At last weekend’s Beast of the East Tournament in Delaware with Christmas Dreams dancing in their heads a number of Maryland Girls went into the holiday break on a high note.
Archbishop Spalding’s Taina Fernandez was Maryland’s only champion, and it was her second straight Beast crown. Fernandez dropped a 13-3 major decision on Easton, Pennsylvania’s Aubre Krazer. Fernandez is ranked No. 1 in the nation at 135lbs. Krazer is ranked No. 1 at 130.
Falling short in their title hopes were Fernadez’s teammate Summer Mutschler, who is ranked No. 8 in country at 100lbs, but placed second here at 105lbs after being pinned by the No. 3 105lber, Sarissa Tucker (Mountain View, VA), in 31 seconds.
Crofton’s Lexy Pabon is ranked ninth nationally at 125lbs and faced Sara McLaughlin (Choate Rosemary, CT) in her finals match. Mclaughlin, who is ranked 26th at 120lbs, handed Pabon a 10-3 loss in the finals.
Two nationally unranked foes squared off in the 190lb finals where Caroline Hattala of Quakertown, Pennsylvania, decked Queen Anne’s Kaylynn Bryant in the first round, 1:41. Bryant is ranked third in Maryland by Legacy Wrestling. The previously mentioned girls all occupy the top spots in their weights in Maryland.
Stephen Decatur had three wrestlers reach the podium and both are top rated at their weights in Maryland. Chaniah Bernier was fifth at 170 and Azariyah Johnson was third at 190. Johnson was pinned by Hattala in the quarter finals in the second period, 3:29. Johnson beat Bryant to win Bayside and 2A/1A East Region titles last season. In addition, Johnson was a state champion and Bryant placed third at states. Decatur's third placer was #4 in Maryland, Amari Purnell, a sophomore, who placed sixth at 135lbs.
Three grapplers landed in the fourth spot on the podium including national ranked Kesi Tsarni (Bullis, 140), who is ranked 19th at 145 and No. 1 at 140 in Maryland. Both of Tsarni’s losses were by pin with the first coming in the semis versus the eventual champion, Daniella Nugent (Phillips Academy, MA), in 53 seconds. Nugent is ranked No. 7 at 130. Phillips Academy will be at National Preps, so Tsarni can seek revenge there. In the third-place match, Tsarni was decked in the second frame, 2:44, by No. 29 Sienna Landrum (Downingtown West, PA).
No. 1 Bella Sowards (Good Counsel, 130) and No. 8 Shayla Watson (Queen Anne’s, 235), who are not ranked nationally, were the other fourth place finishers. When USA Wrestling issues its next update, Sowards should be in the ranks as she beat Pabon at the MSWA Fall Brawl.
The final girls’ placer is a new transfer to Rising Sun, No. 1 Regan Ramadan, who placed seventh at 155lbs. Ramadan is not ranked nationally despite being a National Prep runner-up last year while wrestling for the West Nottingham Academy.
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1st Place Match
Francesca Gusfa (Ridgewood) 30-4, Jr. over Olivia Mancha (Battlefield) 11-2, Fr. (Fall 3:27)
3rd Place Match
Brooklyn Henry (Gettysburg) 14-2, Fr. over Serra Akyali (Phillips Academy) 11-4, Fr. (TF-1.5 4:23 (15-0))
5th Place Match
Katelyn Bell (Montini Catholic) 17-3, Sr. over Olivia McCormick (Lakeland Regional) 5-3, Sr. (Fall 4:30)
7th Place Match
Kaitlyn Turner (Orange County) 4-2, Jr. over Alysa Patel (Paramus Catholic) 4-3, Fr. (Dec 2-1)
105
1st Place Match
Sarissa Tucker (Mountain ViewHS) 50-3, So. over Summer Mutschler (Archbishop Spalding) 11-4, Fr. (Fall 0:31)
3rd Place Match
Lily Runez (Choate Rosemary) 13-1, Jr. over Sarina Gunn (Woodbridge Senior) 5-2, Sr. (TF-1.5 4:32 (15-0))
5th Place Match
Isabella Smouse (Brighton) 13-5, Sr. over Morgan Hyland (Easton) 7-0, Fr. (M. For.)
