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winners at the state championships the Hub Cup, three at the Bauerlien regular season dual matches, placing wins versus 13 losses, bringing his
represented one of the seventeen Duals, and five at the Catoctin 5th at the Hub Cup, and registering career total ever closer to the 100
schools in this region, 103 of 252. Duals. He stunned the crowd by only one loss at both the Bauerlien win mark, with 93 victories and 36
In addition, 62 percent of all state sweeping the bracket at the Frederick Duals and the Catoctin Duals. He losses.
champions (26 of 42) represented County tournament, winning placed 4th in the Frederick County
the region. Furthermore, there not only a county title, but the Championships, 4th in the regional Zachary Bryant is the lone
were thirteen 1A-2A West regional outstanding wrestler award as well. championships, won 68 percent member of the current Catoctin
final rematches in the state finals, He posted a 22 and 16 record on of his matches, and finishes his squad that sports a state
including one particular rematch this the season, and secured an honorable freshman season with a 32 and 13 championship medal for each of
year at 113 pounds, a testament to mention bid to the Frederick News record. his high school wrestling seasons.
the consistent high level of toughness Post All-Area team. The deceivingly strong and exciting
of the wrestlers that this region RJ Monaghan made his first risk-taker would settle for a 4th
continues to produce. Zachary Catoctin was able to achieve a appearance to the state tournament place finish during both his freshman
Bryant claimed his first regional 7th place team finish among some as a junior, representing the and sophomore years, but this
crown, along with the number one ninety-nine public high school 170-pound weight class. He was year he would realize his potential.
seed for states, after a first round wrestling programs, and advanced defeated in his first bout by a Wrestling as the number-one seed
bye, a first period pin in quarter’s, two of the five state qualifiers to one-point, 3 to 2 decision to the in the 113-pound weight class, he
a 9 to 5 decision in semi’s, and a 10 the medal rounds during the state eventual 4th place finisher. He would simply dominate his first three
to 1 major in finals. Ethan Fuss and wrestling championships, held scored 18 points to overwhelm his opponents in true Bryant fashion,
Josh Small both wrestled back to 3rd for the second year at the Show next opponent with a third period with an aggression that could not
place after losing one match a piece. Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, technical fall, but failed to advance be matched, claiming victory by fall
Fuss would drop his quarterfinal Maryland. One wrestler would lose to the medal rounds, with another in each contest. In finals, Bryant
match in a close 4 to 2 decision, a single match in semi-finals, but close 3 to 2 loss. The exceptionally would face an opponent that he
but win two in a row by decision to fight back to take 3rd place. The strong Monaghan, who is ranked had derailed just a week earlier.
advance to states. Small lost his first other would pin his way to finals at #25 in the state by the Maryland He prevailed with a 6-3 decision, a
bout by fall, but qualified for states and become Catoctin’s 8th individual State Wrestling Association and score that seems much closer than
by winning his next three, two by state wrestling champion.(Shane recognized as a Frederick News Post the action actually showed; when his
decision and one by pin. Jake Baker Tiffany 1995, Seth Chilson 2010, All-Area 2nd team member, posted hand was raised, Bryant officially
and RJ Monaghan each took 4th Tim Nordan and Charlie Perella a regular dual meet record of nine became Catoctin’s 8th Maryland
place, punching their tickets to be 2013, Wayne Wivell and Charlie victories and five defeats. He placed state champion wrestler. Bryant’s
included in the sixteen-man bracket Perella 2014, and Perella again in 5th in the Hub Cup, went 4 and remarkable statistics include a
for the state tournament. Baker 2015). 3 at the Bauerlien Duals, and was perfect 11 and 0 undefeated regular
would lose his first match, win two a perfect 8 and 0 at the Catoctin dual meet total, as well as a flawless
more by decision, only to face the Placing 4th last year as a Duals. He placed 3rd in the county, 7 and 0 showing at the Bauerlien
same opponent he lost to earlier sophomore, Ethan Fuss, the qualified for states by placing 4th at Duals. He would lose a close finals
with the same result. Monaghan’s 126-pound junior, made his second regionals, finished the season with match at the Hub Cup, settling for
fate would mirror that of Baker. appearance at the state tournament. a 29 and 16 tally, and now has a 2nd place and finish with one loss,
Dropping his first match by fall, Fuss lost his preliminary match, but career total of 60 wins and 43 losses. going 7 and 1 at the Catoctin Duals,
Monaghan would win his next showed composure by pinning his his only loss of the year to a fellow
two bouts with a pin and a 7 to 1 next two opponents, knowing that Joshua Small, the 152-pound Maryland high school wrestler.
decision, and lose a second time to his next loss would eliminate him junior, is no stranger to the state Winning 95 percent of his bouts,
his opening opponent, but this time from the contest. He slipped from tournament. His name has appeared the Frederick County champion,
by a very close 5 to 4 decision. the medal rounds after a 9 to 3 loss in the state bracket three times. As 1A-2A West regional champion,
in the following session. Fuss, whose a freshman, he came away empty and Maryland state champion,
Wyatt Payne, the 145-pound wrestling style is both fearless and handed, but last season, he was Bryant would post a 37 and 2 season
sophomore, was only a point away exciting, won five regular season able to earn a hard-fought 5th record, bringing his career totals
from qualifying for states. He lost dual matches this season, placed place medal. This year, he would to 105 wins and 17 losses. He was
his opening bout by two points, won 4th at the Hub Cup, went 4 and 3 build on that success with two honored with a 1st team bid to
by seven in his next match, and lost at Bauerlien, and finished 7 and 1 straight wins out of the gate, both the Frederick News Post All-Area
a close 2 to 1 decision in consolation at the Catoctin Duals. He placed by pin, in prelim’s and in quarter’s, team and is currently ranked #2
quarter-finals. Payne continues to 3rd in both the county and regional guaranteeing himself a spot on the in the state by the Maryland State
improve as he won eight regular tournaments, earning him a bid to podium. After a 5 to 1 decision loss Wrestling Association.
season dual matches this season. He the Frederick News Post All-Area to the state runner-up, Small would
went 4 and 2, winning some notable 2nd team. He achieved a record put together two more consecutive L&S Furniture and
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the Bauerlien Duals, and placed 3rd 100 win mark, with a career total a field where the top three medalists
in the county tournament. Selected of 89 victories and 31 defeats. He all hailed from the 1A-2A West. Mon • Tues • Thur 10-5 • Fri 10-7 • Sat 9-3
as an honorable mention to the concludes the year with a ranking Executing a basic, no-nonsense style
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