1984 Maryland Wrestling Champions

1984 Maryland Wrestling Championships

MPSSAA
          BC: Beall
         AA: Bowie
        MSA: Mount St. Joseph

1984 MPSSAA Wrestling Championships
at Towson State.

Team Scores Class BC
1. Beall 90
2. Smithsburg 66.5
3. North Carroll 60.5
4. Williamsport 50
5. Edgewood 44
6. Chesapeake (BC)38.5
7. Aberdeen 38
8. Hereford, Northeast 35
10. Parkside 28.5
11. Allegany 27
12. Liberty 25
13. St. Michaels 21.5
14. Elkton 21
15. Albert Einstein, Kent 20
17. North Garrett 19.5
18. Oakland Mills 18
19. Poolesville, 17
20. Sparrows Point 15

Individual Champions
98 Danny Thomas, North Carroll d. Caton, Beall 10-0
105 Jeff  McKenzie, Beall p. Mark Schoen, Chesapeake (BC) 2:24
112 Kenny Rhodes, Williamsport d. Cutler, Beall 2-1
119 Troy Lawrence, Allegany mj. Janet, Poolesville 10-1
126 Ray Carpenter, St. Michaels mj. Bentley, Chesapeake (BC) 11-1
132 Scott Plank, Smithsburg d. Berhalen, Albert Einstein 6-3
138 Steve Shifflett, Smithsburg d. Lew, Oakland Mills 9-9 (7-5 OT)
145 Brian Davis, Beall d. Blackburn, North Carroll 13-8
155 Scott Horn, Elkton, mj. Ross, Kent 11-2
167 Daniel Clark, Parkside d. Moats, Williamsport 10-8
187 Karl Edwards, Aberdeen, p. McCoy Northeast 2:11
UNL John Snyder, Smithsburg p. Dave Thomas, Hereford 1:42

1984 MPSSAA Wrestling Class AA

Team Scores
1. Bowie 73.5
2. Old Mill 63.5
3. Annapolis 61
4. Sherwood 56
5. Eastern Vo-Tech 52.5
6. Arundel  46
7. Franklin 45
8. Overlea 39
9. Randallstown, McDonough 31.5
11. Duval 31
12. Largo 28
13. Patapsco 26.5
14. Chuchill 25
15. Chesapeake (AA) 23.5
16. Laurel 23
17. South Hagerstown, Rockville 20
19. Kenwood, Paint Branch 18.5

Championship Finals
98 Bob Truby, Sherwood, p. Joe Gast, EVT 6-0
105 Charlie Royer, Old Mill mj. Greb, Kenwood 15-2
112 Mike Truby, Sherwood d. Hepting, Chesapeake (AA) 13-2
119 Derrick Asbell, Randallstown, d. Donahoe, DuVall 5-3
126 Derrick Johnson, Overlea, d. Hamilton, Fort Hill 8-1
132 Steve Mosier, Annapolis d. Neibel, John F. Kennedy 9-3
138 Mark Hollbrook, Churchill d. John Wilmot, Rockville 13-7
145 Stanley Proctor, Bowie p. Bobby Kays, Old Mill 2:14
155 Norman Brown, Bowie, p. Watkins, Annapolis 2:55
167 Darren Davis, Franklin d Evans Arundel 8-3
187 Jim Schunke, Patapsco d. Troy Parnell, EVT 6-6 (6-1OT)
UNL Henry Jamieson, McDonough mj. Roward, South Hagerstown 14-5

1984 MSA (Private, Parochial and Baltimore City Schools) Championships
at Calvert Hall
February 16, 17, 18 1984
64th Annual

Team Scores
1. Mount St. Joe 238
2. Gilman 224.5
3. Archbishop Curley 201
4. Mervo 107.5
5. McDonogh 101
6. Poly 97
7. Southwestern 92
8. John Carroll 89.5
9. Boys’ Latin 71.5
10. Forest Park 67.5
11. Calvert Hall 66
12. St. Paul’s 64
13. Patterson 61
14. Friends 60.5
15. Walbrook 38.5
16. Southern 38
17. Northern 26
18. Carver 23
19. Lake Clifton 19
20. Loyola 18
21.  Dunbar 16
22. Northwestern 8
24. Gibbons, Lutheran 6
26. Edmondson   4

