Wrestling: Wilde Lake Tops Howard, Centennial in Tri-Meet

The Centennial and Howard High wrestling teams got lessons Tuesday on what it's going to take for them to become contenders in Howard County.

Wilde Lake pushed both teams around the mat in a tri-meet at Howard, defeating the Eagles, 53-28, after blowing through the Lions' lineup, 76-6. Centennial defeated Howard in the finale, 44-25.

The Wildecats (7-3) went on a pinning frenzy against Howard (2-2), getting falls in 10 of the 11 contested matches.  Wilde Lake got five more pins against Centennial (1-1), jumping to a 53-10 lead  before the Eagles ended the match with three straight falls of their own to make it respectable.

"Wilde Like is one of the tougher teams in the county," said Centennial coach Dave Roogow. "I would have liked to have of course won the match….I think at the end of the year we should be able to do a little better against some of those guys when we see them in the counties.

"But we put up 28 points against them, so I'm not too upset with that."

Centennial's defending state champion Nathan Kraisser (125 pounds) improved to 7-0 with two first-period falls. The junior needed a total of only 2 minutes, 13 seconds to score his fifth and sixth pins of the season.

"I was trying to work out some new stuff and just keep working," said Kraisser, who was coming off a 1-0 victory over Matt Kibblehouse of Salesianum (Delaware) in the championship of the War on the Shore tournament in Salisbury on Saturday.

"Wilde Lake has a good team," Kraisser said. "They have some great upper weights and (Alex) Polonsky down low. They're looking pretty solid. They should be a top contender."

Centennial's Hutson Baumann (135) joined Kraisser with two falls. Macon Stanley (130), and Joey Wysocki (152) also had a pair of victories for the Eagles.

Howard was coming off a 42-24 victory over Carver Vo-Tech in which all seven wrestlers who competed for the Lions scored pins. "We sure got worked tonight, that's for sure," said Howard co-coach Doug Smith.

Wilde Lake's junior defending state champ, Polonsky, got a pair of falls along with teammates Tola Morakinyo (140), Josh Bittner (160) and county titlist Alvin Harris (189). 

Wilde Lake 76, Howard 6

135 --  Brian Anderson (WL) p. Steve Eastman, 4:42

140 – Tola Morakinyo (WL) p. Zack Wrisk, 1:40

145 – Marcus Coffield (WL) p. Colin Hawes, 1:40

152 – Raheem Brown (WL) p. Kyle Eckart, 3:35

160 – Josh  Bittner (WL) p. Drew Williams, 3:40

171 – Nick Loiselle (H) won by forfeit

189 – Alvin Harris (WL) p. Steve Via, 1:44

215 -- Zathy Ndiang (WL) won by forfeit

285 – Dwight Ingram (WL) won by forfeit

103 – Ethan Eckley (WL) p. Nate Schiavone, 0:59

112 – Alex Polonsky (WL) p. Breccan Fischer, 1:50

119 – Jordan Trinh (WL) p. Ryan Stover, 1:25

125 – David Lewis (WL)  p. Alex Gross, 2:53

130 – Ethan Trinh (WL) maj d. John Holthaus, 13-4

Wilde Lake 53, Centennial 28

140 – Tola Morakinyo (WL) p. Sam Markose, 1:47

145 – Marcus Coffield (WL) won by forfeit

152 – Joey Wysocki (C) d.  Raheem Brown, 15-6

160 – Josh  Bittner (WL) p. Zach Portnoff, 2:48

171 –Ben Tucker (C) won by forfeit

189 – Alvin Harris (WL) p. Ed Wysocki, 1:17

215 -- Zathy Ndiang (WL) won by forfeit

285 – Dwight Ingram (WL) p. Ed Grave, 1:24

103 – Ethan Eckley (WL) t. fall Daniel Ludlow, 15-0

112 – Alex Polonksy (WL) p. Matthew Nickell, 1:54

119 – Jordan Trinh (WL) won by forfeit

125 – Nathan Kraisser (C) p. David Lewis, 1:09

130 – Macon Stanley (C) p. Ethan Trinh, 1:53

135 –  Hutson Baumann (C) p. Brian Anderson, 1:27

Centennial 44, Howard 25

145 – Colin Hawes (H) won by forfeit

152 – Joey Wysocki (C) p. Kyle Eckart, 3:00

160 --- Zach Portnoff (C) p. Drew Williams, 6:23

171 – Nick Loiselle (H) d. Ben Tucker, 6-1

189 – Ed Wysocki (C) p. Steve Via, 2:28

215 – Double forfeit

285 – Ed Grave (C) won by forfeit

103 – Daniel Ludlow (C)maj. d. Nate Schiavone, 19-8

112 – Breccan Fisher (H) p. Matthew Nickell, 1:03

119 – Ryan Stover (H) won by forfeit

125 – Nathan Kraisser (C) p. Alex Gross, 1:04

130 –Macon Stanley (C) maj. d. John Holthaus, 9-1

135 – Hutson Baumann (C) p. Steve Eastman, 1:26

140 – Zack Wrisk (H) maj. d. Sam Markose, 11-2