Top-ranked sophomore Class 2A-1A state champion JoJo Gigliotti (138) and third-ranked junior state runner-up Evan Owen (126/132) were among six South Carroll wrestlers who went undefeated at last weekend’s Friars’ Duals at Archbishop Curley.
Gigliotti went 8-0 with seven pins and was named the Outstanding Lowerweight, and Owen pinned six of eight opponents as the Cavaliers beat the Friars, 50-25, in the championship match.
Also wrestling well for the 19th-ranked Cavaliers were freshmen Brody Henry (126/132) and Dave Snyder (144), sophomore Landon Hamper (165), and junior Angelo Marchany (150).
Marchaney went 8-0 with seven pins, Snyder was 8-0 with six pins, Hamper was 8-0 with five pins, and Henry, 8-0 with four pins.
The Friars were led by juniors Scott Anderson (175), Dylan Fish (165) and Kahlil Regan (285), sophomores Bailen Boutz (190) and Adeoluwa Adewuyi (157), seniors Carlos Rodriguez (138) and Brandon Lewis (215) and freshman Oscar Davis (132).
The Friars are coached by Paul Boettcher, a 1999 Archbishop Curley graduate. Boettcher earned crowns in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association and private schools state tournaments as well as All-American honors – the latter by placing fourth at the National High School championships at Pittsburgh’s Duquesne University.
A transfer from Northeast-Anne Arundel who placed third at regions and fifth at the Class 2A-1A state tournament, Anderson won all seven bouts to improve his overall record to 21-2.
Anderson pinned South Carroll's sixth-place Class 2A-1A state finisher Anthony Rodrigues and was named the tournament's Outstanding Upperweight.
"Scott has some wins over a handful of ranked opponents this year," Boettcher said. "Scott took his time setting up Rodrigues, used a nice lateral drop and pinned him.”
Boutz won six of seven bouts to improve to 29-3 on the year and is a winner of the Kent Holiday Tournament who "pinned his way through the Loch Raven Duals," Boettcher said.
Regan and Lewis went unbeaten as well. Regan went 7-0 to improve his overall record to 27-3, and Lewis was 6-0, raising his record on the year to 23-3.
"Kahlil is an undersized 285-pounder walking around at 195, and Brandon has gotten a lot better since last year," Boettcher said. "Brandon Went undefeated to win the Raider Duals, Kent Holiday Tournament and the Friar Duals."
Davis went 7-1 to improve his overall record to 29-6, and Fish won seven of eight bouts for an overall record of 20-8 on the year.
"Oscar is my top freshman. He made it to the finals of the Knightmare tournament," Boettcher said. "Dylan transferred from Northeast-Anne Arundel. He won the Kent Holiday Tournament and has avenged an early season loss to a wrestler from Towson by pinning him in the Raider Duals."
Rodriguez went 5-2 and has an overall record of 20-6, while Adewuyi went 4-2 and is 19-9 on the season.
Century finished third after losing, 57-15, to the Cavaliers, and 35-33, to the Friars.
The Knights were led by junior Cameron Wagner (150) and senior Chidima Iziogo (285). Wagner went 7-1 with 6 pins and Iziogo went 6-1 with four pins.
Junior George Halligan (144) went 6-2 with pins in all of his victories for the Knights, junior Chris Brooks (138) and senior Joey D'Orsogna (157/165) both won six of eight bouts with four pins, junior JT Ferguson (175) went 6-2 with five pins, and senior Donovan James (215) went 6-2 with two pins.
Halligan and Iziogo lead the Knights with 12 pins for the season, followed by Wagner with 11 and D'Orsogna with 10.
"We opened our tournament by dropping a very close dual to the host Archbishop Curley Friars. It was a very tight dual meet that ended up in an 8-6 split in Curley's favor,” said first-year coach Zach Blessing. “I was very happy with how our team responded by going 6-1 the rest of the way and taking care of business. We are excited to get back in the room and prepare for our stretch run of final MPSSAA duals and getting ready for the postseason.”
Archbishop Spalding Wins Own Tournament
Fifth-ranked host Archbishop Spalding had eight wrestlers win all seven bouts to win its Cavalier Duals, 60-18, over runner-up Bethesda-Chevy Chase last weekend.