Championship Finals
100 Timmy Sanders, Calvert Hall d. Rodney Webb, Mervo
105 John Angelos, Gilman d. Salkowski, John Carroll 4-2
114 Rodney Eid, Curley d. Ricky Westmorland, Southwestern  10-4
119 Ken Miller, Curley d. Kirk Salvo, MSJ 4-2
126 Gus Janouris, Curley d. Johnson, Forest Park 11-3
134 Tom Neville, Curley . Henry Franklin, Gilman 7-4
138 Sean Schaufele, MSJ d. Chuck Egerton, Gilman 13-6
145 James Young, Southwestern def. Cooper, Curley 5:23
157 Mark Bradshaw, MSJ d. Jim Stone, Curley 1-0
167 Scott Flannery, MSJ d. Bob Wheeles, Gilman 4-2
187 Ted Brown, Gilman d. Forrester, MSJ 5-2
UNL Dan Miller, Gilman p. Richard Pack, Mervo 4:46

Notes: Mount St. Joe won the Lehigh Cup for the ninth consecutive year tying City’s run in the 1950’s. The top two teams ended the season tied as Gilman defeated Curley and tied Mount St. Joe 27-27. Mount St. Joe then defeated Curley leaving Gilman and Mount St. Joe tied for the dual meet title.
Retiring St. Joe coach Allen Smith has won 6 championships in the past six years.
Mount St. Joe wrestler Sean Schaufele was named the Outstanding Wrestler as he won his third straight MSA title.
Dan Miller of Gilman won the Russell Cup for the most team points earned during the tournament (32).

1984 Anne Arundel County Championships
At Annapolis High School

Team Scores
1. Arundel 176
2. Old Mill 160
3. Annapolis 134
4. Broadneck 96
5. Glen Burnie 91
6. Chesapeake 84.5
7. Severna Park 74.5
8. South River 47
9. Meade 40.5
10. Andover 31
11. Northeast 24
12. Southern 17

Championship Final
100 Nelson Poe, Broadneck, d. Beall, Glen Burnie 6-5
107 Charlie Royer, Old Mill d. Derrick Tiggs ,     14-2
114 Youngblood, Old Mill d. Hapling, Chesapeake 15-10
121 Burkhart, Arundel ff.
125 Bill Royer, Old Mill d. Hayge, Arundel 5-2
130 Steve Mosier, Annapolis d. Porzillo, Arundel 7-4
135 Alleri, Arundel d. Nestor, Meade 6-3
140 Bobby Kays, Old Mill d. Lewis, Glen Burnie  9-2
152 Murray, Severna Park d. Dave Raby, Broadneck 11-4
160 Watkins, Annapolis d. Shanahan, Chesapeake 7-3
187 Evans, Arundel, p. Woohlie, Glen Burnie 1:19
UNL Roy Carter, Old Mill d. Kelly Pullen, Annapolis 4-1

1984 Baltimore County Wrestling Championship
At Chesapeake High School
24th Annual

Team Scores
1. Eastern Vo-Tech 163
2. Perry Hall 147.5
3. Franklin 145.5
4. Patapsco 113
5. Randallstown 88.5
6. Hereford 85
7. Overlea 82.5
8. Loch Raven 74.5
9. Pikesville 73
10. Chesapeake 61.5
11. Kenwood 38.5
12. Owings Mills 36
13. Woodlawn 31
14. Towson 28
15. Parkville 26
16. Catonsville 23
17. Dulaney 18.5
18. Milford Mill 11
19. Sparrows Point 4
20. Dundalk 2.5
21. Lansdowne 0

Individual Champions
98 Joe Gast, EVT dft. Steve Wagner, Overlea
105 Chris Harvey, d. Mark  Schoen, Chesapeake
112 Bill Walker, EVT d. Steve Wagner, Franklin 10-4
119 Derrick Asbell, Randallstown p. Kevin Maggio, EVT 3:49
126 Derrick Johnson, Overlea d. Ron Olson, Franklin
132 David Smith, Patapsco d. Keith Tobin, Perry Hall
138 Bradley Thomas, Franklin d. Brian Sprinkle, Kenwood
145 Donni Pittillo, Perry Hall d. Jon Turner, Pikesville
155 Dean Deltanocha, Patapsco d. Dale Goetz, Pikesville
167 Scott Sableston, Loch Raven d. Mike Smith, Perry Hall
185 Troy Parnell, EVT mj. Jim Schuncke, Patapsco 18-4
UNL George Harris, Randallstown p. Dave Thomas, Hereford 3:44

Eastern Tech wins first county championship. It started its wresting program in 1970.
They are also undefeated in dual meets and stand 15-0 on the season.

