Bayside Wrestling

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 Updated at 13:00 on 12/17/07

2007-2008 HEADLINES

• Vegas Lines, 12/21 edition

• Vegas Lines, 12/19 edition

• Bayside at Kent Tournament

• Bayside at Parkside Tournament

• Kent Island at Meade Tournament

• St. Michaels at Montgomery Duals

• SD, JMB at War on The Shore

• Andy Perez (CSD) Tournament Results

• 2007 Weight Certs dates

• 2007-08 Bayside Schedule

2006-2007 HEADLINES

• Four state champs from Bayside

• Bayside Qualifiers by Weight

• Bayside Qualifiers by School

• Bayside wrestlers qualify for Regionals

• Decatur takes Baysides

• Baysides JV tournament a success

• Decatur repeats as champs

• Battle at the Bay results

• January 2007 Rankings released

• Delmarva Classic results posted

• Notes on updates for 2006-2007

• Media Contact Info

• Bayside Standings

• Contact BWN

Vegas Lines, 12/21 edition

Posted 12/20/07

Tri-meet edition, just to make my life harder...

Kent (-15 vs PKS), Parkside @ St. Michaels (-12, -31)

MY TAKE: The Saints are simply too solid for either team to win outright, but the Trojans have a way of keeping matches close. As for the Rams, they are tough in the middle, but just not enough to close out either team.

Kent Island (-36 vs CSD), Cambridge-SD @ Wicomico (no lines)

MY TAKE: Since I won't comment on any matches involving my own team, I'll stick ot the KI-CSD matchup, which doesn't appear to be close. CSD will win at 285, but it's tough to see another weight class they take.

Queen Anne's (+18 vs NC), North Caroline at Snow Hill (+30 vs QA, +52 vs NC)

MY TAKE: North Caroline is the best of the three teams, and should beat Snow Hill easily. Queen Anne's has some improving wrestlers down low, but injuries are literally and figuratively hurting them now. The Lions should dispatch Snow Hill without too much excitement. Snow Hill is building in a good direction, but they just don't have the experience yet to compete across weight classes yet.

Bennett (+27 vs SD), Stephen Decatur AT Col. Richardson (+48, +81)

MY TAKE: The "Please Don't Kill Me Gilligan" line of the year. Bennett may have some interesting weight class battles against Decatur, but no one's coming within 35 of the Seahawks this year. The Colonels may win a couple of weight classes against the Clippers, but it's hard not to pick against 14 pins from SD against Col. Richardson. Sorry, Gil, I gotta do it.

North Dorchester, Mardela at Easton (-12 vs ND, +12 vs MAR)

MY TAKE: Mardela is better than both, but don't look for any blowouts in any of the three matches.

Vegas Lines, 12/19 edition

Posted 12/18/07

As always, these numbers are to be used for strictly entertainment purposes and should not be used as the basis of any actual cash wager.

A + means the home team is expected to LOSE by that much.
A - means the home team is expected to WIN by that much.

Kent @ Mardela (-15)

MY TAKE: Mardela's still missing some big pieces like Lester Andrews (135) and Jon Byrd (285), but that didn't stop the Warriors from a better showing at the Kent Tournament than the hosts.

ACTUAL: Saw on WBOC.com that Mardela won by 6.

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Parkside @ Kent Island (-36)

MY TAKE: This line may be a little on the low side, but the Rams have some weight classes they may do well enough to pick up 6. As I explained on the forum, 36 is a pretty tough number for teams that aren't from Berlin to cover.

ACTUAL: I didn't give the Rams nearly enough credit - it was KI by 20 in the end.

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Queen Anne's @ Wicomico (NO LINE)

MY TAKE: As always, no line on matches involving my own team, for obvious reasons.

ACTUAL: Wi-Hi by 25. A pretty good effort from the Indians, including 1st year starters Del Young and Andrew Johnson.

