Although it was Harford County's John Carroll that took home the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference wrestling tournament team championship, Baltimore County was well represented at the meet held at Mount St. Joseph on Saturday afternoon.
John Carroll won with 238.5 points, but McDonogh (227.5) and Mount St. Joe (213.5) were close behind, and Loyola Blakefield took fourth (148).
St. Paul's tied with Gilman for sixth with 104.5 points, but the Crusaders produced the most historic victory of the day when Ryan Friedman won his fourth consecutive MIAA tournament crown.
Friedman decisioned Severn's Mike Doestch, 7-1, at 120 pounds.
"To win the MIAAs once is a just a big accomplishment. To win it four times is awesome. I am sure I have my name up there with like some of the best wrestlers in Maryland's history. To be on the same list as them is an honor," said Friedman, who improved his career record to 180-25.
Friedman, who will attend Harvard University, duplicated the feat of his brother, Eric, who also won four MIAA titles.
Joining him at the top of the podium from St. Paul's was sophomore Daniel Planta (113), who decisioned St. Joe's Cody Trybus, 5-2.
Unlike Friedman, St. Joe senior Mailk Woody celebrated his first MIAA championship when he defeated John Carroll's Zach Dwyer 4-2 in overtime.
"I'm just excited. I'm just happy," said Woody, who won with a single leg takedown with 15 seconds left in overtime. "That's my signature takedown move."
Woody also defeated Dwyer at Mount Mat Madness when he rallied from a 4-0 deficit to win 5-4.
"I did expect it to be tough, but I knew I was going to come out on top," said Woody, who placed fourth at MIAA's last year.
St. Joe senior Sam Rowell also captured an individual crown at 160 pounds when he beat John Carroll's Austin Ross.
Rowell was tied 3-3 late in the third period when he scored a reversal with two seconds left.
"That was pretty much the turning point of the match right there," said Rowell, who improved to 22-1 this season. "If I hadn't gotten the two, I guess it might have gone a different way, but I guess it kind of gave me strength for the third period."
St. Joe also got a runner-up finish from Logan Rill (195), who fell to John Carroll's Hunter Ritter, 5-3.
McDonogh sophomore and Catonsville resident Quinn Devaney enjoyed coming home and he celebrated his first MIAA tournament triumph with a 4-1 decision over Loyola's Dominick Reyes.
Devaney, who lost to close friend Zeke Salvo, of St. Joe, in the 2014 finals, was the first of six champions crowned from McDonogh.
Competing near his hometown fired him up.
"I love coming to town and showing what a little guy from Catonsville can do," Devanney said. "I just wanted to come here and show them."
Leading 2-1 with 1:24 left in the second period and tied up in a pretzel, Devaney glanced at McDonogh coach Pete Welch in the corner — five seconds later, he scored a key reversal.
"He was just telling me keep twisting and try to turn in," Devaney said. "They do a great job in the corner, especially during the matches."
"It was just a situational thing and we said 'try going this way and he said OK' and it worked," Welch said. "That just goes to show you how coachable he is."
Devaney impoved to 31-5 overall as he won his second tilte this year after winning in the Ray Oliver Tournament earlier this season.
McDonogh's Myles Martin (182) improved to 36-1 with a pin of Boys' Latin's Rocco Bruno in 5:17.
Voted the tournament's Most Outstanding Wrestler, it was his fourth pin of the tournament. The first three came in the first minute of each match.
Martin was also first at Beast of the Easet and Ray Oliver tournaments and second at Ironman.
McDonogh's Sam Martino (31-6) scored a takedown with 58 seconds left in the third period and held on for a 4-3 decision over top-seeded Tyshawn Williams, of Curley, at 145 pounds.
McDonogh senior Cameron Harrell (37-3) had four pins en route to the 152-pound title and fall (1:37) of Boys' Latin's Nate Malinowski in the finals.
Eagle 220-pounder Mike Smith (29-7) had to go overtime to secure his 3-1 decision over Loyola Blakefield's Jake Nordhausen in the finals and teammate Wyatt Cook improved to 10-0 when he scored an 11-3 major decision over Curley's Kevin Sigwart in the heavyweight finals.
The rest of the champions included John Carroll's Chris Almony (170) and Hunter Ritter (195), Spalding's Ryan Garretson (106) and Pallotti's Justin Chenault (138).