Once again, coach Bryan Hamper and his seemingly never-ending list of assistant wrestling coaches had a long day at the Carroll County Tournament.

With 10 wrestlers of a possible 13 reaching the finals, there was little downtime for the South Carroll program, which looked to continue its dominance just a week after winning a fourth straight state dual title.

“It’s a great show of where we are as a program,” Hamper said. “It’s a good testament to where we are heading into the next two weeks.”

South Carroll won nine of its 10 finals, winning another county championship with a team score of 240.5 points. Manchester Valley added to its impressive season, finishing second with 140.5, and Francis Scott Key’s 120 secured third place.

“Our county’s very tough,” Hamper said. “It’s good for us to be able to test ourselves against some of the best kids and come out on top.”

For some Cavaliers wrestlers, it was business as usual as Hamper and his captains gave their marching orders: dominate.

Grayson Barnhill did just that, winning the county title at 113 pounds after pinning Liberty’s Joshua Moore in just nine seconds. Returning county champion and two-time state champion JoJo Gigliotti dominated in an opposite fashion from Barnhill, opting for a slow, methodical approach in a 20-4 technical fall win over Manchester Valley’s Beau Snell to win the 144-pound title. Angelo Marchany, a runner-up last season, won the county title at 150 pounds with a 16-1 technical fall over Winters Mill’s Landon Buchman.

Even when matchups pitted Cavaliers against the few state-ranked wrestlers not wearing the black and gold, it was Hamper’s guys who came out on top. Davy Snyder, last year’s champion at 138 pounds, moved up to 157 and defeated three-time county champion Dylan Ohler, of Liberty.

Joining Snyder, Gigliotti and Barnhill as returning county champions who successfully defended titles were their South Carroll teammate Evan Owen (138), Winters Mill’s Chris Gaeng (165) and Manchester Valley’s Cru Boog (285), who had the one moment that brought everyone together. The audience put their school alliances aside to congratulate Boog once he pinned Francis Scott Key’s Cory Stouffer for his fourth county championship.

Manchester Valley’s Ryan Hydorn (132) and Century’s JT Ferguson (175) also won titles.

Glenelg wins Howard County Tournament: Glenelg wrestling is a program rich in tradition. But each of the last two seasons, the Gladiators came up just short with runner-up finishes at the Howard County Tournament.

However, after an undefeated county regular season, the Gladiators kept rolling. Every Gladiator won at least one match as Glenelg produced six finalists and three champions to capture the 55th Howard County Tournament crown with 222 points, outpacing second-place Marriotts Ridge (160). Atholton (145.5), Reservoir (142) and Hammond (121) rounded out the top five.

Phil Key (126 pounds), Gavin Baravik (165) and Peter Danko (215) won individual titles for Glenelg.

Outside of Glenelg, Reservoir had the most county finalists with four and tied the Gladiators with three county champions. Freshman Milano Orduna (106) pinned Glenelg freshman Chase Jenkins to improve to 28-5 on the season and was named the Glenn L. Devane Outstanding Wrestler. Senior Andrew Dolezel (138) won his third county championship while Jose Lazo (144) also won a title.

Leo Saravia (120) and Elijiah Fields (285) became the first county champions from Guilford Park.

Centennial senior Calvin Kraisser (150) became the 12th wrestler in county history to win four county titles. The three-time state champion joins a list that also includes older brothers Nathan and Jason.

Oakland Mills’ Orlando Castelan-Cortez (132) and Raul Rodriguez (157) also made their marks as multi-time county champions, while Long Reach’s Dominic Esposito (113), Marriotts Ridge’s Jonah Obitz (175) and Hammond’s Xavier Nichols (190) notched their first career titles.

— Jacob Steinberg

Perry Hall, Sparrows Point tie for Baltimore County Tournament title: Sparrows Point crowned four individual champions and Perry Hall produced a pair at the Baltimore County Tournament as the teams finished tied with 157 points and split the coed crown at the Community College of Baltimore County, Essex.

“I don’t know if there has ever been a tie in the county tournament before,” said Sparrows Point coach Mike Whisner, who won his sixth county title since 2007.

Perry Hall coach Doug Yoakum celebrated his school’s first county championship since 2015.

“It’s a big deal for us. We won the regular season, and now this,” Yoakum said.

Three champions — Perry Hall’s Victor Marks-Jenkins (175 pounds), Sparrows Point’s Russell Fary (157 pounds) and Milford Mill’s Amory Hills (285) — continued unbeaten seasons.

Marks-Jenkins improved to 41-0 by pinning Kelvin Alumahah of Owings Mills just seconds before he would have won by technical fall. The defending state champion improved his career record to 138-1.

Defending state champ Fary (34-0) defeated Owings Mills’ Ty Simpson, 4-0, in the final, while Hills methodically defeated Owings Mills’ Keon Stewart, 4-2, in the title bout. It was the second straight county title for Hills (24-0).

Joining Marks-Jenkins at the top of the podium for Perry Hall was junior Justin Kavanagh (36-4), who defeated two-time county champion Andy Burton, of Hereford, 5-1, at 144 pounds.

In the girls’ county tournament, Eastern Tech won the team title with 163 points. It were followed by Sparrows Point (136), Kenwood (106.5), Randallstown (95) and Dundalk (81). Four of Eastern Tech’s wrestlers won titles.

