Stephen Decatur crowned Class 2A-1A state champion sophomore Elijah Collick (113), two-time state runner-up senior Gavin Solito (157), third-place state finishing senior Parker Intrieri (165) and junior Juan Hinojosa (106) as champions in last weekend’s Class 2A-1A East Regional tournament at Queen Anne’s.
Runners-up were junior Liam Hugues (120) and Amarian Manuel (150) along with senior Kole Kohut (190), junior Aaron August (132) was third, and there was a fourth-place finish from junior Nate McDaniel (215) as the Bayside Conference and Class 2A state dual meet champion Seahawks qualified eight wrestlers for the Class 2A-1A state tournament at Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro on March 1-2.
Rising Sun had four champions in two-time Class 2A-1A state title-winning senior Tyler Garvin (132), state runner-up senior Mason Testerman (190), sixth-place state finishing junior Elijah Farr (215) and senior Jonathan Horne (132).
Collick, Hinojosa and Solito added their regional crowns to the previous weekend’s Bayside Conference titles, with Solito improving his record to 42-1, Collick to 38-2, Parker Intrieri to 31-2, and Hinojosa to 36-3.
Collick used a 20-4 technical fall and a pin in 4:15 to reach the finals, where he scored a 22-8 technical fall over Rising Sun sophomore Adan Stewart, an Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference (UCBAC) champion.
Solito used a pair of 62-second falls to reach the finals, where he decisioned sixth-place finishing sophomore Zach Garvin of Rising Sun, 3-1.
Intrieri’s run comprised a 14-4 major decision, a 2-1 victory over third-place Bayside Conference finishing sophomore Demetrious Heywood of James M Bennett, and an overtime, 4-3 championship decision over UCBAC title-winner Wesley Outlaw of Harford Tech.
Hinojosa had a 47-second pin, a 15-3 major decision over Rising Sun’s UCBAC champion freshman Isaiah Brown, and a title-bout fall in 3:02 over UCBAC runner-up junior Hunter Pettorossi of North East.
Tyler Garvin used three technical falls to win his third straight regional crown, improving to 40-0 with 24 pins and eight technical falls, and a career mark of 132-0 to go with 77 pins and 19 technical falls.
Garvin won his championship bout by 25-10 technical fall over Hughes, a Bayside champion. The triumph over Hughes came a week after Garvin had used a fall in 2:58 of his UCBAC title bout against North Harford junior Tommy Blankenship, who placed fifth at states last year.
Blankenship was pinned in 5:30 of his Class 2A-1A North Region title bout against South Carroll junior Evan Owen, who lost, 3-1, to Tyler Garvin in last year’s Class 2A-1A state final.
Testerman had falls in 91, 42 and 46 seconds, the latter in his championship bout against Kohut, a Bayside champion who placed fifth at states.
Farr used falls in 3:05 and 24 seconds to reach his championship bout, where he earned a 5-3 decision over junior Shaheed Armstrong of Parkside, a Bayside champion. While Tyler Garvin, Farr and Testerman were UCBAC champions, Horne made a surprise championship run after finishing fourth in the UCBACs.
Horne’s fall in 3:52 was followed by a 5-1, semifinal decision over August, a Bayside Conference runner-up. Horne won his title match, 1-0, over Bayside Conference champion and senior Greg Couch of Kent Island.
Kent Island crowned seniors Scottie Ford (138) and Giuseppe Mellinger (175), with each adding their regional titles to their Bayside championships from a week earlier.
Ford improved to 37-1, using falls in 88-seconds and 3:18 to reach the title match. Ford won an overtime, 4-2, decision over junior Rocco Tully of Parkside, a Bayside Conference runner-up who placed fourth at states last year.
Mellinger reached the finals following a fall in 3:23 and a 14-2 major decision over junior Brian Vickers of Harford Tech, a third-place finisher at UCBACs.
Mellinger won his title bout, 3-2, over junior Canaan Mapp of Parkside, a Bayside runner-up. Mellinger and Mapp were fourth at states last year in different weight classes. Other champions were senior Tremaine Jackson (126) of Queen Anne’s, junior Braxton McAvey (144) of James M. Bennett, senior Ryan Sewell (150) of Harford Tech and senior Luke Jefferson (285) of Wicomico.
