QO take their opener against Blair getting seven straight falls from 145 to 285. Final score 60-15. In the second match of the day for the Cougar grapplers they took 13 of 14 matches, 6 of which were by fall and 5 by forfeit against a depleted Kennedy squad with a final score of 77-6.

Quince Orchard’s wrestling team traveled to Magruder High School this weekend to compete in the 13th Annual Mad Mats tournament. There were 18 teams in the field representing public and private schools from Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, DC. QO finished in 4th place in the team standings and had two champions crowned: Sophomore Alejandro Lopez in the 126 pound class and Senior Eisley Kim wrestling at 195 pounds. Junior Bret Williams (170 pounds) took 3rd place as did Freshman Jose Echeona (106 pounds). Junior Alec Falconer (145 pounds) and Senior Ross McCormick (113 lbs) took 4th and 5th place honors respectively.

Final Team Standings (top five)
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1) Downington West (Pennsylvania) 249.0
2) Magruder 160.5
3) Walter Johnson 153.0
4) Quince Orchard 143.0
5) Dundalk 142.0

The Sentinel Newspaper story on the Mad Mats Tournament

The Cougars record 9 pins and take 4 forfeits on way to a 78-3 route of the Screaming Eagles.

QO’s varsity grapplers walloped the Watkins Mill Woverines 64-9 in a Tuesday evening home match.
Six Cougars pinned their opponents: Seniors Ross McCormick and Eisley Kim; Juniors Alec Falconer, Bret Williams and Ramsey Richey and Freshman Jay Bollinger. Junior Blake Adkins recorded a 17-9 major decision. Watkins Mill did not have wrestlers in five weight classes which earned forfeits and 6 team points for:: Jose Echeona, Antonio Lopez, Alejandro Lopez, Jarret Kowalski and Tyler Enceneat. 

QO suffered their loss of the season, a heartbreaker to Clarksburg, who benefited from winning the opening coin flip. The Cougars werre missing a few of their key wrestlers and won 7 of the 14 bouts. However Coyotes earned extra bonus points by pinning in all 7 of their wins while QO earned wins on 4 pins, 1 forfeit and 2 decisions. Seniors Danny Henn (160 lbs) and Eisley Kim (195 lbs) and Sophomore Alejandro Lopez (132lbs) all pinned their opponents. Freshman Jay Bollinger (138 lbs) earned a decision after the 3rd period of overtime and Junior Bret Williams (170 lbs) also added 3 points to the Cougars’ total with his win. Junior Alec Falconer (145 lbs) picked up a win by forfeit.
Clatksburg’s 152 pounder missed weight but because they win the coin toss and chose “even” QO had to present their wrestler, Ale Falconer, first in the 145 lb matchwhich was an odd numbered match (the 5th). Clarksburg chose to forfeit to Alec and have their 145 pounder wrestle against QO’s freshman wrestler who also weighed in at 145 lbs which was a better matchup for the Coyotes as they earned 6 team points with a pin. Had Clarksburg chosen to face the tough and experienced Falconer, they would have likely lost by fall and gone 0-12 in those two matches and instead came away with a 6-7 split. The varsity Cougars look to rebound on Thursday when they travel to Walt Whitman HS to face the Vikings.

The Cougars travelled to Bethesda to face the unbeaten Walt Whitman Vikings. This was an exciting back and forth competition that went down to the last match. Whitman earned a pin and a technical fall in the last two bouts of the evening to break a 31-31 tie and go ahead 42-31 to remain unbeaten. Quince Orchard picked up six team points each with falls by Seniors Antonio Lopez and Eisley Kim (both still undefeated for the season) along with Junior Edwin Portillo. Senior Tyler Enceneat also out six team points on the board when Whitman chose to forfeit to him. Freshmen Jay Bollinger and Jose Echeona recorded a major decision and a decision respectively.

Quince Orchard hosted its 5th Annual Cougar Claus Dual Holiday Wrestling Tournament on Dec 30th & 31st. Six teams from Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia competed. Reservoir High School was 5-0 on the first day with the host Cougars 4-1, followed by Northwest at 3-2, Rock Ridge 2-3, Berkeley Springs 1-4 and Patuxent 0-5. QO faced Northwest again on day two and won 42-27. Reservoir beat Northwest as well to set up a championship match with the Gators and Cougars. QO had lost by 12 to Reservoir on Wednesday so need to win by 13 points or more to earn the tournament championship. After a back and forth match in which QO had a 6 point lead going into the next to last match, Reservoir pulled out a 39-36 victory to leave with the tournament championship trophy. Eisley Kim was given the award for the fastest pin earned when he defeated his Patuxent opponent with a fall time of 6 seconds.

