meade) 0-7, Sr. (Fall 2:06)
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