It would be wise for the 28 MIAA finalists to go back and study their match tape against their 2011 rivals, because there is a possibility for each of the 14 bouts to be seen again in this weekend’s 2011 Maryland Independent School State Tournament.
In the seeding for the two day tournament at the McDonogh School, the MIAA was set atop all but three of the 14 weightclasses, and took the top two seeds in seven of the brackets.
Crowning four champions in the MIAAs, St. Paul’s enters the states with the largest amount of number one seeds, seeing champs Jack Mutchnik (103), Eric Friedman (119), Peter Galli (140) and Brad Mutchnik (152) all earn top slots in their respective weightclasses, followed by MIAA Champs Archbishop Spalding, with three number ones.
As long as they can duplicate last weekend’s performance, Jake, Friedman and Galli should be able to take state titles, as they are projected see their MIAA finals foes in the final round this Saturday, but Brad Mutchnik could face Archbishop Curley’s Chuckie Blankenship in the tournament semis if each wrestler advances out of Friday’s quarterfinals.
Other projected rematches include Mount St. Joe’s Tyler Rill and Curley’s Brett Brigman at 160, and Spalding’s KK Smith and McDonogh’s Kevin marvel at 189, and the exciting third meetings of McDonogh’s Jack Clark and John Carrolls George Weber at 130, and Spalding’s Charlie Lynch with Mt. St. Joe’s Brady Massaro at 145.
But the added pressure from outside-conference teams will force a need for upsets to see last weekend’s match-ups with Pallotti’s John Chenault and Spalding’s Logan Breitenbach, each needing to pull upsets to meet in the 125-pound final, and the same going with Curley’s Outstand Wrestler Brett Przywara and Spalding’s Brady Gaynor at 135.
Crusader Matt Green and Gael wrestler Tyler Tippet will also need double upsets to meet in the state finals at 215.
DJ Smith of Spalding will try to take an upset path over the 171-pound second seed to see Patriots’ Mathew Miller in the 171-pound final.
Two weightclasses will se the need for Pallotti’s Chris Halkos and Derek Pittman to avenge MIAA Finals losses as early as the MIS semis, each facing Spalding’s Cole Gallagher and McDonogh’s Roman Braglio in their 112 and 285-pound respective semifinals.
It is sure to be an exciting weekend at the McDonogh School, as Spalding tries to win its eighth tournament of the season and St. Paul’s, with its four number one seeds, looks to be the big “B” Conference team to tackle the MIS State Title.
As with their past tournament runs, Spalding is expected to put upwards of nine wrestlers into the semifinals, as opposed to the six possible for the Crusaders, but only time will tell who will emerge from this weekend’s tournament as the best in the state.
2011 MIS State Tournament Schedule
Friday, February 18, 2011
1:30 pm Weigh-in
3:00 – 3:30 pm Coaches meeting
3:30 – 5:00 pm 1st Round Championship
5:00 – 7:00 pm 2nd Round Championship & 1st Round Wrestle Backs
7:00 – 8:30 pm 2nd Round Wrestle Backs
8:30 – 10:00 pm Quarterfinals & 3rd Round Wrestle Backs
