MSJ Wins Demolition Duals

Mount St. Joseph’s sophomore Brooklyn Pickett went 7-0 as a 157-pounder at the Dec. 29-30 Demolition Duals hosted by his third-ranked Gaels, including an 8-3 decision over top-ranked senior Beau Schmidt of Northeast-Anne Arundel County.

Top-ranked at 150 pounds by Legacy Wrestling, Pickett not only rose in weight to face Schmidt, but he also earned a 68-second fall, a 12-1 major decision and out-gunned four other opponents over the course of as many technical falls by the combined score of 68-6.

“I bumped up for the team and also to face Beau Schmidt and to challenge myself against bigger opponents. In all my matches, the goal is not just to win, but to score bonus points,” said Pickett, a returning Maryland Independent/Private Schools state champion who is ranked 18th nationally by High School On SI.

“The weight, for now, will depend on what the team needs and my health and my growth. My goal in every match is to go out there and get the bonus and to score the most amount of points possible, and a guy like Beau Schmidt is a good, tough competitor.”

Pickett and six teammates went undefeated with two others losing just once for the Gaels, who defeated eighth-ranked Chesapeake-Anne Arundel, 53-14, in the semifinals, and runner-up William Penn, 44-27, in the finals.

Pickett’s effort follows last year’s Outstanding Wrestler performance at the event, which included a 6-1 decision over then top-ranked senior Evan Boblits of St. Mary’s Ryken.

Pickett rose up from 144 to 150 pounds to face Boblits, a four-time Washington Catholic Athletic Conference title-winner who earned two private schools state crowns in three championship appearances and placed fourth, fifth and third in the National Preps Tournament.

Pickett’s performance also followed last month’s sixth place finish in the Beast of the East Tournament at the Bob Carpenter Center at the University of Delaware, where he used a cradle in the quarterfinals to deck No. 8 Sonny Amato of Rumson-Fair Haven Regional. Amato was a state champion as a freshman and third a year ago.

“At Beast Of The East, the big win over Amato meant a lot, not just to me personally, but to the entire school. It meant a lot for me to get our Mount St. Joseph’s name into national contention talks again,” said Pickett of Amato, who was ranked third nationally when they met.

“I can only look to improve and to learn from the experience, because at the end of the day, the quarterfinals win is only one win. What I do from here on out will not only show the true type of wrestler I am, but also, the type of program MSJ has.”

Pickett faced no slouch in Schmidt, a top-ranked 157-pound winner of three Anne Arundel County titles and one regional crown in three title match appearances who has placed second twice and fifth once at public school states.

All of Schmidt’s career setbacks have been against state placewinners, starting with a 132-pound Class 2A-1A state championship loss as a freshman by 5-2 to Stephen Decatur senior Logan Intrieri.

Schmidt was defeated by four state champions as a sophomore, including a 3-2 decision to Centennial's Calvin Kraisser who graduated last year as a four-time public schools state champion.

As a 10th-grader, Schmidt also fell, 4-2, to South Carroll’s Jo Jo Gigliotti, who is currently a top-ranked 138-pound senior in pursuit of his fourth Class 2A-1A state title.

As a junior Schmidt was a regional and state runner-up to Northern-Calvert senior Drew Montgomery, winner of three Class 4A-3A state titles after placing second as a freshman.

Schmidt has split bouts with Class 4A-3A state champion Owen Pelaez of Clarksville, winning their state semifinal as a sophomore by technical fall before falling to Pelaez by 12-5 in last year’s state quarterfinal.

Schmidt lost last year’s regional finals by medical forfeit against Arundel’s eighth-ranked junior Matteo Brown, who has placed third, first and fourth in the Anne Arundel County, regional and Class 4A-3A state tournaments.

Pickett expanded on what had been only a 4-2 lead against Schmidt, who went 6-1 with three technical falls, pins in 22 and 40 seconds and a 10-0 major decision.

