Passmore Claims Title At 160; Hornets Finish Seventh At Patriot Classic

From Herndon HS: Herndon sophomore Trey Passmore won the 160-pound title to lead the Hornets at the 2017 Patriot Classic which wrapped-up last Friday night at Northern High School in Owings, MD. Passmore went 4-0 through the tournament, knocking off the top two seeds at 160 lbs. to claim the title.

Passmore was one of three finalists for the Hornets, who finished with five place-winners. As a team; Herndon enjoyed its fifth straight top-ten finish at the Classic, securing 90.5 points to finish in seventh place.

In Friday evening’s semifinals, Passmore pinned the second seed, Boris Beltran of Old Mill, in the second period. In the finals, Passmore met top seed Trevor Thorne of Lackey and used his scrambling ability and several takedowns to pick up a 9-4 victory.

Passmore was joined in Friday night’s finals by senior Cole Cooksey and junior Chris Estrada , both who continued their impressive early season runs at 220 lbs. and heavyweight. Cooksey cruised through the tournament with a 4-0 decision over Calvert’s Dominic Pasch in the quarters and a fall over Great Mill’s Dylan Vogt in the semi-finals. He ran into Walt Whitman’s (Md.) John Luke Iglesisas in the finals, and lost by fall in the second period. Estrada pinned his way into the semi-finals with falls over Duval’s Tony Meyers and number-two seed Christian Bryant of Roosevelt. Estrada earned a hard-fought 5-4 decision in the semi-finals over Sherwood’s Greg Claver to punch his ticket to the finals. There he dropped a tight 1-0 decision to the number-one seed, Troy Hamilton of High Point, to earn a silver medal at heavyweight

Freshmen K.T Elston rebounded from an early quarter-final loss to reel off three straight victories and storm back through the consolation bracket to take third place at 113 lbs. Elston won a tight 5-4 decision over Peyton Casamento of Whitman, a pin over Caleb Wheeler of Roosevelt, and a pin over Sherwood’s Brady Holda in the consolation finals to take the bronze.

Sophomore John Proctor placed at his first tournament of the season by going 2-3 for the tournament and earning 6th place at 195lbs. Proctor got a pin over Chopticon’s Matthew Long and a 4-3 decision over Sherwood’s Nick Rickert to reach the placing round.

Old Mill dominated the field, with four champions, five finalists and 199 points to claim the team title. A balanced Sherwood team finished in second, followed by High Point to round out the top three teams.

In what is usually a two-day tournament, the organizers were forced to run the tournament as a one-day event due to impending snow forecasts in the southern Maryland area and school closings on Saturday. This meant that the round of 16 was changed to a single-elimination, meaning the loser would be eliminated from the tournament and would not have an opportunity to wrestle back in the consolation bracket. After the round of 16 was completed, the tournament was then run as a normal double-elimination format for the duration of the night.

The Hornets will return to action this Wednesday, Jan 11. at Robinson Secondary School in a “Beauty and the Beast” gymnastics-wrestling event. Herndon will square off against Robinson and Oakton in wrestling and girls gymnastics. Action is set to start at 6pm.

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