Jackson is a Bayside champion who was third at states last year, McAvey was a Bayside champion, Sewell was an UCBAC runner-up, and Jefferson was fourth in the Bayside Conference.
Jackson used a fall in 1:49 and an 11-5 decision to reach the finals, where he earned an overtime, 5-3 decision over Rising Sun senior Xzavier Brown. Jackson improved his record to 35-3 by defeating Brown, an UCBAC champion, who was fifth at states last year. McAvey used pins in 78 and 53 seconds to reach the finals, where he earned a 9-2 decision over senior Cody Sandefer of Kent Island, a Bayside runner-up. McAvey improved his record to 34-4.
Sewell improved to 32-4 on the season after registering falls in 89 and 59 seconds as well as a 10-3 championship victory over Manuel, a Bayside champion.
Jefferson won his title by 4-3 decision over senior Ali`i Turner of Parkside, a Bayside champion. Jefferson reached the final after registering a fall in 3:22 and winning a 3-1 decision.
2A-1A East
106
1st Place Match
Juan Hinojosa (Stephen Decatur) 36-3, Jr. over Hunter Pettorossi (North East) 36-3, Jr. (Fall 3:02)
3rd Place Match
Isaiah Brown (Rising Sun) 32-9, Fr. over Darly Ortega (North Caroline) 25-11, So. (Dec 8-2)
5th Place Match
Gavin Lindner (Kent Island) 29-12, Fr. over Dereck Alvarez (Snow Hill) 27-16, Fr. (Fall 2:58)
113
1st Place Match
Elijah Collick (Stephen Decatur) 38-2, So. over Adan Stewart (Rising Sun) 31-8, So. (MD 22-8)
3rd Place Match
Alan McDonald (Queen Anne`s) 33-8, Fr. over Connor Frank (North Caroline) 25-11, So. (Dec 7-3)
5th Place Match
Cameron Greene (Parkside) 36-9, Jr. over Zaden Tablan (Harford Technical) 29-10, Jr. (Dec 8-7)
120
1st Place Match
Tyler Garvin (Rising Sun) 40-0, Sr. over Liam Hugues (Stephen Decatur) 16-6, Jr. (TF-1.5 4:22 (25-10))
3rd Place Match
Caleb Melvin (North Caroline) 29-11, Fr. over Vincent Kirby (Havre de Grace) 35-5, . (M. For.)
5th Place Match
Landon Shanks (Queen Anne`s) 20-5, So. over Tavenon Outlaw (Wicomico) 30-10, Jr. (MD 10-0)
126
1st Place Match
Tremaine Jackson (Queen Anne`s) 35-3, Sr. over Xzavier Brown (Rising Sun) 35-8, Jr. (SV-1 5-3)
3rd Place Match
Cameron Moore (Harford Technical) 27-13, Fr. over Jacob Carpenter (North Caroline) 18-16, So. (Fall 0:53)
5th Place Match
Evan Alexander (Colonel Richardson) 37-10, Fr. over DeOntie Haigler (Cambridge-South Dorchester) 19-18, Jr. (Fall 4:01)
132
1st Place Match
Jonathan Horne (Rising Sun) 37-10, Sr. over Greg Couch (Kent Island) 29-8, Sr. (Dec 1-0)
3rd Place Match
Aaron August (Stephen Decatur) 32-6, Jr. over Deion Finney (Wicomico) 37-9, Jr. (Dec 7-3)
5th Place Match
Brad Farmer (Parkside) 29-14, Sr. over Conner Birth (Havre de Grace) 26-11, Jr. (Fall 4:22)
138
1st Place Match
Scottie Ford (Kent County) 37-1, So. over Rocco Tully (Parkside) 35-9, Jr. (TB-1 4-2)
3rd Place Match
Mason Boyd (North East) 37-5, Jr. over Tyler Henderson (Rising Sun) 30-12, So. (Dec 9-4)
