The Grapple at the Brook was once again hosted by Springbrook High School in Montgomery County this past weekend with No. 7 Chesapeake of Anne Arundel County setting a record for most team points ever scored at the Grapple with 268, easily outpacing runner-up No. 22 Walt Whitman (192.5).
“We were very happy with how the boys wrestled, they came out to this tournament ready to take care of business,” remarked Chesapeake coach Randy Curtin. “Our team chemistry is really working well right now. However, as nice as this win was, we wrestle South River on Friday night (January 24th). This is the event we have had circled on our calendars for months now.”
The Cougars advanced eight to the championship finals and saw half of them complete their journey to the top of the podium. No. 14 Quin Greenstreet won a 14-11 bout with Springbrook’s Sean Torrez (No. 20 at 113). Torrez placed sixth at last year’s 4A/3A state tournament at 106. Greenstreet also defeated No. 13 Dom Esposito (Long Reach), 10-4, in the semis.
Dominic Ayers captured the 132lb gold with a 13-6 win over Clarksburg’s Brenten Prestcott.
"I think what we have as a team this year is we are all friends outside of the wrestling room,” reflected Ayers. “That camaraderie helps us to push harder because we know the expectations we have for ourselves and each other.”
At 175, Matthew Curtin claimed top honors with an 8-3 win over Dominick Hurley (Old Mill). Hurley beat Bel Air’s No. 17 Joel Tristan Ouandji Nana, 6-1, in his semifinal. Nana was fifth in the state last year on the 4A/3A side.
"As an individual on the team, I have devoted myself to wrestling solely for the glory of Jesus Christ,” Matthew Curtin said. “I think that attitude has been at least partially spread to other wrestlers on the team. We all join in prayer before every match to remind ourselves that our strength doesn’t come from ourselves. He is the reason for my success as a wrestler and I believe the same for the team's success as well."
4A/3A state runner-up, No. 7 Xander Dodd downed Winston Churchill’s Joao Guerra, 12-8, at 215.
Chesapeake’s four silver medalists were No. 9 Bently Schmidt, No. 15 Carson Roberts (120), No. 22 Brayden Roberts (126), and Dean Michael (190). Four other Cougars reached brought home hardware with three of them grabbing bronze – Ethan Mills (144), No. 19 Owen Collins (150), and Collin Richardson (165). Jonas Dotson was fourth at 285.
Walt Whitman had half as many champs and finalists as Chesapeake. At 113, Jabasie Trice (No. 24 at 120) handed the Cougars’ Schmidt a 12-10 loss. Defending 4A/3A state champion, No. 7 Solomon Randall decked Brayden Roberts in 48 seconds at 126lbs.
Placing second for the Vikings were No. 22 Chris Lindstrom (144) and Justin Rommel (150). Rommel beat Chesapeake’s Collins, 6-5, in the semis. Matthew Hobbs was third at 157 as was Andy Boshnick at 215lbs. Laird Ostien was fourth a175. Taking fifth were Ahmet Demirkan (138) and Jacob Sherman (190). Noah Reising-Rubli finished sixth at 106.
Four other Montgomery County wrestlers finished first in their brackets.
Two-time state placer, fifth (SO) and third (JR), No. 4 Owen Pelaez of Clarksburg flattened Whitman’s Rommel in the opening frame, 1:46. Northwest’s Logan Brown (No. 11 at 165), who placed fifth at the private school states for St. Frances last year, took the top spot at 157 with a 13-6 win over Atholton’s Malachi Patterson.
The hosts saw Julius Weiss collect their sole championship by upsetting Carson Roberts, 13-4, in the 120lb final. Gaithersburg’s Nayenecke Ituka blanked Springbrook’s Dominick Jamison, 7-0, for the glory at heavyweight.
Howard County’s Reservoir crowned two champions in No. 6 Andrew Dolezel (138) and Jose Lazo (144, No. 18 at 150). Dolezel, who placed third, second, and third in three trips to the state tournament, blanked Winston Churchill’s Jeremy Kwon with a 15-0 technical fall to earn the tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler award.
