Host McDonogh put eight wrestlers into the finals and won six weight classes en route to the A Division Championship of the Maryland Independent Schools tournament last night.

The Eagles compiled 317 points to take the title. Mount St. Joseph was second with 220 1/2 points, followed by DeMatha with 169.

McDonogh's winners were Nick Schenk (119 pounds), Ben Levin (130), Josh Fitch (140), Curtis Holmes (145), Kramer Whitelaw (160) and Alex Pagnotta (189).

In the best match of the night, Mount St. Joseph's Danny Orem, who entered the tournament as a third seed, upset IAC champion Matthew Danielson of Bullis Prep, 9-8, in overtime at 135 pounds. Danielson, a senior, entered the match at 45-0.

"I knew he was having a hard time escaping, so I just tried to ride him out," Orem said. "I lost in the MIAA finals to [McDonogh's Albert] Woody, so this has been about redemption for me."

Orem pinned Woody at 4:07 in the semifinals to meet Danielson.

In another overtime match, Mount St. Joseph's Bobby Bowman, the MIAA champion at 152, defeated McDonogh's Shane Milam, 4-3.

At 119 pounds, McDonogh's Schenk defended his tournament title with a pin over Calvert Hall's Nick Gialamas at 3:16. Schenk also beat Gialamas in the MIAA final last week.

"I was somewhat surprised [that I pinned him], Schenk said. "I have a lot of respect for him."

In a rematch of the MIAA final at 130 pounds, McDonogh's Levin avenged his championship loss by defeating Mount St. Joseph sophomore Benny Schaufele, 4-1.

"I got pumped up for this more than I did at the MIAAs," Levin said.

In another rematch of MIAA finalists at 160 pounds, Whitelaw scored an escape late in the second period and beat Mount St. Joseph's Edwin Jackson, 4-2.