“It took me a while to get my last takedown against Beau Schmidt,” Pickett said. “I just had to remain consistent. I knew that would lead to me getting to those scores and takedowns more often against him.”

Other undefeated Gaels’ wrestlers were second-ranked senior Jake Tamai (132), second-ranked junior Tyler Stephens (144), third-ranked junior Connor Allison (150) all at 7-0, eighth-ranked junior Ben Scheiner (138) and sophomore C. J. Votta (126) both at 6-0, and 11th-ranked freshman Nathan Matthis (120) at 4-0.

Finishing at 6-1 were 17th-ranked freshman Max Solis (175) and junior Jacob Condon (285).

A returning MIAA champion and private schools state runner-up, Tamai earned falls in 14, 38, 49 and 63 seconds to go with another in 2:37 over ninth-ranked senior Braydon Roberts of Chesapeake-Anne Arundel

An runner-up in the Anne Arundel County and regional tournaments who placed fourth at Class 4A-3A states last year, Roberts went 5-2 with two each in pins and technical falls in the tournament.

Stephens is a returning MIAA and private schools state runner-up who registered six first-period pins comprising those in 21, 26, 29, 54, 59 and 95 seconds on the way to exactly matching the 100-victories mark.

Stephens’ 95-second fall was against ninth-ranked Calver Hall senior Joshua Jackson, who placed sixth and seventh at MIAAs and private school states last year.

Jackson finished the tournament with a 4-1 record that included pins in nine and 65 seconds and a 13-7 decision over Chesapeake-Anne Arundel’s 10th-ranked junior Rex Graves, who placed first, second and sixth at counties, regions and states last year.

Allison appears ready to improve on last year’s sixth- and fourth-place efforts at MIAAs and private schools, earning his six falls for the “Least Amount Of Time” Award. Allison’s pins comprised those in five, 11, 18, 32, 77 and 78 seconds to go with a 6-0 decision.

Allison’s 78-second fall was against senior Trevor Webb of Chesapeake-Anne Arundel, a returning fifth-place county finisher whose 4-1 record included two victories by pin and another by technical fall.

An MIAA runner-up who was fourth at states, Scheiner’s run included a 12-5 decision over Graves and pins in 72 seconds, 2:36 and 5:48.

Having placed third and fourth at MIAAs and private school states last year. Votta registered pins in 12 and 15 seconds to go with another in 3:34.

Votta also earned a 17-1 technical fall and a 13-1 major decision over Chesapeake-Anne Arundel’s 14th-ranked sophomore Carson Roberts, a county champion who was fourth at regions and sixth at states.

Matthis earned technical falls of 20-2 and 15-0 to go with a 67-second pin and 15-5 major decision over seventh-ranked sophomore Quin Greenstreet of Chesapeake-Anne Arundel.

Greenstreet went 7-1 with two each in pins and technical falls and a 12-1 major decision as he looks to improve on winning last year’s county and regional titles and a third-place finish at Class 4A-3A states.

Solis registered pins in all of his six victories but fell by 15-8 decision to Calvert Hall’s eighth-ranked junior Izaac Robertucci, who has returned after placing third and fourth at MIAAs and private school states.

Robertucci’s record of 6-1 included five falls comprising those in 61, 81 and 84 seconds along with those in 1:47 and 1:51.

Robertucci’s lone setback was against Fairfax High’s Kross Cassidy, who was named Outstanding Wrestler with a 7-0 record comprising five pins and two technical falls. Cassidy is currently ranked 16th in the nation by High School On SI.

Condon earned four pins and a technical fall but suffered a 12-2 major decision loss to Calvert Hall freshman Owen Stewart. Stewart’s 7-0 record included five first-period falls comprising those in 21, 29, 48 and 71 seconds to go with another in 1:42.

“Honestly, the early momentum we have as a team feels great, and all I can do as a team captain is to relay this momentum onto the rest of the team,” Pickett said. “We have to get our heads into the right mind set that the states and preps are closer than we think. We have to believe that we’re going to capture that state title along the way, and that we aren’t stopping anytime soon.”