Quince Orchard’s varsity wrestlers traveled to Hagerstown to take part in host North Hagerstown High School’s 29th Annual Hub Cup Tournament. The Cougars, who are regular participants in this tournament, use this as an opportunity to test and improve their skills against many of the top public and private school teams and wrestlers in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Many weight classes in this tournament can be much tougher than the Maryland State tournament. This year’s tournament had one of the toughest fields ever, led by eventual champion Good Counsel, not only the highest ranked team in the DMV but they also are currently ranked nationally.

QO had four wrestlers earn placement, led by Senior Antonio Lopez who finished 3rd in the 120 lb weight class. The two top finishers in this class were both state champions last year in their respective public and private school state tournaments. Antonio beat the formerly 9th ranked wrestler in Maryland, Chris Sanchez of Good Counsel.

Senior Eisley Kim was also battling for a 3rd place medal in the 195 lb weight class. He was handily beating his opponent from Catoctin High School when he was called for an illegal move. The trainer recommended that this wrestler not continue which by rule allowed him to win by default leaving Eisley with a 4th place finish.

Freshman Jose Echeona earned 6th place honors in a very talented field of 106 pound wrestlers.
Junior Jarret Kowalski finished with a 7th place finish and coming very close to winning the tournament’s “Fastest Pin” award with a 10 second fall of one of his opponents.

Sophomore Alejandro Lopez (126 lbs), Freshman Jay Bollinger (132 lbs) and Juniors Alec Falconer (145 lbs) and Bret Williams (170 lbs) all earned wins which added to Quince Orchard’s team total. QO finished in 14th place out of 20 teams.

Coming off a week of no practice due to school closure from Snowzilla 2016, QO wrestlers took a patchwork lineup over to Poolesville High School and downed Northwest in the first match of the afternoon. The Cougar wrestlers won 8 of the 14 bouts. Senior Antonio Lopez wrestling at 120 lbs started the Cougars off with a 6 point fall. Sophomore Alejandro Lopez followed his brother with a dominant 4-0 decision. Freshman Jay Bollinger had split with his Northwest 138 lb opponent at the Cougar Claus Tournament in December but won this convincingly this time with a 8-4 decision. Junior Alec Falconer pinned the Jaguars’ 145 pounder in the third period to put up six more points on the board for the Cougars. Junior Blake Adkins came up big with a 6-2 victory in the 160 lb match. Senior Eisley Kim bumped up to the 220 lb weight class and earned a 7-4 win. Senior Captain Tyler Enceneat moved up from his normal 220 lb spot to face Northwest’s heavyweight who he pinned in a quick 37 seconds. Jose Echeona sealed the win for QO with a 2nd period fall. Final score QO 36 NW 31. Photos

After beating Northwest in the tri-meet opener, the Cougar grapplers faced the host Poolesville Falcons. Freshman Jay Bollinger got the first win for QO, his second of the day, with a 5-1 decision. Sophomore Alejandro Lopez followed suit in the 138 pound match with a 6-2 win to go 2-0 on the day. Junior Alec Falconer earned his 2nd win of the day with a 36 second fall of his opponent. Junior Blake Adkins Falcon 160 pound opponent didn’t make it out of the first period as Blake’s second win of the day was by fall. Junior Brett Williams bumped up from 170 lbs to face Poolesville’s 182 pounder and earned six team points with a 1st period pin. Senior Eisley Kim, wrestling back in his 195 lb spot, made quick work with a 52 second pin. Senior Captain Tyler Enceneat, wrestling in his familiar 220 lb weight class, took care of business with a swift 24 second fall. With three matches left to go, freshman Jose Echeona just needed to win to clinch the match which he did with a 7-5 decision. Senior Antonio Lopez faced Poolesville’s higher ranked 120 pounder but that ranking will now change as Antonio was dominant in his 8-1 win giving the Cougars 9 wins to Poolesville’s 5 and an overall team win by 12 points. Final score QO 42 Poolesville 30.

