No. 12 Oakland Mills coach Brad Howell said his team needed something big to happen to beat host Glenelg in the Class 2A South region dual final Wednesday night.

He needed someone to find a way to score a major upset and everything else to fall their way. And while the Scorpions gave the Gladiators everything they could handle — they held a lead five different times and even had a four-point advantage with four matches to go — it still wasn’t quite enough to beat mighty Glenelg.

The No. 3 Gladiators stayed strong until their dominant stretch of wrestlers shined and closed the match with four consecutive wins to pull away with a 40-23 win over No. 12 Oakland Mills. It’s the fourth straight season Glenelg (22-0) has won a regional dual crown and its third consecutive Class 2A South region title.

In the semifinals, the top-seeded Gladiators defeated Southern-AA, 51-16, and No. 2 seed Oakland Mills held off third-seeded La Plata, 46-27.

Montgomery Blair 40, Catonsville 30: The top-seeded Comets may have lost in the semifinals to Montgomery Blair in the Class 4A North Region tournament, but they still have a chance to do something no other team in school history has ever done on the mat.

Should Catonsville defeat the underdog Chesapeake-BC in a makeup dual-meet match Tuesday, they would finish regular-season dual-meet competition with a 14-0 record.

No previous Comets wrestlers have ever gone undefeated and no other team has reached 14 wins.

They weren’t so fortunate in the postseason as the normally pin-happy squad didn’t earn as many falls as they normally get.

“I think we were on the same level as them, but wrestling-wise, they were tougher on the mat and all the matches we lost we were giving up pins and we didn’t pin them when we got our wins, so they deserved to win, they were the better team,” Catonsville coach Eric Warm said.

—Craig Clary,

Baltimore Sun Media Group

Boys basketball

Franklin 65, Kenwood 63: Ben Murphy made a running floater at the buzzer to lift the visiting Indians (13-4) over the Bluebirds (10-7). Murphy made 21 of his season-high 29 points in the second half. Kenwood tied the game with 10 seconds left. If Franklin beats Catonsville and Towson then they will claim the Baltimore County Division II title.

Hereford 53, Milford Mill 52: Mark Suchy (21 points) made two free throws with 14 seconds left and the host Bulls (10-6) hung on to beat the Millers (6-10). The game was tied at 24 in the first half.

No. 1 Boys’ Latin 79, Archbishop Spalding 44: Cameron Spencer had 37 points and Sam Grace had 20 points to lead the host Lakers (25-5, 11-1 Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference Black Division) past the Cavaliers (2-20, 0-13). Boys’ Latin bounced back from Monday’s 80-63 loss to No. 4 St. Frances.

No. 4 St. Frances 65, Calvert Hall 43: The host Panthers (25-4, 11-1 MIAA A Conference Black Division) pulled away from the Cardinals (6-17, 2-10) in the second half. St. Frances led 50-33 with 4:54 left to play.

No. 11 Mount Saint Joseph 56, Glenelg Country 40: The visiting Gaels (20-6, 13-2 MIAA A Conference Red Division) ended a two-game losing streak by beating the Dragons (13-9, 7-7). Mount St. Joe led 41-31 at end of the third quarter.

No. 13 Atholton 61, Howard 55: Javon Daniel scored 16 points to lead the Raiders (15-2) past the Lions (5-13).

St. Paul’s 58, Gerstell 44: Ziggy Reid had a game-high 21 points to lead the Crusaders (16-6, 11-1 MIAA B Conference) past the host Falcons (15-12, 9-3). Gerstell trailed 35-32 to start the fourth quarter.

John Carroll 63, Mount Carmel 58: Jalen Bryant scored 23 points to lead the host Patriots (4-20, 2-11 MIAA A Conference Black Division) past the Cougars (7-19, 3-12).

Severn 63, Curley 60: The Admirals (11-9, 7-3 MIAA B Conference) won their fourth straight by beating the host Friars (12-9, 8-4).

Girls basketball

No. 1 Roland Park 64, St. John’s Catholic Prep 48: Mir McLean and Ja’Niah Henson each scored 17 points and Mari Ferariu had 16 points to lead the host Reds (23-1, 13-0 Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference) past the Vikings (10-12, 2-10).

No. 10 Mount de Sales 56, Gerstell 14: The host Sailors completed a perfect regular-season league record of 11-0.

No. 12 Chesapeake-AA 42, Severn 34: Ashley Chew had 13 points to lead the Cougars (14-4) past the host Admirals (3-19).

Baltimore Sun staff contributed to this article.