Saturday, February 19, 2011
9:00 am Weigh-in
10:00 – 11:30 am 4th Round Wrestle Backs
11:30 – 1:00 pm Semi-finals & Consi-quarters (5th Round WB)
1:00 – 2:00 pm Consi-semis (6th Round WB)
3:00 – 5:00 pm Finals 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th place matches
5:00 – 5:30 pm Awards
Tournament seeds (Top 8)
103
1 Jack Mutchnik (SP)
2 David Mohler (LOY)
3 Michael Still (AS)
4 Matthew Fegan (GP)
5 Shane Wilson 35-14 DM
6 Adam Whitesell 27-16 GC
7 Artie Millner 30-12 JC
8 Kyle Masemore 16-20 AC
112
1 Cole Gallagher 30-7 AS
2 Vince Scarinzi 36-7 AC
3 Matt Laux 36-6 GP
4 Chris Halkos 0-0 PAL
5 Ben Prada 39-13 DM
6 Logan Meister 18-14 McD
7 Walter Johnson 27-8 LOY
8 Devin Davis 26-16 JC
119
1 Eric Friedman 36-7 SP
2 Scott Strappelli 36-4 JC
3 Xavi Ramos 28-11 McD
4 Patrick Hutton 35-6 GP
5 Matt Pente 31-14 AS
6 Nick Finnblade 0-0 PAL
7 Erik Simmons 22-17 GC
8 Andrew Stone 30-7 BU
125
1 Alfred Bannister 49-3 BMc
2 Daniel Sanchez 36-8 GP
3 John Chenault 0-0 PAL
4 Logan Breitenbach 40-7 AS
5 Ben Smist 25-5 LOY
6 Bobby Twigg 24-6 McD
7 Jordan Brigman 22-19 AC
8 Gabe Pastirik 28-15 SM
130
1 Jack Clark 36-5 McD
2 George Weber 37-8 JC
3 Kevin Johnson 25-13 MSJ
4 Cole Graves 37-16 AS
5 Michael Floccare 32-10 BL
6 Jon Turcotte 20-7 DM
7 James McCord 25-9 GP
8 Jhared Simmons 27-17 GC
135
1 Shane Arechiga 46-5 GC
2 Tito Onyekweli 41-6 DM
3 Brett Przywara 24-6 AC
4 Brady Gaynor 36-8 AS
5 Conan Schuster 39-5 LOY
6 Mitch Bode 18-18 McD
7 Chris Fegan 32-9 GP
8 Dan Froehlich 24-14 JC
140
1 Pete Galli 44-6 SP
2 Will Switzer 47-2 AS
3 Toby Hague 29-9 McD
4 Mike Zito 34-8 LOY
5 Justin Murphy 10-2 LAN
6 Michael Sprague 32-11 GP
7 Joe Vitucci 37-10 JC
8 Erik Meyer 25-23 AC
145
1 Charlie Lynch 50-0 AS
2 Brady Massaro 31-7 MSJ
3 Ryan Garey 32-0 BU
4 Thomas Wilson 30-10 GP
5 Nick Skudrna 30-11 SP
6 Josh Couto 39-11 DM
7 Philip Robilotto 27-17 GC
8 Cal Riorda 25-11 GIL
152
1 Brad Mutchnik 38-9 SP
2 Bryce Pappas 35-4 SM
3 Tyler Patrick 30-16 McD
4 Chuckie Blankenship 26-18 AC
5 Connor Lane 26-14 AS
6 Matt Foster 28-12 GC
7 Gearet Fitzpatrick 35-14 DM
8 Joe Moreno 28-13 LOY
160
1 Tyler Rill 34-8 MSJ
2 Brett Brigman 41-11 AC
3 Max Sataloff 25-12 McD
4 Sean Patrick Meehan 35-7 DM
5 Zach Griffitt 34-8 SMR
6 Alpha Jalloh 9-4 AACS
7 Colin Mchale 20-18 AS
8 Brandon Smith 21-13 GIL
171
1 Mathew Miller 45-4 JC
2 Randall Hernandez 27-4 BU
3 Devaunje Smith 34-6 AS
4 Purnell Summers 37-13 AC
5 Sean Guy 20-15 GC
6 Forrest Rutledge 25-10 CH
7 Travis Wood 13-11 McD
8 Sam Lamson 12-6 LAN
189
1 Kvaunte Smith 37-1 AS
2 Kevin Marvel 34-11 McD
3 Shane Cockerille 42-9 DM
4 Mike Green 41-6 SP
5 Spencer Neff 33-10 GC
6 Ryan Smith 26-14 GP
7 Matt Lucas 17-14 MSJ
8 Chris Pritchard 21-5 SJ
215
1 Kyle Snyder 46-0 GC
2 Dylan Devine 40-6 DM
3 Tyler Tippett 30-7 MSJ
4 Matt Green 36-5 SP
5 Avery Williams 33-15 AC
6 Michael Herman 25-2 H
7 Greg Jewett 0-0 PAL
8 Rob Clingerman 25-14 JC
285
1 Roman Braglio 27-4 McD
2 Stephen Snyder 38-9 GC
3 Khari Brown 30-2 BMc
4 Derek Pittman 0-0 PAL
5 Malik Johnson 34-17 AS
6 Ryan Schneider 31-11 GP
7 Keith Waddell 18-14 MSJ
8 Ia
n Arcaiga 23-6 MC