Chesapeake’s 20th-ranked senior Gavin Lewis (215) won five of six bouts, including pins in 34, 64 and 84 seconds as well as an 18-0 technical fall and a 13-2 major decision.

Lewis’ lone setback was a 9-5 decision loss to Fairfax senior Harry Maltese, who went 7-0 with four of his five pins coming in the first period to go with a 15-0 technical fall.

Northeast-Anne Arundel junior Blake Harris (138) went 7-0 a technical fall, two major decisions and one of his three pins lasting only 69 seconds. Harris was a county runner-up last season.

Mount St. Joseph’s Demolition Duals Results

Guaranteed Places

1st Place - Mount St. Joseph

2nd Place - William Penn High School

3rd Place - Chesapeake

4th Place - Calvert Hall

5th Place - New Kent

6th Place - Fairfax

7th Place - St. Marks High School

8th Place - Northeast HS

Demolition Duals - Mount St. Joseph

Guaranteed 1st place

Match #1 Round 1

Mount St. Joseph defeated St. Marks High School 76-6

106 - Gio Campos (Mount St. Joseph) over Unknown (Unattached) Fall 2:00

113 - Alessandro Barrios (Mount St. Joseph) over Unknown (Unattached) For

120 - James Wright (Mount St. Joseph) over Ava D`Souza (St. Marks High School) Fall 0:45

126 - CJ Votta (Mount St. Joseph) over Clif Bakhsh (St. Marks High School) Fall 3:34

132 - Jake Tamai (Mount St. Joseph) over Joseph Gomez (St. Marks High School) Fall 0:38

138 - Ben Scheiner (Mount St. Joseph) over Jackson Miller (St. Marks High School) Fall 1:12

144 - Tyler Stephens (Mount St. Joseph) over Matt Mbugua (St. Marks High School) Fall 0:26

150 - Connor Allison (Mount St. Joseph) over Giovanni Ciranni (St. Marks High School) Fall 0:32

157 - Brooklyn Pickett (Mount St. Joseph) over Max Morrison (St. Marks High School) TF 17-2

165 - Kayden Tyler (Mount St. Joseph) over Anthony Black (St. Marks High School) Inj 1:15

175 - Max Solis (Mount St. Joseph) over Jackson Emel (St. Marks High School) Fall 3:09

190 - William Ennis (Mount St. Joseph) over Jake Palmer (St. Marks High School) TF 15-0

215 - Shane Montgomery (St. Marks High School) over Jonah Selassie (Mount St. Joseph) Fall 3:30

285 - Jacob Condon (Mount St. Joseph) over Jimmy Echeverria (St. Marks High School) Fall 1:30

Match #2 Round 2

Mount St. Joseph defeated Northeast HS 72-5

113 - Alessandro Barrios (Mount St. Joseph) over Fared Hasani (Northeast HS) Fall 2:00

120 - Nathan Matthis (Mount St. Joseph) over Trevor Storms (Northeast HS) Fall 1:07

126 - CJ Votta (Mount St. Joseph) over Unknown (Unattached) For

132 - Jake Tamai (Mount St. Joseph) over Unknown (Unattached) For

138 - Blake Harris (Northeast HS) over Jacob Muniz (Mount St. Joseph) TF 20-4

144 - Tyler Stephens (Mount St. Joseph) over Andy Eusevio Manzanares (Northeast HS) Fall 0:21

150 - Connor Allison (Mount St. Joseph) over Julian Hodges (Northeast HS) Fall 0:18

157 - Brooklyn Pickett (Mount St. Joseph) over Beau Schmidt (Northeast HS) Dec 8-3

165 - Kayden Tyler (Mount St. Joseph) over Max Schmidt (Northeast HS) Dec 9-5

175 - Max Solis (Mount St. Joseph) over Reid Long (Northeast HS) Fall 3:00

190 - William Ennis (Mount St. Joseph) over Anthony Daniels (Northeast HS) Fall 1:02