The Cougar grapplers traveled to Sandy Spring on Wednesday night to face the Sherwood Warriors. Starting the match off at the 113 lb weight class, Sherwood got off to a 7-0 lead with a decision and major decision but then QO rattled off 5 wins in a row highlighted by first period pins from Sophomore Alejandro Lopez (132 lbs) and Junior Alec Falconer (152 lbs). Senior Antonio Lopez (126 lbs) along with Freshmen Jay Bollinger (138 lbs) and Cole DesRoche (145 lbs) each had decisions. In the 182 lb match, Junior Jarret Kowalski recorded a first period fall of his Warrior opponent. Sherwood chose to forfeit to 16-1 Senior Eisley Kim (195 lbs) to add 6 more points to the Cougars tally. Freshman Jose Echeona (106 lbs) ended the evening with a dominating 9-1 victory earning a major decision and an extra bonus point. Photos

Quince Orchard’s grapplers won 8 of 14 matches which included six pins and a forfeit to easily outdistance Magruder 45-28. Seniors Antonio Lopez, Danny Henn and Eisley Kim all won by fall as did Juniors Alec Falconer and Bret Williams along with Freshman Jose Echeona. Sophomore Alejandro Lopez added a decision and Senior Tyler Enceneat earned six team points when he was awarded a win by forfeit. 

In the second match of the evening for QO, the Cougars pulled off a one point win to run their season record to 9-3. Seniors Danny Henn, Eisley Kim and Tyler Enceneat each put 6 points on the board for the Cougars as did Sophomore Alejandro Lopez and Freshman Jose Echeona. Senior Antonio Lopez won by a decision and Junior Blake Adkins added a 9-0 major decision to the Cougars tally. Photos

The reigning state champion Damascus Swarmin’ Hornets showed that they are still the best of the best with a 64-10 pounding of Quince Orchard. Freshman Jose Echeona earned a six point fall for the Cougars and Senior Antonio Lopez got the other four team points with a 10-1 major decision.

In a battle for the 4th seed and final spot in the 3A/4A West Regional Duals, Springbrook outlasted host Quince Orchard 41-28 by winning 8 of the 14 contests. In the big showdown of the day, Senior Antonio Lopez defeated the County’s #1 ranked wrestler in the 120 lb weight class with a 8-7 decision. Senior Eisley Kim along with Junior Bret Williams put pins on the board for the Cougars. Senior Tyler Enceneat, Junior Alec Falconer and Sophomore Alejandro Lopez all added decisions to QO’s tally.  As this was the last home match of the season, 9 senior wrestlers and 1 senior manager were honored before the wresting began. Those seniors are: Tyler Enceneat, Erika Frahm, Danny Henn, Eisley Kim, Antonio Lopez, Ali Manan, Brandan Melara, Ross McCormick, Rebecca Murillo and Kamil Williams. Senior Day Photos

Seventeen of Quince Orchard’s Junior Varsity grapplers entered the Montgomery County JV Wrestling Tournament at Gaithersburg HS with five walking away medals. Six Cougars made it to the semi-finals: Junior Edwin Portillo (120 lbs) , Junior Mason Avissar (132 lbs), Senior Kamil Williams (152 lbs), Senior Brandon Melara (182 lbs) , Junior Corey Amoroso (220 lbs) and Sophomore Desmond Johnson (285 lbs) . Desmond Johnson beat all of his opponents and left the gym with the 285 lb championship medal. Kamil Williams was also a finalist and wound up with the silver medal. Edwin Portillo took 3rd place honors. Brendon Melara and Corey Amoroso each finished in fourth place in their respective weight classes. It was a great way to finish the season and a great experience for all 17 that competed. Congratulations! Photos

Quince Orchard crowned one champion and had two 5 place finishers at the 54th Annual Montgomery County Wrestling Championship. Senior 120 pounder Antonio Lopez won what was the most exciting finals match of the night with a 6-5 win over his Springbrook opponent. Freshman Jose Echoena (106 lbs) was 4-1 over the weekend and took home 5th place honors as was Junior Bret Williams (160 lbs) who also finished in 5th place. Six Cougar wrestlers have qualified for the 3A/4A West Region championship to be held next weekend, 2/26 & 2/27, at Sherwood High School. Final Backets (pdf) and Photos. 

