Prep wrestling: Knights, Warriors top 2 at Dimond; Moose win in Interior

WASILLA — It may have been an Anchorage tournament, but a pair of Valley teams ruled the Glenn Vandergaw Invitational Saturday at Dimond High School.

The Colony Knights rode five individual champs to the tourney team title, and the Wasilla Warriors bagged wins in four different weight classes en route to a second-place finish in the team standings. The Knights and the Warriors also produced a few of the highlight matches of the one-day event.

In a match of a pair who advanced to the 4A state finals last year, Colony’s Levi Hopkins edged Wasilla’s Berit Sturgeon 6-4 in sudden victory in a 138-pound round-robin match. In the 126-pound final, Wasilla’s Isaiah Elvsaas scored a 4-2 win over Colony’s Sam Sisco, a state champion two years ago.

In a tournament that used both a round-robin format and a bracket, depending on the number of grapplers in each weight class, Colony crowned five champs. Hopkins, Vincent Cramer (106), Caleb Hopkins (160) and Dawson Nash (182) each placed first in round-robin weight classes. Robert Haan pinned Wasilla’s Chase Minnick in the 195-pound final.

Levi Hopkins, Nash and Haan are defending state champions.

Wasilla scored four individual titles. Levi Schumacher won the 113-pound round robin bracket. Elvsaas used his victory over Sisco to score the 126-pound title. Micah Mathis beat South’s Jacob Shack 15-7 to win at 120. Sam Wolff defeated South’s Weston Martin 8-3 to win the 145-pound class. Mathis and Wolff are both defending state champs.

Knights 2nd in Nikiski

Colony also sent a team to the Peninsula Duals in Nikiski, and the Knights placed second in the tournament.

Homer beat Colony 51-22 in the final dual.

Jacob Harvey (98), Kolby Torres (120), Macarius Floresta (145), Eric Christy (152) and Tuckey Eby (220) each scored wins for the Knights in the final.

Moose win Battle of the Interior

Palmer finished 5-0 in duals en route to scoring the team title at the Battle of the Interior at Lathrop High School Saturday.

The Moose beat North Pole 45-35, scored a 45-33 win over Eagle River, got past Lathrop’s JV 55-21, posted a 66-19 win over the Eagle River JV, and capped the weekend with a 40-34 win over host Lathrop.

That dual included Palmer’s Levi Farris scoring a 5-4 victory over Lathrop’s Zachery Tolver. Payton Portney (106), Tyler Theising (138), Jeff Glynn (170), Zion Rogers (182), Aaron Zitnik (195) and Austin Farris (220) also had their arm raised during the dual.

Palmer 2nd at Bush Brawl

The Palmer Moose scoed a second-place finish in the Bush Brawl Saturday in Kotzebue.

Palmer finished with 156 total points. Host Kotzebue won the team title with 296 points.

Travis Wheeler and Keith Anderson each won their weight class for the Moose. Wheeler was first at 220 and Anderson won the heavyweight class.

Asa Barnes (145) and Cole Blydenburgh (152) each finished second for Palmer.

Su Valley senior wins in Fairbanks

Susitna Valley senior Marshall Pinard won the 285-pound class of the Hutchison Meltdown Saturday in Fairbanks.

Dalton Pinard (152) and David Johnston Jr (220) each finished third for the Rams.

Glenn Vandergaw Invitational

Saturday, Dimond High School

Team scores:

1. Colony 183.5; 2. Wasilla 155; 3. South Anchorage 103.5; 4. Service 86; 5. West Anchorage 43; 6. Dimond 37; 7. Cordova 26; 8. East Anchorage 19.

Individual results (round-robin):

98 pounds — 1. A. Concepcion, Sou; 2. A. Edwards, Col; 3. J. Novakovich; 106 — 1. V. Cramer, Col; 2. S. Keffalos, Sou; 3. Z. Xiong, East; 113 — 1. L. Schumacher, Was; 2. H. Sasser, Col; 3. C. Malagodi, West; 132 — J. Divelbiss, Dim; 2. D. Colley, Col; 3. G. Jones, Sou; 138 — 1. L. Hopkins, Col; 2. B. Sturgeon, Was; 3. M. Agoney, Was; 160 — 1. C. Hopkins, Col p. A. Sheparsky, Was 3:37; 182 — 1. D. Nash, Col; 2. K. Mack, West; 3. E. Morehouse, Sou; 220 — 1. K. Caldarera, Ser; 2. M. Stokes, Was; 3. T. Cross, Sou.

Individual results (first-place matches):

120 ¬— M. Mathis, Was d. J. Shack, 15-7; 126 — I. Elvsaas, Was d. S. Sisco, Col 4-2; 145 — S. Wolff, Was d. W. Martin, Sou 8-3; 152 — Q. Lema, Ser d. B. Easley, Col 6-4; 170 — T. Farless, Ser d. C. Deville, Dim 7-2; 195 — 1. R. Haan, Col p. C. Minnick, Was 0:54; 285 — P. Vaafuti, West p. J. Gariepy, East 5:28.

Individual results (third-place matches):

120 —H. Hayes, Was m.d. T. Severson, Col 15-4; 126 — J. Perkins, Ser d. I. Rodman, Was 4-1; 145 — H. Steiner, Was d. J. Lautrup, Col 7-2; 152 — M. Chaput, Sou m.d. L. Lockard, Sou 11-3; 160 — Z. Hamberger, Cor p. T. Weddleton, Sou 3:25; 170 — C. George, Was d. S. Ganchenko, Col 8-3; 195 — M. Martinez, Ser d. E. Lincoln, Sou 11-8; 285 — S. Gialopsos, Cor d. K. Doyle, Col 5-3.

Peninsula Duals

Friday-Saturday, Nikiski

Team standings:

1. Homer; 2. Colony; 3. Dillingham; 4. Soldotna; 5. Barrow; 6. Seward; 7. Nikiski; 8. Houston.

Championship dual:

Homer 51, Colony 22

285 — Jadin Mann, Hom, won by forfeit; 98 — Jacob Harvey, Col, won by forfeit; 106 — Wayne Newman, Hom, m.d. Marcus Riedlinger, 14-4; 113 — Seth Inama, Hom, m.d. Lane Booth, 12-0; 120 — Kolby Torres, Col, dec. Ian Stovall, 10-3; 126 — Luciano Fasulo, Hom, p. Gabe Whisman, 1:28; 132 — Mose Hayes, Hom, m.d. Jacob Jakiemiec, 12-2; 138 — Jared Brant, Hom, p. Jacob D’Augustino, 3:04; 145 — Macarius Floresta, Col, m.d. McKenzie Cok, 16-5; 152 — Eric Christy, Col, dec. Chris Cudaback, 3-1; 160 — Timmy Woo, hom, p. Frank Urbano, 1:56; 170 — Jaime Rios, Hom, p. Cody Gamble, 2:34; 182 — Tristen Cook, Hom, p. Walter Nagel, 1:26; 195 — Kyle Wells, Hom, dec. Chayse Eby, 7-6; 220 — Tuker Eby, Col, p. Heather Harrington, 1:11.

Battle of the Interior

Saturday, Lathrop High School

Team results:

1. Palmer; 2. Lathrop; 3. Eagle River; 4. Lathrop JV; 5. North Pole; 6. Eagle River JV.

Duals results:

Round 1 — Palmer 45, North Pole 35; Lathrop 81, Eagle River 0; East River 57, Lathrop JV 23; Round 2 — Palmer 45, Eagle River 33; Lathrop 61, Lathrop JV 10; North Pole 56, Eagle River 12; Round 3 — Palmer 56, Lathrop 21; Lathrop 44, North Pole 24; Eagle River 85, Eagle River JV 0; Round 4 — Palmer 66, Eagle River JV 18; Lathrop 51, Eagle River 24; Lathrop JV 48, North Pole 27; Round 5 — Palmer 40, Lathrop 34; Lathrop JV 60, Eagle River 18; Eagle River 55, North Pole 24.