After a one-year absence, Old Mill reclaimed its spot as the top high school wrestling team in Anne Arundel County.
Greg Saumenig (125), Timmy Lobuglio (130), Nic Box (160), Ethan Brown and Justin Faithful (275) each won individual titles as Old Mill captured its 15th tournament title since 1981. The Patriots finished with 215 points, followed by Severna Park (187), Chesapeake (161), Arundel (141) and 2006 tournament champion Broadneck (132) rounding out the top five of the 12-team tournament Saturday at Arundel High in Gambrills.
For Saumenig, his pin at 5:54 over Severna Park?s Matt Herzberg represented his third county title in three different weight classes. He won at 103 pounds as a sophomore and at 112 as a junior last year.
“We had a lot of guys really step up in this tournament,” said Saumenig, who is now 29-3 on the season. “Even those guys that lost in the first round came back, wrestled hard and got us points in the wrestle-backs.”
Old Mill coach Jim Grim agreed with Saumenig. Grim added that he was most proud of the performance of 145-pounder Joey Travers who finished in third place after losing his first bout. He was one of three third-place finishers for the Patriots.
“That?s where tournaments are won and lost,” Grim said. “I?m real proud of the way a lot of our wrestlers bounced back after a loss as we had three guys wrestling for third and they all won. No one works harder for us than Joey Travers.”
Also of note is that Arundel 103-pounder Nicole Woody became the first female wrestler to win a county title with her pin at 5:42 against South River?s Curtis Taylor. Woody is now 27-3 on the season.
“[Arundel coach Billy] Royer told me since I was a freshman that I could do this, so I?m really excited right now,” Woody, a junior who will graduate this spring, said. “I really feel like I?ve got the respect of the other wrestlers.”
Other individual winners included Broadneck?s Houston Zemanski (112), Chesapeake?s Jarrid Bosque (119), Severna Park?s Allen Black (135), Northeast?s Maurice Fleming (140), Glen Burnie?s Zach Jankiewicz (145), Annapolis? Bubby Graham (152), Severna Park?s Billy Nichols (171), South River?s Pat LaPaglia (215).
Team standings
1 » Old Mill, 215
2 » Severna Park, 187
3 » Chesapeake, 161
4 » Arundel, 135
5 » Broadneck, 128
6 » Annapolis, 112
7 » South River, 99.5
8 » Northeast, 72
9 » North County, 58.5
10 » Glen Burnie/Meade, 51
11 » Southern, 13