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Col. Richardson @ North Dorchester (-21)

MY TAKE: I should have set this higher - North Dorchester is starting to wrestle like their coach did, and that's a good thing for the Eagles and a bad thing for about half the conference. Col. Richardson is making progress, but just not enough there yet to take ND.

ACTUAL: Wow, a blowout - ND by 45. Didn't see THAT coming.

Easton @ James M. Bennett (-15)

MY TAKE:  Easton may make this pretty interesting. Both teams are good down low, with some interesting possible matchups like Custer-Tull and Albright-Rookard. I probably should have set this at 9.

ACTUAL: JMB by 12. I was pretty close!

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St. Michaels @ Snow Hill (+36)
MY TAKE: Snow Hill is in for a long night. Brittingham-Gowe should be a great match, but other than that, I don't see many wins for Snow Hill.

ACTUAL: The Saints by 70. Wow.

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Stephen Decatur @ Cambridge-SD (+48)

MY TAKE: I know, it isn't high enough. CSD wins at 285 and that may be it, and I wouldn't be surprised to see that as a 2 point decision or so. But Gilligan gets mad when I set the lines too high, so here ya go.

ACTUAL: I might have to break out the70-point lines again.

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Bayside at Kent Tournament

Posted 12/20/07

Mardela was the top-placing Bayside school at the Kent Holiday Tournament. Even without Lester Andrews (135) and Jon Byrd (285), the Warriors captured 1 individual championship but had 9 other wrestlers in the top 4 of their weight classes.

Teams 1st to 7th:

Weigh class placers:

103:                             145:
Gladstone – MI                   Rehm - KI
Swope – M                        Gerdes - H
Eck – QA                         Mayonado - B
Disque – H                       Peterson - QA

112:                             152:
Wallace – K                      Wagner - B
Darby – MA                       Pretzler - K
Custer – B                       Ronning - QA
George – H                       Bebee - MA

119:                             160:
Beach – KI                       Marvel - KI
Hughes – QA                      White - MA
Rodriguez – B                    Justice - H
Rice – H                         Tatoian - MID

125:                             171:
Justice – H                      Butler - H
Null – MI                        Swope - MA
Harris – MA                      Klenkel - QA
Godwin – B                       Lanzendorfer - MI

130:                             189:
Jarboe – H                       Clark - KI
Pack – KI                        Walters - K
Jones – MA                       D. Jones - MA
Taylor – B                       Hughes - QA

135:                             215:
Higgins – H                      Albright - B
Walls – K                        J. Jones - MA
Mason – MI                       Costello - QA
Noy – KI                         Young - H

140:                             275:
Rowe – H                         Lewis - MA
Geary – B                        Lebrun - KI
Thomas – KI                      Shorter - K
Plummer – QA                     Kallay - QA

Bayside at Parkside Tournament

Wi-Hi was the highest placing of 6 Bayside schools in the annual Parkside Holiday Tournament. The Indians had 2 champions, 2 other finalists and a total of 11 wrestlers place in the top 6 of their weight classes. North Dorchester had a strong 4th place showing, with 3 champions of its own. Host Parkside has 3 finalists, and CSD claimed one championship.

Kent Island at Meade Tournament

Posted 12/20/07

Kent Island took 4th place behind Severna Park, Francis Scott Key and Notre Dame. Ronny Marvel (160) earned a individual championship, while LaMonta Beach (119) and Sean Clark (189) made their finals, finishing second. Shane Smith (103) and LaJuan Pack (130) took 3rd, Mark Noy (135) and Nick Suplee (171) and Ben LeBrun (285) took 4th while  Kyle Thomas (140) took 5th. Congrats to the Bucs!
 

St. Michaels at Montgomery Duals

Posted 12/20/07

From St. Michaels' Head Coach Shawn Smith:

"St. Michaels won the Richard Montgomery Duals this weekend, defeating Kennedy, Gaithersburg, Richard Montgomery, Watkins Mill, Seneca Valley, Poolesville, and Paint Branch (for the first time). Beau Harrison, Stevie Mister, Matt Wiltbank, and Jordan Gowe all went 7-0. Kevin Gowe, Robert Pyfer, and Chris Fish all went 6-1. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first tournament St. Michaels has won in a very long time."

