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Watkins Mill’s Nebi Tsarni Wins Third National Championship

Nebi Tsarni of Maryland, a rising senior at Watkins Mill High School was named Outstanding Wrestler after defeating returning Junior Nationals champion Sydney Perry of Illinois.

Gary Abbott of USA Wrestling described the match as “a wild, back-and-forth battle at 144 pounds, 12-10.” He wrote, “With the score tied at 10-10, Tsarni scored a takedown in the closing seconds to capture an intense match. Tsarni was a 2022 16U Nationals champion.”

As a junior at Watkins Mill this past year, Nebi Tsarni pinned all four of her opponents in the state tournament to win the state championship at 155 pounds. Tsarni finished the year 29-6