7th Place Match
Allison Patten (Pilgrim) 3-2, . over Taylor Keckler (Gettysburg) 14-4, So. (Fall 2:19)
110
1st Place Match
Julia Horger (Conwell Egan) 5-0, Jr. over Gabriella Conte (Hanover Park) 3-1, So. (TF-1.5 3:09 (19-3))
3rd Place Match
Mariah Roberts (Riverheads) 8-1, Jr. over Olivia Mitchell (East Brunswick) 33-11, So. (TF-1.5 4:03 (19-4))
5th Place Match
Grace Nesbitt (Neshaminy) 25-3, So. over Adelynne Till (Saint Mark`s) 3-3, Jr. (Fall 0:51)
7th Place Match
Samantha Gray (JW Robinson) 9-2, Sr. over Madelyn Kubler (Appoquinimink) 6-3, Jr. (Fall 1:35)
115
1st Place Match
Riley Rayome (The Woodlands) 19-0, Sr. over Marie Sharp (Blair Academy) 8-1, Fr. (SV-1 3-0)
3rd Place Match
Kylie Gudewitz (Howell) 5-1, Jr. over Tati Irizarry (Choate Rosemary) 12-2, . (Dec 3-0)
5th Place Match
Hailey Turner (Riverbend) 7-2, So. over Grace Riley (Paramus Catholic) 2-3, Sr. (MD 12-2)
7th Place Match
Shannon Logue (Bishop Shanahan) 7-3, Fr. over Allison Hegg (Oakton) 3-3, Fr. (Fall 2:33)
120
1st Place Match
Calli Gilchrist (Choate Rosemary) 12-0, Sr. over Elle Changaris (High Point Regional) 8-1, Fr. (Fall 1:06)
3rd Place Match
Savannah Witt (Palisades) 12-1, Sr. over Morgan Layman (Skyline) 29-5, Sr. (Dec 6-0)
5th Place Match
Natalia Accorsi (Blair Academy) 7-4, Sr. over Abby Naddeo (Paramus Catholic) 5-3, Fr. (Fall 4:59)
7th Place Match
Danika Castrejon (Mountain ViewHS) 4-2, Fr. over Paige Weiss (Sparta) 3-3, Jr. (Dec 5-2)
125
1st Place Match
Sara Mclaughlin (Choate Rosemary) 5-0, . over Lexy Pabon (Crofton) 4-1, Sr. (Dec 10-3)
3rd Place Match
Neve O`Byrne (Garnet Valley) 5-1, . over Jada Pichardo (Pennsauken) 7-2, Sr. (Dec 5-1)
5th Place Match
Anna Madi (Brecksville) 46-10, Jr. over Lily Oh (Riverside) 10-3, So. (MD 10-0)
7th Place Match
Bailey Emery (University) 8-4, Sr. over Haley Smarsh (Moon Area) 7-5, So. (Dec 5-4)
130
1st Place Match
Sophia Slaughter (Orange County) 5-0, Jr. over Abigail DeBerry (Stafford) 15-1, Jr. (TF-1.5 3:09 (19-3))
3rd Place Match
Lilliana Massenzio (DePaul Catholic) 5-1, Fr. over Bella Sowards (Good Counsel) 10-3, Sr. (Fall 2:13)
5th Place Match
Raya Fowle (Westfield) 9-2, Jr. over Avalin Barry (Norwin) 11-2, So. (M. For.)
