1997 Washington Post All-Metropolitan Team

First Team

103: Nick Alley (Southern, MD)               
     Chris Combs (Old Mill, MD)              
112: Willie Harris III (DeMatha, MD)
     Bobby Monday (Sherwood, MD)              
119: Sammy Wolford (Strasburg, VA)             
125: Brandon York (Damascus, MD)              
130: Matt Gallagher (Herndon, VA)               
     Drew Robertson (DeMatha, MD)
135: Chip Allen (Hylton, VA)                
     Jim O'Connor (Glenelg, MD)               
140: Wes Cummings (DeMatha, MD)
     Darren Black (Douglass, MD)               
     Benji Main (Hylton, VA)                 
     Scott Munsey (Wheaton, MD)                
145: John Eastman (Fairfax, VA)               
     Tyrone Eaton  (Northeast, MD)              
     John Paoletti (Bullis, MD)
152: Billy Phillips (DeMatha, MD)
     Brent Templeton (Culpeper, VA)               
160: Ron Blunt (Hayfield, VA)               
     Jeremy Lignelli (Glenelg, MD)               
171: Loren Morgan III (Seneca Valley, MD)          
     Premiell Pettway (Central, MD)                
189: Brent Lancaster (Hayfield, VA)               
     Tommy O'Neill (Brentsville, VA)            
215: Brian Welch (Oakton, VA)                 
275: D.J. Hockman (Strasburg, VA)              
     Graham Manley (Sherwood, MD)               

COACH: Scott Beattie (Sherwood, MD)
WRESTLER OF THE YEAR: Jason Gabrielson (Northern, MD)
Honorable Mention

103: Dan Henninger (Annapolis, MD)  
     Shane Cogswell (Strasburg, VA)
     Nick DeLonga (DeMatha, MD)
     Luke Rackley (Paint Branch, MD)
112: Peter Bakke (Herndon, VA)
     Chad Lamma (Strasburg, VA)
119: Kyle Beckerman (DeMatha, MD)
     Craig Greenberg (Lake Braddock, VA)
     Chris Gahl (Walter Johnson, MD)
     Jared Zillmer (Hammond, MD)
125: Steve Brooks (Liberty, MD)
     Riad DeFreitas (Sidwell Friends, DC)
     Jon Long (Paul VI, VA)
     Eric Miller (Northern, MD)
130: Seth Cameron (Stonewall Jackson, VA)
     John Nguyen (Oakland Mills, MD)
     Michael Palutke (Shernado, MD)
135: Tucker Foote (St. Stephens/St. Agnes, VA)
     Eric Lonabough (Northeast, MD)       
140: Adam Bacon (Stonewall Jackson, VA)
     Calvin O'Dell (Brentsville, VA)
     Mike Smith (Lee, VA)
     Ryan Mason (Warren County, MD)
     Josh Zillmer (Hammond, MD)
145: Richard Appau (Garfield, VA)
     Shawn Poore (Calvert, MD)
     Jeff Gunlicks (Lake Braddock, VA)
152: Tim Whitehead (St. Albans, DC)
160: Steve Gilligan (Lackey, MD)
     Dameon Powell (Sherwood, MD)
     Chase Stock (Potomac School, VA)
171: Wayne Hutchinson (Einstein, MD)
     Jimmy Stone (Northern, MD)
     Josh White (St. Marys-Annapolis, MD)
189: Daniel Holton (Westlake, MD)
275: Derrick Hull (Liberty, MD)
     Brian Neal (Howard, MD)
     James Johnson (Seneca Valley, MD)
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