Things weren’t looking great for the Glenelg Gladiators when looking at the overall number of top seeds, but the team came out fighting and saw 10 wrestlers go undefeated to advance to Saturday’s Howard County Wrestling Championship semifinals.
Leading in the team score by 15 points, the Gladiators are ahead of second place River Hill, who also put together an astonishing nine-wrestler lineup for the semifinals, keeping it a competition for the county crown.
Oddly enough, the Gladiators only go head-to-head with the Hawks one time in the semifinals, when Glenelg’s Charles Walls takes on River Hill’s Ryan Noonan at 160. The lack of match-ups means the county tournament could very well come down to the last championship final of the night.
Oakland Mills and Wilde Lake battled hard on Friday, pushing seven wrestlers each into the next round of the championship bracket, while the Reservoir Gators put forward five wrestlers.
Team Scores into semis:
1. Glenelg 106.0
2. River Hill 90.5
3. Reservoir 89.5
4. Wilde Lake 88.0
5. Oakland Mills 70.5
6. Mount Hebron 59.0
7. Hammond 53.0
8. Centennial 48.0
9. Marriotts Ridge 32.0
10. Atholton 30.0
11. Long Reach 17.0
12. Howard 12.0
Howard County Semifinal Match-ups:
103
Mason Kilcarr (RES) Ethan Eckley (WLK)
Taariq Mohammed (RH) Zach Hensley (OKM)
112
Tony Farace (OKM) Hans Wicklein (RES)
Alex Polonsky (WLK) Colin Morse (MRR)
119
Iam Hochuli (MRR) Eric Lee (RES)
Alex Stewart (MTH) Ryan Carter (GLE)
125
Nathan Kraisser (CEN) Ryan Blum (RH)
Drew Vickers (MTH) Ethan Trinh (WLK)
130
Cameron Kirby (RH) Zach Fernande (MTH)
Seth Rowell (RES) Richie Randall (OKM)
135
Marcus Coffield (WLK) Macon Stanley (CEN)
Jerry Fumba (OKM) John Milani (GLE)
140
Tola Morankinlo (WLK) Parker Dymond (GLE)
Donovan Peek (RES) Brett Kaufman (ATH)
145
Jack Borkowski (GLE) David Ulysse (OKM)
Cory Daniel (RH) Vryan Overton (HAM)
152
Alex DoQuang (OKM) Kyle Eckart (HOW)
Mathias Ngang (HAM) Anthony Pagnotta (GLE)
160
Charles Walls (GLE) Ryan Noonan (RH)
Joey Yarn (OKM) William Kelly (HAM)
171
Mark Colabucci (RES) Logan Kirby (RH)
Alvan Harris (WLK) David Pruett (GLE)
189
Zathy Ndiang (WLK) Glenn Lucas (GLE)
Jon Iwaskiw (MTH) Omar Messallam (RH)
215
Jacob Benedict (RH) Matt Herlihy (RES)
Baldwin Asala (HAM) Matt Gochar (GLE)
285
Josh Hamilton (RES) Nick Hoyt (GLE)
Payton Rose (HAM) AJ Wade (MTH)
