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Team Delmarva has seven current
MD and DE high school champions among its members and had four MD state
champions last year as well.
2008 |
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JOE
WATERS
Wicomico
Joe won a 6-2 decision over
previously undefeated Mike Santiago of Oakland Mill sin his final after
beating former MSWA #1 Sean Silser of Southern Garrett 2-0 in the
semi-finals. Joe was a NHSCA All-American in 2007 with a 5th place showing
at Junior Nationals and defeated 3 state champions in doing so. He is now
deciding his collegiate options of Maryland, Delaware State, Millersville
and McDaniel.
Video of his finals match can be seen here.
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LESTER ANDREWS
Mardela
Lester followed up his 2007 State
Championship with another in 2008, and took a tough road to do it. Entering
as a #2 seed, Lester faced Jakob Scheffel of Souther Garrett in the second
round, winning a 3-1 decision. He defeated Nathan White of River Hill in the
final, 6-3, to cap off a 26-1 year.
Video of his final can be found here. |
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SKYLAR SNEAD
Stephen Decatur
Skylar put on quite the show at
states. Of his 4 wins, 1 was a pin, 1 was a tech, 1 was a major and the
other was a 7 point decision. He executed 4 throws in the finals to score 20
points in less than 3 minutes! Skylar will wrestle for Messiah College in PA
starting next year.
Video of his final may be found here.
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DANNY MILLER
Stephen Decatur
Danny followed up his state
championship as a 10th grader with another as an 11th grader. Competing in
arguably the toughest weight class in the state for public schools, Danny
won a region with another state champ and 3 other placers just to get to
states, then won each of his s4 state matches by at least 6 points,
including a pin a pin the semi-finals. Danny comes back for one more year at
Stephen Decatur to try for a three-peat.
Video of his finals match can be found here.
CODEY COMBS
Sussex Central (DE)
50-6 125 lbs.
PJ BARCH
Sussex Central (DE)
45-6 140 lbs.
BROCK
BUDESHEIM
Sussex Central (DE)
44-7 171 lbs.
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2007
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LESTER ANDREWS
MARDELA
Lester Andrews pinned Chris Norman of Randallstown in 2:21, defeated Jim
Reilley of Smithsburg by decision and beat Aaron Patterson of Beall by
major decision to reach the state finals, where he pinned top-ranked
Danny Bichner of Glenelg in 2:50.
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TREVOR RICKETT
STEPHEN DECATUR
After defeating Paul Jerry of Surratsville,
Lance Coles of Randallstown and Clarksburg's Tanner Wrublik, Rickett
faced his toughest competition in the championship match in top-ranked
Tyler Strube, who was 41-0 this season before facing the Decatur senior.
Rickett pulled off the upset with a 4-1 win. |
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DANNY MILLER
STEPHEN DECATUR
Miller first defeated Joe Camlin of Winters Mill with a pin in 5:26,
Brian Nance of Atholton by decision and Jeremy Harbaugh of Smithsburg by
decision before wrestling Queen Anne's senior Patrick Klenkel to a 3-2,
four-overtime decision for Decatur's first-ever wrestling state
championship, followed quickly by Rickett's win less than an hour later.
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RICKY DORSEY
JAMES M. BENNETT
Dorsey defeated Tyler Smith of Bowie in a major decision, pinned
Franklin's Vincent Crocker and outlasted La Plata's Jake Schilling 7-5
to reach the 3A/4A 112-pound championship, where he made short order of
Huntingtown's Daniel Justice, pinning in 1:46. Dorsey is Bennett's first
state champion wrestler since Vernon Knox's 1992 title. |
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OTHER STATE-PLACING MEMBERS INCLUDE:
2008 |
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NICK
SLAGLE
Wicomico
6th Place
MD 1A/2A
215 lbs.
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CRAIG
HAYES
Cambridge-SD
5th place
MD 1A/2A
285 lbs. |
NICK
LETO
Wicomico
3rd Place
MD1A/2A
152 lbs.
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PHIL
WAGNER
J.M. Bennett
5th Place
MD 1A/2A
152 lbs.
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ALEX
THOMAS
Sussex Central
2nd place
DE
189 lbs. |
JUSTIN
THOMAS
Delmar
5th place
DE
189 lbs. |
BRANDON
HAZEL
Sussex Central
2nd place
DE
160 lbs.
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ZACK
EURE
Parkside
6th Place
MD 1A/2A
171 lbs. |
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JAMES
REID
Stephen Decatur
6th Place
MD 3A/4A
285 lbs.
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STEVIE
MISTER
St. Michaels
6th place
MD 1A/2A
119 lbs. |
BRANDON
SCHULTIE
Sussex Central
4th place
DE
119 lbs. |
MIKE
MAGAHA
Indian River
2nd place
DE
125 lbs. |
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KEITH
WHATLEY
Arcadia
4th place
VA Group A
125 lbs. |
WENDELL
CANNON
Sussex Tech
5th place
DE
125 lbs. |
JOEL
COLLINS
Sussex Central
3rd Place
DE
130 lbs. |
JAMAR
BECKETT
Sussex Tech
2nd place
DE
215 lbs. |
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2007 |
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JAKE
PHILLIPS
Queen Anne's
3rd Place
MD 1A/2A
152 lbs. |
JOE
WATERS
Wicomico
3rd Place
MD 1A/2A
285 lbs. |
BROCK
BUDESHEIM
Sussex Central
2nd Place
DE
171 lbs. |
DEANDRE
GORDON
Stephen
Decatur
4th place
MD 1A/2A
160 lbs.
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JON
BYRD
Mardela
3rd Place
MD 1A/2A
215 lbs. |
SEAN
McGARRY
Stephen
Decatur
6th Place
MD 1A/2A
125 lbs. |
SKYLAR
SNEAD
Stephen
Decatur
4th Place
MD 1A/2A
135 lbs. |
DARREN
COLLINS
Delmar
2nd place
DE
285 lbs. |
PAST MEMBERS INCLUDE:
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JOSH
WHITELOCK

N.
Dorchester / Newberry Col.
State
Champion
2005,
2006
MD 1A/2A
160, 171
lbs.
Finished his high school career with a record of 128-12
a
Ohio Tournament of Champions Runner-Up in 2005
finished fourth at the MAWA
Nationals in 2004. |
NATHAN
BOURNE

Stephen Decatur/
U.
Pennsylvania
State
Finalist
2005,
2006
MD 1A/2A
171, 160
lbs.
2006 MAWA All-America and NHSCA All-America selection with a
40-2 record ...Owns his school's 2nd best all-time wins record ...
Three-time team captain ... Three-time first-team All-Mason-Dixon and
All-Bayside honoree. |
LATRA
COLLICK
Stephen Decatur/ Newberry Col.
State
Finalist
2006
MD 1A/2A
140 lbs.
Finished his high school career with a record of 119-21
finished fifth in Maryland Class AA/A as a junior
finished third in the
NHSCA National Open in 2006
finished third in the NHSCA National Open in
2005
finished third in the Ohio TOC in 2006
a NHSCA Senior Nationals
Quarterfinalist in 2006. |
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