Photo by Doug Koontz Urbana's Adam Krop, bottom, appears to be down in his match with Chad Strube of Middletown. However, Krop came back to win the 112-pound class Saturday at the Frederick County Wrestling Championships.

The Hawks sent six wrestlers to the finals, crowned five champions and rolled to their second consecutive team championship with 227 points.

Walkersville sent five wrestlers to the finals and came away with four champions, rebounding to fifth place in the team standings with 122 points.

"(Urbana coach Ben Arneson) came up to me afterward and said, 'Hey, Coach, four out of five in the championship isn't bad, but five out of six is better,'" Walkersville coach Butch Cotterman said.

"He was laughing trying to get a little jab at me. I said, 'Oh, did you guys have to go against us one match?'"

The Lions did spoil Urbana 's perfect night, but it took a big-time effort from Tyler White (30-3) to hold off the Hawks' Lucas Pangburn (30-3) in the 140-pound final, 5-3.

Pangburn was the aggressor early in the match and scored the first takedown before White rallied.

"Both of those kids wrestled very hard. It could have gone either way. You can't ask for anything more," Arneson said.

Urbana had 14 wrestlers in the county tournament and 10 finished in the top three in their weight classes.

Travis Lowery (103 pounds), Adam Krop (112), Peter Tatanish (130) and Spencer Strube (135) sent the Hawks off on a rolling start in the championship round with victories.

Steven Edmands capped the night for Urbana with an 11-5 victory over Brunswick 's Jared Droneburg in the final at 160.

"Step one of this postseason was pretty good for us," Arneson said. "I thought all of our kids came through really well."

Krop and Tatanish wrestled in two of the tournament's most high-profile matches.

Facing last year's Class 1A-2A state runner-up at 103 pounds, Krop (30-1) used a pair of lightning-fast takedowns in the second period to secure a 4-2 victory over Middletown 's Chad Strube.

"It's always a good win when you beat someone of Strube's caliber," said Krop, the Class 3A-4A third-place finisher at 103 last year who is now 3-0 against Strube (29-3).

"I knew I was going to have to press the action in the match and dictate the pace. I waited for him to make a mistake and I knew I had to capitalize because, last year, both of our matches were really close."

Tatanish (29-1) knew he had his hands full in his first meeting with Brunswick senior and two-time state qualifier Mike Minch, who had not lost a match this season entering the final at 130.

The Urbana sophomore was aggressive early against Minch (33-1), earning a takedown in the first, second and third periods for a 7-5 victory over his more-experienced opponent.

"I knew he was good and I just had to stay on him and keep the issue on my feet," Tatanish said. "I knew I am good on my feet and he is really good on the top and bottom. I knew I had to wrestle my match and not his."

Lowery (24-4) had no trouble dispatching Tuscarora's Michael Rimel, 12-0, in the 103 final and Strube (26-5) pinned the Titans' Robert McClughan in 5:18 for the championship at 135.

Strube, a two-time state qualifier, was torn during the 112 final because Krop is his teammate and Chad is his cousin.

"You really can't say anything. You just have to sit back and watch what happens," Spencer Strube said. "It's really hard to root against either one of those guys."

Spencer's other cousin and Chad's older brother, Tyler Strube, a Middletown senior, earned a 15-5 major decision over Brunswick 's Zach Morris in the 125 final to become the 10th wrestler to win four Frederick County titles.

"It's really special," said Tyler Strube, a two-time state finalist. "That's one of the things I have been working for since I was a freshman."

Walkersville 's county champions, in addition to Tyler White's title at 140, were Zach White (145), Jordan Walsh (189) and Kyle Heppner (215).

Brunswick finished second in the team standings with 172.5 points. The Railroaders had more finalists than any other team with seven, but did not crown a champion.

Middletown was third in the team standings with 157 points. Brandon Johnson won the title at 171 pounds for the Knights.

The other county champions wer Tuscarora's Johnny White at 119, Linganore 's Billy Thomas at 152 and Frederick 's Travis Bowie at 285.