Prep Wrestling: Eastern Tech Places 12th in County Tournament

Eastern Tech had high hopes entering the Baltimore County wrestling tournament after advancing to the Class 2A/1A North dual meet region finals earlier this month.

However, two key wrestlers—Chuck Baugher and Stephen Beam—failed to make weight as the Mavericks finished a disappointing 12th place with 64 in the 24-team field at Perry Hall. Ilya Usik (145) was Eastern Tech's lone finalist as he lost 12-1 in a major decision to Owings Mills' Taran Carr.

Owings Mills had four individual champions had won the overall team title with 234.5 points. Hereford placed second with 157.5 points, with Perry Hall (150.5), Sparrows Point (105) and Franklin (103) rounding out the top five. Among the other Essex-Middle River schools, Chesapeake placed 18th with 21 points, while Kenwood finished 20th with 17 points.

Kenwood's Siraj Benu finished fifth after coming in as the No. 2 seed at 189 pounds.

Perry Hall got the partisan crowd rocking early in the finals Saturday night, when Zeke Salvo (103), ranked 18th by the Maryland State Wrestling Association (MSWA), earned a 9-1 major decision over Hereford's Anthony Genco in the 103 pound finals.

“I was kind of intimidated going into it,” Genco said. “We've wrestled each other in junior league and he has kicked my butt every time. Second isn't bad.”

Salvo added: “Genco here is a young, physical wrestler who really works hard. We will see each other a lot over the next couple of years. Winning a county championship was one of my goals going into the season. Now I want to win a regional and state title.”

Fellow Gator Andrew Huber (215) joined Salvo as the only other Perry Hall champion when he caught Overlea's Steve Barner, ranked 13th by the MSWA, in a headlock. Huber threw Barner to his back, and held him there for the pin in just less than a minute.

“It couldn't have happened to a nicer kid,” Gators coach Jake Roche said.  “Noone works harder in the room than Andrew—I am very happy for him.”

Sparrows Point senior Drew Clark (285) knew his team needed a pin going into his finals match against Jonathan Finnerty of Towson. Sparrows Point sat just behind Franklin in the team score.

Clark delivered for his coaches and teammates early in the third period when he turned Finnerty with a brute strength arm bar and held the Towson grappler flat on his back for the pin.

FINAL TEAM SCORES
1. Owings Mills 234.5; 2. Hereford 157.5; 3. Perry Hall 150.5; 4. Sparrows Point 105; 5. Franklin 103; 6. Dulaney 99.5; 7. Parkville 99; 8. Towson 98; 9. Catonsville 89; 10. Lansdowne 86; 11. Pikesville 82.5; 12. Eastern Tech 64; 13. Milford Mill 55; 14. Woodlawn 45; 15. Overlea 39; 16. New Town 34; 17. Loch Raven 25; 18. Chesapeake-BC 21; 19. Carver A&T 20; 20. Kenwood 17; 21. Western STES 15; 22. Randallstown 9.5; 23. Patapsco 1; 24. Dundalk 0

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

103
1st- #1 Zeke Salvo (Perry Hall) md. #3 Anthony Genco (Hereford), 9-1
3rd- #4 Devin Cherry (Dulaney) tf. #2 Holden Taylor (Franklin), 24-8
5th- #9 Zach Shackelford (Pikesville) d. #7 Sam Caravello (Eastern Tech), 6-4

112
1st- #1 Warren Mack (Owings Mills) p. #2 Sam Pellerito (Carver A&T), 4:24
3rd- #6 Nick Montayne (Franklin) d. #3 Nathan Gregory (Hereford), 7-6 (ot)      5th- #4 Jumul Noble (Pikesville) d. #8 Jordan Rhudy (Perry Hall), 3-2

119
1st- #6 Greg McCoy (Lansdowne) p. #8 Evan Layrea (Milford Mill), 1:49
3rd- #4 Patrick Hoffman (Dulaney) d. #1 Cody Lewis (Sparrows Point), 8-2
5th- #9 Timmy Gunn (Hereford) wbd. #7 Zach Shapiro (Owings Mills)

