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Monn the man in 4A-3A West – Herald-Mail Media

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CLARKSBURG, Md. Bumping up 19 pounds to a higher weight class can be too much to handle for some wrestlers, especially in the lighter weight classes.

But North Hagerstown sophomore Thomas Monn is doing just fine with his ascent from the 113-pound weight class to 132.

On Saturday afternoon at Clarksburg High, Monn captured his second straight 4A-3A West region title and did it against a formidable foe.

With 50 seconds left in the third period, Monn surprised Northwest junior Siavash Sarvestani with an ankle pick and his takedown was the lone scoring in the 132 final, a 2-0 victory for Monn.

Monns decisive move came immediately out of a restart and Sarvestani, a region champ and state runner-up last year at 126, never recovered.

I hit him right off the bat, Monn said. I saw him leaning with that left foot 95 percent of the time. As soon as it was there, I knew I could get it. It might have been my only chance to get it.

Monn wasnt sure what to expect with his weight-class bump.

Ive had a humongous jump from 113 to 132. And Ive been doing good this season, Monn said. I knew I would have to wrestle someone as good as him and now I cant wait to see him in the finals.

Monn was the lone winner from Washington County in the meet. South Hagerstown seniors Caleb Everhart (138) and Nick Kelbaugh (160) reached the finals, but lost to top-seeded wrestlers.

North Hagerstown junior Isaiah Dorsey (220) made a surprise run to the finals considering he entered as the No. 7 seed. He also fell to the top-seeded wrestler in his weight class.

Other Washington County wrestlers who qualified for the state tournament next week in Prince Georges County were third-place finisher Will Klein (285) of North and fourth-place finishers Cameron Ashby (126) and Vince Salgado (132) of South and Saxx Redick (195) of North.

Monn was the last of the county wrestlers to take the mat and put on a fine performance. It was a very mild upset considering Monn (38-1) was seeded No. 2 and ranked No. 11 in the state compared to the top-seeded Sarvestani (36-5), who was ranked No. 7 in the state.

That opponent was hard. He was definitely one of the most difficult opponents Ive had all year, Monn said. I feel like were definitely going to wrestle again.

According to North coach Greg Slick, Monn has displayed a similar desire to that of former Hubs great Aaron Brooks, now a standout at Penn State. The longtime coach said that Monns approach has helped him bridge the weight-class jump.

For years and years as wrestling coaches, people have thought, you gotta lose weight, you gotta lose weight, you gotta lose weight because youll be bigger than everyone else, Slick said. But it doesnt work like that. Kids have to eat and they have to grow.

Slick compared Monns weight gain to that of Brooks, who went from 126 as a freshman to 182 as a senior and continued to thrive as a four-time state champion.

I dont think Thomas is going to get that big, of course, Slick said. His parents are average-size people. But his work ethic is unbelievable.

Kelbaugh, who was seeded second, improved on his fourth-place finish at the region tournament last year, but wasnt happy with his performance in a hard-luck 3-1 loss to top-seeded Nicholas McCarthy of Richard Montgomery.

It was a tie match and appeared to be headed to overtime when McCarthy (32-4) took Kelbaugh (42-3) down along the circle.

I knew I wanted it more than him and he got it, Kelbaugh said. But I gave it to him. That was horrible. I felt like I could have done way better.

Kelbaugh absorbed a scratch to his eye in the opening minute and appeared to be in great discomfort. But he settled in and countered the quickness of McCarthy, who started the match aggressively before turning frustrated and passive.

But McCarthy, a junior, found the energy to make the winning throw in the closing seconds, a call that South coach Dave Kenderdine disputed.

They both looked like they went out of bounds, Kenderdine said. But (the referee) said that because he covered the hips, they gave him the two at the very end. Its a shame.

Kelbaugh wasnt the only South wrestler disappointed with his showing in the finals. The second-seeded Everhart (43-2) expected to fare better in his first-ever match with Michael Emerick (46-3) of Damascus, but fell 4-1.

He came in ranked above me (No. 7 vs. No. 9) and our records were about the same, Everhart said. He just wrestled better than me. But I look forward to the states. Its hard to beat somebody twice.

Both finished third at the state tournament last year, Everhart at 138 and Emerick at 126.

Ive got to get back in the wrestling room, Everhart said. I got a lot of things Ive got to work on. I need to wrestle my match, have more control.

The appearance of Dorsey (26-13) in the finals was a revelation. The junior, who wrestled for the JV last year, rolled to a 7-2 win Friday over Thomas DeCastro of Quince Orchard, then decisioned second-seeded Daniel Kalai of Magruder, 4-1, who had entered with a 31-10 record. Then Dorsey needed just 65 seconds to pin Santiago Burke-Carreno of the host school. Burke-Carreno went on to capture the consolation round.

In the finals, Dorsey battled through a scoreless first period before getting pinned via a cradle by No. 1 Sam OBrian of Damascus (42-5), who is ranked No. 10 in the state.

Hes a good athlete, wrestled for the first time last year, Slick said of Dorsey. He just keeps getting better, learning positions, gaining some mat sense. Hes really starting to put things together.

Another wrestler who has showed vast improvement over his career is Klein (27-8), a senior who is going to the state tournament for the first time.

I didnt win a single match my freshman year, Klein said. To think I could go from that to qualifying for states, its a special feeling.

Klein lost his opening match Friday to Edwin Galo of Gaithersburg, 3-2. But came back in the consolation finals and beat the same wrestler by the same score in a static match that went the distance.

I dont think I wrestled smart in the first match, Klein said. I tried to take too many high risk/high reward picks. In a match like that you kind of have to wear out on the guys head and be smart about your positioning. You have to have a lot of resilience. A lot of things didnt work, but I kept my head.

