Head-to-head, no team has had an answer for what the No. 1 Archbishop Spalding Cavaliers can put out on the mat. No one.
And this is why the Cavs have added another tournament trophy to its tremendous 2010-2011 wrestling season, beating seven other teams to place first at their own Cavalier Duals.
Spalding was perfect through every aspect of the tournament, winning three matches on Friday, handling No. 10 Old Mill and No. 9 Hammond in the prelims, toping No. 11 River Hill in the semis and ripping through Methacton in the championship finals.
Methacton finished with its only loss coming to Spalding, as did River Hill, who topped a very tough Stephen Decatur in the consolation finals for the third-place finish, 37-33.
River Hill also had a big in-state win over Old Mill in the tournament’s premlims, beating the Patriots 42-27.
Old Mill and No. 17 Arundel each had .500 records but elected to not wrestle the match for fifth place, but Old Mil did notch wins over Broadneck and Hammond on the way to the championship rounds.
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS: 1, Archbishop Spalding, 7-0; 2, Methacton, 7-1; 3, River Hill, 6-1; 4, Stephen Decatur, 5-2; 5, Old Mill, 3-3; 5, Arundel, 5-5; 6, Hammond, 3-5; 8, Broadneck, 2-5.
CONSOLATION TEAMS: 1, Thomas Edison (Va.), 5-3; 2, Oxford (Pa.), 4-3; 3, George Marshall (Va.), 3-4; 3, Stone Bridge (Va.), 3-4; 3, Kent Island, 3-4; 3, Broad Run, 3-4; 7, AACS, 1-7; 7, Calvert Hall, 1-7; 9, George Mason (Va.), 0-7.
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
ARCHBISHOP SPALDING 45, METHACTON 22:
THIRD-PLACE MATCH
RIVER HILL 37, STEPHEN DECATUR 33:
FIFTH-PLACE MATCH
OLD MILL, ARUNDEL: Double forfeit.
SEVENTH-PLACE MATCH
HAMMOND 49, BROADNECK 22:
SEMIFINALS
METHACTON 44, STEPHEN DECATUR 28:
ARCHBISHOP SPALDING 51, RIVER HILL 21
PRELIMINARIES
ARUNDEL 39, BROADNECK 26:
ARCHBISHOP SPALDING 58, OLD MILL 6: 145
METHACTON 53, ARUNDEL 18:
ARCHBISHOP SPALDING 54, HAMMOND 18
RIVER HILL 37, HAMMOND 29:
STEPHEN DECATUR 57, ARUNDEL 12:
METHACTON 55, BROADNECK 6:
OLD MILL 38, HAMMOND 27:
STEPHEN DECATUR 43, BROADNECK 25
RIVER HILL 42, OLD MILL 27:
CONSOLATION BRACKET
THOMAS EDISON 61, GEORGE MASON 12:
OXFORD 58, CALVERT HALL 24:
GEORGE MARSHALL 54, AACS 27:
BROAD RUN 37, KENT ISLAND 31:
STONE BRIDGE 64, CALVERT HALL 15:
OXFORD 57, GEORGE MASON 18:
BROAD RUN 52, AACS 22:
GEORGE MARSHALL 60, GEORGE MASON 24:
THOMAS EDISON 37, STONE BRIDGE 34:
KENT ISLAND 54, CALVERT HALL 24:
OXFORD 40, BROAD RUN 34:
THOMAS EDISON 46, AACS 24:
THOMAS EDISON 42, GEORGE MARSHALL 27
CALVERT HALL 42, GEORGE MASON 27
STONE BRIDGE 59, AACS 9:
KENT ISLAND 63, AACS 18:
STONE BRIDGE 40, OXFORD 31:
GEORGE MARSHALL 42, KENT ISLAND 31:
DAY 1
POOL A
TEAM STANDINGS: 1, Methacton (Pa.), 4-0; 2, Thomas Edison (Va.), 3-1; 3, Hammond, 2-2; 4, Broad Run (Va.), 1-3; 5, Calvert Hall, 0-4.
HAMMOND 62, CALVERT HALL 12:
HAMMOND 54, BROAD RUN 16:
THOMAS EDISON 61, BROAD RUN 15:
METHACTON 70, CALVERT HALL 3:
METHACTON 47, HAMMOND 18:
THOMAS EDISON 45, HAMMOND 36:
METHACTON 49, THOMAS EDISON 16:
METHACTON 61, BROAD RUN 6: 103:
THOMAS EDISON 57, CALVERT HALL 21:
BROAD RUN 40, CALVERT HALL 27:
POOL B
TEAM STANDINGS: 1, River Hill, 3-0; 2, Broadneck, 2-1; 3, Oxford (Pa.), 1-2; 4, George Marshall (Va.), 0-3.
RIVER HILL 58, OXFORD 16:
OXFORD 45, GEORGE MARSHALL 30:
BROADNECK 40, GEORGE MARSHALL 24:
RIVER HILL 58, GEORGE MARSHALL 9:
RIVER HILL 45, BROADNECK 15:
BROADNECK 42, OXFORD 26:
POOL C
TEAM STANDINGS: 1, Stephen Decatur, 3-0; 2, Old Mill, 2-1; 3, AACS, 1-2; 4, George Mason (Va.), 0-3.
OLD MILL 57, GEORGE MASON 12:
STEPHEN DECATUR 79, GEORGE MASON 0:
AACS 39, GEORGE MASON 27:
STEPHEN DECATUR 37, OLD MILL 33:
STEPHEN DECATUR 64, AACS 15:
OLD MILL 56, AACS 12:
POOL D
TEAM STANDINGS: 1, Archbishop Spalding, 3-0; 2, Arundel, 2-1; 3, Kent Island, 1-2; 4, Stone Bridge (Va.), 0-3.
ARUNDEL 36, KENT ISLAND 31:
KENT ISLAND 43, STONE BRIDGE 30:
ARCHBISHOP SPALDING 60, KENT ISLAND 14:
ARCHBISHOP SPALDING 63, STONE BRIDGE 6:
ARUNDEL 48, STONE BRIDGE 27:
ARCHBISHOP SPALDING 57, ARUNDEL 20: