Among the competitors are three from the Annapolis area, all of whom have different feelings going into tonight’s contests. South River High School graduate Mike Huber, a junior fighting for the 139-pound championship, was unsure of his feelings yesterday. “I don’t think that I’m in the Brigade championship has sunk yet,” Huber said. “It probably wont sink in until the bell rings.” “ I want to be here because I’ve worked very hard all year to get here,” said the young man who is the tournament for the second year.

Huber, who won his semifinal when the bout was stopped in the third round, will go against plebe Roy Pickett in the competition that is held in three 2-minute rounds.

Dan Holsberg, the defending champion at 156 pounds, is a product of Broadneck High School. He has one definite feeling heading into his bout against Mike Schoffman, a senior who holds a black belt in karate. “ I feel more pressure getting ready for this fight than I did last year,” said the senior who had an amateur boxing rarity in the semifinals.

“ I knocked out the guy I fought in the semifinal,” Holsberg said. “I was sort of scared at first, I’m not in this to hurt anyone. “There’s a sign on the wall in our gym that says we’re trying to outbox and outpoint our opponents, not knock them out,” Holsberg added.

Navy boxing coach Jim McNally, who is an official for amateur fights throughout the region, explained that knockouts like Holsberg’s are rarely seen. The coach added that Scott Kraft, Holsberg’s victim felt fine after the fight. “My quarterfinal fight was also stopped in the second round,” Holsberg said. “ I think that last year’s championship fight has a lot more meaning to me personally,” Holsberg said. “ That was the culmination of three years of working hard to be the best in the Brigade. “I don’t feel the same as I did last year, but there may be more pressure this time,” said Holsberg

One of the two boxers who will have to wait around the longest is St. Mary’s High School graduate Tom Shanley, a senior who will meet junior Tom Scheer for the prestigious heavyweight championship. Scheer was defeated in the semifinals by Sean Schingler, but the latter injured his wrist on one of many falls taken by both fighters during that bout and his hand is in a cast. As far as the wait goes, Shanley said the most difficult thing would be not getting too fired up and excited while watching all the other bouts. “ It really means something to be a brigade boxing champion,” said Shanley, who said he started boxing because a cousin who did well as a 190-pounder told him it would be a fun thing to do. Shanley’s feeling going into the bout might be the most sensible of them all. “ I want to have fun. I want to win, but I also want to have fun,” he said.

“Of course, another thing my cousin told me was, “it’s a lot of fun to win, but not much fun when you lose.” That’s probably true,” said Shanley, a three spot standout at St. Mary’s. I’ll find out after my fight.”

Among the boxers will be Marvin Reed, seeking his third Brigade title. He won as a sophomore at 165, moved up to 172 last year and is back at 165 this year.

McNally also noted that four boxers who didn’t compete in the semifinals will be in action tonight. Kirk Loftus and Chad Burke didn’t have to fight before since they were the only entrants in the 119-pound class. Mark Sexton had a walkover at 147 when his would-be opponent dropped out of the competition and Troy Turner’s opponent at 172 couldn’t make weight. “I think there will be some very good bouts tonight,” McNally said. “A lot of the guys are pretty well matched.”