Going undefeated for the Cavaliers were juniors Rock Zang (113), Henry Gessford (120), Sean Garretson (126), Dylan Briles (150) and Delmar White (285), along with sophomores Zane Leitzel (138/144) and Ryder Kolat (144) and senior Vincent Paolucci (132).
The tournament represented a rebound for the Cavaliers, recent losers of dual meets to No. 1 Mount St. Joseph, No. 4 Loyola and No. 6 Stephen Decatur.
"We came back and wrestled a lot harder," said White, who, like Garretson, Gessford and Paolucci, went 7-0. "This was a lot of fun to sort of build ourselves back up in a tournament at home."
White had six pins, all in the first period comprising those in 32, 47, 52, 55 and 65 seconds along with another in 1:42. Zang pinned six times, including those in 50, 56, 76 and 78 seconds. Gessford pinned six opponents, including those in 16, 52 and 71 seconds. Paolucci pinned five opponents, including four in the first period to go with technical falls of 16-1 and 15-0. Garretson had five pins, including three in the first period to go with a 15-0 technical fall.
Leitzel went 6-0 with two of his five pins being in the first period, and Kolat, 5-0 with three of his four pins being in the first period. Briles won four bouts without a loss and pinned three of his opponents.
Going undefeated for the runner-up Barons were freshman Kanik Deschene (106) and junior Dajorn Smith (285). Deschene had four pins among his seven victories without a loss, and Smith had four pins and separate decisions of 7-0, and, 4-0.
Going 7-0 for Northeast were sophomore Class 2A-1A state runner-up Beau Schmidt (138), MJ Taylor (144) and Brooks Smith (165).
Schmidt registered five of his six pins in the first period, including those in 28, 51 and 57 seconds. Taylor also had six pins, including one in 45 seconds. Smith had four pins and a 12-4 major decision, with falls in 25 and 48 seconds going along with those in 1:54 and 2:44.
DeMatha's freshman Ansar KMT (106) and junior Yitzchak Ingram (175) both went 7-0, while junior teammate Steven Ramirez (215) went 4-0.
Ingram pinned four of the seven opponents he faced, Ramirez pinned all four of his rivals, and KMT had three pins, including one in 67 seconds.
Going 6-0 for New Town were Jayden Green (126) and Maleek Ayonrinde (190/215). Ayonrinde had four pins, and Green, one fall in 65 seconds.
Good Counsel senior Joe del Real (165) went 6-0 with his three first-period pins comprising those in 34, 62 and 95 seconds, and Annapolis' Teddy Sfakiyanudis (132) went 4-0 comprising two pins, a 20-4 technical fall and a 12-0 major decision.
Greyhounds Second at Gilman Duals
Freshman Liam McGettigan (106) and JD Vasser (113) went 4-0, junior Emmitt Sherlock (165) finished at 3-0, and senior Tyson Sherlock (144) lost once in three bouts as host and third-ranked Gilman finished second at its Haswell M Franklin 50 Duals.
The Greyhounds were beaten, 51-10, by Green Farms Academy from Connecticut, whose senior, Joey Iammuno, went 4-0 with three pins and a 5-3 decision over top-ranked Tyson Sherlock. Tyson Sherlock went 3-1 with falls in 21 and 44 seconds to go with a 3-0 decision over Landon senior Will Levy.
McGettigan had falls in 16 and 53 seconds along with a 4-1 decision over freshman Brighton Karvoski of Green Farms. Vasser had a 39-second pin to go with a 14-2 major decision over freshman Kayla Batres of Green Farms. Emmitt Sherlock scored a 22-7 technical fall as well as a 1-0 decision against senior Xavier Giles of Green Farms.
Landon had a pair of wrestlers who went 4-0 in senior James Hanley (126) and junior Tiller Smith (215). Smith pinned three times, once in the first period.
Hanley pinned all four of his opponents, with a 61-second fall being among his three first-period finishes as he raised his career victories mark to 88.
Calvert Hall junior Aidan Kammar (150) and senior Sisto Averno III (175) each went 4-0 with three pins and a decision. Sisto-Averno III registered falls in 40, 49 and 55 seconds, while Kammer had one first-period fall.
Bishop McNamara senior Zachary Betts (285) went 4-0 with three pins and a 13-4 major decision over senior Gabriel Hilty of The Kiski School.
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