1984 Howard County Wrestling Champions

Team Scores
1. Centennial 151
2. Oakland Mills 142.5
3. Atholton 141.5
4. Wilde Lake 111
5. Mount Hebron 110
6. Glenelg  108.5
7. Howard 104
8. Hammond 91

Individual Champions
100. Edwards, Oakland Mills d. Lampe, Centennial 7-4
108 Rosenberg, Oakland Mills d. Augustina, Centennial 13-8
114 Kikland, Atholton d. Lewis, Centennial 11-4
121 Joiner, Atholton d. Wilding, Oakland Mills 12-4
128 Speir, Centennial d. Decrispino, Mount Hebron 10-4
134         , Howard d.            Centennial 9-2
140 Lew, Oakland Mills p. Levine, Centenial 1:38
147 Murphy, Oakland Mills d. Parham, Atholton 3-1
157 Walters, Mount Hebron d. Augustina, Centennial 5-0
167 Phillips, Howard d. Chase, Mount Hebron  10-2
187 Wood,  p. Johnson, Mount Hebron  2:28
UNL Arnold, Howard p. Halland, Mount Hebron 6-4 (OT)

Comments

[John Wilmot]

In 1984, you have Winnant losing to Mark Holbrook in the 138 Lbs. class.

It was actually John Wilmot. That's me :)

PS - I was robbed!!! :)

[John Wilmot]

During the 80's and part of the 90's I believe, Bullis Prep (in Montgomery County) was arguably the best wrestling team in the state and one of the best in the country. They beat Mt. St. Joe at National Preps or placed second behind them for a number of years.

One "name" that is sorely missing from this list is Lenny Bernstein (Bullis Prep). He was a 3 time St. Albans tourney champ, 3 time National Prep Champ, and All met each of those years I believe. I know there were other titles like world champ, but I am not sure about them.

Other names from that Bullis team worth noting:

Andy Niebel wrestled for Bullis for 3 years (who ended up taken second in the State Tourny for Kennedy after transferring) was runner up as the St. Albans tournament 2 years in row.

John (Chip) Pierce (who's brother Bo won the state for Poolsville, won the St. Albans tournament 4 times and was a 2 or 3 time national prep champ.

Glenn Holland, 2 time St. Albans tournament Champion and MVW award winner, 2nd in National Prep tournament.

Robert Pierce, 4 time St. Albans tournament Champ, 2 time National Prep champion.

Mike Wittenburg, 3 time St. Albans tournament champ. I believe he placed second at National Prep Tournament 2 times as well.

John Wilmot (that's me) won the St. Albans tournament 2 times, placed 2nd one year, and transferred to Rockville and placed second in the State tournmanet in 1984 (losing to Mark Holbrook in the 138 lb class). As mentioned previously, you have the wrong name (Winnant) posted there.

These were all memebers of the 1983 Bullis Wrestling team worthy of note. Particularly Lenny Bernstein (perhaps the best wrestler ever to come out of Maryland). He was the coach of UVA for several years and an All American.

Other names from the era that are worthy of note were:

John Ruland (I think he won National Prep tournament)

Later in the 90s up until today, I believe Dematha High School in Hyattsville has been considered the best wrestling team.

You need to include those private schools. Mt. St. Joe is not represented enough on this list.

My two cents.

John Wilmot

[Sean Malone]

Johnny Wilmot is correct about Bullis, they were dominant. Lenny B, while not a good poker player, was by far the best wrestler of a very good era. No one touched him for during his high school career, he was a very gifted wrestler.

Wheaton Boys Club's program had most of those kids first, turning them into very good wrestlers, Holland brothers, Trubys, Schaufele Brothers, David Marini, Wittenburg, Billy Frew, Niebel and even my highschool teammate Johnny Wilmot, famous for his Red Trans Am and blonde girlfriend of the week.