Antonio Lopez brought home a 3A-4A West Region Championship and a number one seed for next weekends State Tournament. Bret Williams and Eisley Kim also qualified for States by placing in the top four. A big shout out to our other three Region Qualifiers Jose, Alejandro and Alec. Photos     Final Brackets (PDF)  or TheWrestlingTourney Site

Congratulations to Antonio Lopez for placing forth in the Maryland State Championships and Bret Williams to qualifying and earning a win at the tournament. Updated brackets have been posted.  Photos and Final 3A/4A 2016 State Wrestling Brackets

Cougar senior wrestler Antonio Lopez represented QO at the MSWA Senior All-Star Classic  held at McDaniel College Tuesday March 8th. This annual event features three all-star teams comprised of the top senior wrestlers from Maryland Independent Schools, MPSSAA 2A/1A and MPSSAA 4A/3A high schools respectively.   Each of these teams faced each other in a tri-meet. Antonio, who was this year's Montgomery County and 4A/3A West Region champion at the 120 lb weight class and was the 4th place finisher in the Maryland State tournament, was selected to compete in this years competition. Congratulation Antonio!

Dual Results

Win QO 60 Blair 15

Win QO 77 Kennedy 6

Win QO 78 Seneca Valley 3

Win QO 64 Watkins Mill 9

Loss QO 37 Clarksburg 42

Loss QO 31 Whitman 42

Win QO  Sherwood

Win QO 36 NW 31

Win QO 42 Poolesville 30

Loss QO 10 Damascus 52

Win QO 45 Magruder 28

Win QO 37 Walter Johnson 36 

Loss QO 24 Springbrook 41

Win QO over Northwood

Tournament Results

QO 4th out of 18 Teams  Mad Mats Tournament

14th Place Hub Cub Tournament

2nd Place Cougar Claus Tournament (Dual Record 5-2)

Quince Orchard Wrestlers at Cougar Claus
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106 – Jose Echeona 6-1
113- Ross McCormick 2-5
12/126 – Edwin Portillo 4-3
120/126 – Antonio Lopez 5-2
132/138 – Jay Bollinger 5-2
132/138 – Alejandro Lopez 2-0
138 – Ali Manan 1-3
138 – Mason Avvisar 0-1
145/152 – Alec Falconer 5-2
145/152 – Cole DesRoche 5-1
152 – Kamil Williams 1-0
160 – Danny Henn 3-2
170/182 Bret Williams 5-2
170 Claus Arp 1-0
182 Jarret Kowalski 3-3
195/220 Eisley Kim 6-1
195 Brendan Melara
220/285 Tyler Enceneat3-3
220/285 Corey Amoroso 1-4

Cougar Claus Day 1 Dual Meet Results
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Northwest defeated Berkeley Springs 40-25.
Quince Orchard defeated Patuxent 84-0.
Reservoir defeated Rock Ridge 44-28.
Rock Ridge defeated Berkeley Springs 52-24.
Reservoir defeated Patuxent 78-6.
Quince Orchard defeated Northwest 33-30.
Reservoir defeated Berkeley Springs 48-27.
Northwest defeated Patuxent 69-9.
Quince Orchard defeated Rock Ridge 46-30.
Quince Orchard defeated Berkeley Springs 54-27.
Rock Ridge defeated Patuxent 76-3.
Reservoir defeated Northwest 46-28.
 Reservoir defeated Quince Orchard 42-27.
Northwest defeated Rock Ridge 45-25.

Cougar Claus Day 2 Results
Quince Orchard defeated Northwest 42-27.
 Reservoir defeated Quince Orchard 39-36.
 Reservoir defeated Northwest 45-21.

AWARDS
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Team Champions – Reservoir 7-0
Team Sportsmanship – Rock Ridge
Fastest Pin – Eisley Kim ( 6 seconds)
Outstanding Lightweight Wrestler – David Kleinhen, Reservoir, 120 lbs
Outstanding Middleweight Wrestler – Millad Zahedi, Rock Ridge, 152 lbs
Outstanding Upperweight Wrestler – A.J. Strott, Reservoir, 195 lbs