125
1st- #2 Matt Swiger (Hereford) d. #1 Shaun Murphy (Perry Hall), 11-4
3rd- #4 Mike Persinger (Dulaney) d. #3 Adriene Hazel (Owings Mills), 7-5
5th- #5 Christian Vasquez (Lansdowne) d. #7 Matt Yankosky (Franklin), 6-3

130
1st- #1 Demetrius Johnson (Owings Mills) d. 3# Nick Payne (Lansdowne), 6-3
3rd- #2 Joe Ramsel (Hereford) p. #4 Gurmail Singh (Dulaney), 2:15
5th- #10 Kolten Fodel (Eastern Tech) d. #5 Nathan Kahla (Towson), 3-2

135
1st- #1 Ryan McTeer (Dulaney) d. #2 Travon Wright (Pikesville), 8-3
3rd- #4 Hassan James (Towson) p. #3 Teddy Cadd (Sparrows Point), 4:50
5th- #6 Terrance Nickerson (Catonsville) d. #5 Brandon Hoffman (Owings Mills), 3-2

140
1st- #3 Jesse Garrett (Towson) md. #4 Zaza Taruashvili (Owings Mills), 9-1
3rd- #2 Robin Paguia (Perry Hall) md. #1 Shane Hammer (Sparrows Point), 13-5
5th- #6 Dustin Shackleford (Eastern Tech) wbd. #9 Kyle Beard (Lansdowne)

145
1st- #1 Taran Carr (Owings Mills) md. #2 Ilya Usik (Eastern Tech), 12-1
3rd- #5 Shane Blake (Franklin) d. #4 Ramonte Wright (Towson), 2-1
5th- #7 Ted Dennis (Hereford) wbd. #3 Theo DiPace (Catonsville)

152
1st- #1 Kion Wright (Pikesville) p. #2 Malik Jones (New Town), 1:45
3rd- #3 Andrew Watson (Woodlawn) d. #7 Lavon Pratt (Parkville), 7-1
5th- #4 Tucker Lutz (Franklin) p. #12 Josh Hylton (Catonsville), 2:36

160
1st- #3 Zeke Elliott (Parkville) d. #1 Larry Johnson (Owings Mills), 13-9
3rd- #5 Charles Smith (Woodlawn) d. #8 Richard Lee (Hereford), 6-3
5th- #6 Mohamed Abdelmegid (Catonsville) wbd#2 Gary Clark (New Town)

171
1st- #1 Mohammed Ali (Owings Mills) p. #14 Ignacio Munoz (Franklin), :47
3rd- #3 Zach Myrick (Parkville) d. #5 Patrick Clemons (Perry Hall), 7-2
5th- #12 Wole Olugbemi (Western STES) wbd. #7 Nathaniel Gale (Eastern Tech)

189
1st- #1 Tyler Weedon (Catonsville) p. #3 Coleman Eldridge (Milford Mill), 1:07
3rd- #4 James Krug (Sparrows Point) p. #12 Joe Lusco (Parkville), :37
5th- #2 Siraj Benu (Kenwood) d.  #5 Kenny Nunez (Owings Mills), 6-3 (ot)

215
1st- #2 Andrew Huber (Perry Hall) p. #1 Steve Barner (Overlea), :59
3rd- #3 Russelle Barnes (Owings Mills) p. #7 Melvin Henry (Chesapeake-BC), 1:43
5th- #5 Ryne Schanberger (Loch Raven) wbd #4 Steve Walters (Parkville)

285
1st- #1 Andrew Clark (Sparrows Point) p. #2 Jonathan Finnerty (Towson), 4:18
3rd- #3 Tim Ball (Hereford) d. #6 Nick Newcomb (Overlea), 3-2
5th- #4 Darius Carroll (Owings Mills) d. #5 Josh Strother (Parkville), 2-0