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Nathan Bachman

Fallston, 152 pounds

The junior is the first Cougar to have won the triple crown: county, region and state titles.

Bruce Dulski

Mount St. Joseph, 112

The second-team All-Metro junior went 36-6, winning his second straight Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association title and finishing runner-up at private school states.

Jerome Featherstone

Boys' Latin, 160

The All-Metro wrestler finished second at the MIAA championships, private schools states and National Preps.

Mark Frey

Archbishop Curley, 130

The two-time All-Metro wrestler went unbeaten against Maryland wrestlers, going 35-5 with 18 pins.

Andrew Gold

Mount St. Joseph, 103

Winning county and regional crowns and finishing third at states last season, Gold has transferred from South Carroll for his junior season.

Travis Holmes

McDonogh, 152

The second-team All-Metro wrestler earned his first MIAA and private schools state titles.

Sam Lewnes

Mount St. Joseph, 171

Lewnes earned All-Baltimore City/County Wrestler of the Year and All-Metro honors after winning MIAA and private schools state titles and his first National Preps crown. He has signed to wrestle at Oklahoma State.

David Nakasone

Centennial, 152

Runner-up at the Howard County tournament, the senior won the regionals and became the Eagles' fifth state champion.

Andrew Schlaffer

Dulaney, 135

The second-team All-Metro senior pinned two-time state champion Matt Schuster of Franklin in their county title bout, but was runner-up to him at regionals and states.

Jim Van Daniker

Perry Hall, 112

The second-team All-Metro wrestler went 32-4 as a junior last year, finishing second at the county tournament, first in the regionals and second at the state tournament.

Other notable wrestlers

Chris Baum, Fallston (130); Sasha Binder, Owings Mills (135); Tim Bohlman, Mount St. Joseph (130); Corey Bowers, Chesapeake-AA (119); Ryan Brown, Lansdowne (130); Chris Clark, Eastern Tech (125); Lee Crowl, Francis Scott Key (145); Chris Dyke, Northeast (152); Dan Fouts, Hereford (152); Shane Fraser, Chesapeake-AA (125); Grant Gormley, Mount Hebron (130); Ben Graham, Annapolis (135); Chris Grove, Chesapeake-AA (145); Jason Jacovsky, Owings Mills (103); Mike Kessler, Owings Mills (145); Chad LaPlanch, Chesapeake-AA (189); Neal Nakagama, Oakland Mills (119); Mark Nakasone, Centennial (145); Jeff Plasse, Oakland Mills (125); Nick Ramsel, Perry Hall (135); Brian Saval, Boys' Latin (140); Dan Sexton, Overlea (152); Ben Sills, Harford Tech (125); Doug West, Old Mill (125); Tom Wheeler, South Carroll (125); Rob Willey, McDonogh (119); Steve Yaruta, Chesapeake-AA (130).

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