Devils place 3rd at Grapple @ the Brook X
Jan. 21 - Congratulations to Springbrook's wrestling team for their 3rd place finish at the Grapple at Brook X.  The team was led by Champions Carlo Galeano and Natajide Badje, 2nd place winners Joe Galeano and Paul Milano, 4th place Hector Guevara and Joffrey Alcidor, and 5th place Eric Aquillar and Jared Brown.  Thanks to the booster club and baseball team for the hard work in helping Coach Wendel organize and put on this 16 team event.  A special thank to the Abramson family for their leadership.  more . . .

Blue Devils defeat Churchill, edged by Sherwood
Jan. 9 - Springbrook, one of the deepest teams in the county, lost to Sherwood by just one point, 35-6.  Despite the narrow defeat, they still showed plenty of flashes.  They got pins from Hector Guevara (130) and Paul Milano (215) against theWarriors, and arguably their top wrestler, Nadjitade Badje (171), didn’t even get to show off in the opener (won by forfeit).  And a suddenly angry Springbrook team took their frustrations out on the Bulldogs in a 56-11 victory to close out the day’s action. Galeano, Alcidor, Badje, Milano and Cazeau were all amongst the winners in the rout.  more . . .

Season-opening tournament results

Varsity at Aberdeen Duals
Aberdeen 39, Springbrook 37 
Bel Air 40, Springbrook 22 
Springbrook 68, Wilde Lake 12 
Annapolis 36, Springbrook 35 
Northeast 51, Springbrook 22 
Springbrook 48, Fallston 13 
Springbrook 57, Chesapeake-AA 17 

JV at Atholton
1st - Morgan Mendis, Rudy Njocke
2nd - Kent Newgen, Sam Mengistu, Abeyu Mengistu
3rd - Niyi Akande, Alex Campbell, Marquese Middleton, 
         Lam Ngo, Kalu Camara
4th - Malik Sylla, David King

Springbrook had one of its best seasons in school history, winding up 13-1, with a close loss to co-Division champion Paint Branch in a tri-meet as the only blemish. The Blue Devils had five state qualifiers last winter, and two state place-winners in Jorge Alcoba (sixth in the state) and Carlo Galeano (fifth). They also qualified for the regional dual-meet championships for the first time in school history.  Gone from that team is Alcoba, as well as key cogs Jordan Dow (160 pounds) and David Abramson (189). But there are still plenty of reasons why Springbrook can do everything it did last year and then some. It has three state qualifiers back in Galeano (145), Joffrey Alcidor and Nadjitade Badje, and five more returning starters in Kent Newgen, Joseph Galeano, Ryan Richman, Hector Guevara and Paul Milano.

While it would be presumptuous to call the Blue Devils the team to beat, they will certainly again be right at the top of its division. They have gone 25-3 since 2005-2006. "We have really raised the bar as far as our expectations go, especially the last two seasons," said Springbrook head coach Rob Wendel. "We would like to continue to improve and go deeper into the duals, and place higher in the state tournament. A very difficult and challenging task, [but] we are really looking forward to the opportunity."  more . . .

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