7th Place Match
Naima Rodriguez (Fauquier) 9-2, Jr. over Bella Nguyen (Broad Run) 8-6, So. (Fall 2:48)
135
1st Place Match
Taina Fernandez (Archbishop Spalding) 8-0, So. over Aubre Krazer (Easton) 9-1, . (MD 13-3)
3rd Place Match
Corynne McNulty (Blair Academy) 7-2, So. over Josephine Dollman (Norwin) 10-2, Jr. (Fall 2:18)
5th Place Match
Kylee Gaddy (Holy Spirit) 4-2, Sr. over Amari Purnell (Stephen Decatur) 2-3, So. (Fall 4:50)
7th Place Match
Raylyn Schwoyer (Owen J Roberts) 6-3, So. over Abri Renteria (Brighton) 8-6, Jr. (Fall 2:49)
140
1st Place Match
Daniella Nugent (Phillips Academy) 8-0, . over Zoey Haines (Gettysburg) 13-2, Sr. (Dec 13-6)
3rd Place Match
Sienna Landrum (Downingtown West) 40-6, Sr. over Kesi Tsarni (Bullis) 12-4, Fr. (Fall 2:44)
5th Place Match
Charlotte Kershisnik (Washington) 7-2, Jr. over Jenny Gautreau (Owen J Roberts) 7-3, Fr. (Fall 4:45)
7th Place Match
Alyssa McIntosh (Easton) 7-3, Sr. over Mya Fleetwood (Gloucester) 2-3, Sr. (Dec 3-2)
145
1st Place Match
Violette Lasure (Chestnut Ridge) 5-0, So. over Jordyn Fouse (Bishop McCort) 74-3, Sr. (Dec 3-1)
3rd Place Match
Julia Fongaro (Boonton) 35-6, Sr. over Jameson Strickland (Sun Valley) 40-5, So. (Dec 4-2)
5th Place Match
Gabrielle Roberts (North Brunswick Twp.) 4-3, Sr. over Anna Farr (Rising Sun) 6-3, Jr. (Fall 2:31)
7th Place Match
Charlotte Bowman (Yorktown) 7-4, Sr. over Graciela Melendez Eisman (Brighton) 13-6, Sr. (Fall 2:48)
155
1st Place Match
Ella Poalillo (High Point Regional) 8-0, So. over Juliet Alt (Chestnut Ridge) 7-1, Fr. (Fall 3:01)
3rd Place Match
Matilda Hruby (Brighton) 14-1, So. over Raegan Snider (Northern Bedford) 10-2, Sr. (Fall 4:03)
5th Place Match
Olivia Georges (DePaul Catholic) 4-2, Jr. over Samira Kupa (Boonton) 24-11, Sr. (Fall 1:48)
7th Place Match
Reagan Ramadan (Rising Sun) 5-2, Jr. over Catalina Santiago (Gloucester) 4-3, Sr. (Fall 4:40)
170
1st Place Match
Kaylie Hall (Spring Mills) 11-0, 1st. over Bryce Snyder (Palisades) 9-1, Jr. (Fall 0:52)
3rd Place Match
Ciyanna Okocha (Louisa County) 26-1, So. over Elaina Primozic (West Springfield) 13-2, Jr. (Fall 6:28)
5th Place Match
Chaniah Bernier (Stephen Decatur) 4-2, Sr. over Kamila Castro (Ridgewood) 27-5, Sr. (MD 13-1)
7th Place Match
Octavia Walker (Norwin) 11-3, So. over Savanah Kirk (Chichester) 4-6, Sr. (Fall 2:33)
190
1st Place Match
Caroline Hattala (Quakertown) 6-0, Jr. over Kaylynn Bryant (Queen Anne`s County) 7-1, Sr. (Fall 1:41)
3rd Place Match
Azariyah Johnson (Stephen Decatur) 4-1, Sr. over Maura Case (Easton) 7-2, Sr. (Dec 6-2)
5th Place Match
Antonia Elliott (Phillips Academy) 3-2, So. over D`Arta Dorismond (North Brunswick Twp.) 1-4, Jr. (Fall 0:35)
7th Place Match
Gabriella Maldonado (Gloucester) 0-2, Jr. over () , . (Bye)
235
1st Place Match
Caroline Biegel (DePaul Catholic) 3-0, Sr. over Giavonna Farrel Byers (Howell) 2-1, Jr. (Dec 5-1)
3rd Place Match
Rahkai Degrasse (North Brunswick Twp.) 4-1, Sr. over Shayla Watson (Queen Anne`s County) 4-2, Jr. (Fall 3:15)
5th Place Match
Makenzie O`Donnell (Council Rock South) 10-5, Jr. over LJ Peters (Broad Run) 2-3, Sr. (Dec 3-1)
7th Place Match
Keiarra Leonard (Norwin) 3-7, Sr. over Rhema Woolcock (Choate Rosemary) 5-4, . (Fall 0:38)
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