5th Place Match
Connor McNamee (Harford Technical) 23-17, Sr. over Anthony Alexander (Colonel Richardson) 26-17, Fr. (Dec 4-1)
144
1st Place Match
Braxton McAvey (James M. Bennett) 34-4, Jr. over Cody Sandefer (Kent Island) 31-10, Sr. (Dec 9-2)
3rd Place Match
Brady Sutton (Kent County) 29-7, Sr. over Nikolai Chervak (Harford Technical) 30-12, Jr. (Dec 2-1)
5th Place Match
Alex Riehl (Stephen Decatur) 25-19, So. over Sawyer Bell (Rising Sun) 22-17, So. (Dec 4-2)
150
Guaranteed Places
1st Place Match
Ryan Sewell (Harford Technical) 32-4, Sr. over Amarian Manuel (Stephen Decatur) 36-9, Jr. (Dec 10-3)
3rd Place Match
Josh Allen (Bohemia Manor) 35-3, over Reed Trimble (Perryville) 28-13, Jr. (MD 16-2)
5th Place Match
Austin Horn (Rising Sun) 24-16, So. over Ashton Main (Kent Island) 19-16, Sr. (Dec 7-6)
157
1st Place Match
Gavin Solito (Stephen Decatur) 42-1, Sr. over Zach Garvin (Rising Sun) 37-5, So. (Dec 3-1)
3rd Place Match
Brandon Adler (Kent Island) 25-13, Sr. over Jahaan Fields (North East) 30-12, Jr. (Dec 13-8)
5th Place Match
Edward Darling (North Caroline) 26-11, Sr. over Braedon Hampton (Perryville) 24-14, Sr. (Fall 2:32)
165
1st Place Match
Parker Intrieri (Stephen Decatur) 31-2, Sr. over Wesley Outlaw (Harford Technical) 23-8, Sr. (TB-1 4-3)
3rd Place Match
Corey Bunce (North Caroline) 32-5, Jr. over Landon Knaub (North East) 32-12, Jr. (Dec 7-4)
5th Place Match
Demetrius Heywood (James M. Bennett) 34-11, So. over TC Hinton (Havre de Grace) 21-13, Sr. (Fall 1:24)
175
1st Place Match
Giuseppe Mellinger (Kent Island) 36-5, Sr. over Canaan Mapp (Parkside) 24-8, Jr. (Dec 3-2)
3rd Place Match
Brian Vickers (Harford Technical) 10-6, Jr. over Ayden Winter (Havre de Grace) 20-22, So. (MD 10-0)
5th Place Match
Tim Johnson (Wicomico) 16-15, So. over Liam Gallo (Kent County) 12-14, Sr. (SV-1 3-1)
190
1st Place Match
Mason Testerman (Rising Sun) 39-1, Sr. over Kole Kohut (Stephen Decatur) 34-7, Sr. (Fall 0:46)
3rd Place Match
Nick Morey (Kent Island) 35-6, Sr. over Geoff Adams (James M. Bennett) 27-10, Sr. (Fall 0:57)
5th Place Match
Jack Ryder (Harford Technical) 33-10, Sr. over Peyton Travers (Wicomico) 19-9, Jr. (For.)
215
1st Place Match
Elijah Farr (Rising Sun) 36-4, Jr. over Shaheed Armstrong (Parkside) 35-7, Jr. (Dec 5-3)
3rd Place Match
Jabez Baptiste (Wicomico) 32-7, Sr. over Nate McDaniel (Stephen Decatur) 35-8, Jr. (Fall 3:21)
5th Place Match
Tommy Morris (North Caroline) 25-6, Sr. over Mikey Pritchett (North East) 22-13, Sr. (Dec 7-6)
285
1st Place Match
Luke Jefferson (Wicomico) 25-5, Sr. over Ali`i Turner (Parkside) 26-6, Sr. (Dec 4-3)
3rd Place Match
Daketa Kinsey (North Caroline) 29-6, Sr. over Mark Jones (Cambridge-South Dorchester) 20-9, So. (Fall 2:37)
5th Place Match
Kaleb Johnson (Rising Sun) 20-17, Jr. over Chadyrick Pickrom (Colonel Richardson) 24-16, So. (Dec 8-4)
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