MPSSAA Champion : Largo
MSA Champion: Mount St. Joseph

1979 National Prep Champion:
Most Maryland Schools do not attend due to snow and the rescheduling of the MSA tournament for the same weekend. Mount St. Joe, the winner of the 1978 tournament will win again in 1980.

1979 National Prep Individual Champions
102 3rd John Pierce, Bullis
109 4th Ed Borda, St. John’s
116 Jim Burns, St. Johns’s
159 4th Robert Pierce, Bullis

Notes: Two more Maryland private schools Good Counsel and Georgetown Prep send wrestlers to National Preps for the first time. 

1979 MSA Championships
at Poly High School
Team Scores:
1. Mount St. Joseph 259
2. St. Paul’s 153
3. Gilman 137
4. Dunbar 101.5
5. McDonogh 96.5
6. Mervo 75.5
7. Forest Park 61
8. Loyola 60.5
9. Walbrook 50.5
10. Poly 41.5
11. Archbishop Curley 40.5
12. Boy’s Latin 39
13. Patterson 35
14. Northwestern 34
15. Severn 29
16. City 24
17. Lake Clifton 24
18. Douglass 23.5
19. Edmondson 23
20. Cardinal Gibbons 22
20. Southwestern 22
22. Friends 15
23. Northern 12
24. Southern 10
25. John Carroll 6
26. Lutheran 4

1979 MSA Individual Champions
98 Jeff Knight, McDonogh d. Taylor, Dunbar 7-2
105 Russell Leach, Dunbar d. Ambrose, McDonogh 9-2
112 Tony Lottman, St. Paul’s d. Erick Bruder, MSJ 7-5
119 Jordy Binetti, MSJ d. Dave Ritmiller, Gilman 6-2
126 Greg Peery, MSJ p. Montayne, McDonogh 3:59
132 Rico Chipparelli, MSJ p. Register, Dunbar 2:54
138 David Patterson, St. Paul’s d. Pete Ireland, MSJ 6-4
145 Butch Jansen, Curley d. Chip Malloy, MSJ 8-5
155 Louie Chipparelli, MSJ p. DeMuth, Gilman 5:56
167, Andy Heffner, MSJ d. Laroy Hopkins, Walbrook 11-3
185 Paul Triplett, MSJ d. Mark Pellington, St. Paul’s 5-0
UNL Robert Peacock, Northwestern p. Robert Tavick, Gibbons 4:49

Notes:
St. Paul’s Davey Patterson was voted the tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler. Because of snow days the tournament was moved from the previous weekend. This caused a conflict with the National Prep tournament held the same time as the MSA tournament. First year coach Allen Smith of Mount St. Joe decided to forgo the National Prep Tournament in favor of the MSA tournament. Mount St. Joseph wins it’s fourth consecutive MSA tournament.

1979 MPSSAA Championships
at Catonsville Community College
Team Scores
1. Largo 91.5
2. Bowie 78
3. Seneca Valley 62.5
4. Kenwood 60.5
5. Aberdeen 42

1979 MPSSAA Individual Champions
at Catonsville Community College
98 Tim Elder, Oakland Mills d. Ted Lewis, Centennial
105 Bruce Malinowski, Kenwood d. Robert Mckinney, Largo 3-0
112 Dan Frankenfield, Kenwood d. Rick Baughman, Perry Hall 2-0
119 Andy Stone, Bowie d. Scott Welsch, Hereford 13-2
126 Nate Thorne, Largo d. Mike Hill, Seneca Valley 6-5
132 Joe White, Seneca Valley p. Mark Powell, Thomas Johnson 4:30
138 David Ryon, Northwestern-PG d. Allen Horne, Kenwood 9-3
145 Ron Mattie, Severna Park d. Maurice Ross, Bowie, 8-6
155 Randy Box, Old Mill d. Doug Hill, Bowie 10-6
167 Mike Sutton, Largo d. Ed Roszermenyi, Seneca Valley 10-7
185 Bob Preston, Aberdeen d. Daryl White, Westminster
UNL Guy Hohenhaus, Laurel d. Morgan Whitaker, Largo 2-0

Notes:
Largo had four finalists and wins it’s first state championship

1979 Maryland Junior League Championship
General Stricker 45 Golden Ring 25