Adam Janet Tournament Champions

Archbishop Curley freshman Bradlee Anderson (157) was the lone champion among six finalists and 12 top-four place-winners as the 15th-ranked Friars (322 points) outlasted sixth-ranked host and runner-up Gilman (284.5) for the Adam Janet Tournament crown last weekend.

Anderson’s 4-0 record comprised one technical fall and three pins, the last coming at 3:10 against Gilman senior Michael DeCosta in a tournament whose format featured qualifying pool wrestling rounds followed by a bracketed format.

Runners-up for the Friars were sixth-ranked junior Oscar Davis (150), freshman Dominic Blocker (106), sophomore Liam Rose (113) and seniors Adeoluwa Adewuyi (175) and Bailen Boutz (190).

Placing third were 10th-ranked sophomore Evan Kaliakoudas (126), sophomore Kamryn Ginyard (132) and sophomore Josiah Williamson (215), with fourth-place efforts from sophomore Reed Boettcher (144), junior Dom Pileggi (157) and senior Reef Kneidl (138).

The tournament victory was the second of the year for the Friars, who overcame a Gilman squad which tied top-ranked Archbishop Spalding for last year’s Maryland Independent/Private Schools' title a week after being dethroned by the Cavaliers as Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association Tournament champions.

Davis, Kaliakoudas and Rose won the Knightmare Invitational, while Davis, Rose and Williamson were title-winners at South River. Davis is 18-1, Rose is 17-3, Kaliakoudas is 16-3, Boutz is 13-3, and Williamson is 16-5.

Anderson was a runner-up at the Knightmare Invitational for the Friars, whose coach, Paul Boettcher, is a 1999 graduate of Archbishop Curley and a former Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association and private schools state champion.

“We entered 16 total wrestlers, including four junior varsity second-string guys,” said Paul Boettcher, whose Friars rebounded from a third-place finish at the Seahawks’ Duals at South River on Dec. 19-20 after having won Parkville High’s season-opening Knightmare Invitational on Dec. 5-6.

“Two regular varsity starters were injured and did not compete. Of those 16 who were entered, 14 made it onto the podium and placed within the top six with two others placing seventh. We are still without our starting 120-pounder, Jack Bittinger, a freshman with an 11-1 record who won the Knightmare Invitational”

The Greyhounds crowned fourth-ranked junior Arthur Konshak (175), eighth-ranked junior Miles Molina (113), 14th-ranked junior Sawyer Peck (165) and sophomore Christian Wirts (126).

A returning MIAA and private schools state champion, Konshak earned falls in 39, 47, 51 and 66 seconds in addition to a 20-4 technical fall over Adewuyi in their title match.

Molina won by 16-0 technical fall against Rose in their championship bout after decking each of two opponents in 91 seconds, another in 38 seconds and a fourth in 1:51. Molina transferred from Poly, where he was a two-time Baltimore City champion, placed fourth and second at regions and fifth at states.

A seventh-place finisher at private school states, Peck earned falls in 31 and 87 seconds, another in 2:47 as well as an overtime decision over third-place finishing junior Nic Chaykovsky of Annapolis before pinning Georgetown Prep sophomore Franco Aguiar at 3:50 of their title bout.

Wirts used pins in 92 and 98 seconds to reach the finals, where he overcame Georgetown Prep junior Freddy Brinkman with a 6-4 decision.

Wirts improved on last year’s Adam Janet Tournament runner-up finish against Brinkman, who defeated Kaliakoudas in the semifinals and was fifth at private school states last season.

Annapolis’ third-ranked junior Mike Groszkowski (138) won the event for the second straight year on pins in nine, 34 and 43 seconds.

A returning Anne Arundel County and Class 4A-3A East Region champion and Class 4A-3A state runner-up, Groszkowski was joined on the victory podium by 13th-ranked junior teammate Leonidas Sfakiyanudas (150), whose father and coach, Tom Sfakiyanudis, is a 1992 Annapolis graduate, county champion, regional runner-up and Class 4A-3A state semifinalist.

Sfakiyanudis earned a fall in 2:57 before winning his semifinal bout by 19-4 technical fall over 19th-ranked sophomore Spartan Koslov of Georgetown Prep defeating Davis, 8-7, for the crown. 

DeMatha crowned ninth-ranked senior Cameron Black (285), 17th-ranked junior Ansar Kmt (120) and freshman Julian McCrimmon (106).

Black earned his title with an 8-7 decision over Gilman senior Noah Lawrence, having reached the finals following pins in 77 seconds, 1:51 and 3:08.

A seventh-place finisher at private school states, Kmt registered falls in 14, 52, 82 and 89 seconds before defeating Annapolis junior Blake Gezelle, 6-3, in their title match.

McCrimon registered technical falls by scores of 15-0 and 22-5 before scoring falls in 32 seconds and 2:34 and defeating Blocker, 8-4, in their championship match.

Other champions were third-ranked senior Hayden Myers (190) of St. Paul’s, 17th-ranked junior William Jacques (144) of Georgetown Prep, 12th-ranked Foster Anderson III of St. Vincent Pallotti, 19th-ranked junior Cooper Monroe (132) of Boys Latin.

A returning MIAA and private schools state runner-up, Myers earned pins in 66 and 67 seconds in addition to a 9-1 decision over Boutz in their championship bout. 

Anderson’s crowning achievement was a 17-9 major decision over fifth-ranked senior Isaiah Trusty of Gilman, a returning MIAA runner-up who was third at private school states.

Anderson’s other victories were by falls in 15, 17 and 76 seconds to go with decisions by scores of 7-2 over Williamson, and 4-3, in overtime against Trusty.

Jacques won a 16-0 technical fall and three others by scores of 15-0, including one against senior Lincoln Holmes of the Friends School of Baltimore in their title match.

Monroe has dominated to earn crowns at the Knightmare Invitational and Adam Janet Tournaments for the second consecutive seasons. 

At Gilman, Monroe pinned his rivals in 39, 58 and 90 seconds as well as in 3:24 before winning his title match by 8-2 decision over Annapolis senior Garrett Mykins.