One of the toughest counties in the Baltimore-Metro area, the Howard County Wrestling Championships is sure to pack all the punch wrestling fans can take this weekend at Oakland Mills High School.
Glenelg has already run through their Howard County opponents, going perfect through their regular season, but, oddly enough, only hold number one-seeded wrestlers in Jake Borkowski and Charles Wall at 145 and 160, while Reservoir and Wilde Lake each have three top spots.
Wilde Lake earned top seeds in Marcus Coffield (135), Tola Morankinyo (140) and Zathy Ndiang (189), but the Gators are also looking to take a run at the tournament title with top seeds Mason Kilcarr (103), Mark Colabucci (171) and Josh Hamilton (285).
Colabucci is staring at a solid finals match with second seed Alvin harris of Wilde Lake, but other top bouts fall between Oakland Mills’s Tony Farace and Wilde Lake’s Alex Polonsky at 112 and River Hill’s Cameron Kirby and Reservoir’s Seth Rowell at 130.
Added to Kirby, River Hill has a number one seed in Jacob Benedict at 215, while Oakland Mills adds Alex DoQuang to its top seeds with Farace.
With the top seeds spread across the county, wrestle-backs for third place are going to be a big part in defining the tournament champion, but only time will tell who will reign supreme in the Howard County Wrestling Championships.
Top Seeds/Match-ups by weightclass:
Mason Kilcarr
Reservoir 103
Tony Farace
Oakland Mills 112
Alex Polonsky
Wilde Lake 112
Ian Hochuli
Marriotts Ridge 119
Nathan Kraisser
Centennial 125
Cameron Kirby
River Hill 130
Seth Rowell
Reservoir130
Marcus Coffield
Wilde Lake 135
Jerry Fumba
Oakland Mills
Tola Morankinyo
Wilde Lake 140
Jack Borkowski
Glenelg 145
Alex DoQuang
Oakland Mills 152
Charles Walls
Glenelg 160
Mark Colabucci
Reservoir 171
Alvin Harris
Wilde Lake 171
Zathy Ndiang
Wilde Lake 189
Jon Iwaskiw
Mount Hebron
Jacob Benedict
River Hill 215
Baldwin Asala
Hammond
Josh Hamilton
Reservoir 285
Payton Rose
Hammond