“It felt good,” remarked Dolezel. “It's cool to be the third four-timer in the 26 years the tournament's been going on. Getting recognized as the tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler was also a great honor.”
Lazo registered a tech fall of his own over Lindstrom, 19-4.
“I felt a strong sense of accomplishment,” Lazo said. “It was a competitive experience and a great opportunity to show my hard work.”
Old Mill’s No. 18 Noel Norman-Williams was the 190lb champ by virtue of an 18-6 major decision of Chesapeake’s Michael. Alex Ouzts (Jackson-Reed) is D.C.’s top-ranked 165lber and he won that title here with a third period fall of Atholton’s Thomas MacKenzie, 4:59.
Team Scores (Top 10):
1-Chesapeake-AA 268
2-Walt Whitman 192.5
3-Old Mill 166
4-Winston Churchill 141.5
5-Clarksburg 138.5
6-Atholton 138
7-Reservoir 114
8-Springbrook 89.5
9-Catonsville 83
10-Bel Air 70.5
106
1st Place Match
Quin Greenstreet (Chesapeake-AA) 16-1, Fr. over Sean Torrez (Springbrook) 25-2, Sr. (Dec 14-11)
3rd Place Match
Dominic Esposito (Long Reach High School) 18-2, Fr. over Cooper Bunting (Northwest) 21-4, Fr. (Fall 5:06)
5th Place Match
Emanuel Fisahaye (Clarksburg) 22-7, So. over Noah Reising-Rubli (Walt Whitman) 19-5, So. (MD 13-5)
113
1st Place Match
Jabasie Trice (Walt Whitman) 19-3, So. over Bently Schmidt (Chesapeake-AA) 20-1, Fr. (Dec 12-10)
3rd Place Match
Owen Shelley (Catonsville) 18-3, Fr. over Kyle Osborn (Northwest) 16-10, Jr. (MD 10-1)
5th Place Match
Brandon Womack (Old Mill) 22-5, Sr. over Aaron Fisahaye (Clarksburg) 21-11, So. (Fall 0:41)
120
1st Place Match
Julius Weiss (Springbrook) 26-2, Jr. over Carson Roberts (Chesapeake-AA) 23-1, Fr. (MD 13-4)
3rd Place Match
David Dansou (Clarksburg) 26-5, So. over Logan Johnson (Old Mill) 24-5, Jr. (Dec 3-1)
5th Place Match
Sawyer Noonan (Reservoir) 19-7, Fr. over Jonathan Maslan (Atholton HS) 15-7, Sr. (TF-1.5 0:00 (15-0))
126
1st Place Match
Solomon Randall (Walt Whitman) 20-2, Jr. over Brayden Roberts (Chesapeake-AA) 24-2, . (Fall 0:48)
3rd Place Match
Keon Gavin (Old Mill) 23-5, Sr. over Colin Smith (Winston Churchill) 21-5, Sr. (Dec 11-8)
5th Place Match
Andrew Fitzgibbon (Atholton HS) 11-7, Fr. over Alex Gray (Bel Air) 13-8, So. (MD 9-1)
132
1st Place Match
Dominic Ayres (Chesapeake-AA) 22-5, . over Brenten Prestcott (Clarksburg) 21-7, Sr. (Dec 13-6)
3rd Place Match
Dekhi Church (Old Mill) 20-6, Sr. over Ryan King (Winston Churchill) 12-6, Jr. (Fall 2:56)
5th Place Match
Chase Garrison (Atholton HS) 19-6, Jr. over Nikita Andrew (Jackson-Reed) 21-9, So. (Fall 2:01)
138
1st Place Match
Andrew Dolezel (Reservoir) 25-0, Sr. over Jeremy Kwon (Winston Churchill) 19-4, Sr. (TF-1.5 0:00 (15-0))
3rd Place Match
Andrew Montalvo (Bel Air) 17-8, Jr. over Lucas Canales (Clarksburg) 20-9, Sr. (Dec 7-5)
5th Place Match