215 - Jonah Selassie (Mount St. Joseph) over Camron Hall (Northeast HS) Fall 0:43

285 - Jacob Condon (Mount St. Joseph) over Hunter Kramer (Northeast HS) Fall 1:22

106 - Gio Campos (Mount St. Joseph) over Geno Lerma (Northeast HS) Fall 1:14

Match #3 Round 3

Mount St. Joseph defeated Fairfax 64-15

120 - Nathan Matthis (Mount St. Joseph) over Minh-Tri Le (Fairfax) TF 15-0

126 - CJ Votta (Mount St. Joseph) over Chinbaatar Batjargal (Fairfax) Fall 0:15

132 - Jake Tamai (Mount St. Joseph) over Oliver Corey (Fairfax) Fall 1:03

138 - Ben Scheiner (Mount St. Joseph) over Roman Wurtemberg (Fairfax) Fall 5:48

144 - Tyler Stephens (Mount St. Joseph) over Nicholas Bosnjak (Fairfax) Fall 0:29

150 - Connor Allison (Mount St. Joseph) over Aikekati Tuniyazi (Fairfax) Fall 0:11

157 - Brooklyn Pickett (Mount St. Joseph) over Gregory Maxwell (Fairfax) TF 17-1

165 - Kross Cassidy (Fairfax) over Kayden Tyler (Mount St. Joseph) TF 16-1

175 - Max Solis (Mount St. Joseph) over Nicholas Au (Fairfax) Fall 1:30

190 - William Ennis (Mount St. Joseph) over Eli Thomas (Fairfax) Fall 1:38

215 - Harry Maltese (Fairfax) over Jonah Selassie (Mount St. Joseph) Fall 1:17

285 - Jacob Condon (Mount St. Joseph) over Unknown (Unattached) For

106 - Makai Nguyen (Fairfax) over Gio Campos (Mount St. Joseph) Maj 9-0

113 - Alessandro Barrios (Mount St. Joseph) over Ethan Singletary (Fairfax) Fall 1:29

Match #4 Round 4

Mount St. Joseph defeated Calvert Hall 53-16

126 - CJ Votta (Mount St. Joseph) over Asher Prachanronarong-Budoy (Calvert Hall) TF 17-1

132 - Jake Tamai (Mount St. Joseph) over Sully Radebaugh (Calvert Hall) Fall 0:14

138 - Ben Scheiner (Mount St. Joseph) over Robert McDevitt (Calvert Hall) Fall 2:36

144 - Tyler Stephens (Mount St. Joseph) over Joshua Jackson (Calvert Hall) Fall 1:35

150 - Connor Allison (Mount St. Joseph) over Ty Hawk (Calvert Hall) Fall 1:17

157 - Brooklyn Pickett (Mount St. Joseph) over Kash Malone (Calvert Hall) Fall 1:08

165 - Kayden Tyler (Mount St. Joseph) over Jack Gartland (Calvert Hall) Maj 17-9

175 - Izaac Robertucci (Calvert Hall) over Max Solis (Mount St. Joseph) Dec 15-8

190 - Harlem Bell (Calvert Hall) over William Ennis (Mount St. Joseph) Dec 9-6

215 - Jonah Selassie (Mount St. Joseph) over Mac Ridgely (Calvert Hall) Dec 5-4

285 - Owen Stewart (Calvert Hall) over Jacob Condon (Mount St. Joseph) Maj 12-2

106 - Alessandro Barrios (Mount St. Joseph) over Landon Dagostin (Calvert Hall) Fall 1:04

113 - Albert Guevara (Calvert Hall) over Unknown (Unattached) For

120 - Nathan Matthis (Mount St. Joseph) over Cody Lehman (Calvert Hall) TF 20-2

Match #5 Round 5

Mount St. Joseph defeated William Penn High School 44-27

106 - Julian Phillips (William Penn High School) over Alessandro Barrios (Mount St. Joseph) Fall 3:22

