Colony wrestlers take tourney

Frontiersman staff

MAT-SU — The Colony Knights hosted their first wrestling tournament in the school's history March 9. Colony's top-ranked 215-pound wrestler, James Winter, and the state's second-ranked heavyweight wrestler, Josh Savage, won the final two matches of the tournament to secure a 23.5 point victory over the second-place Dimond team.

Mieckel Delaney, Adam Gillette and Dan Pickett also captured individual championships to help power the Knights.

Palmer Moose contender Crispin Gentry, who is ranked fourth in the state, took the top spot in the 189-pound class with a victory over Mark Nistler of East while his teammate, Andy Anderson, the state's top-ranked 112-pound wrestler, won his weight class. The Moose finished in third place with 156.5 points.

Although the Wasilla Warriors finished fifth in the Colony Invitational with 89.5 points, part of the Warrior wrestling team split off to travel to compete in the Kodiak's Robin Hervey Tournament on the same weekend. Those team members included Jed Wade, 171, Ben Olson, 145, Ryan Olivera, 135, top-ranked Jordan Brock and Gunnar Brannon, 103.

Wade Brock and Brannon all won their respective weight classes at the Kodiak tournament.

Colony Invitational team results (March 9) — 1. Colony 195.5, 2. Dimond 172.0; 3. Palmer 156.5; 4. East 101.0; 5. Wasilla 89.5; 6. Delta Junction 40.5.

Colony Invitational Individual results

103 pounds — 1. Darin Pestrikoff, Dim; 2. Zach Tomco, Pal; 3. Ken Allen, Col; 4. Tony Heard, East. 112 pounds — 1. Andy Anderson, Pal; 2. Rob Voelker, Dim; 3. Louie Stevens, Uni; 4. Jamie Moering, Was. 119 pounds — 1. Jaxon Logon, Pal; 2. Brian Lucero, Dim; 3. Casey Bowen, Was; 4. Brett Woofter, East. 125 pounds — 1. Jake Peterson, Dim; 2. Keith Kenley, Una; 3. Larry Jones, East. 130 pounds — 1. Andrew Kirk, Delta; 2. Wendel Lewis, Pal; 3. Hunter Gravely, Col; 4. Ben Oglesby, Dim. 135 pounds — 1. Dan Pickett, Col; 2. Nick Delecruz, Pal; 3. Patrick Wakefield, East; 4. Bret Youndts, Was.

140 pounds — 1. Adam Gillette, Col; 2. Steve Worley, Dim; 3. Mike Miller, Was; 4. Theron Griffin, Una. 145 pounds — 1. Howard Gregg, East; 2. Daniel Graham, Col; 3. Steven Murry, Delta; 4. Lafe Martyn, Was. 152 pounds — 1. Justin Echak, Was; 2. Tim Park, Col; 3. Curtis Walther, Dim; 4. Zach Hart, Pal. 160 pounds — 1. Brett Denton, Dim; 2. Nevada Start, Col; 3. Seth Yuill, Pal; 4. John Egger, Was. 171 pounds — 1. Mieckel Delaney, Col; 2. David Craig, Una; 3. Luke Ayer, Dim; 4. John Olsen, Was. 189 pounds — 1. Crispin Gentry, Pal; 2. Mark Nistler, East; 3. Darrin Hoverston, Col; 4. Zach Weidner, Delta. 215 pounds — 1. James Winter, Col; 2. Todd Beal, Pal; 3. David Kemp, Delta; 4. Nick Fenton, Una. 275 pounds — 1. Josh Savage, Col; 2. Keenan Laird, Dim; 3. Shawn Hinkley, East; 4. Jon Hillman, Pal.

Kodiak Robin Hervey Tournament results (March 9)

103 pounds — 1. Gunnar Brannon, Was; 2. Steel McNeil, Kod. 125 pounds — 1. Jordon Brock, Was; 2. Chul Gibbs, Kod; 3. Jesse Belgrade, Bar; 4. Aaron Olson, Kod. 145 pounds — 1. Steve Manuel, Bar; 2. Miles Dinstel, WV; 3. Cory Crane, Was; 4. Cameron Hinton. 160 pounds — 1. David O'Brien, Kod; 2. Issac Dobbs, WV; 3. Brett Erickson, Was; 4. Joel Wright, Bar. 171 pounds — 1. Jed Wade, Was; 2. Alex Blaine, Was; 3. Chad Grandy, WV; 4. Stan Skaw, Kod. 215 pounds — 1. Shaun Conwell, WV; 2. Jeramie Meislor, Was; 3. Greg Marion, Bar; 4. Dave Rust, WV.

Information in this story was gathered from the Alaskawrestling.com Web site, which provides high school wrestling results and rankings to the public. The site's owner, Eric Wade, confers with wrestling coaches and gathers statistics before posting statewide individual and team rankings.