Ahmet Demirkan (Walt Whitman) 7-3, So. over Mohammad Rahmani (Old Mill) 16-10, Fr. (Dec 7-6)
144
1st Place Match
Jose Lazo (Reservoir) 22-3, Jr. over Chris Lindstrom (Walt Whitman) 20-1, Jr. (TF-1.5 0:00 (19-4))
3rd Place Match
Ethan Mills (Chesapeake-AA) 17-3, . over Mason Hu (Winston Churchill) 21-5, So. (MD 15-5)
5th Place Match
Noah Smith (Clarksburg) 17-10, Sr. over Dimitri Lachaud (Wilde Lake) 15-6, Sr. (Fall 3:56)
150
1st Place Match
Owen Pelaez (Clarksburg) 26-0, Sr. over Justin Rommel (Walt Whitman) 20-2, Sr. (Fall 1:46)
3rd Place Match
Owen Collins (Chesapeake-AA) 24-5, Jr. over Ruben Salas (Old Mill) 13-2, Sr. (Inj. 0:00)
5th Place Match
Gilberto Medina (Atholton HS) 17-5, Sr. over Khamar McGhee (Catonsville) 16-8, So. (Dec 13-7)
157
1st Place Match
Logan Brown (Northwest) 21-2, So. over Malachi Patterson (Atholton HS) 20-3, Sr. (Dec 13-6)
3rd Place Match
Matthew Hobbs (Walt Whitman) 21-2, Jr. over Noah Zhang (Winston Churchill) 16-7, Jr. (Fall 4:38)
5th Place Match
Max Tatton (Jackson-Reed) 18-6, Jr. over Phil Spencer (Long Reach High School) 17-9, Sr. (Dec 11-9)
165
1st Place Match
Alex Ouzts (Jackson-Reed) 33-2, Jr. over Thomas MacKenzie (Atholton HS) 19-5, So. (Fall 4:59)
3rd Place Match
Collin Richardson (Chesapeake-AA) 19-5, Jr. over Adam Bazyluk (Winston Churchill) 14-5, Sr. (MD 9-1)
5th Place Match
DuJaun LaRue (Old Mill) 9-13, Jr. over Ebuka Onyekwere (Clarksburg) 10-14, Jr. (MD 13-3)
175
1st Place Match
Matthew Curtin (Chesapeake-AA) 22-6, Sr. over Dominick Hurley (Old Mill) 16-7, Sr. (Dec 8-3)
3rd Place Match
Joel Tristan Ouandji Nana (Bel Air) 11-3, Sr. over Laird Ostien (Walt Whitman) 19-4, Sr. (Dec 4-1)
5th Place Match
Steven Rosas (Atholton HS) 12-7, Sr. over Donovin Boger (Catonsville) 10-7, Fr. (Dec 7-3)
190
1st Place Match
Noel Norman-Williams (Old Mill) 24-1, Sr. over Dean Michael (Chesapeake-AA) 21-7, So. (MD 18-6)
3rd Place Match
John Wassell (Atholton HS) 15-8, Sr. over Justin Telon-Noriega (Reservoir) 18-4, Jr. (Fall 4:25)
5th Place Match
Jacob Sherman (Walt Whitman) 14-9, Jr. over Devonte Lynn (Northwest) 14-11, Jr. (Dec 3-1)
215
1st Place Match
Xander Dodd (Chesapeake-AA) 24-0, Sr. over Joao Guerra (Winston Churchill) 23-1, Sr. (Dec 12-8)
3rd Place Match
Andy Boshnick (Walt Whitman) 20-3, Jr. over Dylon Clarke (Long Reach High School) 16-5, Sr. (Fall 0:21)
5th Place Match
John Jachens (Catonsville) 14-6, So. over Kaamal Bagby (Wilde Lake) 14-6, Sr. (Fall 0:00)
285
1st Place Match
Nayenecke Ituka (Gaithersburg) 10-1, . over Dominick Jamison (Springbrook) 23-5, So. (Dec 7-0)
3rd Place Match
Jacob Breitstein (Winston Churchill) 19-6, So. over Jonas Dotson (Chesapeake-AA) 15-9, . (Fall 2:59)
5th Place Match
Austyn Bunn (Old Mill) 19-7, Jr. over Kalen Mackall (Reservoir) 15-9, Jr. (For.)
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