Houston senior 1st at ACS wrestling tourney; Hawks 5th in standings

ANCHORAGE — The Houston Hawks placed a pair of grapplers in the championship finals and notched a top-5 finish in the team standings during the Lime Solar/Anchorage Christian School Wrestling Invitational in Anchorage on Saturday.

Defending state champion Aaron Drake won the 126-pound class to help lead the Hawks to a fifth-place finish. Houston finished four points shy of fourth-place Nikiski in the team standings.

Drake edged Dillingham's Kenneth Savo 7-6 in the finals. Drake pinned his first two opponents in the tournament, before scoring a 7-4 win over fourth-seeded Evan Bockman of Grace Christian 13-4 in the quarterfinals.

Drake is undefeated this season.

Sean Lang also advanced to the finals for Houston. Lang, unseeded at 195, upset second-seeded Drew Nanouk in the quarterfinals, notching a second-round pin. Lang also pinned Nikiski's John McCormick in the first round of the semifinals.

The Hawks placed five wrestlers in the top 6 of their respective weight classes. Jacob McAnulty was third at 113. Kendel Beasley and Ezra Lincecum finished fifth and sixth respectively at heavyweight.

Lime Solar/ACS Wrestling Invitational

Friday-Saturday, ACS

Team scores (top 20):

1. Kotzebue 257.5; 2. Bethel 174.5; 3. Ketchikan 172; 4. Nikiski 145; 5. Houston 141; 6. Homer 123.5; 7. Dillingham 117.5; 8. Nome 107.5; 9. Barrow 92; 10. Grace Christian 87.5; 11. Mt. Edgecumbe 87.5; 12. Wrangell 83.5; 13. Craig 74; 14. ACS 68; 15. Sitka 64 ; 16. New Stuyahok 63.5; 17. Thunder Mountain 63.5; 18. Valdez 63.5; 19. Petersburg 63; 20. Glennallen 52.5.

Championship matches:

98 pounds — T. Dyment, Bet p. M. Hunter, Bet 1:26; 106 — T. Evan, Bet p. S. Tavares, Ket 5:48; 113 — G. Maslen, Kot p. B. Stelmach, Pet 4:10; 120 — G. Hoffman, Bet d. T. Cox, Nik 8-7 OT; 126 — A. Drake, Hou d. K. Savo, Dill 7-6; 132 — M. Lucas, HR d. C. Greene, Val 5-1; 138 — M. Martin, Ket d. L. Erikson, Nome 3-1; 145 — E. Booshu, Nome d. G. Eakin, Kotz 15-9; 152 — S. Woods, Kod d. J. Horner, Hom 3-0; 160 — N. Carstens, Nik d. Z. Young, Gra 4-0; 170 — Z. Haviland, Kot d. T. Thain, Cra 11-7; 182 — J. Roetman, Kot p. C. Howard, Cor 0:47; 195 — N. Fousel, Ket m.d. S. Lang, Hou 9-0; 220 — L. Johnson, Nik d. S. Hyatt, Kot 6-1; 285 — P. Johansen, ME p. R. Johnson, ™ 1:03.

Third-place matches:

98 — C. Bartlett, Sit won by inj def B. Blunka, NS; 106 — J. Virgin, Glen d. S. Pack, Cra 6-1; 113 — J. McAnulty, Hou p. E. Paniptchuk, Shak 3:57; 120 — S. LeMay, ACS d. J. Brant, Hom 7-3; 126 — E. Bockman, Gra p. B. Evans, Bet 2:29; 132 — K. Spencer, Ket d. A. Olsen, Bet 5-4; 138 — T. Woo, Hom d. R. Miller, Wra 10-1; 145 — G. Sorenson, Gra d. W. Patten, Gra 7-2; 152 — W. Ware, Pet d. B. Phillips, Kot 6-2; 160 — T. McBurnette, Ket d. G. Nelson, Kot 9-6; 170 — L. Jensen, TB d. P. Francisco, Bet 7-3; 182 — B. Nicholson, ACS d. O. Hoogendorn, Hom 11-10; 195 — C. Nay, Dill d. J. McCormick, Nik 7-3; 220 — T. Mila, Bar p. T. Scwem, Met 0:44; 285 — M. Pinard, SV p. T. Scott, ACS 3:11.

Fifth-place matches:

98 — J. Dye, Dill d. P. Stewart, Ket 8-4; 106 — J. Gumlickpuk, NS won by fft T. Savo, Dill; 113 — D. Miller, Dill won by fft D. Toyomura, Pet; 120 — S. Andrew, Bet p. M. Balanza, Bar 3:21; 126 — M. Budke, Hoo p. Z. Eakin, Kot 0:53; 132 — C. Sieh, Kot d. J. Rios, Hom 5-3; 138 — C. Smith, Val d. M. Gardiner, Dill 12-0; 145 — G. Kalugin, Voz d. J. Brooks, Pet 8-6 OT; 152 — C. Hansen, Val d. S. Williams, ME 9-4; 160 — T. Cook, Hom d. C. Armstrong, Wra 15-5; 170 — T. Skaflestad, Hoo d. A. Ochoa, Hom 5:15; 182 — Q. Bear Clark, ™ m.d. I. Johnson, Nik 12-2; 195 — J. Mikkelsen, Wra won by fft D. Nanouk, Kot; 220 — K. Beasley, Hou p. E. Lincecum, Hou 1:19; 285 — W. Reeves, Bar p. J. Roehl, Hut 1:16.