113 - Adrian Austin (William Penn High School) over Unknown (Unattached) For

120 - James Wright (Mount St. Joseph) over Nazeef Bush (William Penn High School) Fall 1:26

126 - CJ Votta (Mount St. Joseph) over Nazim Washington (William Penn High School) Fall 0:12

132 - Jake Tamai (Mount St. Joseph) over Kaquan Holland (William Penn High School) Maj 16-3

138 - Ben Scheiner (Mount St. Joseph) over Christian Smith (William Penn High School) Dec 4-0

144 - Tyler Stephens (Mount St. Joseph) over Mykahy Pritchett (William Penn High School) Fall 0:59

150 - Connor Allison (Mount St. Joseph) over Jamir Ross (William Penn High School) Dec 6-0

157 - Brooklyn Pickett (Mount St. Joseph) over Justin Coleman (William Penn High School) TF 17-1

165 - Camar Miller (William Penn High School) over Kayden Tyler (Mount St. Joseph) Fall 3:15

175 - Max Solis (Mount St. Joseph) over Jayden Elliott (William Penn High School) Fall 2:51

190 - Jaiden Tyler (William Penn High School) over William Ennis (Mount St. Joseph) Dec 12-8

215 - Mathew Bishop (William Penn High School) over Jonah Selassie (Mount St. Joseph) Fall 1:48

285 - Jacob Condon (Mount St. Joseph) over Daniel Grant (William Penn High School) TF 18-3

Match #6 Round 6

Mount St. Joseph defeated Chesapeake 53-14

138 - Ben Scheiner (Mount St. Joseph) over Rex Graves (Chesapeake) Dec 12-5

144 - Tyler Stephens (Mount St. Joseph) over Unknown (Unattached) For

150 - Connor Allison (Mount St. Joseph) over Trevor Webb (Chesapeake) Fall 1:18

157 - Brooklyn Pickett (Mount St. Joseph) over Cohen Lare (Chesapeake) TF 17-2

165 - Owen Collins (Chesapeake) over Kayden Tyler (Mount St. Joseph) Maj 10-0

175 - Max Solis (Mount St. Joseph) over Chase Miller (Chesapeake) Fall 1:30

190 - Dean Michael (Chesapeake) over William Ennis (Mount St. Joseph) Maj 15-4

215 - Gavin Lewis (Chesapeake) over Jonah Selassie (Mount St. Joseph) Fall 1:04

285 - Jacob Condon (Mount St. Joseph) over Payton Lazas (Chesapeake) Fall 3:25

106 - Alessandro Barrios (Mount St. Joseph) over Hunter Wargo (Chesapeake) Dec 9-3

113 - Gio Campos (Mount St. Joseph) over Will Glatz (Chesapeake) Maj 14-5

120 - Nathan Matthis (Mount St. Joseph) over Quin Greenstreet (Chesapeake) Maj 15-5

126 - CJ Votta (Mount St. Joseph) over Carson Roberts (Chesapeake) Maj 13-1

132 - Jake Tamai (Mount St. Joseph) over Brayden Roberts (Chesapeake) Fall 2:37

Match #7 Round 7

Mount St. Joseph defeated New Kent 63-9

144 - Tyler Stephens (Mount St. Joseph) over Blake Gregory (New Kent) Fall 0:54

150 - Connor Allison (Mount St. Joseph) over Callen Corner (New Kent) Fall 0:05

157 - Brooklyn Pickett (Mount St. Joseph) over Quinn Morrison (New Kent) Maj 12-1

165 - Kayden Tyler (Mount St. Joseph) over Erik Lindstrom (New Kent) Fall 0:36

175 - Max Solis (Mount St. Joseph) over Chase Wiles (New Kent) Fall 3:00

190 - William Ennis (Mount St. Joseph) over Bennett Adamson (New Kent) TF 15-0

215 - Unknown (Unattached) vs Unknown (Unattached)

