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Winters Mill Wins First Wrestling Region Title

Winters Mill captured its first regional title over the weekend winning the Class 2A/1A West region in Hagerstown.

The Falcons out distanced the field and advanced eight wrestlers to the state tournament at College Park. The top four finishers in each weight class advance to the state tournament at the University of Maryland's Cole Field House on March 4th & 5th.

Wes Cook, Keith Steine and Justin Kozera won region titles for the Falcons. All three earned top seeds for the state meet.

Kozera kept his perfect season as he improved to 36-0 and hasn’t had a point scored against him. He is tied for the school record in wins with Willy Sharkey at 120.

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Westminster completed in the Class 4A/3A North region and advanced Darian Meador and Tyler Green to the state tournament. They both finished third in the region. As a team, the Owls were 14 out of 22 teams.

Also advancing for the Falcons were Marshal Chang, Flavio Valdez-Cortez, Gunner Cullison, Cody Sharkey and Chase Cullison. Chang was second, while his teammates captured third places.

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Winters Mill was without two starters as Taylor Logue had an injury and Brandon Burndley was ill.

Carroll County has a rich heritage in the state meet. A county school has won individual titles for 28 straight years and 35 out of 37 years. Westminster won state team titles in 1975 and 1986, while Francis Scott Key, North Carroll and South Carroll have logged second place finishes since 1980.

Class 2A/1A First round match-ups

103-Flavio Valdez-Cortez, WM (SO), 32-4 vs. Colton Smith, KTI (FR) 30-6.

125-Gunner Cullison, WM (JR), 28-10 vs. Chuck Baugher, EVT (SR), 26-6.

130-Wes Cook, WM (SO), 30-5 vs. C J Austin, FALL, (SO) 31-5

135-Keith Steine, WM (SR), 31-3 vs. Stephen Altorefer, CAL (SR), 15-16.

140-Cody Sharkey, WM (SO), 29-9 vs. Parker Dymond, Glenelg (SR), 21-10.

152-Chase Cullison, WM (SO), 40-4 vs. Malik Jones, NWT (SR), 23-4.

171-Marshal Chang, WM (JR), 27-8 vs. Tony Sok, LCR (SR), 21-16.

285-Justin Kozera, WM (SR), 36-0 vs. Kyle Lewis, WIC (JR), 27-10.

Class 4A/3A First round match-ups

125-Tyler Green, WES (JR), 22-6 vs. Gage Neubaum, QOR (JR), 27-6.

140-Danien Meador, WES (SR), 30-2 vs. Stephen Spinnenwerber, CHA (SR), 35-4.

Class 2A/1A West Region

Team Standings

Winters Mill 148.5, Southern Garrett 124.5, Century 109.5, Liberty 99, South Carroll 85, Northern Garrett 78, Middletown 71, Williamsport 62, North Hagerstown 58, Catoctin 57, Mountain Ridge 53, North Carroll 34, Boonsboro 29, Fort Hill 28, Francis Scott Key 20, Brunswick 18, Manchester Valley 16. Walkersville, 14.5, Oakdale 10, Smithsburg o, Allegany 0.

Finals

103-Coy Ozias, SG pin Chris McAleer, MV, 4:49.

112-Brendan Colbert, NH dec. Jon Sweeney, Cat, 12-8.

119-Kody Osselburn, NG dec. Joe Kuegler, L, 7-1 .

125-Micah Haas, NC dec. Chris Wampler, SC, 5-3.

130-Wes Cook, WM dec. Kyle Tye, C 4-3.

135-Keith Steine, WM, dec. Alec Stavish, SC 12-6.

140-Kemper Baker, W dec. Matt Thomas, NG 9-8.

145-Zack Shoemaker, W major dec. Collin Shildt, Cat 13-3.

152- Lex Ozias, SG tech fall Luke Ziegler, FSK, 16-1.

160-Ben Greene, L major dec. Kenneth Burrs, NH 13-4.

171-Bubba Scheffel, SG tech fall Marshal Chang, WM 20-4.

189-Judd Ziegler, M dec. Jason Wright, MR, 4-2 ot.

215-Brandon Antrobus, C pin Drew Winters, MR, 3:32.

285-Justin Kozera, WM pin Kent Kruger, C, :58.

Third Place

103-Flavio Valdez-Cortez, WM, pin Bryan Davis, W 3:47.

112-Ethan Smolley, C dec. Austin Shaffer, SG 8-3.

119-Billy Atwell, SC dec. Duncan Yeisley, NG 4-0.

125-Gunner Cullison, WM dec. Adam Finzel, NG 6-3.

130-Casey Shea, L dec. Matt Capobianco, M 7-6.

135-Dan Markosy, L tec fall Vinnie Wilkes, M 4:20.

140-Cody Sharkey, WM, pin Tom Patterson MR 3:00.

145-Logan Ryder, C dec. Mikey Skipper, SG 1-0..

152-Chase Cullison, WM pin Mason Francis, Cat 5:39.

160-Willie Reiter, SC by forfeit.

171-Derek Fung, SC major dec. Tony Craig, L 14-5.

189-Jason Opel, NG dec. Bucky Miller, B 3-1.

215-Matt Belle, L pin Anthony Cervi, NG 3:27.

285-Ty Tucker, W dec. Kevin Miller, SG 9-4.

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