The McDonogh School wrestling team dominated this year’s South River Duals, but the host team didn’t shrink in the Eagles’ shadow in the slightest.
No. 2 McDonogh won all nine of its matches and South River went 8-1 at the two-day, 10-team duals tournament in Edgewater Wednesday and Thursday.
Eight McDonogh wrestlers went 9-0: Ray Cable (132), Caden Moreno (138), Grant Gorvette (145), Harrison Trahan (152), Alex Laveck (160), Dom Solis (170), Garrett Kappes (182) and Jack Wimmer (195).
McDonogh wrestled in tournaments in Ohio and Delaware earlier this season, but this was the start of the Eagles’ dual meet season, head coach Pete Welch said.
“It’s great because we don’t normally get to see these public schools in the state and they’re some good competition,” Welch said. “Our team’s done well, but there’s been a lot of great individual matches that our kids get to see different people, not the same kids all the time.”
The host Seahawks were also pleased with their peformance.
“It’s probably the best we’ve wrestled as a group this year,” South River head coach John Klessinger said, “but we’ve got a long way to go as well. We’ve got a bunch of big duals coming up.”
The Eagles beat the No. 7 Seahawks 54-30 in Wednesday’s marquee matchup.
At 7-2, Sparrows Point posted the third-best team record of the week.
Boys basketball
St. John’s (D.C.) 75, No. 3 John Carroll 70: The Patriots (9-3) were outscored 45-42 in the second half and fell to the Cadets (8-3) in the Slam Dunk to the Beach at Lewes, Dela.
Gerstell 61, No. 5 Perry Hall 52: The Falcons (4-8) outscored the Gators (2-3), 20-4, in the fourth quarter to win in the championship game of the Eckert Winter Classic at Patterson.
Senior guards Colin Rimel (18 points, including five 3 pointers) and Anthony Carpenter (12 points including 10-for-10 at the foul line) led the way for the Falcons.
“To beat a team of the caliber of Perry Hall – where they’re at and where they’ve been – is huge for us,” said Gerstell coach Ben Thompson.
In the consolation game, No. 8 Patterson claimed a 64-49 win over Hammond with guard Zach Blackwell going for a game-high 20 points.
—Glenn Graham,
The Baltimore Sun
Boys’ Latin 57, No. 9 Dulaney 42: Trailing by 11 at the half, the Lakers (9-2) dominated the second half to comfortably pull away in the Oakland Mills Holiday Tournament championship game.
Senior forward Kenny Lewis scored a team-high 21 points with senior guard Jaylin Andrews adding 16 for the winners, who beat Arundel, 83-60, in Wednesday’s tournament opener.
—Glenn Graham
No. 15 Severn 72, Union (Wash.) 67: LJ Owens and Jermaine Hall each scored 23 points to lead the Admirals (10-2) past the Titans (8-3) in the Surf and Slam Classic at San Diego.
Severn will face Kelso (Wash.), a 59-56 winner over Viewmont (Utah), in Saturday’s championship at 6:15 p.m.
Oakland Mills 70, Arundel 48: Robert Burgess scored 25 points to leaad the host Scorpions (5-2) past the Wildcats (3-6) in the consolation game of the Oakland Mills Holiday tournament.
Calvert Hall 68, Potomac School (Va.) 54: The Cardinals (3-8) bounced back and beat the Panthers (6-4) in the second round of the Benedictine tournament at Richmond, Va.
Calvert Hall lost, 69-59, to La Salle (Pa.) in the opening round.
Archbishop Spalding 64, St. Thomas Aquinas (Fla.) 51:Josh Akers made 10 of 11 3-pointers to help the Cavaliers (1-11) beat the Raiders (2-4) and advance to today’s fifth place game in the Jim Clark Hornet Holiday Classic at Orlando, Fla.
Spalding faces Cypress Creek (Fla.), a 60-55 winner over Harmony (Fla.)
Franklin 74, Digital Harbor 65: Derron McCall scored a game-high 34 points, including 8 3-pointers, to lead the Indians (3-3) past the Rams (3-4) at the Dundalk tournament.
Girls basketball
No. 8 Institute of Notre Dame 63, Coconut Creek (Fla.) 61: Eniya Russell scored 36 points to lead the Penguins (6-2) past the Cougars (7-3) at the Title IX Classic at the D.C. Armory.
No. 9 John Carroll 53, Mother of Mercy (Ohio) 31: Kirstin Huggins had 13 points and Jordan Wakefield and Savannah Simmons each had 11 points to lead the Patriots (5-1) past the Bobcats (4-4) in the St. Pius X Christmas Classic at Atlanta.
South Carroll 43, Holy Trinity 16: Riley Evnas scored 15 points to pace the Cavaliers (2-3) past the Hawks in the Holly and Hoops tournament at Notre Dame Prep.
Perry Hall 43, Francis Scott Key 39: Courtney Shaw scored 14 points to lead the Gators (3-2) past the Eagles (2-4) in the Holly and Hoops tournament at NDP.
Bailey Mathias had 11 points for F.S. Key.
Pikesville 53, Bell (D.C.) 33: Charia Roberts had 19 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Panthers (2-0) past the Griffins (2-4) at the Title IX Classic at the D.C. Armory.
Annapolis 56, Northwestern 49, OT: Laney Placito made a key 3-pointer and scored all six of her points in the extra session to help the host Panthers (3-4) beat the Wildcats (3-18) to win their fourth straight Fred Stauffer Capital City Classic.
—Bob Hough,
Baltimore Sun Media Group
Baltimore Sun staff contributed to this story.