285 - Jacob Condon (Mount St. Joseph) over Brian Pascale (New Kent) Fall 3:52

106 - Trent Carter (New Kent) over Alessandro Barrios (Mount St. Joseph) Dec 6-3

113 - Carter Roy (New Kent) over Unknown (Unattached) For

120 - James Wright (Mount St. Joseph) over Tristan Carter (New Kent) Fall 1:54

126 - Rafael Campos (Mount St. Joseph) over Unknown (Unattached) For

132 - Jake Tamai (Mount St. Joseph) over Connor Robinson (New Kent) Fall 0:49

138 - Ben Scheiner (Mount St. Joseph) over Unknown (Unattached) Fort

Guaranteed Second Place

Match #2 Round 2

William Penn High School defeated Chesapeake 38-27

113 - Quin Greenstreet (Chesapeake) over Adrian Austin (William Penn High School) Maj 12-1

120 - Bently Schmidt (Chesapeake) over Nazeef Bush (William Penn High School) Fall 5:08

126 - Carson Roberts (Chesapeake) over Alejandro Flores (William Penn High School) Maj 15-4

132 - Kaquan Holland (William Penn High School) over Brayden Roberts (Chesapeake) Maj 14-3

138 - Christian Smith (William Penn High School) over Rex Graves (Chesapeake) Maj 18-6

144 - Mykahy Pritchett (William Penn High School) over Kolt Kendall (Chesapeake) Fall 2:49

150 - Jamir Ross (William Penn High School) over Gabe Tudor (Chesapeake) Fall 2:37

157 - Trevor Webb (Chesapeake) over Justin Coleman (William Penn High School) Maj 19-11

165 - Camar Miller (William Penn High School) over Owen Collins (Chesapeake) Dec 19-12

175 - Collin Richardson (Chesapeake) over Jayden Elliott (William Penn High School) Maj 10-1

190 - Jaiden Tyler (William Penn High School) over Dean Michael (Chesapeake) Fall 4:39

215 - Gavin Lewis (Chesapeake) over Mathew Bishop (William Penn High School) TF 18-0

285 - Daniel Grant (William Penn High School) over Payton Lazas (Chesapeake) Fall 5:25

106 - Julian Phillips (William Penn High School) over Hunter Wargo (Chesapeake) Dec 11-5

Guaranteed 3rd place

Match #1 Round 1

Chesapeake defeated Calvert Hall 47-26

106 - Will Glatz (Chesapeake) over Landon Dagostin (Calvert Hall) Fall 0:37

113 - Hunter Wargo (Chesapeake) over Unknown (Unattached) For

120 - Quin Greenstreet (Chesapeake) over Cody Lehman (Calvert Hall) Dec 5-4

126 - Carson Roberts (Chesapeake) over Adrian Stowbunenko-Saitschenko (Calvert Hall) TF 19-2

132 - Brayden Roberts (Chesapeake) over Sully Radebaugh (Calvert Hall) TF 16-1

138 - Robert McDevitt (Calvert Hall) over Kolt Kendall (Chesapeake) TF 18-0

144 - Joshua Jackson (Calvert Hall) over Rex Graves (Chesapeake) Dec 13-7

150 - Trevor Webb (Chesapeake) over Ty Hawk (Calvert Hall) Fall 5:49

157 - Owen Collins (Chesapeake) over Kash Malone (Calvert Hall) Fall 4:10

165 - Jack Gartland (Calvert Hall) over Cohen Lare (Chesapeake) Fall 4:33

175 - Izaac Robertucci (Calvert Hall) over Collin Richardson (Chesapeake) Fall 1:01

190 - Dean Michael (Chesapeake) over Harlem Bell (Calvert Hall) Maj 13-3

215 - Gavin Lewis (Chesapeake) over Mac Ridgely (Calvert Hall) Fall 0:34

285 - Owen Stewart (Calvert Hall) over Payton Lazas (Chesapeake) Fall 1:11