Congrats to the Saints!

SD, JMB at War on The Shore

Posted 12/17/07

Bayside schools Stephen Decatur and James M. Bennett took the mats in Berlin for the War on the Shore tournament. The Seahawks finished 2nd in their tournament, behind only perennial private school powerhouse Mount St. Joseph's. Decatur also had nine wrestlers place in the top 8 of their brackets. They are:

Andy Perez (CSD) Tournament Results

Posted 12/17/07

Nine teams met in the annual Cambridge Tournament, rechristened the Andy Perez Memorial Tournament after the CSD wrestler who lost his life in a vehicular crash this summer. North Caroline claimed the team championship, with four champions crowned. The unique format features each wrestler having 8 matches, and the overall standings were determined on wins, head-to-head results, and other tie-breakers as needed.

2007 Weight Certification Dates

Posted 11/1/07

The Bayside Conference will be holding its mandatory weight certification on Nov. 17 in Cambridge. Schools will be assigned times and notified shortly. The make-up date for certification will be Dec. 1.

Bayside Conference introduced its mandatory weight certification program two years ago, and is being considered as the model for a potential state-wide program by the MPSSAA. Athletes must first pass a hydration test to show they meet a minimum level of hydration. If the athlete passes hydration, the athlete is then tested by a scale that measures body fat percentage. A reading of current weight and body fat and what the athlete would weigh at 7% body fat (12% is used for females) is then determined and the nearest weight class at or above that weight (not lower) shall be the minimum weight class allowed for that athlete.

Should a coach wish to challenge the electronic reading, a skin caliper test will be applied to determine the 7% body fat weight and what weight class is appropriate. Those findings may be appealed only through the use of a second electronic testing done at the University of Delaware in its "Bod Pod" water displacement test, done at the athlete's expense. No further appeal is allowed after that.

Any questions, ask your coach!

2007-2008 Bayside Schedule Grid Available

Posted 11/1/07

The complete Bayside Schedule, including every match for every team, is now available as a grid here. Information for all 15 teams was collected from ViewMySchedule.com and coaches were asked to post or e-mail corrections. This is what your school thinks you're wrestling! It's posted as a graphic on the Schedule page and is available as a PDF file as well.

Delmarva Wrestling Club / Team Delmarva up and running

Posted 3/13/07

The Delmarva Wrestling Club and Team Delmarva are open for business! Homer King has opened his facility for training, and the club will run four nights a week through the summer. Monday & Thursday will be Team Delmarva, Wednesday will be a Back to Basics practice and Tuesday will be Freestyle/Greco-Roman. For more information, go to http://teamdelmarva.net.

FOUR STATE CHAMPIONS FROM BAYSIDE!

Posted 3/13/07

The Bayside Conference had a pretty good Saturday at the State Tournament as FOUR champions hail from the Eastern Shore! Here's a look, with help from The Daily Times:

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.

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.

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.

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.

112 pounds

Trevor Rickett

David Webster

119 pounds

125

Luke Terrell

Luis Ortega

Sean McGarry

East-4 North Caroline (30-7) Sr

130

Lester Andrews

Danny Banks

135

Skylar Snead

Ben Markey

140

Derek Romano

145

Ronny Marvel

Daryl Thompson

THIRD PLACE

152

Jacob Phillips

Nick Leto

Matt Jones

East-4 Kent County (34-6) Sr

160

Deandre Gordon

Larry Friend

East-4 N. DORCHESTER (25-9) Jr

171

Mark Barger

Trevon Johnson

Dominique Wright

East-4 Wicomico (28-8) Sr

189

Patrick Klenkel

Danny Miller

James Walters

Jon Byrd

Calvin Rookard

East-4 Easton (29-9) So

285

Joe Waters

Sean Clark

East-4 Kent Island (21-11) Jr

James M. Bennett qualified the following wrestlers for the 3A-4a State Championships:

