Whitman Wrestling

Please remember that the end of year celebration banquet for the wrestling team will be held on Sunday, March 25th from 5-8 PM.
RIVER FALLS CLUBHOUSE
7915 HORSESHOE LANE
POTOMAC, MD 20854
MENU: PULLED CHICKEN & PORK BARBECUE, BAKED BEANS, COLESLAW AND CORN MUFFINS WILL BE PROVIDED. WE ARE ASKING PARENTS TO CONTRIBUTE APPETIZERS, GREEN SALADS, PASTA SALADS AND DESSERTS
See you there!

Senior heavyweight Josh Daryoush and 160-pounder Bradley Taylor finished off their Whitman wrestling careers in fine fashion at this weekend’s State Tournament at Cole Field House on the University of Maryland’s campus.  Bradley took 2nd place in his weight class and Josh took 3rd in his. With only two wrestlers Whitman still managed to place in a tie for 16th out of 72 total teams who qualified wrestlers for States!

Bradley Taylor won his first two matches on Friday by a score of 4-1 and 2-0 to get into the semifinals.  He then won his semifinal match on Saturday morning by a score of 4-3 over Tola Morakinyo of Wilde Lake.  Bradley wrestled tough but came up short in his State Final appearance losing a tough match to Austin Wenzlaff of Tuscarora by a score of 12-2.  This was Bradley’s first placement in the State Tournament.  Bradley finished the year with a record of 26-7.

Josh Daryoush also won his first two matches on Friday with a fall at 3:18 and a score of 7-1 in the quarterfinals.  Josh then lost his semifinal on Saturday to Jason Johnson of River Hill by fall.  However, Josh was able to rebound and regroup and wrestle admirably by winning his next match over Dylan Dopson of North Hagerstown by  a score of 4-2 and then beating Lorenzo Maddox of North County by a score of 6-1 to place 3rd in the State Tournament.  This was also Josh’s first placement at States.  He finished the year with an impressive record of 30-2!

Please join me in congratulating these young men on an impressive performance at States their Senior year.

Whitman qualified four wrestlers for this weekend’s Region tournament held at Sherwood High School.  152 pound Sophomore Jack Calder was joined by a trio of Whitman Seniors.  They were 160 pound Bradley Taylor, 170 pound Rafi Sayada, and heavyweight Josh Daryoush.

Calder qualified for regions in his first year of varsity wrestling and completed his season with currently a team leading 26 wins. Rafi Sayada also qualified for regions in his first year in the varsity lineup and finished his season with 21 wins.  Both wrestlers wrestled with heart, determination, and pride.  Congratulations to Jack and Rafi for turning in amazing results all season long.

Whitman’s Region tournament was headlined by Bradley Taylor’s and Josh Daryoush’s weight class championships.  Each wrestler wrestled aggressively and offensively to win their respective weight classes.  Taylor was able to improve upon a disappointing outcome at the county tournament by winning his second consecutive Region title.  Taylor won the Region title at 171 pounds last year. He beat Magruder’s Kamen Barnes in the finals by a score of 5-3.  Daryoush was solid and controlling in his three victories as well.  Daryoush wrestled two out of county opponents in his semifinal and finals match  to win his title.  After beating South Hagerstown’s Aaron Rowland in the semifinals he then went on to beat North Hagerstown’s Dylan Dopson in the finals by  a score of 3-1.

Both Taylor and Daryoush will compete at this coming weekend’s State Tournament at University of Maryland’s Cole Field House.  Taylor will take a 23-6 record to Cole.  Daryoush will take a 26-1 record into States.  Each wrestler is looking to get on the podium at states for the first time. Weigh-ins are at 12:30 on Friday and 8:00 A.M. on Saturday.  Wrestling will begin at 2:30 P.M. on Friday afternoon and 9:30 on Saturday morning.  I hope to see you all out at Cole to cheer on Bradley and Josh.

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The Whitman Grapplers suffered two defeats on a Tri at home on January 23rd.  This was a tri that was rescheduled from January 21st due to inclement weather.    The Vikes wrestled the Springbrook Blue Devils in the first of the round robin matches and managed to win only one match en route to losing 66-5.  Notching the only win for the Varsity grapplers was Senior Rafi Sayada (160).  Rafi scored a technical fall over his opponent to garner those 5 team points.  Due to injuries and absence the Vikings were forced to forfeit three weight classes.

In the last round of the evening the Whitman wrestlers rebounded admirably losing a very tight match to Clarksburg 37-34.  The Vikes had the lead by three going into the last match but were unfortunately forced to forfeit that last weight class, resulting in a final losing margin of three points.  Starting off the impressive dual was sophomore Stephen Sharbaugh (106) wrestling aggressively and picking up the fall with only 7 seconds left, which got the Vikes off to a 6-0 start.  Two matches later, Jacob Cutler (120) picked up another fall for the Vikes, this time in the second period.  Also notching victories for Whitman were Lucas Roldos (138) by fall, Kevin Whitmeyer (145) by major decision, Jack Calder (152) by fall, Rafi Sayada (170) by fall, and Bradley Taylor (182) by decision in OT.  This was an inspiring match by the entire team for rebounding from a tough loss and wrestling so well.  The Vikings won 7 of the 12 matches (2 matches were forfeited by the Vikes) wrestled against a tough Clarksburg squad.  An additional congratulations to the JV wrestlers who wrestled aggressively and with heart in that second dual of the day picking up a multitude of wins, many of them by fall!