Warrior grapplers third at Bob Bailey

WASILLA — The Wasilla Warriors were represented by a pair of individual champions and finished third in the team standings of the Bob Bailey Invitational at Chugiak High School on Saturday.

The Warriors, who won the Houston Invitational last week, finished with 140.5 points.

Freshman Abe Fox and senior Chris Crane both won their weight classes.

Fox scored a 12-5 win over Dillingham’s Jared Miller, the top-seeded wrestler at 103, in the finals.

Crane pinned Palmer’s Sam Heindel midway through the first round of the 189-pound final.

Senior Casey Katchinska also advanced to the finals for WHS, but suffered a close 11-7 decision to Nolan McBryde, of the host Mustangs.

McBryde won the 2007 state title at 160.

Josh Brown, Jacob Marshall, Jeremy White, Ryan Pomrenke and Jed Johnson advanced to the consolation finals for Wasilla.

Brown earned a major decision over Dominic Kelly, of Lathrop, and finished third. Johnson finished third after Chugiak’s Greg Howard forfeited the match at 285.

Marshall (160) and Pomrenke (215) both finished fourth.

Palmer placed a pair of wrestlers in the finals and finished eighth overall with 62.5 points.

Nick Stahler, the top seed at 140, was edged by West Valley’s Derek Templeton 7-6 in the finals, and Heindel was pinned by Crane at 189.

L.J. Leppanen finished fourth for the Moose at 125.

Next weekend Palmer hosts the Lancer Smith Memorial Invitational.

Bob Bailey Invitational

Friday-Saturday, Chugiak

Team scores:

1. Lathrop 177, 2. Chugiak 171, 3. Wasilla 140.5, 4. East Anchorage 97.5, 5. South Anchorage 89, 6. Dillingham 86, 7. North Pole 77, 8. Palmer 62.50, 9. West Valley 57, 10. Dimond 48, 11. Service 47.5, 12. Bartlett 35, 12. (tie) Valdez 35, 14. Grace Christian 30, 14. (tie) West Anchorage 30, 15. Eagle RIver 27, 17. Anchorage Christian 23, 18. Glennallen 10, 19. New Halen 6.

Final round:

103 pounds — A. Fox, Was d. J. Miller, Dil 12-5; 112 — M. Malnoske, East m.d. J. Simmons, Lat 15-2; 119 — S. Moore, East d. J. Hughes, Lat 12-7; 125 — B. Sullivan, Chu p. J. Russell, South 4:51; 130 — N. Cropper, Ser d. C. Fraizer, NP 5-3; 135 — N. Hoffer, East d. L. Shelley, South 7-0; 140 — De. Templeton, WV d. N. Stahler, Pal 7-6; 145 — G. Sullivan, Chug p. Z. Eastlick, Dim 4:40; 152 — T. Lemons, p. J. Larson, Dil 4:20; 160 — Z. Baldwin, Chug d. J. Allen, Val 4-0; 171 — N. McBryde, Chug d. C. Katchinska, Was 11-7; 189 — C. Crane, Was p. S. Heindel, Pal 1:24; 215 — T. McDonald, West d. C. Ferris, Dim 4-1; 285 — R. Gingras, East d. T. Burke, Bar 4-1.

Consolation finals:

103 — J. Hogenson, South d. B. Achmen, Lat 8-2; 112 — E. Tupper, Lat d. B. Amos, South 9-4; 119 — N. Aadland, South p. N. Wharton, Chug 1:29; 125 —  J. Rahlfs, NP m.d. L. Leppanen, Pal 11-1; 130 — J. Brown, Was m.d. D. Kelly, Lat 14-2; 135 — P. Lennihan, Chug d. Do. Templeton, WV 5-1; 140 — N. Brockman, Glenn d. R. Tennyson, Dil 4-3; 145 — L. DeBoard, Lat m.d. K. Williams, Lat 11-2; 152 — L. Williams, ER d. D. Henry, Chug 9-7; 160 — E. Clausen, Lat d. J. Marshall, Was 5-0; 171 — B. Hoeffel, Lat p. J. White, Was 2:47; 189 — M. Gelinas, NP m.d. T. Alley, Grace 17-5; 215 — J. Lewis, Lat p. R. Pomrenke, Was 0:11; 285 — J. Johnson, Was w.b.f, G. Howard, Chug.

Knights win Nikiski Duals

NIKISKI — The two-time defending state champion Colony Knights earned the team title at the Nikiski Duals on Saturday at Nikiksi High School.

Colony won 10 matches en route to a 52-18 win over Bethel in the finals.

Championship: Colony 52, Bethel 18

130 — Wilson, Col, p. Sharp, 2:32; 135 — S. Loggins, Col, p. Chavez, 1:42; 140 — West, Col, p. Glasteen, 0:29; 145 — Pheiffer, Col, p. Fox, 2:27; 152 — Fujimoto, Col, m.d. Samuelson, 13-5; 160 — Venee, Col, dec. Henderson, 12-8; 171 — Boykin, Col, won by forfeit; 189 — Wasieski, Bet, won by injury default; 215 — Fan, Col, won by forfeit; 285 — Muetz, Col, p. Polk, 0:52; 103 — Pleasant, Bet, dec. G. Loggins, 15-10; 112 — Wilson, Col, dec. Lepore, Bet, 5-4; 119 — Hanson, Bet, dec. Cisman, 2-1, OT; 125 — O’Brien, Bet, dec. Faulkner, 3-2.

Third place: Kotzebue 43, Skyview 30

130 — Swanson, Sky, dec. Day, 6-2; 135 — Tennis, Sky, won by forfeit; 140 — Reich, Kot, p. Gulley, 0:36; 145 — Smith, Kot, p. Jackson, 5:27; 152 — Thomas, Sky, dec. West, 7-3; 160 — Pollard, Sky, dec. Sheldon; 171 — Miller, Kot, p. Bersanke, 2:43; 189 — Phillips, Kot, m.d. Mahan, 16-1; 215 — Byrne, Sky, won by forfeit; 285 — VanBruggen, Sky, won by forfeit; 103 — Ottara, Kot, p. Brown, 0:40; 112 — Wilson, Sky, p. Eck, 0:43; 119 — Rae, Kot, p. Stephenson, 3:57; 125 — McCall, Kot, p. Driver, 1:23.

Fifth place: Kenai 45, Colony JV 33

 130 — Hughes, Ken, p. Jones, 1:05; 135 — Colony forfeits; 140 — McKee, Col, p. Sterling, 1:50; 145 — Smith, Col, p. Duniphin, 3:59; 152 — Trask, Col, p. Conner, 1:12; 160 — Knudson, Col, p. Boyle, 0:53; 171 — Edwards, Col, dec. Gattenby, 4-3; 189 — Rogers, Ken, won by forfeit; 215 — Dormady, Ken, won by forfeit; 285 — Taplin, Ken, won by forfeit; 103 — Roeth, Col, won by forfeit; 112 — Hughes, Ken, m.d. Woosey, 17-3; 119 — Pribbenow, Ken, p. Adams, 1:42; 125 — Osbekoff, Ken, t.f. Vukich, 18-3.