112 Rickey Dorsey

125 Ross Jones

152 Phil Wagner

East-4 JM Bennett (27-12) Jr

Bayside State Qualifiers by School

Posted 2/27/07

Stephen Decatur: 10

Wicomico: 4

James M. Bennett: 3

Kent Island: 3

Cambridge-SD: 2

Kent County: 2

Mardela: 2

North Caroline: 2

N. DORCHESTER: 2

Queen Anne's: 2

St. Michaels: 2

Parkside:1

Easton: 1

Snow Hill: 0

Col. Richardson: 0

Stephen Decatur finished 2nd in team score and Wi-Hi finished a surprising 4th out of 22 in the 1A/2A East Regional Wrestling Tournament at Rising Sun. Decatur finished with 171.5 points and an astonishing 10 state qualifiers, the most in its school's history. Wi-Hi finished with 75.5 points and four state qualifiers. Kent Island placed fifth. In the 3A/4A East Regional, James M. Bennett placed three wrestlers into the state tournament.

1A/2A East Brackets & Team Scores

3A/4A East Brackets & Team Scores

Here are the seeds:

Stephen Decatur lapped the field on Saturday, finishing an incredible 115 points ahead of 2nd place Mardela (The Daily Times was given incorrect team score results). Here's a look at the winners in each weight class.

(c) 2007 The Daily Times

103

Clint Wallace (10)

Kent

31- 5

112

Trevor Rickett (12)

 Stephen Decatur

34- 5

119

Vinny Artrip (11)

 Stephen Decatur

32- 8

125

Ross Jones (12)

 James M Bennett

29- 3

130

Lester Andrews (11)

Mardela

33- 2

135

Ben Markey (11)

North Caroline

30- 2

140

Derek Romano (12)

Stephen Decatur

31- 9

145

Darryl Thompson (12)

Cambridge

34- 1

152

Jacob Phillips (12)

Queen Annes

27- 1

160

Deandre Gordon (12)

Stephen Decatur

30- 9

171

Mark Bargar (10)

Stephen Decatur

26- 8

189

Danny Miller (10)

Stephen Decatur

29- 5

215

Jon Byrd (11)

Mardela

30- 6

285

Joe Waters (11)

Wicomico

30- 2

Notes on updates for 2007-2008

Posted 11/16/06

Again, indulge me a personal aside.

Please don't e-mail this year asking why the site has been updated since last night's match, or since this kid beat that kid.

For the first time, both of my own children are partaking in a winter sport. In this case, it's swimming for the Mid-Delmarva YMCA, a well-run and well-coached team that, I might add, has been wonderful about accommodating my son's vision problems. But it's also a five-times-a-week commitment to practice and the dual meet schedule couldn't have conflicted more with wrestling - Cert day, Parkside Tournament, my tournament and the state tournament.

So, between teaching classes, helping to coach Wi-Hi's team, and two kids with their own sports and Scouts adventures (ed. note- add in piano lessons this year for the boy), this website falls a little farther down the priority list every year.

I'll do my best, but I'm going to rely on readers to help keep me current on teams' records and, more importantly, photos. If you have news, tips, corrections (I don't mind those, really), or photos, please send them to:

baysidewrestling AT verizon DOT net

Obviously, replace the words with the symbols. I'm trying to cut down on the amount of junk I get at my e-mail addresses, thus the use of the words instead of symbols.

Thanks again for your readership. I'm investigating moving this site to a private server, and that may introduce advertising. Anyone with web experience who has suggestions on which server company to use, I'm all ears.

Media Contact Info

Posted 11/16/06

Just a reminder to all coaches - try and call in your scores at (410) 749-7171. Use x212 once the automated system answers. Call in those scores - especially to WBOC, WMDT, The Daily Times, The (Easton) Star-Democrat, The (Cambridge) Daily Banner, the Worcester County Messenger and whatever papers exist in Kent, Queen Anne's and Caroline counties. 

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Thanks to all of you!