As for Wilmot getting robbed, not sure I would agree with Johnny. Holbrook was not the wrestler that Johnny was going into the match (at the end of the day however, he did win the title). Johnny could dominate when he wanted to but had wrestled for a long time and was a bit burned out. I wrestled both guys, losing twice to Holbrook and getting beat daily by WIlmot. Johnny was day in day out better- more experienced, stronger, but after leaving Bulllis not as focused, a bit burned out on the sport. Holbrook was very talented, very tough and focused, but going into the match I thought a notch below Wilmot. Wilmot could pull off any move, he however was a bit over reliant on his headlock and I believe underestimated public school wreslters.

At the County Tournament, Wilmot dropped to 138 for the first time all season, Holbrook didn't wrestle in the tournament, missing weight. I suspect he knew his best chance to beat Johnny was to wrestle him once, if so he was right.

In the state finals match at 138 (they both dropped, either to avoid me - as I was peaking- or three time state champ Stanley Proctor, never been sure which of us scared these guys more), both were undefeated, Wilmot having allowed Billy Frew(third at 145 in'84 and eliminator of yours truly-note I wasn't robbed, I got drilled) to tie him late in a dual meet being the only blemish on either record.

If I remember, Wilmot caught Holbrook to open the match with his signature headlock, had him on his back but didn't finish (this may be where my classmate feels he was robbed). Holbrook came back and put Johnny on his back, his first time there all season (may have been a cross face cradle). Johnny was a tough, smart kid, very talented wrestler, however hadn't been pushed all year (imagine that with me as his daily wrestling partner). With Dave Hopkins screaming, Johnny came back a bit but faded down the stretch. Holbrook wrestled the match of his life at the right time, Johnny simply had an off day at the wrong time. I suspect, no infact I am certain, Marc was in better shape (not too mention a terrific wrestler). If I remember correctly, Wilmot may have eaten Popeyes fried chicken a little too close to the match (not sure whose idea that was!).

The match was the most exciting of the tournament and in most peoples' minds the upset of the tournament. I was surprised looking back that the score was 13-7, I thought the match was closer late in the third period. Glad I stumbled on this site. Hope all is well Johnny! If you are ever in Baltimore, look me up would love to grab a beer and show you how you could have beaten Holbrook.

[John Wilmot]

Leave it to Sean Malone to keep my ego in check some 25 years after the fact :)

Not to mention giving Lenny B grief about his poker playing.

Ok, after all these years I will concede the match to Mr. Holbrook :) Sheesh!

Or, challenge Mark to a rematch like they did on Seinfeld. Oh...not an option for me (ha,ha).

Sean, I am living in DC with my wife Krista (Peary High School grad and little girl Abigail (1 month old). Please shoot me an email (capitolabode@verizon.net, I would love to catch up.

You brought back some very fond memories (and some bitter ones I have tried for years to overcome :)

[John Wilmot]

By the way, it was not Proctor, it was you we tried to avoid.

[Bill Speir]

The 1984 Howard County results have a few typos.

128 was Speir over Decrispino.

140 Lew pinned Levine.

[mdwrestle]

Thanks for the update. I have made the change.

[Lee Ordeman]

Thank you for this wonderful resource. It brings back some great memories.

I have a small request. I am a St. Paul's wrestler who graduated in 1980 and was a member of the team that tied MSJ for the Lehigh Cup at the MSA tournament. Please mention that St. Paul's defeated MSJ in the dual meet, giving St. Paul's its only undeafed season. It was St. Joe's first and only MSA dual-meet loss for some years before and after. Technically St. Paul's was therefore the MSA champion, which at the time was a dual meet title, as I understand it. The tournament was a seperate title, the Lehigh Cup. However, there's no need to bring that up. If only you would mention that St. Paul's beat St. Joe in the regular season, that would be great. Defeating what was probably one of the strongest MSJ teams, including 7 MSA champions, is one of the greatest moments in St. Paul's athletics. The St.Paul's team was favored to win the dual meet, and after doing so, was expected to take the tournament too. That MSJ came back to tie the tournament really makes that season especaially memorable, as both teams truly shone that year.

[Lee Ordeman]

The above blog entry should be in the 1980 category, where I have now posted it. Please excuse my navigating difficulties.