— Craig J. Clary

Chesapeake wins Anne Arundel County Tournament: Ten Cougars earned a top-four placement, spurring Chesapeake to the 259 points needed to win the Anne Arundel County Tournament. Bently Schmidt (113 pounds), Brayden Roberts (126) and Collin Richardson (165) finished as runners-up. Dominic Ayers (132) earned third place and Owen Collins (150) took fourth.

And then there were the champions.

Freshman 106-pounder Quin Greenstreet defeated Glen Burnie’s Daniel Canas via technical fall for his prize. Xander Dodd improved to 36-0 by beating Arundel’s Pierce Read at 215 pounds. Carson Roberts bested South River’s Trent Shipley, 14-9, to win his 120-pound title. Rex Graves outmatched defending county champion, Arundel’s Cole Figueroa, to win at 138.

Cougars senior Matthew Curtin nearly lost his 175-pound final. With just two seconds remaining, Annapolis’ Davis Ruhf worked to maintain his one-point edge while Curtin tried to earn decisive points.

The official charged Ruhf with stalling, and that was enough to send the match to overtime.

Matthew Curtin didn’t leave it to the last moment again. He rushed Ruhf like a bull from the gate, taking down Ruhf to win the match. His coach — and father — never smiled wider.

“To beat [South River’s Evan Paximadas in the semifinals] the way he did and then beat Ruhf?” Randy Curtin said. “I’m a very proud dad.”

At 113, South River’s Jackson Peeples avenged his regional final loss by winning a 6-3 decision and stacking his new county title next to his old one at 106.

Likewise, both Broadneck’s Linx Lawless and Northeast’s Beau Schmidt earned their second straight county titles but in different weight classes. Lawless pulled off a swift pin at 165, while Schmidt dueled with Broadneck senior Peyton Miller to a narrow 9-8 result at 150.

Annapolis collected two coed champions in Mike Groszkowski (132) and Teddy Sfakiyanudis (157), who worked a close match with South River senior Ben Ford until a medical issue took Ford out of contention.

Old Mill’s Noel Norman-Williams battled three periods, too. But the 190-pound senior was in total control, beating Crofton’s Chris Coleman, 7-1.

South River heavyweight Busayo Balogun earned his redemption. After finishing third as a junior, Balogun stacked up points late against Glen Burnie’s Elijah Boston and secured an 8-2 win.

In the girls tournament, Arundel totaled 170 points to outpace Crofton (159.5) for the team title. Freshman Olivia Cambio (125) won an individual title for the Wildcats, who had three other finalists.

— Katherine Fominykh

C. Milton Wright takes UCBAC Tournament title: This Saturday had a much different feel from last. A week ago, C. Milton Wright wrestling was stunned in a state semifinal loss that sent the Mustangs home earlier than anticipated.

Seven days later, they’re leaving the weekend champions.

C. Milton Wright won the Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference wrestling tournament Saturday at Edgewood with a team score of 239 — a startling 68 points ahead of second-place Harford Tech (171). Rising Sun (153.5), Aberdeen (135.5) and Havre de Grace (134) rounded out the top five teams. Three C. Milton Wright wrestlers (Rory Sweeney, 106; Kane Desch, 120; Aaron Moccia, 175) claimed titles in their respective weight classes, and four more reached their championship matches.

For coach John Thornton, Saturday’s win in C. Milton Wright’s last event as a team this season is a consolation for coming up short last weekend.

“A lot better,” the coach quipped through a grin, moments after stepping off the podium where he posed for photos with his team. “I told them, ‘Get the next best thing.’ This is the next best thing we could get. One more chance to make it right as a team.”

Like the Mustangs, Harford Tech also fell in the state semifinals a week ago. And similar to them, the Cobras used it as motivation.

They were led Saturday by Zaden Tablan, who took first in the 113-pound match over C. Milton Wright’s Sean Downey.

Tablan was one of two Harford Tech wrestlers to capture conference titles Saturday (Nikolai Chervak, 144) and one of nine Cobras to place top six in their respective weight classes. Only C. Milton Wright posted more top-six finishes.

Other winners in the co-ed division included Aberdeen’s Edward Caldwell (138), Liam Peterson (150) and Chase Lineberry (157), Patterson Mill’s Cole Christian (132), North Harford’s Andrew Coakley (190) and Bel Air’s Owen Reilly (285).

This conference tournament crowned 10 girls champions last season, the first time the UCBAC championships featured a girls-only bracket. This year, that number grew to 14, and each weight class had at least two wrestlers competing and some had enough for semifinal and third-place matches. It marked the latest sign of growth for a sport on a sharp upward trajectory.

Patterson Mill’s Kylie Buehler wrestles with ADHD, making good-intentioned coaches who scream directions from her corner deafeningly distracting. So she tunes them out, asking them not to bark orders unless she flashes a distress signal.

Her mind was blank when she pinned Harford Tech’s Samantha Keithley to win the 130-pound bout, one of two Huskies girls to win in their respective weight classes (Sarah Alkhatib, 110).

Other local girls winners included Havre de Grace’s Isabella Olivas (105) and Kayla Ward (140), Edgewood’s Triniti Green (125) and Makayla Cole (235), Harford Tech’s Emily Wockenfuss (135) and Nicole Filip (190), North Harford’s Bryn Cespedes (100) and Jordan Lawson (170) and Perryville’s Saphira Hamill (120).

— Taylor Lyons