Another North senior, Redick, also has overcome a lot in his career to reach the state tournament. He suffered his second ACL tear in his freshman year playing football. He turned away from the sport and pursued wrestling.

Unfortunately for Redick on Saturday, his same balky leg failed him as he suffered a debilitating hamstring pull in the second period of his consolation round final with Michael Schifano of Urbana. After a long delay, Redick finished out the period but then decided he couldnt continue.

It was a scoreless match when Redick was hurt.

I felt my hamstring pop, Redick said. I couldnt put any weight on it.

Redick appeared distraught as he left the mat. It wasnt so much the pain of the injury, according to Redick, it was having to surrender to a bitter rival.

This match meant a lot to me, Redick. Me and this kid had a lot of history together. We went into overtime in the Hub Cup and I edged him in a hell of a match. Then in our dual meet with them, he pinned me Senior Night. So I was really emotionally invested in this match.

At 126, Ashby wanted a shot at top-seeded Rodrigo Cornejo of Quince Orchard. But the South junior lost in the semifinals to second-seeded Nate Eig of Rockville.

In the consolation finals, Ashby fell to Colton DeValle of Damascus.

Salgado (38-8) lost twice in the tournament to the same wrestler, Frankie Dickenson of Linganore, 10-7 in the semifinals and 8-7 in the consolation finals.

I wanted of course to be a regional champion, Salgado said. Im mad that I fell short. But thats alright. Everything happens for a reason. It will make me hungrier for next week.

4A-3A West

Championship finals

106 Jason Liau (Wootton) m.d. Christian Simpson (Bethesda-CC) 17-6; 113 Isaac Guttentag (Bethesda-Chevy Chase) d. Jhondy Fuller (Tuscarora) 5-0; 120 Alex Gonzalez (Clarksburg) d. Garhett Dickenson (Linganore) 8-3; 126 Rodrigo Cornejo (Quince Orchard) d. Nate Eig (Rockville) 4-0; 132 Thomas Monn (North Hagerstown) d. Siavash Sarvestani (Northwest) 2-0; 138 Michael Emerick (Damascus) d. Caleb Everhart (South Hagerstown) 4-3; 145 Kaeleb Jones (Magruder) d. Jeo Martinez (Bethesda-CC) 6-4; 152 Drew Guttentag (Bethesda-CC) d. Jaden Selby (Winston Churchill) 3-1; 160 Nicholas McCarthy (Richard Montgomery) d. Nick Kelbaugh (South Hagerstown) 3-1; 170 Jaedyn Harris (Gaithersburg) d. Sebastian Turkewitz (Walt Whitman) 3-0; 182 Aiden Beall (Damascus) d. Yoann Olympio (Northwest) 7-2; 195 Timothy Furgeson (Damascus) p. Ryan Jones (Quince Orchard) 3:07; 220 Sam O`Brian (Damascus) p. Isaiah Dorsey (North Hagerstown) 2:36; 285 Isaac Righter (Magruder) p. Scott Hummel (Linganore) 0:58.

Third-place bouts

106 Romeo Tsai (Watkins Mill) d. Ethan Nasvaderani (Winston Churchill) 3-1; 113 Ari Kefer (Walter Johnson) fft. Eric Liau (Wootton); 120 Peyton Casamento (Walt Whitman) d. Shyler Clark (Damascus) 7-2; 126 Colton DeValle (Damascus) p. Cameron Ashby (South Hagerstown) 1:41; 132 Austin Rohn (Urbana) p. Colton Houldsworth (Magruder) 2:49; 138 Kooper Clark (Tuscarora) fft. Navid Ighani (Gaithersburg); 145 Frankie Dickenson (Linganore) d. Vince Salgado (South Hagerstown) 8-7; 152 Seth Holt (Damascus) d. Shamyr Douglas (Gaithersburg) 9-6; 160 Hayden Parkhurst (Linganore) d. Vincent Barnaba (Winston Churchill) 7-5; 170 Anson Gentry (Urbana) fft. Noah Bowers (Bethesda-CC); 182 Chase Shultz (Linganore) p. Conner Pace (Rockville) 1:48; 195 Michael Schifano (Urbana) fft. Saxx Redick (North Hagerstown); 220 Santiago Burke-Carreno (Clarksburg) d. Daniel Kalai (Magruder) 2-0; 285 Will Klein (North Hagerstown) d. Edwin Galo (Gaithersburg) 3-2.

Fifth-place bouts

106 Johnny Pisano (Clarksburg) d. Ilya Siamashka (North Hagerstown) 6-1; 113 Sean Mullineaux (Linganore) d. Josh Liebowiz (Northwest) 10-8; 120 Marcus Reid (Rockville) d. (Wootton) 8-3; 126 Aidan Moffitt (Bethesda-CC) t.f. Maxwell Butler (Frederick) 17-2; 132 Isaiah Zack (Winston Churchill) d. Joe McKneely (Damascus) 8-4; 138 Fabio Martinez (Bethesda-CC) p. Colin Acton (Urbana) 2:20; 145 Justin Steele (Richard Montgomery) fft. Evan Cawthorne (Blake); 152 Farid Akhmedov (South Hagerstown) m.d. Dewey Pittenger (Linganore) 11-2; 160 Victor Kum (Watkins Mill) fft. John Wallmark (Northwest); 170 Isiah Bell (Damascus) p. Scott Wilson (Frederick) 2:30; 182 Alec Kollmar (Frederick) p. Charlie Imperial (Walt Whitman) 4:28; 195 Luke Cullinane (Walt Whitman) p. Elver Ortez (Magruder) 3:51; 220 Alejandro Roberts (Blake) d. Alhassane Kouyate (Bethesda-CC) 3-1; 285 Ernest Mallette (Tuscarora) d. Reilly Vich (Northwest) 5-4.

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